Aug 17, 2022
Prohibition on troops seeking redress for injuries sustained in service doesn’t apply
Aug 17, 2022
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 ...
Aug 17, 2022
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 ins...
Aug 17, 2022
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 l...
Aug 17, 2022
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.
Aug 17, 2022
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 enlis...
Aug 17, 2022
EAST GREENWICH, R.I. (AP) — The Rhode Island National Guard has its first Black colonel.
Aug 17, 2022
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 sh...
Aug 06, 2022
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...
Aug 06, 2022
WASHINGTON — The U.S. National Reconnaissance Office on Thursday launched its NROL-199 mission — the second of its kind in less than a month’s time.
Aug 06, 2022
The veterans unemployment rate settled at 2.7% for the third consecutive month in July, extending positive news about the veterans job market to its best streak in 22 years, acc...
Aug 06, 2022
If the commissary agency’s doorstep delivery pilot program continues with the success it’s had so far, “we’re going to go globally as fast as the law and contracting rul...
Aug 06, 2022
U.S. military officials say their F-35 Joint Strike Fighters are returning to flight after a scare from potentially defective ejection seats across the fleet, but won’t answer...
Jul 30, 2022
HONOLULU — A U.S. defense contractor and his wife who lived for decades under the identities of two dead Texas children have been charged with identity theft and conspiring ag...
Jul 30, 2022
Plans for a $300-billion budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs in fiscal 2023 appear likely to become law after Senate appropriators backed that target in their latest s...
Jul 30, 2022
A Marine Corps family will soon be sending the remains of their late son to the moon with help from a commercial space flight company that doubles as a memorial service business.
Jul 30, 2022
WARNING: This review contains spoilers for Netflix’s “Purple Hearts.”
It’s a love story as old as time.
Jul 30, 2022
As the Army rolls toward a major end strength shortfall driven by a recruiting crisis, the service has been quietly studying where it can afford to cut personnel to ensure its c...
Jul 30, 2022
The trial for a commercial truck driver charged with negligent homicide in the deaths of seven motorcycle club members in New Hampshire is set to start more than three years aft...
Jul 30, 2022
More than 100 New York Army National Guardsmen from the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team deployed July 15 to train Ukrainian soldiers, whose own country is still combating the ...
Jul 30, 2022
While many enlist in the U.S. military as a way to put off higher education in favor of having the government pay for it later, serving in its ranks is certainly a learning expe...
Jul 30, 2022
President Donald Trump’s decision to ignore defense officials and encourage rioters during the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, undermined both his standing as commander...
Jul 30, 2022
A now-defunct national jewelry company has agreed to pay millions in refunds to settle allegations it cheated military families across the country with illegal financing and sal...
Jul 22, 2022
In her first testimony to lawmakers as Coast Guard commandant, Adm. Linda Fagan said her the top priority over the next four years is recruiting and retaining personnel for the ...
Jul 22, 2022
About 24% of active duty service members experienced food insecurity at some point in 2020, according to a new Defense Department analysis of the problem in the military. And on...
Jul 22, 2022
There’s nothing like cracking open a cold beer after a long day at work. But soldiers who reside in the barracks at some assignments have been limited from doing just that by ...
Jul 22, 2022
The commander of a Cannon Air Force Base squadron that is responsible for providing medical care to almost 13,000 military beneficiaries in New Mexico and Texas was relieved Jul...
Jul 22, 2022
A federal court in Ohio on Thursday blocked the Air Force from enforcing the military’s coronavirus vaccine mandate for two weeks, a short-term win for airmen fighting multipl...
Jul 13, 2022
David Kim was a year out of West Point when he deployed to Panama in 1989. On the first night of Operation Just Cause, just a few days before Christmas, a member of his battalio...
Jul 13, 2022
Maj. Nicholas Dockery’s resume stands out even among his fellow Special Forces officers.
The West Point graduate is enrolled in Yale University’s global affairs graduate pr...
Jul 10, 2022
LOS ANGELES — World War II Navy veteran Larry Storch, the rubber-faced comic whose long career in theater, movies and television was capped by his “F Troop” role as zany C...
Jul 10, 2022
Federal officials want to fix up more disabled veterans’ homes, but first they need more construction experts and more projects to work on.
Jul 10, 2022
World War II veteran Pfc. William “Willie” Kellerman, 97, was awarded the Prisoner of War, Purple Heart and Bronze Star medals in a ceremony held June 28, 2022, at Fort Hami...
Jul 10, 2022
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s June 24 decision to overturn federal protections for abortion access, the Pentagon is scrambling to parse what it all means for troops and f...
Jul 10, 2022
NEW YORK (AP) — Chris Pratt portrays a Navy SEAL in his new Amazon series " The Terminal List, " and is surrounded on camera and behind-the-scenes by former members of the U.S...
Jul 10, 2022
Colleges and universities struggling to meet new reporting requirements on GI Bill benefits would get relief under a bipartisan measure introduced in the House and Senate this w...
Jul 10, 2022
Navy veteran Sen. John McCain, groundbreaking Air Force Brig. Gen. Wilma Vaught and Gold Star father Khizr Khan will be among 17 individuals honored with the Presidential Medal ...
Jul 10, 2022
Military families, like many in this country, are struggling with inflation, and in some cases, the military lifestyle exacerbates it.
Jul 10, 2022
The Pentagon knew something was coming in Ukraine.
Jul 10, 2022
The last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from World War II has passed on from this life at 98 years old.
Jul 10, 2022
The military commissary system is suffering from an identity crisis, according to government auditors. Are military stores a benefit or a business?
Jun 24, 2022
President Joe Biden on Thursday welcomed members of Wounded Warrior Project to the White House for the annual solider ride, praising the current and former military service memb...
Jun 24, 2022
Jamie Schramm’s son and father-in-law served in the United States Marine Corps, so he understands the value of what veterans bring to civilian life after their time in the mil...
Jun 24, 2022
Substance abuse and mental health challenges are disproportionately common in the Marine Corps and Army when compared to the other military services, according to a Rand study p...
Jun 24, 2022
After two years of finding its sea — er, space — legs, the Space Force is starting to vie for more influence at home and on the battlefield.
Jun 24, 2022
Since it landed full throttle in theaters on May 27 the long-anticipated “Top Gun: Maverick” has raked in a more than $400 million at the domestic box office, making it the ...
Jun 24, 2022
Military officials could start offering bigger recruiting and retention bonuses in 2023 under language included in the Senate Armed Services Committee’s draft of the annual de...
Jun 24, 2022
WASHINGTON — The Air Force is on track to buy and start fielding its first electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft that could carry passengers or cargo under the Agilit...
Jun 24, 2022
You don’t need a highly classified briefing on the war in Ukraine in a sealed room in the Pentagon to see warfare changes that will affect U.S. doctrine and weapons.
Jun 24, 2022
As a retired veteran who is now counseling a son preparing to serve, Clay Stackhouse knows the financial hurdles associated with making the transition from military life to civi...
Jun 24, 2022
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — A government panel has renamed a Yellowstone National Park mountain that had been named for a U.S. Army officer who helped lead a massac...
Jun 14, 2022
Ship life is hard, and ship life while said ship is in dry dock for maintenance in Norfolk is its own kind of suck, as anyone following the Navy in recent months has come to und...
Jun 14, 2022
As a retired veteran who is now counseling a son preparing to serve, Clay Stackhouse knows the financial hurdles associated with making the transition from military life to civi...
Jun 14, 2022
The nationwide debate over abortion will be a key point of contention in the upcoming defense authorization bill process later this month, with a key Democratic lawmaker saying ...
Jun 14, 2022
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration has scrapped former President Donald Trump’s red, white and blue design for the new generation of presidential aircr...
Jun 14, 2022
A Maryland Air National Guard unit recently sent a fleet of 10 A-10C Thunderbolt II attack planes to participate in multinational combat exercises in eastern Europe, one of its ...
Jun 09, 2022
Add insurance to the list of rising costs that may be affecting your wallet this year.
Jun 09, 2022
Veterans unemployment continued its steady recent decline in May, falling below 3% for the third consecutive month.
Jun 09, 2022
Veterans Affairs officials are behind in their goal of placing 38,000 veterans in permanent housing this year, and coronavirus is to blame once again.
