Vice Adm. Charles “Brad” Cooper II was nominated to lead CENTCOM, which oversees U.S. forces and operations across the Middle East and central Asia. Air Force Lt. Gen. Dagvin R.M. Anderson was nominated to helm U.S. Africa Command.

House lawmakers grilled top Army officials about their plans to transform the service branch under a new, cost-cutting program aimed at eliminating outdated equipment and shrinking the staffs of unit and command headquarters.

The Army surpassed 61,000 future soldier contracts this week, four months before the end of the fiscal year. It marks the second consecutive year that the service has reached its target for new enlistment after it had failed to meet its goals in 2022 and 2023.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will travel to Europe this week to meet with his NATO counterparts and participate in the annual commemoration of the D-Day assault critical to the Allied victory in World War II, the Pentagon said Tuesday.

Maj. Jonathan Batt faces charges for more than 63 accusations, including 10 specifications of rape, and 15 of sexual assault against 17 women, according to the Army’s Office of Special Trial.

Spc. Skylar Griffin was sentenced May 22 to 15 years confinement in the United States Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and a dishonorable discharge.

Inconsistencies between states could have cost U.S. taxpayers and Tricare beneficiaries millions of dollars in excessive payments for some medical procedures and devices, a watchdog report has found.

An Army unit at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., has barred its soldiers from cussing and threatened those that repeatedly break the new rule with involuntary separation from the service.

Soldiers serving in the Army’s 3rd Infantry Division have been known for decades as Dogface Soldiers, but in the storied unit’s century-long history no soldier has been more dog-faced than its newest — Pvt. Rocky.

There are currently more than 10,000 military troops — including active-duty soldiers and Marines and National Guard forces — stationed along the border to assist Border Patrol officers. The new request for National Guard troops to help in deportation efforts appears to be a first.