FORT DRUM, N.Y. — The thunderous roar of artillery echoed across the Fort Drum training grounds as Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment conducted Table XVIII artillery ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The defense secretary's decision to review military standards on combat and physical fitness and appearance opens a Pandora’s box of widely differing rules among the services. And it ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the military to end separate fitness standards for women in combat roles, a move he said will make the military more lethal, but that women servicemembers and ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Defense Department, Pete Hegseth, is facing a firestorm of backlash for voicing his belief that women should not serve in military combat roles.