Jun 09, 2022
WASHINGTON — The Army has tapped U.S. Military Academy superintendent Lt. Gen. Darryl Williams to become the next commander of U.S. Army Europe and Africa.
Jun 09, 2022
WASHINGTON — Based on what has been observed of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. Army in Europe has renewed interest in pursuing active hard-kill protection systems fo...
Jun 04, 2022
The ‘80s are back as the much-anticipated sequel to “Top Gun” (1986) flies into theaters. “Top Gun: Maverick” premiered on Tuesday with a new, diverse cast of naval av...
Jun 04, 2022
Court documents filed on May 19 by Texas officials revealed a potential motive in the 2020 murder of Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen.
Jun 04, 2022
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention details the extent of Hawaii military families’ symptoms following the petroleum leak at the Red Hill Bulk Fue...
Jun 04, 2022
WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed a new deputy for U.S. Cyber Command, which guards Department of Defense information networks and coordinates cyberspace operations.
Jun 04, 2022
One of two teachers killed in Tuesday’s mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, was the mother of a U.S. Marine.
Jun 04, 2022
What is the Space Force’s culture? This is a tough question to answer, mainly because the culture does not fully exist yet.
Jun 04, 2022
Ramstein Air Base in Germany is reworking its Pride Month festivities after critics, including a Republican senator, complained that a drag queen was picked to read to children.
May 23, 2022
Congress has a full slate of budget hearings scheduled across Capitol Hill this week, but much of that attention will be abducted by UFOs on Tuesday.
May 23, 2022
TOKYO — Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki on Sunday urged Japan’s central government to do more to reduce the U.S. military presence in the southern island group as it marked th...
May 23, 2022
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Almost three months after Russia shocked the world by invading Ukraine, its military faces a bogged-down war, the prospect of a bigger NATO, and an oppone...
May 23, 2022
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A part-time member of the West Virginia National Guard who authorities say was wearing a sweatshirt that read “Yes, I’m a Trump girl” inside the U.S....
May 23, 2022
Four cadets at the Air Force Academy may not graduate or be commissioned as military officers this month because they have refused the COVID-19 vaccine, and they may be required...
May 23, 2022
A squadron in the 56th Fighter Wing at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, has opened an investigation into a widely shared claim that a Black airman was passed over for a new job bec...
May 23, 2022
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Nebraska — The floodwaters that swallowed around one-third of this base in suburban Omaha are long gone. But three years later, Offutt’s airmen are st...
May 14, 2022
WASHINGTON ? The Marine Corps is about to release a document codifying “information” as a war-fighting function ? and that’s likely to have direct implications for how Mar...
May 14, 2022
A KC-46 Pegasus tanker jet recently flew around the continental U.S. for more than 24 hours straight, breaking an Air Force Mobility Command record and offering insights for fut...
May 14, 2022
Top Army officials told House lawmakers Thursday that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has vindicated many of their technological modernization priorities.
May 14, 2022
In the back of every veteran’s closet, you’re likely to find some old uniforms, dusty caps, a stack of medical, training, and discharge records... maybe a few ribbons or med...
May 14, 2022
Comedian Ashley Gutermuth, winner of “The Tonight Show” Seinfeld Challenge, uses her experiences as a military spouse to inform her jokes. She shares the highs and lows of m...
May 14, 2022
Veterans Affairs officials said they are nearly finished with their review of families receiving caregiver stipends, but still do not have any timeline for when new eligibility ...
May 14, 2022
Defense Department officials on Thursday pushed back on reports that U.S. intelligence assets are providing information to Ukrainian military forces to help them target Russian ...
May 14, 2022
The Army must put more money and effort into repairing poorly maintained and substandard base housing for military service members and their families, U.S. senators demanded Thu...
May 14, 2022
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army late last year was nearly done with required testing to integrate a protection system on its Bradley combat vehicle fleet, but the service still isn...
May 14, 2022
If the colors of the Army’s 11th Airborne Division could talk, they may soon be complaining about a change in weather.
May 01, 2022
A group of warrant officers at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, gained notoriety last week after their hangar bathroom was shared by U.S. Army WTF Moments.
May 01, 2022
A junior soldier assigned to 7th Infantry Division at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, died Monday and two more were injured in a single-vehicle accident during a training ...
May 01, 2022
The public tour route in the White House featured a new addition in April.
May 01, 2022
Transition from the military to civilian living is a major life change for service members and their families. As with those who have served, military spouses and their children...
May 01, 2022
Dressed in full fatigues, Sgt. Michael Ray Forbes stuck out on 14th Street, a bustling and deeply gentrified strip of downtown Washington dotted with restaurants and clubs.
Apr 30, 2022
After graduating from West Point and the Engineer Officer Basic Course in 1979, I, along with more than a hundred classmates, volunteered for the Army Ranger School, which is re...
Apr 30, 2022
On the day he took office, President Joe Biden issued an executive order setting the stage for a host of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts across the entire federal govern...
Apr 30, 2022
The Pentagon Inspector General chided the Army over its augmented reality goggle program in a new report Friday, saying at one point in the document that the service risked “w...
Apr 30, 2022
Last summer, I picked up my car in Denver and began the move to my current assignment at Malmstrom Air Force Base. As I crossed the border from Wyoming into Montana, I was expec...
Apr 30, 2022
WARSAW, Poland — Polish Defence Minister Mariusz B?aszczak has signed a deal under which the country’s military will get a short-range, air-defense system using MBDA’s Com...
Apr 30, 2022
If you or a loved one is experiencing thoughts of self-harm or suicide, you can confidentially seek assistance via the Military/Veterans Crisis Line at 800-273-8255, via text at...
Apr 30, 2022
WASHINGTON — The expeditionary warfare community is eyeing ways to use all its forces in future operations, with fleet experiments looping special operations forces, mine coun...
Apr 24, 2022
TAIPEI, Taiwan — China said its military staged exercises Friday to reinforce its threat to use force to bring Taiwan under its control, as U.S. lawmakers visiting Taiwan made...
Apr 24, 2022
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A day after Moscow suffered a stinging symbolic defeat with the loss of the flagship of its Black Sea fleet, Russia’s Defense Ministry promised Friday t...
Apr 24, 2022
The U.S. military says explosions earlier this month on a base in eastern Syria that injured several U.S. service members were not, as it originally reported, caused by artiller...
Apr 24, 2022
Pentagon officials recently announced that the Defense Department will build a nuclear microreactor that can be flown to an austere site by a C-17 cargo plane and set up to powe...
Apr 10, 2022
In the vast majority of cases, young Americans hoping to join the military are barred from signing up if they’ve previously been treated for anxiety, depression or other ...
Apr 10, 2022
WASHINGTON — The Department of Defense unveiled a multimillion-dollar 5G challenge this week that it says will promote the growth and adoption of a fifth-generation open ...
Apr 10, 2022
Veterans Affairs officials expect calls to the Veterans Crisis Line to increase by as much as 150% after a new three-digit dialing code for suicide prevention services starts op...
Apr 10, 2022
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Since before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, space imagery, remote sensing and communications satellites have been informing the public and...
Apr 10, 2022
A Marine Corps veteran running as a Republican for an Ohio seat in the U.S. Senate has fielded all manner of strange campaign tactics, but his latest ad left online viewers scra...
Apr 10, 2022
Four airmen have earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for evacuating the first noncombatants out of Kabul’s airport as Afghanistan fell under Taliban control again last ...
Apr 07, 2022
Service members would see their largest pay raise in two decades under the fiscal 2023 federal budget plan released by the White House Monday.
The $733 billion spending propo...
Apr 07, 2022
The Army’s special operations forces have expanded their training footprint in southern New Mexico, opening a new training and testing facility at White Sands Missile Ran...
Apr 07, 2022
Veterans Affairs programs would see a 20% increase in funding under the White House budget plan for fiscal 2023 released on Monday, pushing the department’s spending tota...
Apr 07, 2022
Senate leaders on Tuesday promised a vote later this year on sweeping military toxic exposure legislation that would dramatically expand benefits for veterans who served near bu...
Apr 07, 2022
Sailors, Marines, Coast Guardsmen and other service members involved in last year’s humanitarian mission in Haiti following a magnitude 7.2 earthquake are now eligible fo...
Apr 07, 2022
Army aircrews are going to get a new combination of equipment and body armor that will be a third lighter, less bulkier and feature upgraded survival gear.
