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Par for the Course: 2026 Armed Forces Golf Championship kicks off at West Point, N.Y.
Service members compete in the third round of the 2025 Armed Forces Golf Championship at The Legends Golf Course at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C., Feb. 25, 2025. (DoD photo by EJ Hersom)
Sept. 15, 2026 - Top military golfers are competing at the historic West Point Golf Course this week for the 2026 Armed Forces Golf Championship, running Sept. 8–19. The tournament officially begins Tuesday with Opening Ceremonies at 0730, followed by Championship Round 1 tee times featuring players from the Army, Navy, Department of the Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard competing for individual and team titles.

Soldier returns for sixth Armed Forces tournament
Army Sgt. 1st Class Lolita Galdones shares a happy moment with teammates at the 2025 Armed Forces Rugby Championships.

(Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Colby Mothershead)
Sept. 11, 2026 - Lolita Galdones’ introduction to rugby came one afternoon while playing soccer on a Japanese beach.

Service Superiority Earned: All-Army Women’s Team, Department of the Air Force Men’s Team wins the Armed Forces Softball Championship
Services members compete during the Armed Forces Softball Championships at Devon Park in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, August 26-29, 2026. Service members competed for championship honors while representing their respective services.
Aug. 30, 2026 - Armed Forces Softball has officially concluded four days of high-stakes competition at Devon Park, where top military athletes battled on the dirt to claim service superiority.

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.

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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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