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Apr 25th: The C54D-DC airplane — a military version of the WWII-era Douglas DC-4 aircraft — crashed outside Fairbanks Tuesday. No survivors were found. Read more ▸
Apr 25th: A new letter urges defense leaders to do more to prevent, identify and treat obesity in the ranks. Read more ▸
Apr 25th: The window to apply to become an Air Force warrant officer in cyber or IT runs through May 31, the service said Thursday. Read more ▸
Apr 25th: When asked if he could go back and extract the overwhelmed Marines from Guadalcanal, the 22-year-old Munro reportedly gave a confident, “Hell, yeah!” Read more ▸
Apr 25th: Six weeks before Robert Card killed 18 people in Lewiston, Maine, a fellow reservist told supervisors he feared Card was about to conduct a mass shooting. Read more ▸
Apr 25th: The incident marks the end of a week-long pause of reported Houthi attacks. Read more ▸
Apr 25th: Veterans Affairs officials are updating rules regarding benefits eligibility to include more individuals with other-than-honorable discharges. Read more ▸
Apr 25th: House lawmakers are moving ahead with plans to increase junior enlisted pay and military housing stipends, but the idea could face opposition in the Senate Read more ▸
Apr 25th: The move is a nod to the near-daily battles that Navy destroyers have fought with Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen since October. Read more ▸
Apr 24th: Service Member of the Year 2024 live broadcast Read more ▸
Apr 24th: A top U.S. military official says there's been no final decision on whether or not all U.S. troops will leave Niger and Chad. Read more ▸
Apr 24th: Reusable bags can be more expensive for commissary shoppers up front, but more cost-effective in the long run. Read more ▸
Apr 24th: The Marine was part of Marine Light Attack Helicopter Training Squadron 303, which trains pilots to fly the AH-1Z Viper and UH-1Y Venom helicopters. Read more ▸
Apr 24th: In the trial starting Monday, the Justice Department will question if families were exposed to jet fuel and whether it accounted for illnesses. Read more ▸
Apr 24th: A used car salesman who never served pretended to be a Delta Force vet and offered to protect his victims from phony threats by drug cartels, for a fee. Read more ▸
Apr 24th: A general court martial found U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Bryce Pedicini guilty of attempted espionage, among other charges. Read more ▸
Apr 24th: A new report on the 2021 airport bombing in Afghanistan which killed 13 U.S. troops suggests the assault may have involved more than one attacker. Read more ▸
Apr 24th: Sgt. Colin Arslanbas, "an outstanding Marine and leader," was in a parachute accident during a predeployment certification exercise. Read more ▸
Apr 24th: Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, is in line for a nuclear-sized upgrade as the Department of Defense plans to update its nuclear deterrence capability. Read more ▸
Apr 24th: Home addresses of 7,554 individuals, and the names and employee identification numbers of another 3,146, inadvertently were released. Read more ▸
Apr 24th: The Pentagon has been out of money to refill stocks sent to Ukraine since the start of this year, threatening a crisis on the front lines. Read more ▸
Apr 24th: The duo beat out 100 other pairs from 23 Army installations and 46 battalions in a competition designed to “punch them in the face.” Read more ▸
Apr 23rd: Floyd Gibbons made history when his dispatch got past the wartime censor. Read more ▸
Apr 23rd: The Army notified Earl Meyer, who still carries shrapnel in his leg from when he was wounded, that it has reversed itself and granted him a Purple Heart. Read more ▸
Apr 23rd: Backed by $850,000 in state funding, New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu deployed 15 National Guard members to assist Texas' border security mission. Read more ▸
Prohibition on troops seeking redress for injuries sustained in service doesn’t apply
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 JET—Halfway through his tenure in charge of the National Guard, Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson’s 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 Trump’s 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.
