The XM8 carbine has a shorter barrel and suppressor than the M7, and is also about a pound lighter than the rifle.

The new enlistment requirements were made official years after the Army faced a recruiting crisis, and as the United States is engaged in a war with Iran.

Many internet users speculated the change would help address a trend of lower recruitment numbers in the military.

The XM8 is not intended to replace the service’s primary rifle, the M7, but instead is being developed as a companion weapon.

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The use of drone technology and other devices is making it harder to treat service members wounded on the battlefield, prompting the Army to change how it provides medical care.

A top US army official said the service is “very close” to fielding the US military’s first hypersonic weapon, a forecast at odds with recent Pentagon assessments that more testing is needed before it should be deployed.

CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea– In a powerful demonstration of combined combat power, paratroopers from the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 11th

The Army approved soldiers deployed in support of the war in Iran to wear a unit patch on their right shoulder as a combat patch.