Apr 07, 2022
For troops deployed in the desert who wish they could conjure a cool glass of water, help is on the way.
Mar 27, 2022
The Space Force is boldly going where no U.S. military branch has gone before: dumping the annual fitness test.
Mar 27, 2022
The Defense Department updated its physical fitness and body composition program guidelines March 10. The changes open the door for each military branch to revamp their own poli...
Mar 27, 2022
Aircraft carriers joined the Navy fleet 100 years ago this month.
“For 100 years aircraft carriers have been the most survivable and versatile airfields in the world,â...
Mar 27, 2022
The recent biennial, large-scale arctic warfighting exercise in Alaska that puts soldiers, airmen and a mix of the other services to the test defending the far north saw its own...
Mar 27, 2022
A recent Marine Corps uniform board has approved black socks and ombré nail polish in the combat utility uniform, slightly longer hair for all Marines and special characters ...
Mar 27, 2022
Two MH-60R Seahawk helicopters helped rescue a civilian aircraft in Putnam County, Florida, last week, the Navy said.
Mar 27, 2022
FORT BELVOIR, VIRGINIA – Some rose to the rank of general, some carried their passion for the military beyond the uniform, most of them broke multiple barriers and all of...
Mar 20, 2022
Everyone knows Tabasco is the best part of an MRE, apart from the jalapeño cheddar cheese spread. But for the last decade, there has been a void in the meals, and our hearts....
Mar 20, 2022
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas of New Hampshire is part of a group of lawmakers that introduced a bipartisan bill to help National Guard and Reserve members ...
Mar 20, 2022
Navy divers took to the frigid waters of the Arctic this month during Ice Exercise 2022 to retrieve torpedoes fired by fast attack submarines participating in the biennial exerc...
Mar 20, 2022
For the first time in its history, the 2nd Marine Division fired on practice naval targets using the M777 155mm howitzer.
Mar 20, 2022
ORLANDO — Lt. Gen. Jim Slife is racing the clock.
In June, the Air Force Special Operations Command boss will hit the three-year mark in the top post, around the time wh...
Mar 20, 2022
The Navy is reviving its Baccalaureate Degree Completion Program as it aims to expand the Navy’s “talent pool†of future officers.
Mar 20, 2022
When Lt. Cmdr. Justin Will applied for a position as a Country Desk Officer with U.S. Europe Command in Stuttgart, Germany, to supervise U.S. and foreign allied leaders in forei...
Mar 12, 2022
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to dress up like Jane Austen’s quintessential husband material Fitzwilliam Darcy and role play your way into a marriage?
Mar 12, 2022
For Melodi Serna, 44, serving in the military is a family tradition. Her great grandfather served in World War I, her great aunt in World War II, her grandfather in Korea, and h...
Mar 12, 2022
Service members and families will find some gems in this year’s tax law changes that could lessen their tax burden or bump up their refund.
Mar 12, 2022
ORLANDO — The Department of the Air Force has launched a wide-ranging inquiry into outdated policies that disproportionately affect airmen and guardians of one gender ove...
Mar 12, 2022
Army Alaska is kicking off a massive winter training exercise Wednesday at Donnelly Training Area, about 120 miles from Fort Wainwright, Alaska, according to Army officials.
Mar 12, 2022
As the white Marine Corps school buses cross the mile-long State Route 170 bridge over the Broad River, about 15 minutes from Parris Island, South Carolina, they tell the recrui...
Mar 12, 2022
Josia Pagler has become the first woman to graduate as a warrant officer from Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island, and is now slated to operate MQ-25 Stingray carr...
Mar 12, 2022
Military leaders are planning to significantly expand their gun safety programs in an effort to stem suicides among service members, following the lead of other federal agencies...
Mar 12, 2022
From service jobs to executive positions, there is no shortage of opportunities for those who want lucrative and meaningful work. So, how are companies filling these positions a...
Mar 03, 2022
Matt Stevens, Chief Executive Officer of The Honor Foundation, said an effective transition from military to civilian life should begin at least a year in advance. That’s...
Mar 03, 2022
The Navy has released new plank standards for the physical readiness test for men and women, and is also reducing the max out standards for both groups after evaluating records ...
Mar 03, 2022
MIAMI — A fisherman who was bitten by a shark near the Bahamas was pulled to safety by a Coast Guard helicopter crew after his mates tightened a tourniquet around his arm.
Mar 03, 2022
Cavalry soldiers are preparing to begin a pilot program this year that could presage the future of Army divisions as the service rebuilds itself to fight peer adversaries at the...
Mar 03, 2022
Secondary caregivers in the Navy may now take up to 21 consecutive days leave following the birth or adoption of a child — up from 14 consecutive days.
Mar 03, 2022
The Air Force said Monday it will let airmen, not commanders, decide who in their household will serve as the primary and secondary caregivers for a newborn baby or recently ado...
Mar 03, 2022
NEW MARKET, Md. — More than 75 years after he served during the D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France, Frederick County resident Carl Felton received an official commend...
Mar 03, 2022
For U.S. service members deployed in austere areas of Eastern Europe, the support the USO brings is big.
Take music, for example.
Mar 03, 2022
BOSTON — The House voted Monday to award the only all-female, Black unit to serve in Europe during World War II with the Congressional Gold Medal.
Mar 03, 2022
The Army has awarded a posthumous honorary promotion to the service’s first Black colonel, elevating him to brigadier general more than 100 years after his death, Army Ti...
Mar 03, 2022
On Thursday the Marine Corps launched its first ever Marine littoral regiment ― a new unit that already may have the U.S.’s near-peer militaries worried.
Mar 03, 2022
Training and certification will now get underway for the new carrier
Mar 03, 2022
President Joe Biden on March 1 invoked his status as the father of a fallen soldier in a State of the Union promise to improve veterans health care and benefits, specifically fo...
Mar 03, 2022
A Marine Corps sergeant was driving home from Camp Pendleton, California, listening to music and enjoying his drive when he suddenly saw a small plane slam into the ground.
Feb 23, 2022
For the first time, the Army will run a “best squad†competition that will pit soldiers from a variety of jobs against each other in five-soldier teams.
No, thatâ...
Feb 23, 2022
PINEVILLE, La. — Louisiana National Guard combat medics are now learning emergency treatments for service dogs.
Feb 23, 2022
Future sailors could receive up to $50,000 in enlistment bonuses — $10,000 more than the maximum offered to incoming sailors in recent years.
Feb 23, 2022
Self-driving cars are the buzzing news of the future of automobiles, but the Army has a bigger problem – getting tactical vehicles to drive over rough terrain autonomously.
Feb 23, 2022
The Air Force’s blueprint for deploying more responsive, better-trained teams is coming into focus this year, as 10 wings across the service, including two at one base, p...
Feb 23, 2022
The Marine Corps will soon allow secondary caregivers to take three weeks of leave after the arrival of a child ― adding one week onto the Corps’ current policy.
Feb 23, 2022
PINEVILLE, La. — A woman who was once rescued from the Superdome on a helicopter during Hurricane Katrina has gone on to become the Louisiana Army National Guard’s...
Feb 13, 2022
Veterans Affairs workers could see bigger bonuses, additional child care support and more opportunities for promotion under a new workforce improvement initiative announced by S...
Feb 13, 2022
Officials at Fayetteville State University made headlines last week by promising free tuition to all military members and families, but they don’t want that to be their o...
Feb 13, 2022
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — After spending most of his life near the water, Julian Hodges followed in his older brother’s footsteps and joined the Navy in 1941.
Hodges ...
Feb 13, 2022
Army Recruiting Command officials announced Monday that the service is expanding its short-term career offerings, though the move comes amid recruiting turmoil caused by a new p...
Feb 13, 2022
WASHINGTON — A UH-60 Alpha-model Black Hawk helicopter flew for the first time entirely unmanned as part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Aircrew...
Feb 13, 2022
Four House lawmakers, all former military pilots, have banded together to form the Mach 1 Caucus, a team that will advocate for fighter jets on Capitol Hill.
Feb 13, 2022
Hannah Cvancara was born with a birth defect called fibular hemimelia that resulted in her left leg never growing correctly and the amputation of her left foot when she was just...
Feb 03, 2022
House lawmakers on Thursday advanced legislation that would automatically enroll separating service members into the Veterans Affairs medical system, an effort to streamline the...
