The Army will slash nearly one dozen mandatory training programs for its soldiers in the summer as it looks to streamline their time to focus on combat readiness tasks. The new regulation is expected to be made official June 1 and will leave soldiers with 17 remaining mandatory training requirements.

The new military deployments have surged to the southern border since Jan. 20 when President Donald Trump ordered the Defense Department to support efforts by the Department of Homeland Security to seal the border.

Families reported illnesses and financial losses from ruined properties and unreimbursed hotel stays during their times as tenants in three communities Balfour Beatty owns on NAS Key West, according to the lawsuit brought by 192 current and former residents.

The Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade at Fort Benning, Ga., will drop its long-held Day 1 Ranger Physical Fitness Assessment of pushups, situps, chinups and a five-mile run for a new, nine-event test meant to better mimic the demands of combat.

The hearing came just hours after The Atlantic published the full text of the pre-strike chat that its top editor was accidentally invited to. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe stood by their testimony before the Senate from a day earlier.

Teaching positions at Department of Defense Education Activity schools and on-post day care workers are among more than a dozen classes of jobs that the Pentagon has exempted from a department-wide hiring freeze.

“Elon Musk is a patriot. Elon Musk is an innovator,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said. “Elon Musk provides a lot of capabilities our government and our military rely on, and I’m grateful for that.”

President Donald Trump said prototypes of the future aircraft having been secretly flying in recent years. The U.S. hopes the F-47 will be the first 6th generation fighter aircraft to enter military fleets, as China has reportedly also been flying prototype versions of its next generation stealth fighters.

Thousands Afghan translators who worked with U.S. military personnel remain in Afghanistan or other countries waiting to receive their Special Immigrant Visa, or are awaiting travel even though their visas were approved. But federal funding cuts and an expected travel ban on Afghans have thrown the status of SIV holders into uncertainty.

Marine leaders described Cpl. Jack Cody as well-liked in his unit and a top performing Marine. He is the second service member to have been struck and killed by a vehicle at MacDill AFB while out running this year.