The Navy wants to test private wells for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, within its sampling area near Naval Support Activity Mechanicsburg.
US Navy Requesting Permission to Sample Private Drinking Water for PFAS Near Pennsylvania Base
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Texas Reduces Number of Troops at Southern Border Amid Response to Planned Protests
The Texas National Guard is deploying thousands of its troops in response to planned protests of the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign and is even scaling down some of its forces at the U.S. southern border at the same time.
The Army Parade Poses Potential Pitfalls like a Tank Breakdown. Soldiers Say They’re Prepared.
Thousands of soldiers have descended upon Washington, D.C., from more than a dozen Army divisions across the force, and many of them have meticulously prepared their machines to roll down Constitution Avenue.
One Soldier Dead, Another Injured in Fort Campbell Helicopter Training Crash
A soldier was killed and another injured during an aviation training mission Wednesday evening at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, the service announced.
Army Eliminates Office for Minimizing Civilian Deaths on Battlefields
The Civilian Protection Center of Excellence, which once housed roughly 30 staff, has been folded into the Army’s dense web of unrelated bureaucratic policy shops.
Hegseth Won’t Say He’d Follow Court Order on LA Troop Deployment
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth refused to say Thursday whether he would follow a federal district court order if it rules that the Trump administration’s troop deployments to Los Angeles are illegal.
Pentagon Encourages Troops to Join Immigration Enforcement, Border Security Job Training Program
Hegseth ordered the Pentagon to “prioritize and broadly advertise” opportunities troops who are nearing separation or retirement from the military have with either Customs and Border Protection or Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Trump’s Deployment of Troops to LA Protest Divides US Governors
Since Trump’s return to office, Democratic governors have been calculating about when to criticize him, when to emphasize common ground and when to bite their tongues.
Deep Workforce Cuts at VA, Pentagon Backed by Republican Spending Bills
House Republicans are on track to allow job cuts at the Pentagon and Department of Veterans Affairs to proceed in the annual spending bills for each department.
Most US Adults Say Trump’s Military Parade Is Not a Good Use of Money, a New AP-NORC Poll Finds
Featuring hundreds of military vehicles and aircraft and thousands of soldiers, the celebration on Saturday, which also happens to be President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday, has grown extensively in scope and size since Army planners started working on a festival two years ago to mark the military branch’s 250th anniversary.