Feb 03, 2022
The Navy surpassed its retention goals in fiscal 2021 and is shifting its focus from expanding the Fleet to sustaining the current force, according to the service.
Feb 03, 2022
QUANTICO, Virginia ― In mid-December 2021, new Marine second Âlieutenants at The Basic School in Quantico, Virginia, enjoyed an outdoor barbecue on a training field.
Feb 03, 2022
CONCORD, N.H. — Members of two top-secret World War II military units referred to as the “Ghost Army†will be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal more than 7...
Feb 03, 2022
Commissary officials have identified the eight stores that will make the agency’s first foray into the world of delivering groceries to the doors of military commissary c...
Feb 03, 2022
Kelly Curtis doesn’t need a fighter jet to fly fast.
Feb 03, 2022
With the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics officially beginning today and the opening ceremony set for Friday, U.S. service members are among the 225 athletes representing the United...
Jan 30, 2022
Marines with ingrown facial hair will no longer be subjected to negative paperwork or face separation due to the condition, according to a recently released administrative message.
Jan 30, 2022
Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough tasked his agency’s new Advisory Committee on Tribal and Indian Affairs with helping the VA take more innovative approaches to ...
Jan 30, 2022
Future sailors could receive up to $50,000 in enlistment bonuses — $10,000 more than the maximum offered to incoming sailors in recent years.
Jan 30, 2022
The Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina, based Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 461 became the Corps’ first CH-53K King Stallion squadron on Monday as the ...
Jan 30, 2022
After a nearly two-month pause, evacuation flights from Afghanistan to Qatar are set to resume, Shawn Van Diver, founder of #AfghanEvac, told Military Times. Additionally, Van D...
Jan 30, 2022
In his first public remarks since the Jan. 6, 2001, attack on Congress, Capitol police officer Eugene Goodman — widely hailed as a hero for his actions that day — ...
Jan 30, 2022
Students in Department of Defense schools have achieved among the highest scores in the nation for fourth- and eighth-grade reading and math, according to government auditors.
Jan 21, 2022
As the Omicron variant of COVID-19 forces us all back into HPCON Charlie, good viewing material is going to be more essential than the personnel still stuck working in-person. A...
Jan 21, 2022
Congressman and former Green Beret Col. Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Florida, and fellow Army combat veteran Julia Nesheiwat got married in September.
Jan 21, 2022
2,000 one-piece maternity flight suits will begin rolling out in April
Jan 21, 2022
The U.S. Navy and partner forces operating in U.S. 5th Fleet seized more than $193 million worth of illegal drugs in 2021 — racking up a higher total value than the amoun...
Jan 21, 2022
On Christmas Day, an NCO from the Vermont National Guard was enjoying the holidays in Maine with his extended family when a life-threatening situation played out before his eyes...
Jan 21, 2022
House lawmakers on Thursday advanced legislation that would automatically enroll separating service members into the Veterans Affairs medical system, an effort to streamline the...
Jan 13, 2022
After months of soldiers complaining that security features on the Army’s new email platform were preventing them from doing basic tasks, the Army’s top IT officia...
Jan 13, 2022
The U.S. left two decades of combat in Afghanistan with a last-minute evacuation as the Taliban returned to power in August. Cue the air war’s next phase.
Jan 13, 2022
The Marine Corps achieved another first for its F-35 program in early January as an F-35C squadron deployed on an aircraft carrier for the first time.
Jan 13, 2022
In a nod to the mental health needs of guided-missile destroyer crews, the Navy is starting to make chaplains a permanent part of the warship’s force.
Jan 13, 2022
The unemployment rate among U.S. veterans in December fell to its lowest level in more than two years, before the start of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic that sidelined hundre...
Jan 13, 2022
Spc. Lake Kwaza, a soldier assigned to the Army’s World Class Athlete Program at Fort Carson, Colorado, claimed a bobsled World Cup victory Jan. 2 in Sigulda, Latvia.
Jan 11, 2022
If you’re seeking the 10 percent military discount at The Home Depot, be prepared for a new policy.
Jan 11, 2022
Troops saw a 2.7 percent pay raise on Jan. 1, but the coming debate over the size of the 2023 pay raise could put even more money into those service members’ pockets.
Jan 11, 2022
EUGENE, Ore. — Two 19-year-old men who went winter camping were rescued near Eugene, Oregon, by the Coast Guard after signaling for help by writing an “SOS†s...
Jan 11, 2022
The Marine Corps got into the drone game early, experimenting with the then-new technology in the 1980s.
Jan 11, 2022
Yoko Holdren wants to work.
She tried to find jobs for more than a decade but seemingly hit a roadblock at every turn. First it was the frequent moves with her husband, Maste...
Jan 11, 2022
Years ago, Navy Lt. Mitchell Kempisty saw a problem that needed fixing.
Jan 11, 2022
Soldiers with Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa helped give the gift of potable water to villagers in Djibouti this December by assisting locals fix a leak in their one a...
Jan 02, 2022
DUBUQUE, Iowa — Steve Vincent glanced down at the dog standing patiently beside his chair.
Jan 02, 2022
The nation’s highest award for valor — the Medal of Honor — may be given to five soldiers after President Joe Biden’s signed the 2021 defense policy ...
Jan 02, 2022
A memorial for veterans of the Global War on Terror is now set to be built on the National Mall, and a tribute to Medal of Honor recipients will be included nearby.
Jan 02, 2022
Navy ships assigned to U.S. 5th Fleet confiscated a stockpile of 1,400 AK-47 assault rifles and 226,600 rounds of ammunition in the North Arabian Sea from a stateless fishing ve...
Jan 02, 2022
Pregnant airmen at several Air Force bases will have an easier time finding maternity uniforms that fit thanks to changes spearheaded by Air Combat Command’s womenâ€...
Jan 02, 2022
On the morning of Dec. 6, Staff Sgt. Joseph Maldonado was rushing to work at the Marine Corps Recruiting Station in Fresno, California, when he ran across an all-too-familiar si...
Jan 02, 2022
Air National Guardsmen delivered a pregnant woman to safety after she was hurt in a snowmobile accident in remote western Alaska on Monday — the latest of nearly two doze...
Dec 23, 2021
Tattoo sleeves are back for Marines in 2022.
Sleeve tattoos were first banned in 2007 after the 2006 Sergeants Major Symposium found Marines of the times to have “excessi...
Dec 23, 2021
Navy recruits will complete 10 weeks of boot camp in 2022, rather than the eight weeks that has been the standard.
Dec 23, 2021
Sharene Brown, the wife of Air Force Chief of Staff Charles “CQ†Brown Jr., announced a new “Five and Thrive†initiative Dec. 17 that she hopes will keep...
Dec 23, 2021
On the same day that special pandemic protections for student veterans were set to expire, President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed into law a measure to ensure that GI Bill recipi...
Dec 23, 2021
All service members would be guaranteed at least $15 an hour in yearly salary under a plan being revived by a bipartisan group of House lawmakers ahead of next year’s bud...
Dec 23, 2021
Service members in 86% of the 300 Military Housing Areas in the U.S. will see an increase in their Basic Allowance for Housing, ranging from 0.1% in Portland Oregon, to 21.1% at...
Dec 23, 2021
One anonymous NCO who frequents Reddit’s Army forum received quite a shock when he opened his secret Santa gift Monday morning.
Dec 19, 2021
Congress on Wednesday finalized plans to extend GI Bill protections for student veterans still forced into remote classes by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, ensuring theyâ€...
Dec 19, 2021
The nation’s defense secretary and a pioneering social justice activist are among new members inducted Thursday into the Alabama Academy of Honor.
Dec 19, 2021
A group of 505 Air Force senior master sergeants beat out more than 2,200 others to snag a promotion to chief master sergeant, the latest round of an increasingly competitive ra...
Dec 19, 2021
If the Army’s top IT officials have their way, soldiers will soon be able to bring their own approved devices to use at work “on an enduring basis.â€
Dec 19, 2021
As the U.S. Navy continues to figure out how unmanned drones will play into the future of the fleet, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command began operational testing Sunday of a sail...
Dec 19, 2021
The Defense Department will be required to restart its Troops to Teachers program next year thanks to language included in the annual defense authorization bill finalized by Con...
Dec 19, 2021
After months of debate and weeks of angst, the Senate on Wednesday voted 88-11 to finalize plans for a $740 billion authorization bill for the Department of Defense, sending the...
