Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a policy enforcing uniform physical fitness standards for all combat roles, eliminating gender-based differences. The Pentagon insists no standards will be ...

Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, mandated that physical fitness requirements for combat jobs be “sex-neutral,” a move that is likely to significantly reduce the number of women who qualify.

Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael R. Weimer announced that a new Master Combat Badge is being rolled out for combat veterans who also have earned skills-related honors. Weimer also announced that the ...

Now, the existing stock of the old combat uniform will be in service till June 2026, as against the earlier deadline of June 2025. Related stories India’s Defence Expenditure: Higher spending ...

U.S. Air Force Gen. Ken Wilsbach, then the Pacific Air Forces commander, visits Osan Air Base, South Korea, Oct. 19, 2023. (Staff Sgt. Thomas Sjoberg/Air Force) The Kansas City Chiefs didn’t ...

In the first major recovery of illegally sold counterfeit uniforms made according to the Army’s new digital combat pattern, a joint operation by Southern Command Military Intelligence, Pune and ...

A defense contractor may have rigged test results on how bug repellent Army Combat Uniforms were, officials say, leaving soldiers in insect-heavy places vulnerable to illnesses like the Zika virus ...

The solicitation for the next-gen Marine Corps combat utility uniform, or MCCUU, was published May 12, giving interested companies a month to submit a proposal and fabric sample for a uniform that ...

Many Marines working in the Pentagon are now allowed to wear their camouflage uniforms, rather than their more formal — and more expensive — service uniforms. A December 2022 memo from Lt. Gen ...

Wearing the combat utility uniform, Sgt. Gabriel Montiel Jr. asks Gen. David H. Berger and Sgt. Maj. Troy E. Black a question in a theater at Camp Pendleton, California, in 2019. (Lance Cpl ...

Author’s grandfather, Vasiliy Khudyakov, wearing a Soviet Army field combat uniform. The photo was taken in 1944 during World War II, which he fought in and survived.

The new digital pattern combat uniform for Indian Army soldiers was unveiled on 15 January 2022 (Army Day). The improved uniform has a contemporary look and functional design.