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A four-man Army tank crew defeated teams from four other countries over the past week to achieve the first American victory in the U.S. Army Europe and Africa International Tank Challenge.
The Office of Personnel Management released a memorandum that explains how federal civilian employees who are also military spouses are exempt from the return-to-work mandate.
Air Force Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said to continue being successful, the military must make itself more well-known to the civilian community, as many Americans have no connection to it.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth praised the U.S. alliance with Poland during a joint press conference with that country's defense minister in Warsaw.
The Defense Department plans to invite service members who were involuntarily separated from service for refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine back into uniform at the same rank they held when they separated.
U.S. service members continue to support efforts carrying out President Donald J. Trump's executive orders on protecting the territorial integrity of the United States.
Air Force Gen. Gregory M. Guillot said growing cooperation between the U.S.'s global adversaries, evolving technologies in the hands of competitors and the ongoing threat of non-state actors continuing to target the homeland all present real-world challenges.
Following a meeting of NATO defense ministers, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that America's allies must do more to defend Europe.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, while delivering remarks at the 26th iteration of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in Brussels, called on NATO allied countries to increase their defense spending and take the lead in providing for Ukraine and Europe's security.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spoke about DOD's force posturing priorities on the European and African continents while meeting with members of the media during a visit to U.S. Africa Command in Stuttgart, Germany.
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