Dec 12, 2021
An aircrew from the 312th Airlift Squadron at Travis Air Force Base brought more than 1,300 cases of water to military members and their families at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hick...
Dec 12, 2021
The military relief societies have given grants of more than $1 million over the past week to service members and their families in Hawaii who have been paying out of pocket exp...
Dec 12, 2021
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — A World War II veteran from Alabama who survived COVID-19 last year will be honored on his 105th birthday Friday with the French Legion of Honor in rec...
Dec 12, 2021
Some enlisted sailors could earn up to $800 extra each month by volunteering to extend their sea duty tour, part of a new enlisted career management policy the Navy is ushering ...
Dec 12, 2021
The sixth iteration of the XVIII Airborne Corps’ innovation challenge known as Dragon’s Lair saw five service members bring ideas that may soon become standard in ...
Dec 12, 2021
The Air Force has finalized more than two dozen updates to its rules governing how airmen should dress and act in uniform, from making pantyhose optional to letting men grow the...
Dec 12, 2021
It has been a long time since the U.S. military truly has had to worry about logistics.
Dec 04, 2021
Veterans Affairs officials will restart their electronic medical records overhaul early next year but with a completely new leadership team designed to avoid the implementation ...
Dec 04, 2021
BYRON, Ga. (AP) — When Tim Williams purchased his home in Kewanee Farms in Byron in the late summer of 2020, starting a pecan processing facility and opening a storefront...
Dec 04, 2021
ORLANDO, Fla. — The U.S. Navy hopes to train more competent aviators for less money, officials say, as they eye using simulators to speed the process of training the fund...
Dec 04, 2021
The Marine Corps plans on using big data to map out careers and, like a “FedEx†package, deliver Marines with needed skills.
Dec 04, 2021
Enlisted Marines are made in boot camp. Marine officers, The Basic School.
Dec 04, 2021
Three research projects at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, are aimed at reducing sexual assault and harassment in the military.
Dec 04, 2021
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A holiday tradition in Alaska’s largest city for more than 60 years got off to a dim start this year.
Nov 26, 2021
BOSTON — An airman from Massachusetts who was shot down over Romania during World War II has been accounted for, the military said Wednesday.
Nov 26, 2021
Two phone calls would change a veteran’s life. The first comes right after Marine Sgt. Zach Stinson arrived for his 2010 tour in Afghanistan.
Nov 26, 2021
Iraq War veteran Justin Billard is launching a Brighton Township, Michigan, business that will employ and support his fellow returned service members.
Nov 26, 2021
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy hopes it can more quickly deploy hypersonic weapons on submarines by leveraging testing by the U.S. Army and onboard a Navy destroyer, as w...
Nov 26, 2021
ARLINGTON, Virginia ― As the Marine Corps looks “age up†its force, it is taking steps to try to improve the long-term mental, spiritual and physical well-bei...
Nov 26, 2021
The selection of a single company to arrange military moves worldwide will improve every part of the process for service members and their families, from scheduling the move to ...
Nov 26, 2021
FORT BRAGG — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden landed at Fort Bragg on Monday evening, thanking service members and their families ahead of Thanksgiving.
Nov 18, 2021
HICKORY, N.C. (AP) — Judges typically frown upon applause in their courtrooms. And the people appearing before those judges typically do not select a treat once the heari...
Nov 18, 2021
NASA astronaut Dr. Kate Rubins became an officer in the Army Reserve during a ceremony at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, on Nov. 2.
Army Reserve Command boss Lt. G...
Nov 18, 2021
Five Air Force pararescue jumpers were dispatched to an at-sea rescue mission this weekend after receiving a distress call for a U.K. mariner off the coast of Kenya.
Nov 18, 2021
The Marine Corps wants to ditch its high turnover rate and its spot as the youngest service in the Department of Defense, said Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger.
Nov 18, 2021
President Joe Biden is directing Veterans Affairs officials to revamp how they evaluate and approve veterans disability claims related to toxic exposure, with an eye towards dra...
Nov 18, 2021
When Maj. Jenna Waites, an Air Force weather officer, was preparing for Army Command and General Staff College in Kansas earlier this year, the nursing mom faced a dilemma: how ...
Nov 18, 2021
Advocates and members of Congress have said for years that low military pay is threatening some troops’ ability to feed their families. On Wednesday, Defense Secretary Ll...
Nov 13, 2021
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona wants veterans to help him give out money to their friends and families.
Nov 13, 2021
Nine-year-old Gabby Rodriguez admitted that speaking in front of a large crowd of military advocates was scary, but not as frightening as watching her dad’s seizures.
...
Nov 13, 2021
White House officials highlighted recent improvements in veterans’ benefits eligibility as part of the annual federal proclamation of Veterans Day, calling the changes pa...
Nov 13, 2021
It’s officially the 246th birthday of the United States Marine Corps. How is the service celebrating it, you might ask?
Nov 13, 2021
It’s one of the most grueling, individually focused schools in the Army, meant to produce soldiers capable of infiltration, advanced marksmanship and more.
Nov 13, 2021
Navy Lt. j.g. Suzelle Thomas is the first woman in the service to go directly from flight school to flying the F-35C Lightning II, after earning her Wings of Gold last month.
Nov 13, 2021
A $6.2 billion contract aimed at fixing military families’ long-standing problems with household goods shipments has been awarded to Houston-based HomeSafe Alliance, defe...
Nov 06, 2021
When potential military recruits consider a life in service, questions about basic training are typically among the first asked. While there are resources aplenty, particularly ...
Nov 06, 2021
Technological developments in recent decades have continued to galvanize oceanic research teams into scouring unfathomable distances and depths in missions aimed at locating Wor...
Nov 06, 2021
NAPLES, Italy (AP) — First lady Jill Biden, a descendant of Italians, donned an apron and rubber gloves Monday to help culinary students at a Navy school in Italy make ra...
Nov 06, 2021
This week, the Small Business Administration celebrates veteran-owned small businesses’ entrepreneurial spirit and resilience with its eight annual National Veterans Smal...
Nov 06, 2021
U.S. Army Alaska’s bilateral exercise with the Indian Army, dubbed Yudh Abhyas, drew to a close Friday after two weeks of cold weather warfare training and a mock United ...
Nov 06, 2021
ARLINGTON, Va. — Roughly 98 percent of U.S. Special Operations Command troops have received the COVID vaccine, the head of SOCOM said Friday.
Nov 06, 2021
Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough on Friday promised a renewed commitment to caregivers of injured and elderly veterans, to include improving support services for famil...
Oct 28, 2021
WESTLAKE, Texas (AP) — Anna Salton Eisen found the old pictures of Jewish prisoners who survived the Holocaust in a folder her late father, George Lucius Salton, kept mos...
Oct 28, 2021
The U.S. Navy now has an expeditionary medical facility in Norwegian caves.
Oct 28, 2021
Amidst news reports of increasing prescription drug shortages — worsened by current national supply chain issues — military officials say they’ve been able ...
Oct 28, 2021
Some commissary customers may be able to get their groceries delivered to their homes and offices by the end of the year.
Oct 28, 2021
If a leaked email is true, the Marine Corps may soon allow sleeve tattoos, an unlimited number of tattoos for officers, and allow future recruiters and drill instructors to spor...
Oct 28, 2021
A campaign that began with ordinary people donating frequent-flyer miles has raised enough in two months to provide 40,000 flights for refugees from Afghanistan, and organizers ...
Oct 28, 2021
An airman has donated the utilities blouse off his back to the National History Museum of the U.S. Air Force in the hopes of memorializing Operation Allies Refuge.
Oct 27, 2021
Pearl Harbor survivor and World War II veteran Jack Holder is turning 100 years old on Dec. 13.
Oct 27, 2021
Tony Chance was walking his dogs along the garbage-lined shoreline of Pu`uloa, HI, or what’s now known as Pearl Harbor, when he thought to himself, “who’s go...
Oct 27, 2021
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Fred Miles doesn’t speak much, but he can hum his way around a melody, and the one coming out of his mouth this past summer as he looked down ...
Oct 27, 2021
The Army’s two largest components — the active-duty force and the Army National Guard — successfully exceeded their end strength goals for fiscal 2021, serv...
Oct 27, 2021
Omar Essazay and his family were making their way through Taliban checkpoints on Aug. 18, trying to get to Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul.
