Recruits who meet certain skill requirements are eligible to go into the service with modified training and at a higher rank than their peers.

The soldier who died this week after collapsing during a physical training exercise at the Fort Hood U.S. Army base in Texas has been identified as Private Corlton Chee, 25, of Pinehill, New Mexico.

The Polish military statement gave few details, but the incident follows the U.S. Army Special Operations Command announcing that four of its soldiers were killed in a crash involving a U.S. Army MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter in Washington state on Wednesday.

On Sept. 30, 2025, at Marine Corps Base Quantico, President Donald Trump told hundreds of military officials that American cities should serve as “training grounds” for U.S. troops, a proposal that would test longstanding civil-military boundaries and would likely face immediate legal challenges.

A new U.S. Army soldier from Ukraine lost all family during basic training is tapped out by his U.S. Army comrades.

The head of Operation Interflex said he was impressed Ukraine chose to extend the training, as it could have simply said "we need recruits quickly."

Trump is pushing to deploy the Guard to several U.S. cities. His administration claims crime is rampant in those cities, despite statistics not always supporting that.

The rapid proliferation of drones in places like Ukraine has set off a growing sense of alarm inside the U.S. Army.