In Six Days in Fallujah, your job as the team leader is to make the best of your fire team. Doing this requires understanding ...

Infantry battalions, using the "crawl, walk, run" method of training, moved from individual-level training to squad-level training and live-fire exercises Aug. 25.

The Marines valued the M27’s ability to fire short, accurate bursts of suppressive fire at longer distances and issued the firearm to one Marine per infantry fire team, or three per squad.

The U.S. Army is refining a plan to extend by two months the service's 14-week infantry one station unit training, or OSUT, so young grunts arrive at their first unit more combat-ready than ever ...

Firefighters are getting help as they deal with the loss of two colleagues killed Sunday's deadly ambush in Coeur d'Alene.

The U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps infantrymen pride themselves on being some of the biggest badasses on every block they roll into. They have more similarities than differences, but they are ...

Each soldier in a US Army infantry squad plays a specific role—and carries the weapons and gear to match. From the squad leader’s command tools to the automatic rifleman’s suppressive fire ...

A rare video shows Russian soldiers under intense fire from Ukrainian forces in Mariupol. A Russian channel said it decided to share the video to demonstrate its troops' "heroism." Warning: The ...

The Stryker Brigade Combat Team’s (SBCT’s) Role in the Army of 2030. Our Army exists for one purpose — to defend the nation and protect our national interests as part of the joint force.

The U.S. Army’s next assault rifle and machine gun will have built-in computers to give soldiers unparalleled firing accuracy. The so-called Next Generation Squad Weapons will feature a digital ...

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