Oct 27, 2021
Senate appropriators on Monday unveiled plans for about $24 billion in extra military spending this fiscal year above the president’s budget request, the latest blow for ...
Oct 27, 2021
House lawmakers will look at boosting service members’ pay “significantly†in coming years as part of their annual defense budget discussions in 2022, accordi...
Oct 14, 2021
The Navy is getting ready to kick off the second round of the United States Naval Community College after wrapping up the first round in June.
Oct 14, 2021
The Navy is searching for coaches to enhance sailor performance, but the deadline to apply is rapidly approaching.
The coaching initiative, part of the Defense Inter-Service In...
Oct 14, 2021
WASHINGTON — The Army is undertaking a massive push to improve the way it manages its talent throughout the force. And the service’s leading source for officers is...
Oct 14, 2021
The cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security and Supplemental Security Income recipients will increase by 5.9 percent for 2022, marking the largest increase since 1982.
Oct 14, 2021
Veterans Affairs leaders are bringing on more than 2,000 claims processors to deal with an expected spike in overdue cases that could push the department’s claims backlog...
Oct 14, 2021
Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from September 15 to October 15 to recognize the achievements and contributions of Hispanic American champions who have inspired others to ...
Oct 14, 2021
A recent installment of “Medal of Honor,†a graphic series produced by the Association of the U.S. Army, spotlights the story of Marine-turned-soldier Cpl. Mitchell ...
Oct 14, 2021
Naval Station Mayport is home to a new helicopter squadron.
Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 50 “Valkyries†was established Oct. 1, and is outfitted with MH-60R ...
Oct 14, 2021
A new documentary is hoping to shine a light on unanswered questions surrounding the 2017 deaths of four soldiers assigned to an Army Special Forces unit in Niger.
Oct 14, 2021
On Sept. 23, 1st Lt. Sukhbir Toor possibly became the first Marine to lawfully wear a turban in a Marine Corps uniform.
Oct 14, 2021
Federal Trade Commission officials are vowing to crack down on “shady†recruiting tactics used on service members and veterans by for-profit colleges with harsh new ...
Oct 14, 2021
It could have been a scene ripped from an action film: Two simultaneous, high-stakes rescue missions. A late-spring blizzard in the inhospitable Alaskan mountains. Ill mountain ...
Oct 14, 2021
Tens of thousands of troops, veterans and civilian defense workers will see large federal loan debts reduced or erased under changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness progr...
Oct 14, 2021
Royce Gracie, a former Ultimate Fighting Championship tournament winner, is sending his son off to Army basic training.
Kheydon Gracie, the famed fighter’s 19-year-old...
Oct 04, 2021
Air Force Reserve Lt. Col. John Marks of the 442nd Fighter Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, on Sept. 1 became the only airman ever to log 7,000 hours in the autocannon...
Oct 04, 2021
A new soldier-created device could help pilots of all aircraft get immediate, usable feedback on how they’re flying.
Sep 26, 2021
Unless you’ve turned your COVID-19 quarantine into a lengthy stay underneath a rock, you may be very well aware that 90s fashion is experiencing a bit of a resurgence. Gr...
Sep 26, 2021
It’s really hard to keep things really cold in a really hot place.
That was the first — and most urgent — issue facing Maj. Thomas Hudspeth when he learn...
Sep 26, 2021
Christopher Frison was just two months old when his father deployed to Afghanistan in January 2011.
1st Lt. Demetrius Frison was killed four months later, on May 10, 2011, when...
Sep 26, 2021
Tens of thousands of LGBT veterans forced from the military for their sexual orientation and given other-than-honorable discharges will be able to receive full Veterans Affairs ...
Sep 26, 2021
On March 8, 2020, Marine Raiders, along with Iraqi special forces and allied special operators, were attempting to clear caves in northern Iraq of ISIS fighters.
Sep 26, 2021
THOMSON, Ga. (AP) — A 98-year-old World War II veteran who took part in the D-Day invasion and the Battle of the Bulge and witnessed the German surrender during the war h...
Sep 26, 2021
A video of Marine body bearers from Barracks Washington trudging through high floodwaters in their dress blue uniforms to help stranded motorists on Thursday has gone viral.
Sep 19, 2021
The Navy has created a maritime space officer designator to serve within the Information Warfare Community, and is accepting applications for lateral transfers through October.
Sep 19, 2021
CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina ― A former Marine staff sergeant received the Navy Cross on Aug. 26 for his 2020 heroic actions that saved the life of one French special ope...
Sep 19, 2021
JOINT BASE ANACOSTIA–BOLLING, WASHINGTON — Army Staff Sgt. Rosemary Okotie said she became “really excited†when she found out a new charter school was...
Sep 19, 2021
Those twitchy jumping squirrels that spring from branch to branch near homes, parks and on tree-filled college campuses could hold a key to building military robots capable of s...
Sep 19, 2021
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Its beginnings were humble, but proud and brave too.
An American flag, assembled secretively and at risk in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp, was...
Sep 19, 2021
The Departments of Defense and State will meet with groups such as Digital Dunkirk, Pineapple Express, Allied Airlift 21 and others to find a way to evacuate American citizens a...
Sep 19, 2021
Commissary customers worldwide will have the service that allows them to order groceries online and pick them up at curbside by the end of September, officials announced.
Sep 02, 2021
Congress wants to know if tattoos and piercings are keeping too many potential recruits out of the military.
Sep 02, 2021
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Lyle Hendrick has a lot of stories to tell. The former Green Beret officer, who was stationed in Germany during the 1980s, fills rooms with his presence ...
Sep 02, 2021
The Army is opening a new training center at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, that officials say will allow troops from the 3rd Special Forces Group and the 95th Civil Affairs Brigad...
Sep 02, 2021
Marine Sgt. John Carrillo’s had looked forward to his first-ever snorkeling trip when he hit the water with five other friends at Oku Beach, Okinawa, Japan, on a sunny Sa...
Sep 02, 2021
An Army sergeant put his life-saving training to the test, reviving a seemingly lifeless child who had drowned in the waters of Hawaii.
Sep 02, 2021
It was Aug. 10, 2009, when Sgt. Adam Holroyd and his fellow 10th Mountain Division soldiers came under a coordinated enemy attack in Nuristan Province, Afghanistan.
Sep 02, 2021
The Navy has unveiled a wave of uniform and grooming updates — including multiple hairstyle updates for men and women, and guidance regarding earrings, high heels and sma...
Aug 31, 2021
Capt. Amy Bauernschmidt is now the commanding officer of the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln — becoming the first woman to lead a nuclear carrier in U.S. Navy history.
Aug 31, 2021
Senior Chief Hospital Corpsman Justin Rains had only completed accession training and field medical school at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, when he was sent to Iraq in 2005.
Aug 31, 2021
A viral video shows a harrowing scene of Marines pulling an infant over a barbed-wire barrier separating U.S. troops defending Hamid Karzai International Airport from the Taliba...
Aug 31, 2021
More than 7,000 Afghan evacuees have been processed through Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, where they’re expected to spend up to two ...
Aug 31, 2021
BOLOGNA, Italy (AP) — For more than seven decades, Martin Adler treasured a black-and-white photo of himself as a young American soldier with a broad smile with three imp...
Aug 31, 2021
On an oak-lined cul-de-sac in Woodbridge, Virginia, sits an unassuming, two-story brick house with beige siding. Underneath, there is a modest one-bedroom apartment. It is now t...
Aug 31, 2021
When a C-17 Globemaster, call sign Reach 828, landed at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, on Saturday, it had an extra passenger, after an Afghan mother on board gave birth to a baby ...
Aug 22, 2021
The Navy’s future littoral combat ship Nantucket was christened Saturday in Marinette, Wisconsin, and launched into the Menominee River at the Fincantieri Marinette Marin...
Aug 22, 2021
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Decades before he became an Eastern Shoshone leader, John St. Clair was a soldier fighting in Vietnam.
Aug 22, 2021
When retired U.S. Marine Corps Master Sgt. Dayton Meadows displays the American flag at his Mercer County, West Virginia, property, people notice.
Aug 22, 2021
Joe Daley has long had a love for finding sticks while exploring the area around the Scioto River in Ohio.
