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WASHINGTON — (AP) — The intense firefight over Ukraine has the Pentagon rethinking its weapons stockpiles. Ukraine is answering with as many as 7,000 rounds a day, firing 155 mm howitzer rounds, Stinger anti-aircraft missiles and now NASAMS air defense munitions, and thousands of rounds of small arms fire. On Wednesday, the Biden administration announced an additional round of aid that will provide 20 million more rounds of small arms ammunition to Kyiv. But the Avenger systems rely on Stinger missiles, too. “We wouldn’t have provided these Stinger missiles if we didn’t feel that we could,” Singh said at a recent Pentagon briefing.

The intense firefight over Ukraine has the Pentagon rethinking its weapons stockpiles. It’s a question confronting Pentagon planners, not only as they aim to supply Ukraine for a war with Russia that could stretch years longer, but also as they look ahead to a potential conflict with China. Ukraine is answering with as many as 7,000 rounds a day, firing 155 mm howitzer rounds, Stinger anti-aircraft missiles and now NASAMS air defense munitions, and thousands of rounds of small arms fire.

Pakistan's government says it is ready to appoint a new army chief for the country as political turmoil and feuding continues to grip its political elite.

This year's event was particularly poignant for the royals, as it also paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II.

The Navy met its target goal and so did the Air Force, although with fewer additional recruits than in previous years. Meanwhile, the Army fell short.

WASHINGTON — (AP) — The U.S. will buy 100,000 rounds of howitzer artillery from South Korean manufacturers to provide to Ukraine, a U.S. official said Thursday, in a deal the two governments have been working on for some time. The South Korea agreement provides a sharp counterpoint to U.S. accusations earlier this month that North Korea was covertly shipping artillery to Russia. Until now, South Korea had previously limited its support for Ukraine to non-lethal equipment and supplies. In April, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pressed South Korea to provide lethal arms after Russia's attack on Mariupol. He said the Pentagon has regular conversations with South Korea and other allies around the world about how best to support Ukraine in the war.

A U.S. official says the U.S. will buy 100,000 rounds of howitzer artillery rounds from South Korean manufacturers to provide to Ukraine.

The U.S. will buy 100,000 rounds of howitzer artillery from South Korean manufacturers to provide to Ukraine, a U.S. official said Thursday, in a deal the two governments have been working on for some time. The agreement comes as Ukrainian leaders press for more weapons and aid to take advantage of a counteroffensive that is pushing Russian forces out of some areas they had taken over earlier in the war. Other defense officials confirmed the broad outlines of the contract and said it would help with stockpile pressures, specifically involving the howitzer ammunition, which Ukrainian forces have been using at a high rate.

Notre Dame beat Army in the "Win one for the Gipper" game before 85,000 spectators at Yankee Stadium on Nov. 10, 1928, inspired by the memory of late football star George Gipp.

He said as many as 40,000 Ukrainian civilians and "well over" 100,000 Russian soldiers have been killed or wounded in the war, now in its ninth month. "Same thing probably on the Ukrainian side," Milley added. “There has been a tremendous amount of suffering, human suffering,” he said at The Economic Club of New York. Russia has said it is open to talks, and this week announced it had begun a retreat from Kherson. Milley, the highest-ranking U.S. military officer, said Russia had amassed 20,000 to 30,000 troops in Kherson and a full retreat could take several weeks.

Even as the Aggies struggle on the field, there is passion and beauty in the fan base. Charlotte Wilder explores College Station.

SAVANNAH, Ga. — A former U.S. Army sergeant faces life in prison after he admitted he stabbed a fellow soldier to death in June 2020. Byron Booker, 29, pleaded guilty to the murder of 21-year-old Army soldier Austin James Hawk. “Byron Booker murdered a former fellow soldier in cold blood in retaliation for that soldier performing his duties as a service member,” said U.S. Estes, a retired U.S. Army colonel. After getting into Hawk’s barracks room shortly after midnight on June 17, 2020, Booker “slashed and stabbed Hawk repeatedly with a sharp-edged weapon,” according to the plea agreement. Hawk’s body was found with 40 separate stab or slash wounds in his Fort Stewart barracks room the next day.

