Pvt. Gabriel J. Perez was found dead April 24, according to a Fort Jackson news release. He was assigned to Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment, a basic training unit responsible for running the Army’s 10-week course that turns recruits into soldiers.

Army Sgt. Brian Lieberman said he was simply doing what the service trained him to do when he risked his own life to respond to the sounds of gunshots outside his Fayetteville, N.C., apartment almost two years ago.

The decision made by Army Secretary Dan Driscoll comes amid a Pentagon-wide push to cut spending on underperforming programs, reduce the number of top-ranking officers and streamline the military’s procurement processes.

The fiscal 2026 budget outline released by the White House touts a $1 trillion defense budget. But top Republicans on Friday said the actual budget documents only indicate a plan to fund national defense at $892.6 billion, roughly in line with recent defense budgets under former President Joe Biden.

One by one, men in their 70s and 80s climbed up and entered the AH-64E Apache attack helicopter at Hunter Army Airfield, eliciting smiles and memories of their time piloting the choppers of their day over the battlefields of South Vietnam.

The new load, assemble and pack facility in Camden is expected to produce some 50,000 shells per month, according to the Army. Service officials since 2022 have sought to boost production of the Army’s 155mm artillery shells to 100,000 per month as it sent millions of rounds to Ukraine.

Fred Benning was a humble, small-town man who rarely spoke of his exploits as a teenage soldier in Europe, where he earned the Army’s second highest honor for battlefield heroism during World War I, his granddaughter said Wednesday.

Fort Benning, Ga., hosted the annual Infantry Week competitions, which include the Lacerda Cup, the International Sniper Competition, the International Best Mortar Competition and the Best Ranger Competition.

Though Congress can add some funds for specific projects to continuing resolutions, military services are typically unable to start new projects that had not been previously funded without an appropriated budget.

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.