Aug 22, 2021
The Naval Academy has made the interesting sartorial choice to fabricate its first ever “Exclusive USMC Football Uniform.â€
Aug 22, 2021
After days of frustration, an informal group of service members and veterans, who are now calling themselves “Team America,†are seeing their hard work on behalf of ...
Aug 22, 2021
The U.S. military is sending support to assist Haiti following an earthquake and a tropical storm that ravaged the country.
Aug 12, 2021
The U.S. Navy, along with 20 other partner nations, launched the Southeast Asia Cooperation and Training exercise Tuesday in Singapore — and virtually.
Aug 12, 2021
Airmen will soon be allowed to stick their hands in their pockets without remorse, as the Air Force prepares to end a rule that has led to cold fingers for decades.
Aug 12, 2021
First Lt. Thomas Reed Beasley didn’t have to be on the front lines — he had just finished his law degree at the University of Georgia in 1917.
Aug 12, 2021
Forget what kind of rims are on your ride, the Army is testing a new kind of airless tire they’ve dubbed “Tweels.â€
The tires have tread on the outside like a...
Aug 12, 2021
The Marine Corps doubled the maximum amount of leave Marines and sailors with Marine units could accrue from 60 days to 120 days in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, according ...
Aug 12, 2021
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — When Walter Wilkins roots through his memories, the decades between boyhood and old age, one lasting image of his older brother appears. He sees Paul ...
Aug 12, 2021
The Army’s nearly $10 billion barracks overhaul initiative is still on track, the service says, despite fears early on that funding would be lost due to cuts in the Biden...
Aug 12, 2021
The Army recently inked a $3.5 billion contract with Pfizer Inc. for the pharmaceutical company to produce 500 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine.
But those shots are not pl...
Aug 12, 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) — The first flight evacuating Afghans who worked alongside Americans in Afghanistan brought more than 200 people, including scores of children and babies ...
Aug 12, 2021
Veterans exposed to harmful burn pit smoke while serving in certain overseas war zones will for the first time get presumptive disability benefits status under a new announcemen...
Aug 12, 2021
Due to housing shortages, delayed moves and other factors, this year’s PCS season has been more costly than usual for many service members and their families, Thatâ€...
Jul 23, 2021
A key Senate panel has already backed a 2.7 percent pay raise for all troops and Defense Department employees, but decisions on increases in National Guard specialty pay and oth...
Jul 11, 2021
After retiring, many veterans are left with the question of where to live next without the need to adhere to station change. When choosing, veterans should consider benefits ava...
Jul 11, 2021
The Air Force is wooing enlisted airmen and guardians in nearly 40 career fields to stay in the service with as much as $360,000 in bonus pay.
Jul 11, 2021
The Navy now has a maternity flight suit prototype available for expecting aircrew.
Jul 11, 2021
A Marine corporal stationed at Camp Foster in Okinawa, Japan, was recently honored for saving a Japanese restaurant worker’s life this past spring.
Jul 05, 2021
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — An intercontinental ballistic missile force based in southeastern Wyoming has a new commander.
Jul 05, 2021
More than 77 years after giving the ultimate sacrifice while fighting in World War II, Marine Sgt. Donald Stoddard was laid to rest in his hometown of Boulder, Colorado, on Satu...
Jul 05, 2021
The city of Quincy, Massachusetts, is naming two roads after modern-day military generals with strong ties to the city.
Jul 05, 2021
More than 70 additional commissaries are scheduled to start the online ordering/curbside pickup service at their stores by the end of July, according to the Defense Commissary A...
Jul 05, 2021
With the shortage of moving company capacity this summer, an untold number of military members are deciding to move their household goods to their next duty station themselves.
Jul 05, 2021
With highly-involved skincare routines circulating throughout social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram, a poster considering enlisting took a question to Reddit under th...
Jul 05, 2021
Few people can say they’ve climbed the tallest peak on all seven continents. Fewer still have also been wounded in combat and received the Purple Heart. In fact, there is...
Jun 26, 2021
The first Medal of Honor ever issued set quite a high bar for future recipients.
Jun 26, 2021
JERICHO, Vt. — Gov. Phil Scott on Friday will award the Soldier’s Medal to a Vermont National Guard member who risked his life in rescuing two lost and injured ski...
Jun 26, 2021
Though COVID-19 is becoming less of a threat nationwide, the Pentagon is giving service secretaries the authority to make troops in certain units and locations, or aboard some d...
Jun 26, 2021
A Marine veteran on the receiving end of friendly artillery fire in Vietnam finally received a Purple Heart for wounds sustained during that firefight – 52 years later.
Jun 26, 2021
It was a fun family activity that two Marines in Okinawa, Japan, were seeking when they went on a jungle hike in September 2020.
Jun 26, 2021
When a service member attempts to take one’s life off-base, their chain of command may be the last to find out.
Jun 26, 2021
Brides-to-be who are connected — or will be — to the military community: Apply now for a free, new wedding gown through a new program launched by the non-profit Op...
Jun 26, 2021
In a major effort toward protecting military members from predatory lenders, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced Wednesday it will restart its examinations of len...
Jun 26, 2021
America’s first Black Air Force chief of staff and the first Black Captain America teamed up Thursday to save the planet — er, for a pre-taped online discussion on...
Jun 26, 2021
LAS VEGAS — Maj. Sarah Spy wanted to be a pilot since she was a little girl. Now, at 37, she has become the first female flight instructor pilot for the Nevada Air Nation...
Jun 26, 2021
In a bit of good news for any sailors who let their core get a bit “unsat†during the pandemic, Big Navy will not count a sailor’s forearm plank score in the ...
Jun 26, 2021
Boot camp graduation in the Marine Corps is a joyous occasion, newly minted Marines finally getting the chance to bid farewell to sandpits and quarterdecks and strut around the ...
Jun 12, 2021
HUDSON, Ohio — A retired U.S. Army officer whose speech about freed Black slaves honoring fallen Civil War soldiers was censored by organizers of a Memorial Day ceremony ...
Jun 12, 2021
This week: With PCS season underway, a certified professional organizer and Army spouse gives her top moving tips and other life hacks for military families.
Jun 12, 2021
When Maj. Melissa Elledge was a brand-new soldier ploughing through basic training, she had to find gear shortcuts simply to accomplish basic tasks, such as firing her weapon.
Jun 12, 2021
GREAT FALLS, Mont. — DNA evidence preserved after a 1956 double homicide and the use of forensic genealogy has helped a Montana sheriff’s office close the books on...
Jun 12, 2021
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota will be the home of the next-generation nuclear bomber, the B-21 Raider, the U.S. Air Force indicated Wednesday.
Jun 12, 2021
BOSTON — The USS Constitution and its crew are paying tribute to health care workers and first responders for their service during the coronavirus pandemic.
Jun 12, 2021
LIHUE, Hawaii — The U.S. Postal Service has unveiled a new commemorative stamp honoring WWII veterans representing the all-Japanese American 100th Infantry Battalion and ...
Jun 12, 2021
The New York National Guard’s Armed Forces Reserve Center was recently renamed in honor of Thomas F. Minogue, an Army medic who died in the Vietnam War when he used his o...
Jun 12, 2021
Athletes on a hot streak or headed to the playoffs in a given sport oftentimes opt out of shaving for fear of interrupting a routine that may throw a wrench into success. Such s...
Jun 06, 2021
SANTA ROSA, Fla. — A 7-year-old girl completed a 7-mile run in honor of her father and six of his fellow Marines who were killed in a Black Hawk training crash.
Jun 06, 2021
Two Marine security guards stationed at the U.S. Embassy in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, were off-duty touring the country in early January when panic in the water spurred them in...
Jun 06, 2021
The military’s space launch bases are halfway through what promises to be a busy year for orbital operations, as the coronavirus pandemic eases in the U.S. and the commer...
Jun 06, 2021
The Navy has tapped Naval Station Everett in Washington state as the homeport for the next generation Constellation-class frigates.
Jun 06, 2021
The 18th Airborne Corps plans to implement ideas to curb suicide in the ranks that five soldiers presented last week at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Jun 06, 2021
When Nyah Gray’s father, Air Force Maj. Walter David Gray was killed in Afghanistan in 2012, she stepped up to help her mother and two younger siblings, including learnin...
Jun 06, 2021
There are a few things it takes to be United States Marine: strength, honor, courage, and of course, an insatiable appetite for crayons.