Drug overdose cases, many from fentanyl use, are being attributed to a growing number of deaths in the U.S. Some rhetoric used to discuss the epidemic may be based on false information.

A "CBS Mornings" investigation revealed some Army Special Forces soldiers were struggling to find safe and accessible child care.

The federal government counted more accidental overdose deaths in 2021 alone than it did in the 20-year period from 1979 through 1998. As fentanyl gains attention, mistaken beliefs persist about the drug, how it is trafficked and why so many people are dying. A report this year from a bipartisan federal commission found that fentanyl and similar drugs are being made mostly in labs in Mexico from chemicals shipped primarily from China. It also publicizes bigfentanylseizures by law enforcement, though it's believed that even the largest busts make small dents in the national drug supply. "You don’t know what's in an unregulated drug supply.

Fentanyl and other potent synthetic opioids ingrained in the nation's illicit drug supply are killing more people in the U.S. than any other drug has.

Lillianna Alfaro was a recent high school graduate raising a toddler and considering joining the Army when she and a friend bought what they thought was the anti-anxiety drug Xanax in December 2020. The pills were fake and contained fentanyl, an opioid that can be 50 times as powerful as the same amount of heroin. The drug that killed her daughter was rare a decade ago, but fentanyl and other lab-produced synthetic opioids now are driving an overdose crisis deadlier than any the U.S. has ever seen.

Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Fla., and Army special forces Sergeant Lonny Posey spoke with Fox News Digital about the military vaccination mandate and other far-left policies.

ORLANDO, Fla. — There is a new push to end the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for members of the military. Some active-duty officers are questioning why the mandate is still in place after President Joe Biden said earlier this month that “the pandemic is over.”Read: DOJ to mobilize strike teams to go after COVID-19-related fraudAs of August, about 5,700 service members had been discharged from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps for refusing to get vaccinated. Read: People who haven’t gotten COVID-19 may be virus ‘super-dodger,’ doctors sayClick here to download the free WFTV news and weather apps, click here to download the WFTV Now app for your smart TV and click here to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live. ©2022 Cox Media Group

Team Biden’s ‘weak,’ woke military isn’t ready to combat the rising challenges of China, Russia. America needs to act fast to boost defense spending.

The Army was the only military service to have more suicides in 2021 than in 2020 — 176 compared with 174. According to Defense Department data, there were 328 suicides by active duty service members in 2021, compared with 384 in 2020. In the first six months of 2021, there were 173 suicides, compared with 158 in that time frame this year. Behavioral research has linked military suicides to a range of personal issues, including finances and marital stress. In 2021, roughly 94% of military suicides were men.

A new report and Pentagon data show that suicides across the active duty U.S. military decreased over the past 18 months, driven by sharp drops in the Air Force and Marine Corps last year and a similar decline among Army soldiers during the first six months of this year.

Documents show that several U.S. military officers sought employment with the government of Qatar after working closely with the country while on active duty.

WASHINGTON D.C. — Military leaders told lawmakers they’re concerned because they’re having trouble recruiting Americans to serve the country. By the end of 2022, the active-duty military will be at its smallest size since the creation of the all-volunteer force, according to congressional testimony. Leaders said that’s partly because they’re in the most challenging recruiting environment they’ve ever faced. :’ Military families push for accountability for base housing problemsAt a meeting of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Army officials gave some of the challenges they face. According to officials, there could be consequences for the country if they don’t turn around the trends.

A defense lawyer lashed out Thursday at a star witness in a trial related to a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, accusing the Army veteran of "stolen valor" and questioning why he wasn't given a Purple Heart if he was truly injured in Iraq. At one point, an FBI agent firmly told lawyer Leonard Ballard to “back up, please.”“Judge, it's literally hurting my ears. It goes to his credibility.”Ballard, a former Marine, said a Purple Heart for Chappel's injuries should have been automatic under Army regulations. “Then I’ll allow you to ask him if he ever had the Purple Heart,” Wilson told Ballard.

With rousing music as a soundtrack to what could be an Army recruiting commercial, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ 13-second clip of the reopened Sanibel Causeway shows a convoy of trucks rumbling toward the Hurricane Ian-battered island.

