Retirement assessment

The Army tests new vehicles and tech in European exercise

Army units training in Europe try out systems for future use, including new drones and GM Defense’s offering for a Humvee replacement.
Trump executive prevents families of U.S. troops from leaving Afghanistan

A Trump administration move to halt a refugee program spilled over into efforts to bring people from Afghanistan to the U.S., some tied to military families.
Vets group blasts Trump plane crash comments as ‘shameful’

The president on Thursday suggested that programs to hire workers with disabilities may have lead to the aircraft collision that killed 67 people.
This Ranger hurled a Taliban’s grenade back at the them. His survival depended on cultivated courage

Despite being grievously wounded from the fierce firefight, Leroy Petry recalls to Military Times, “I’m glad I survived, but I’d do it all over again.”