The “service-wide supplemental inspection” of the about 125,000 M18s used by the Air Force was ordered to “validate the serviceability of weapons and reinforce confidence in their use,” an Air Force spokesperson said.

Airman Brayden Lovan, 21, entered active duty in November 2023 and had served with 90th Security Forces Squadron since May 2024. His death led Air Force Global Strike Command to indefinitely halt use of the M18 pistol.

Gen. Thomas Bussiere ordered the halt Monday, one day after an airman at F.E. Warren Air Force Base was shot with an M18 and died. The incident spurred multiple investigations into the death and into the safety of the M18 pistol.

The Providing Radiation Exposed Servicemembers Undisputed Medical Eligibility Act would force the VA to provide veterans exposed to nuclear radiation in service with “presumptive benefits” for toxic radiation without having to provide specific evidence of their exposure.

The Guard base owned by the state will now bear the name of Capt. Jacques Toutant Beauregard, who fought in the 1815 Battle of New Orleans, the last major fight of the conflict between American and British troops.

The Pentagon wants more small, cheap, easily replaced drones in the hands of troops as quickly as possible, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he is cutting red tape to make that happen.

Retired Lt. Gen. David Deptula told reporters that the proposed cuts to the programs in the Air Force’s fiscal 2026 budget proposal unveiled last month would leave the service with problematic capability gaps given an uncertain security environment around the world.

A Navy reservist this week pleaded guilty to bribing a Naval Air Station Jacksonville official to provide fraudulent military identification cards to two ineligible individuals with links to China.

A military jury on Monday convicted Maj. Jonathan Batt of raping or assaulting eight of 15 women who had accused the Army Ranger of forcing himself upon them.

The move comes as President Donald Trump has long mused about taking control of the island, which he has argued is critical to U.S. national security and protecting its Arctic interests.