The president's first stop is Colorado, where he plans to designate Camp Hale as a new national monument, delivering on a key priority for Sen. Michael F. Bennet (D-Colo.).

That the Army deploys efforts to proactively encourage diversity has led to a particular flavor of criticism from the political right.

Current and former service members expressed their views on the direction of the military, voicing concerns that the military has become too "woke" in recent years.

President Biden's Army secretary responded to critics who say the armed forces are too "woke," defending its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs as "important."

The receiver assembly of an M2 .50-caliber machine gun went missing from 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment's staff duty area and triggered an all-hands search.

Army Secretary Christine Wormuth told reporters that a new recruiting task force is coming up with ideas. For the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, the Army enlisted just 75% of its goal — falling 15,000 soldiers short of the 60,000 target. It was the only service to miss its recruiting goal, but all of the others had to dig deep into their pools of delayed entry applicants, which will put them behind as they begin the next recruiting year on Saturday. Asked if there is any sense the Army will be able to meet its goal this year, Wormuth said it is too early to speculate. Wormuth and McConville spoke to reporters on the first day of the annual meeting of the Association of the United States Army.

The Army plans to increase its investment in marketing and is expected to expand a new program for struggling recruits.

Michigan congressional candidate John James warned the military should be more focused on the well-being of service members instead of renaming military bases

CEO and founder of Nine Line Apparel appeared on "Fox & Friends" this week to discuss how he's been hindered on Facebook from selling T-shirts — all profits were going to help needy people in Florida.

Beginning on Dec. 18, 2022, the Department of Defense will start its plan to rename assets across the country, including hundreds of streets, buildings and other assets. Among the changes is the renaming of nine Army posts: Forts Benning and Gordon in Georgia; Forts Lee, A.P Hill and Pickett in Virginia; Fort Bragg in North Carolina, Fort Rucker in Alabama, Fort Polk in Louisiana and Fort Hood in Texas, according to Military Times. Navy ships USS Chancellorsville and USNS Maury will also be renamed to a name to be decided by the secretary of the navy. Below are some of the proposed base names released in May:Fort Benning — Fort MooreFort Gordon — Fort EisenhowerFort Bragg — Fort LibertyFort Hood — Fort CavazosFort Picket — Fort Van BarfootFort Lee — Fort Gregg-AdamsFort A.P Hill — Fort WalkerFort Polk - Fort JohnsonFort Rucker - Fort NovoselAustin — the nation’s first Black Pentagon chief — thanked the Naming Commission for the 18 months of work in the memo. — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Implementation of the Naming Commission's RecommendationsIt will cost the Pentagon an estimated $62.5 million to implement the recommendations.

In 2018, Perla Huerta moved into a condo in Tampa

Fuller often explored and exposed how social institutions can perpetuate racism, like he did in his best-known work, the searing and acclaimed "A Soldier's Play."

The retired Army general claimed during his primary campaign that the White House race was stolen from former President Donald Trump. Then, after Bolduc won the Sept. 13 vote, he said it wasn't. Trump has called Bolduc a “strong guy, though guy,” but did not formally endorse the candidate in the primary. "I have come to the conclusion, and I want to be definitive about this, that the election was not stolen," Bolduc said. “I’m done when these treasonous people in the White House, in our government,” said Mary Margaret Burke of Hampstead.

NEW YORK — (AP) — Charles Fuller, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of the searing and acclaimed “A Soldier’s Play” who often explored and exposed how social institutions can perpetuate racism, has died. “The best way to dispel stereotypes and massive lies is telling something as close to the truth as you can,” Fuller told Newsday. It dissected entrenched racism as well as internal divisions in the Black military community, wrapping it in a murder mystery. Born in Philadelphia, Fuller attended Villanova University and then joined the Army in 1959, serving in Japan and South Korea. His breakthrough came with “The Brownsville Raid,” which told the true story of Black soldiers who were dishonorably discharged in 1906 after they were wrongly accused of murder.

Charles Fuller, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of the searing and acclaimed “A Soldier’s Play” who often explored and exposed how social institutions can perpetuate racism, has died.

The former Army combat medic never disclosed she was working for Florida's government, one migrant said.

Trooper Jack Burnell-Williams reportedly took part in the late Queen's funeral procession.

