Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle met with World War II veterans, 100-year old Paul Robins and 99-year old Eddie Desmond, aboard the Battleship USS New Jersey Museum and Memorial in Philadelphia, Pa., Oct 12. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class (SW/AW) Joe J. Cardona Gonzalez).
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Maxime Thouy, a Massachusetts native, infantry Marine with 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, shouts orders during a company supported attack as part of Integrated Training Exercise 1-26 at Range 400, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Jan. 26, 2026. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Damian Oso)
Lt. Gen. James Adams, deputy commandant for programs and resources, said the Marine Corps is involved in six pilot programs related to AI and automation.
Staff Sgt. Neil Wegley, 155th Explosive Ordnance Disposal team lead, conducts measurements on a simulated unexploded ordnance during an exercise, Feb. 7, 2026, at the Nebraska National Guard air base in Lincoln, Nebraska. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Jeremiah Johnson)
In this photo illustration, the OpenAI “ChatGPT” AI-generated answer to the question “What can AI offer to humanity?” is seen on a laptop screen on February 03, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
A U.S. Marine with III Marine Expeditionary Force familiarizes himself with maneuvering drones during the Marine Corps Attack Drone Competition on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 7, 2025. During a two-week period, the Marine Corps Attack Drone Team trained and certified 3rd Marine Division Marines as attack drone operators, attack drone instructor, and payload specialist instructors, increasing the Division’s lethality and capacity of trained and certified attack drone operators and instructors. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joaquin Dela Torre)
A pair of Ray-Ban Meta 2nd generation smart glasses is seen on display during the Meta Connect Developer Conference at Meta’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California on September 27, 2023. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)
Sailors, attached to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 2, deploy an MK18 Mod 1 Swordfish unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) during UNITAS LXV, September 5, 2024. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Hunter S. Harwell)
An Operator assigned to 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) peers down a hallway scanning for hostile targets in Las Vegas June 2, 2023 . The training was conducted to allow Green berets to hone their ability to adapt to adverse conditions in unfamiliar terrain.
(U.S. Army Photo by SPC. Steven Alger)
Over the next several months, SOCOM is inviting industry, academia and national laboratory groups to participate in a series of events intended to explore how AI can…
A member of the Rhode Island Army National Guard reviews a Soldier’s enlisted record brief (ERB) during a centralized promotion board, Feb. 12, 2025, Camp Fogarty, Rhode Island. Conducted without in-person candidates, the board relies heavily on accurate and well-written NCOERs (noncommissioned officer evaluation report) to fairly evaluate and score each promotion file. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Terry Rajsombath)