The War Department's newest special activity — the Personal Property Activity — met with moving, shipping and logistics leaders to provide an update on the accelerated reform aimed at improving one of the most critical quality-of-life issues facing military families, the permanent change of station moving process.

More than 8,000 children visited the Pentagon for "Bring Your Child to Work Day," where they explored military displays, met with leaders like Secretary Pete Hegseth, and participated in a special reading with Second Lady Usha Vance.

Air Force pararescuemen assigned to the 68th Rescue Squadron completed the Combat Leader Course at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., enhancing their operational readiness and leadership skills.

Marine Corps Gen. Francis L. Donovan directed the establishment of the Southcom Autonomous Warfare Command, which will employ autonomous, semiautonomous and unmanned platforms and systems to counter threats and challenges across the region. 

The Space Force's Space Systems Command and Combat Forces Command successfully delivered the GPS III-8 satellite into orbit, providing GPS capabilities to the warfighter that are three times as accurate and eight times as resistant to jamming as the previous constellation. 

Army infantry drone operators successfully tested a new warhead designed for delivery by an unmanned aerial system, a significant leap forward for battlefield technology only weeks after the initial design and rapid prototyping of the system.

The president's fiscal year 2027 budget request was made public during a briefing at the Pentagon, with $1.5 trillion — the largest request in history — aimed at, among other things, supporting military families, securing the homeland, modernizing equipment, rebuilding the defense industrial base and providing a raise to service members.