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May 07th: High winds and sea swells are making it too dangerous for U.S. military personnel to install the pier at the Gaza beach, the Pentagon said. Read more ▸
May 07th: Army Staff Sgt. Gordon Black faces charges of theft after being arrested in Russia on May 2. Read more ▸
May 07th: Senior Airman Roger Fortson was shot and killed by an Okaloosa Sheriff's deputy at his off-base residence following a disturbance call May 3, 2024. Read more ▸
May 07th: Here's what Marines can expect under the new rules. Read more ▸
May 07th: Officials say the Navy destroyer Bulkeley has moved past its problems, but internal investigations reveal a tough few years for the ship's crew. Read more ▸
May 06th: The story of prolific World War II photographer Lee Miller, who documented the horrors at Dachau, is coming to the big screen. Read more ▸
May 06th: An F-22 Raptor taking part in a fighter exercise Monday in Savannah, Georgia, was involved in a mishap around 11:30 a.m. local time. Read more ▸
May 06th: On D-Day, Charles Shay was a 19-year-old Army medic. Now 99, he's about to take part in the 80th anniversary commemorations of the landings in Normandy. Read more ▸
May 06th: The soldier was reportedly stationed in South Korea and traveled to Russia on his own. Read more ▸
May 06th: U.S. Marines and their Filipino counterparts have staged joint combat drills near southern Taiwan, a flashpoint in the Washington-Beijing military rivalry. Read more ▸
May 06th: It has been almost a year since the Indian government arrested Vivek Raghuvanshi, a longtime freelancer journalist with Defense News. Read more ▸
May 06th: The scheme reportedly involved recruiting a hitman to murder four people, including two minors. Read more ▸
May 06th: The destroyer has been at the forefront of the fight against Houthi rebels in the Middle East for the past six months. Read more ▸
May 06th: The combatant command oversees more than 380,000 U.S troops and civilians and is at the center of American efforts to counter China's military ascent. Read more ▸
May 06th: The VA’s failure to provide timely benefits makes RECA a critical lifeline for many veterans, Keith Kiefer argues in an op-ed. Read more ▸
May 06th: With an aging fleet of aircraft facing formidable storms, the Air Force's Hurricane Hunters are figuring out how to weather the future. Read more ▸
May 06th: After decades of being a brigade-focused Army, the shift is on to the division fight. Training will only get tougher. Read more ▸
May 05th: Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of May 6, 2024. Read more ▸
May 05th: All but one service member injured following a collision between two landing craft while training off the coast of Florida have returned to duty. Read more ▸
May 05th: A decorated Vietnam War pilot, Dick Rutan, along with co-pilot Jeana Yeager, completed the first round-the-world flight with no stops or refueling. Read more ▸
May 04th: One does not have to stray far to glean that the galaxy of “Star Wars” is rife with WWII-based allegories. Read more ▸
May 03rd: An AI-controlled F-16 flew Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall in lightning-fast maneuvers at more than 550 miles an hour as it pursued a manned jet nearby. Read more ▸
May 03rd: A new Air Force policy eliminates the mandatory “stabilization” period that kept aviators grounded longer after seeking help for mental health issues. Read more ▸
May 03rd: Pfc. Veronica Wynn, 39, with 3rd Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment, became unresponsive during “structured and disciplined pickup in the company area." Read more ▸
May 03rd: In some cases, it could be cheaper and safer for the military to manufacture medicines troops need. Read more ▸
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An evaluation of the Defense Department and its law enforcement organizations has revealed a lack of an active shooter response and training standard, which officials worry may ultimately result in a delayed and uncoordinated response that could increase casualties at military installations.
ABOARD A C-40 MILITARY TRANSPORT JETHalfway through his tenure in charge of the National Guard, Army Gen. Daniel Hokansons quest to get all Guardsmen year-round health insurance has stalled.
An off-duty Virginia police officer who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan, 6, 2021, with a fellow officer was sentenced Thursday to more than seven years in prison, matching the longest prison sentence so far among hundreds of Capitol riot cases.
A Marine first sergeant was driving through a small North Carolina town when he encountered a man lying in a nearby field, bearing injuries after being hit by a car.
Paralympian and former Army platoon leader, 1st Lt. Melissa Stockwell, 42, deployed to Iraq in March 2004 with the 27th Main Support Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, after enlisting two years earlier. But after just three weeks in Baghdad, her life would never be the same.
EAST GREENWICH, R.I. (AP) The Rhode Island National Guard has its first Black colonel.
In an excerpt released Aug. 8 by the New Yorker, authors Peter Baker and Susan Glasser senior reporters for the New York Times and the New Yorker, respectively reveal shocking details from inside former President Donald Trumps relationship with top military brass.
WASHINGTON As telecom companies struggle to complete the transition to the fifth-generation, or 5G, mobile standard, the Pentagon is backing an effort focused on 6G research and technologies amid a military-wide push to modernize communications and connectivity.