Army

Cornyn is opposed to the Pentagon's contract with a Russian firm that sells helicopters to the Syrian regime.

Members of U.S. special forces are on the ground in North Korea, gathering intelligence on the country's network of clandestine military bases near its border with the South. 

“Winding down these longs wars has enabled us to replace and rebalance our foreign policy," Vice President Biden said.

President Obama signed into law Friday legislation pushed by Minnesota lawmakers that reversed a National Guard policy reducing in paid leave time for more than 49,000 soldiers.

The legislation, authored by Rep. John Kline (R-Minn.) and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), restored paid leave benefits for National Guard members who had already deployed before the Pentagon changed its policy last October.

Two female soldiers filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday to end the ban on women in combat.

Command Sgt. Maj. Jane Baldwin and Col. Ellen Harding are suing to put an end to restrictions in combat positions “solely on the basis of sex.”

The women, who are both Army reservists, say their military careers have been hampered by the ban on women in combat, and are asking the court to rule it unconstitutional for violating their equal protection rights under the Fifth Amendment.

Sen. Dan Coats (R) is from Indiana, home of the Indianapolis 500 and NASCAR’s Brickyard 400.

President Obama posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor to U.S. Army Specialist Leslie H. Sabo Jr., Wednesday, May 16, at 3:10 p.m., four decades after his death during the Vietnam War.

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno said the House GOP proposal to limit troop reductions is too restrictive

The Pentagon's top officer for special operations in Afghanistan has been tapped as the new chief of the Army's vaunted Green Berets, according to a Defense Department statement issued Friday. 

“They're trying to swindle and hoodwink you," Obama said of colleges that engage in deceptive practices.