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US President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth salute as a US Army carry team carries the flag-draped transfer case containing the remains of Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, during a dignified transfer solemn event for US service members killed during operations in the Middle East, at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware, on July 22, 2026. Swinton was killed in action on July 19 at at Erbil Air Base in Iraq. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

Pentagon moving to modify its online portal for reporting U.S. military casualties

DCAS currently includes information about personnel who have been classified as deceased, wounded, ill, or injured during their service.
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Lt. Gen. Chris Eubank, Commanding General, United States Army Cyber Command, speaks at the Warriors Corner #3 during the 2026 Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting and Exposition at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., Oct. 12, 2026. (U.S. Army photo by Rey Ramon)

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Task Force Lexington has “mapped out” an entire Cyber Protection Team composed of agents, including for analytic support and network analysts, among other roles.
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A laboratory technician at the Synthetic Biology and Biosurveillance Branch at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases demonstrates the Biodefense Mass Sequencing and Surveillance assay, developed by a team of researchers under the direction of branch chief Lt. Col. Jeffrey Kugelman during the coronavirus pandemic as a way to rapidly test large numbers of Service Members for exposure to COVID-19. BMASS can be used to test for multiple diseases at the same time, extending its potential beyond just COVID-19 surveillance. (DOD photo by: Paul Lagasse)

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Senior military and defense officials shared new details with reporters about the Army’s new biodefense strategy.
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Acting Secretary of the Army Adam Telle speaks during the Opening Ceremony of the 2026 Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting and Exposition at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., Oct. 12, 2026. (U.S. Army photo by Christopher Kaufmann)

Telle says Army will ‘find the weak links’ in the industrial supply chain through ‘manufacturing rodeo’

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Participants discuss how emerging tech can drive breakthroughs in lethality at GDIT’s ‘Battlespace of the Future’ summit. Panelists include, from left: DefenseScoop Editor-in-Chief Jon Harper, General Dynamics Ordnance & Tactical Systems’ Chris Haynes, Army Lt. Col. William Taylor, Army’s Bhavanjot Singh, Marine Corps Col. Matthew Ritchie, and Rep. Patrick Harrigan (NC-10). (Scoop News Group photo)

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U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth gives a State of the Force address at Marine Corps Base Quantico on September 30, 2026 in Quantico, Virginia. Secretary Hegseth delivered his State of the Force address to junior officers, enlisted leaders, and special guests including Anduril Industries co-founder Palmer Luckey. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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U.S. Navy Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Integration of Capabilities and Resources Vice Adm. John Skillman leads a town hall meeting onboard NSA Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, July 14, 2026. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Brendan McCormack)

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Spc. Brandon Mack, a small unmanned aircraft system operator assigned to 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Armored Combat Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, looks through his SMASH 2000L optic, a counter-sUAS tracking scope developed by SMARTSHOOTER, during rotation 26-02 at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California, Nov. 2, 2025. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Julian A. Winston)

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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. James Brooks, an infantry rifleman, with the 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, assigned to Joint Task Force-Southern Border (JTF-SB) in support of Operation Ardent Vanguard, patrols the southern border in Tecate, California, Aug. 25, 2026. Patrols help deter illegal crossing of the southern border. U.S. Northern Command is working side-by-side with the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection within narrowly defined authorities to provide unique military capabilities to protect the territorial integrity of the U.S. southern border. (Dept. of Defense photo by Sgt. Nathan Hislop)

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