U.S. military’s all-volunteer force is in a long, slow decline because of a host of issues. We need to inspire more young people to serve their country.

Sgt. Nicholas Bobo, a 22-year-old Army paratrooper, was shot and killed outside his apartment in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on Tuesday evening.

Fox News contributor Joey Jones joined "Hannity" to share his feelings about how soldiers in the US Army are being treated amidst rising inflation.

An independent commission is recommending that the Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery be dismantled and taken down, as part of its final report to Congress on the renaming of military bases and assets that commemorate the Confederacy.

Ukraine's army makes significant territorial gains, while Russia hits back with missiles.

Even seasoned noncommissioned officers from the lower 48 states can experience a steep learning curve when operating and surviving in the frigid environment.

The Queen, her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren - four generations of the UK royals.

Defense officials have argued that an increase in reported assaults is a positive trend because so many people are reluctant to report it.

"21st century warfare needs 21st century energy and resilience," said Col. Michael Sapp, the garrison commander of Fort Meade.

The Pentagon and the military services have long struggled to come up with programs to prevent sexual assaults and to encourage reporting. The Pentagon releases a report every year on the number of sexual assaults reported by or about troops. That means that only about one in every five service members reported an incident that happened in the previous year. Every year as many as 10% of the assaults that service members reported happened before they joined the military. Officials familiar with the findings said survey respondents also reported increases in unhappiness in the workplace, as well as more sexual harassment, which can sometimes lead to other sexual assaults or misconduct.

Reports of sexual assaults across the U.S. military jumped by 13% last year, driven by significant increases in the Army and the Navy as bases began to move out of pandemic restrictions and public venues opened back up.

The fitness training is for recruits who are between 2% and 6% over the body fat standards for their age and gender. The Army routinely allows recruits to go to basic training if they are up to 2% over because they will automatically lose weight and gain muscle during basic training. In the fitness program, 73 of the 152 students who began the program have already met the goal and been able to move to basic training. She's taken the academic test and failed three times in the past two years, and sees this as her best chance. Commanders say they believe they can put up to 10,000 through the classes, and it could be set up at three other Army training bases.

There's a new Army program that gives lower-performing recruits up to 90 days of academic or fitness instruction to help them meet military standards.

Chaz Andrews has wanted to join the Army since he was 19, but he has failed the service's academic test more than 10 times over the past decade. Now, at age 29, Andrews thinks he has a real shot to pass, thanks to a new Army program that gives lower-performing recruits up to 90 days of academic or fitness instruction to help them meet military standards. “I didn’t want to give up on it,” he said during a recent break in his classroom schedule at Fort Jackson, where he is one of more than 300 recruits who have been allowed to enlist in the new Army prep course.

Military recruitment is the lowest it's been in years, due in part to the pandemic creating a lack of opportunities to recruit in schools.

Military recruitment is the lowest it's been in years, due in part to the pandemic creating a lack of opportunities to recruit in schools.

A World War II-era tugboat that was built in Deland is one step closer to returning home. ST 479 “Tiger” is moored at the end of Pier 1 at Green Cove Springs in Clay County, just south of Jacksonville.

Several hundred people came together on the football field at Foundation Academy in Winter Garden on Tuesday evening to honor the life of Evan Fitzgibbon, 23, who died in Georgia last week during a training exercise.

The West Point U.S. Military Academy announced Thursday that a Central Florida soldier died during a training exercise earlier this week.

Josef Newgarden kept the focus simple all week.

When “Top Gun: Maverick” roared into theaters in late May, the Air Force was ready.

The Army says a retired three-star general has been suspended as a military adviser.

The Supreme Court has allowed a former state trooper to sue Texas over his claim that he was forced out of his job when he returned from Army service in Iraq.

A memoir by Chelsea Manning will come out this fall.

Army troops have been called in to rescue thousands of people stranded by massive floods that have ravaged northeastern India and Bangladesh, leaving millions of homes underwater and severing transport links.

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro signed a decree Tuesday that creates stricter rules against environmental crimes in the Amazon rainforest, such as fraud in timber licensing.

An independent commission is recommending new names for nine Army posts that now commemorate Confederate officers.

