The Army will not hold its yearly competition to find the service’s best squad of soldiers this month because of the federal government shutdown, the service announced Friday. The “lapse in ...

The Army's Best Squad Competition, which was canceled due to the government shutdown, sees soldiers take part in physical challenges like this one pictured in Savannah, Georgia, on Sept. 30, 2023.

GRAFENWOEHR TRAINING AREA, Germany — A storied cavalry regiment based in Vilseck will once again represent U.S. Army Europe and Africa at the Army’s Best Squad Competition, as it kept its streak alive ...

In a modern gunfight, a squad wins by putting the right kind of fire in the right place fast, and keeping it there. That takes more than marksmanship. It takes a rifle and an automatic rifle that ...