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Armed Forces Sports Softball tournament kicks off
2026 Armed Forces Softball Championship
Aug. 25, 2026 - Armed Forces Softball has returned with all of the best softball players the military has to offer to compete and earn service superiority.
Army rolls past Coast Guard to capture 12th Armed Forces rugby title
2026 Armed Forces Men's Rugby Championship
Aug. 24, 2026 - Army continued its domination of Armed Forces men’s rugby Sunday, defeating Coast Guard 50-0 at Infinity Park to claim its fifth consecutive Armed Forces Rugby Sevens Championship and 12th title since the competition moved to the sevens format in 2012.
Air Force, Coast Guard victories kick off Armed Forces rugby at RugbyTown 7s
2026 Armed Forces Sports Men's Rugby Championship
Aug. 24, 2026 - Military rugby took center stage Friday at Infinity Park as the Department of the Air Force and Coast Guard opened the 2026 Armed Forces Men’s Rugby Championship with victories on the first day of RugbyTown 7s.
From Hawaii to the Courts: The OG of the Navy Basketball Team
Armed Forces Sports Basketball Championship
Aug. 17, 2026 - "I think everyone sees me as like the OG is what they call me, like the veteran," U.S. Navy Intelligence Specialist 1st Class Christie Ayers says with a grin. As a player who’s been through it all, Christie embodies the kind of leadership that only comes from decades of dedication to both basketball and service. She earned that nickname from 10 years of past teammates playing for Armed Forces Sports. Her journey started at just five years old in her hometown in Pearl City, Hawaii, where she was always in some sport, dragging her parents to every sporting event on the island. “Since I was little, I was just in the game,” she says. “My brother was into sports too, so we were always active year-round, just doing something competitive.”
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2019 Women's Armed Forces Cross Country Championship

  • U.S. Armed Forces Sports
  • Feb. 2, 2019 | 1:57

The Armed Forces Cross Country Championship Feb. 2 was run at Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee, Florida, Feb. 2, 2019. The women's 10K was part of the 2019 USA Track and Field Cross Country Championships. Air Force 1st Lt. Hannah Everson took first place for military women with Army Spc. Susan Tanui taking silver and Army 1st Lt. Jennifer Hannigan bronze. Army won the women's team competition for the fifth consecutive year with 18 points. The Navy and Air Force both ended up with 44 points, but Navy's fifth runner broke the tie, giving silver to the Navy and bronze to the Air Force. The Marines finished fourth with 51 points.

 

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