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PHOTO: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testifies before a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the Department of Defense's FY27 budget request on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 29, 2026.
Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

Hegseth battles with Democrats -- and some Republicans -- over the Iran war and top officials' firings

PHOTO: Kid Rock posed with military personnel  April 27, 2026.
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Hegseth and Kid Rock go for a ride in Army helicopters

PHOTO: Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during a briefing on the Iran war, amid a ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran, at the Pentagon in Washington, April 24, 2026.
Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

Senate Democrats say Pentagon wasn't ready for Iranian retaliation on US troops

PHOTO: U.S. Army Sgt. Christopher Smith assigned to 1st Battalion, 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) lifts a 40-lbs sandbag during the new Combat Field Test (CFT), at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va.
Sgt. Aaron Troutman/U.S. Army

Army unveils new gender-neutral fitness test for soldiers

PHOTO: Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll testify during a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense budget hearing for the US Army on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 16, 2026.
Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

Army secretary calls fired general 'transformational' after Hegseth ousted him

PHOTO: Captain Natalee Winton administers the oath of enlistment to 13 U.S. Space Force and USAF delayed entry program members during a swear-in ceremony at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, May 29, 2024.
Staff Sgt. Colin Hollowell/U.S. Air Force

Air Force and Space Force meet recruiting goals months before target date

PHOTO: An F-15E Strike Eagle takes off for a combat flight during Operation Epic Fury, March 16, 2026.
USAF

2 US jets downed by Iranian fire; search and rescue mission underway for 1 crew member

PHOTO: In a video posted to Kid Rock’s Instagram account, two Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopters are seen flying near his Nashville home.
@kidrock/Instagram

Army says it's reviewing attack helicopters flying low and hovering near Kid Rock's home

PHOTO: U.S. Army paratroopers, assigned to 82nd Airborne Division, execute Joint Force Entries as part of a multinational exercise at Luna and Cincu, Romania, May 13-15, 2024.
US Army

Using US ground troops against Iran could prove very costly, retired generals say

PHOTO: An Army soldier recruiter at the Hyundai Air & Sea Show in Miami, May 28, 2022.
Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Army extends maximum recruitment age to 42, allowing older recruits to join

PHOTO: Paratroopers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division conduct live fire exercises at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, July 28, 2025.
Spc Jayreliz Batista Prado/US Army, File

82nd Airborne ground forces set to deploy to Middle East: Source

PHOTO: Police Respond To Bomb Threat In D.C.
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Pentagon plans to keep National Guard in DC into 2029, 2 US officials say

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