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Pentagon Orders Chaplains to Replace Rank Insignia With Religious Symbols

The move signals a push to recenter chaplains on explicit ministry.

Hegseth Launches 'Ruthless' Review to Refocus Military Legal Support on Warfighting

Bangladesh Army Announces Sweeping Leadership Reshuffle After Tarique Rahman Takes Office

Mexico Defense Ministry Elevates Enrique Martínez López to Subsecretary as Covarrubias Retires

Spain Opens 2026 Armed Forces Recruitment With 4,527 Posts, Including 174 in Valencia

Pentagon Drafts Plan to Cut Combatant Commands to Eight, Refocus on Americas—Reports

France Opens Applications for New 10-Month National Military Service as Air Bases Detail Strict Training

Mexico’s Lower House Approves Navy Promotion Law Overhaul to Guarantee Equality

Indian Army to Pilot Induction of Women in Territorial Army Battalions

Dutch Crown Princess Amalia Enters Military Reserve, Begins Defensity College Training

Germany Establishes Sixth Territorial Defense Regiment, Completing Homeland Defense Division

Senate Confirms Hung Cao as Undersecretary of the Navy in 52–45 Vote

Princess Amalia Begins Part-Time Military Training as First Woman of Dutch Royal House to Serve

Dutch Artillery Convoy Reaches Stroe in Ferocious Bison Exercise

Argentina Confirms 18,659 Voluntary Military Departures Since Milei Took Office

Mexico’s Joint General Staff Marks Day With Pledge to Prioritize Personnel Preparation

South Korea Installs New Army, Navy and Air Force Chiefs in Sweeping Overhaul

San Javier Air Academy Ready as Princess Leonor Begins Final Military Year on Sept. 1

Italian General Diodato Abagnara Assumes UNIFIL Command in Lebanon

Coalition Divided Over Conscription as Bundeswehr Secures 10,000 New Posts