If you’re a loyal News 6 viewer, you may have noticed a member of our team was off the air for several weeks in April.

Angel Ayala and his family have called a house in east Orlando their home for the last six years.

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro issued a pardon for a recently convicted ally, setting off a backlash from adversaries claiming the president is overstepping his constitutional bounds and once again undermining the Supreme Court.

A ceremony was held to rededicate the U.S. Army Reserve Center in Sanford after Sgt. 1st Class Alwyn Cashe, a soldier from Oviedo who died in October 2005 after saving the lives of multiple others in Iraq.

The Army has scrapped its move to have a physical fitness test that's gender- and age-neutral, and will now allow women and older soldiers to pass while meeting some reduced standards.

The name of an Oviedo soldier killed in Iraq is up for consideration in an updated list of potential new names for nine Army bases in the U.S.

The Navy said it has discharged 23 active duty sailors for refusing the coronavirus vaccine, marking the first time it has thrown currently serving sailors out of the military over the mandatory shots.

The Pentagon says it's streamlined the approval process for urgent use of National Guard forces in the District of Columbia.

U.S. officials say all of the military services have now begun disciplinary actions and discharges for troops who have refused to get the mandated coronavirus vaccine, with as many as 20,000 unvaccinated forces at risk of being removed from service.

A memorial service for Colin L.

Christina McConnell had no idea what the term “Review Duplicates “meant until retired Army Sgt. Thomas Baker, a long-time friend, contacted News 6 and Make Ends Meet to learn a similar request had been issued in July.

An act of kindness - Lake County roofing company provides roof for Army Veteran.

The NATO-led KFOR mission in Kosovo has increased its patrols on the border with Serbia in a bid to deescalate tensions between the two Balkan foes over a dispute about license plates.

Azerbaijan and Armenia are marking the first anniversary of the start of their six-week war in which more than 6,600 people died and that ended with Azerbaijan regaining control of large swaths of territory.

The U.S. Department of Defense is taking input on its plan to build an advanced mobile nuclear microreactor prototype at the Idaho National Laboratory in eastern Idaho.

A military procession has returned the body of a Marine who was among U.S. troops killed in a suicide bombing at Afghanistan’s Kabul airport to his Indiana hometown.

There's growing interest in grassroots programs aimed at reducing community violence at a time when violent crime around the country is on the rise.

A man wanted as part of an investigation into gang violence in Orange County has been arrested.

Independent researchers say the military takeover in Myanmar has given the junta full control of the country’s lucrative and conflict-ridden jade mining.

A new study finds that female soldiers at Army bases in Texas, Colorado, Kansas and Kentucky face a greater risk of sexual assault and harassment than those at other posts, accounting for more than a third of all active duty Army women sexually assaulted in 2018.

A top Army leader is defending the Pentagon’s response to the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Christine Wormuth has been confirmed unanimously by the Senate to be the first female secretary of the Army.

The push to remove Confederate names from Pentagon properties, including storied Army posts, could eventually affect hundreds of assets and facilities.

The Pentagon says reports of sexual assaults across the military increased by a very small amount in 2020.

An arrest is made in connection with a downtown Orlando homicide.

The top U.S. general for Africa says a growing military threat from China may well come from America’s east, as Beijing looks to establish a large navy port capable of hosting submarines or aircraft carriers on the Atlantic coast of Africa.

An investigation has concluded that members of the Washington D.

A homeless Army veteran is being called a hero for pulling the driver of a burning car to safety following a head-on crash in Florida’s Panhandle.

U.S. military leaders say that recent problems with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine have made it more difficult to provide shots for forces overseas.

(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)WASHINGTON – Lawmakers expressed frustration Tuesday with how slowly improvements are being made to criminal investigation at Fort Hood, Texas, where rates of violent crime and sexual assaults are particularly high. More than two dozen Fort Hood soldiers died in 2020, including in multiple homicides and suicides. The review also concluded that the Army CID was understaffed, overwhelmed and filled with inexperienced investigators. Elder Fernandes, who was missing for more than a week last year before he was found dead about 28 miles from Fort Hood. AdAs a result of the independent review and other investigations, the Army earlier this year took action against 14 officers and enlisted soldiers at Fort Hood.