Jun 06, 2021
Soldiers with the 173rd Airborne Brigade mistakenly seized and secured a working olive oil factory in Bulgaria as part of a large-scale NATO exercise aimed at deterring Russian ...
Jun 06, 2021
As we marked Military Appreciation Month in May, I held a special place in my thoughts for the transgender service members who are feeling honored for the first time, now that t...
Jun 06, 2021
A coalition of congressional Democrats is proposing legislation that would prevent troops with transgender children or spouses from being stationed in states or where doctors ar...
Jun 06, 2021
WASHINGTON — The Air Force Research Laboratory boosted the prominence of its Rocket Cargo initiative to deliver freight on commercial rockets to anywhere on Earth in unde...
Jun 01, 2021
The Navy is offering $100,000 in aviation command retention bonuses to commanders who remain in the service for roughly three more years — the same deal they were offered...
Jun 01, 2021
Retired Army Col. Ralph Puckett received the Medal of Honor from President Joe Biden during a Friday afternoon ceremony in the East Room of the White House.
Jun 01, 2021
For the first time in 14 months, Veterans Affairs officials reported no new COVID-related deaths at department medical centers across the country on Monday, an encouraging sign ...
Jun 01, 2021
The Navy is overhauling its primary flight training curriculum for the first time in more than 50 years.
Jun 01, 2021
A decade and a half after it was unveiled, the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., has begun to deteriorate, and in response, a bipartisan group of lawmakers has...
Jun 01, 2021
It was just another normal night on post for Marine Security Guards at the U.S. Embassy in Kingston, Jamaica, when a frantic, then threatening, phone call put their training to ...
May 21, 2021
Sailors can now apply for the Seaman to Admiral–21 undergraduate and commissioning program.
May 21, 2021
Officers who want to briefly veer off the promotion track could soon get extra time to beef up their resume before facing a selection board, the Air Force said May 13.
May 21, 2021
The Navy is offering $100,000 in aviation command retention bonuses to commanders who remain in the service for roughly three more years — the same deal they were offered...
May 21, 2021
Vandenberg Air Force Base will become Vandenberg Space Force Base Friday afternoon — the third installation to adopt the new service’s moniker so far.
May 21, 2021
OMAHA, Neb. — Farewell, hangar queen.
May 21, 2021
BATON ROUGE, La. — As a youngster, Matt Noland explored the USS Kidd Veterans Museum in Baton Rouge — and the World War II-era ship in his hometown played a part i...
May 21, 2021
When now-Staff Sgt. Clark Jordon walked into an Army recruiting station in Sierra Vista, Arizona, in 2008, he wasn’t the one interested in joining the Army. The appointme...
May 21, 2021
More space for pets is opening up on Patriot Express flights for service members traveling on permanent change of station orders to and from overseas, officials said.
May 18, 2021
BUNKER HILL, Ind. — An overhaul on a new jet fueling system has been completed at northern Indiana’s Grissom Air Reserve Base following several years of work to re...
May 18, 2021
More than 2,600 paratroopers from 11 nations completed a series of three airborne forcible entry operations during the largest U.S. and NATO annual exercise in Europe in recent ...
May 18, 2021
Sailors can now apply for the Seaman to Admiral–21 undergraduate and commissioning program.
May 18, 2021
This week: An Army Spouse on Afghanistan: It’s ‘Like a Member of My Family’
May 18, 2021
DENVER, Colo. — First lady Jill Biden extended her gratitude to military spouses for their service on Thursday at an Army base in Colorado.
May 18, 2021
The underway will be broadcast live on the Navy’s Facebook page and will feature demonstrations on climbing, firing a 24-pound long gun, using shipboard weaponry, and wil...
May 18, 2021
The Air Force has reversed its decision to drop nearly half its second-year ROTC cadets, reinstating hundreds of students in the program.
May 18, 2021
An officer at Fort Benning, Georgia, received the Soldier’s Medal this week, more than two years after he tried to save a soldier from an ambush stabbing attack that inte...
May 18, 2021
A typical training flight over Georgia last spring turned nightmarish for A-10C Thunderbolt II pilot Capt. Taylor Bye when her attack aircraft began falling apart in midair.
May 10, 2021
NEW LONDON, Conn. — President Joe Biden is scheduled to deliver the keynote address during this month’s graduation ceremonies at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.
May 10, 2021
TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Monday named Col. Lisa Hou as his pick to head of the state’s National Guard and serve as commissioner of the Depart...
May 10, 2021
More active duty sailors who are being forced to switch ratings now qualify for early separation, should they decide to leave the active Navy.
May 10, 2021
Although many military members and Defense Department civilian employees could benefit financially from a 14-year-old federal student loan debt forgiveness program, the benefit ...
May 10, 2021
WASHINGTON — The Air Force carried out the first flight test of a “Skyborg†drone last month with an Kratos UTAP-22 Mako equipped with a bespoke autonomy syst...
May 10, 2021
The aircraft carrier Gerald Ford has wrapped up its post-delivery test and trials.
May 10, 2021
I’ll never get back the 144 minutes I spent watching the midnight premiere of “Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker,†a movie that took everything we knew and loved a...
May 10, 2021
Happy day all you airmen, sailors, soldiers and Marines. Enjoy this safety brief as you stroll from the latrine. It’s no secret that you love to cut loose, but please rea...
May 10, 2021
Thursday marked the final day of mandated buns for soldiers as the Army announced that it will now permit ponytails for women, regardless of uniform.
May 10, 2021
John “Chick†Donahue will forever hold the title of the greatest beer run in world history. The year was 1967, and typical of many of the best military stories, Dona...
May 01, 2021
This week: From Living on the Streets to Helping the Homeless as a Military Spouse
May 01, 2021
Long before Patricia Barron was sworn in as head of military community and family policy at the Defense Department, she was well aware of persistent challenges for military fami...
May 01, 2021
If you qualify for permanent and total disability due to a service-connected disability, you could be eligible to pass education benefits to your dependent.
May 01, 2021
A free, three-day virtual military spouse symposium starts tomorrow, April 27, with the Defense Department and the services bringing together resources to help spouses make the ...
May 01, 2021
Lawmakers on Wednesday launched their latest effort to piece together comprehensive legislation on veterans’ toxic exposure illnesses with the goal of providing a clear p...
May 01, 2021
Special Operations Command Central now says a curious tweet on its official account was not a hack, as it initially reported on social media.
May 01, 2021
For the first time in history women were handed an Eagle, Globe and Anchor and made Marines at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego.
May 01, 2021
WWII aficionados around the world can finally let out a yelp of excitement.
Apr 25, 2021
A female airman will soon begin formal training to become an Air Force combat controller, the closest any enlisted woman has gotten to breaking that glass ceiling so far.
Apr 25, 2021
The previously all-female 4th Recruit Training Battalion has graduated four of its first-ever male platoons alongside two female platoons and included the first male drill instr...
Apr 25, 2021
A V-22 Osprey conducted its inaugural landing on the new and improved flight deck of USNS hospital ship Mercy Thursday.
Apr 25, 2021
The U.S. Navy has a new littoral combat ship in its fleet.
Apr 25, 2021
The Navy is nixing a 14-day restriction of movement (ROM) for fully vaccinated recruits ahead of boot camp at Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Illinois.
Apr 25, 2021
Military Times has launched a new platform for creating and publishing obituaries for veterans and to memorialize their individual stories for family, friends and future generat...
Apr 25, 2021
WASHINGTON — The new World War I Memorial in Washington, D.C., opened to the public Saturday, and its launch was marked by a ceremony and flag-raising in honor of the 4.7...
Apr 25, 2021
The Veterans Breakfast Club is thriving on TikTok, amassing nearly thirty thousand followers on the video sharing platform while sharing content that ranges from deeply personal...
Apr 25, 2021
The Thunderbirds are back in 2021 with new tricks to perform, after the coronavirus pandemic forced the aerial demonstration team to go dark for most of its 2020 season.
Apr 17, 2021
This week: Why 2020 Was One Military Spouse Entrepreneur’s Best Year Yet
Apr 17, 2021
Individuals who use Veteran Readiness and Employment benefits to pay for college classes will no longer have that counted against their eligibility for GI Bill payouts later on,...
Apr 17, 2021
For Thomas Burke, a life of service was not simply an option, but an inevitability. Today the associate minister of children, youth and families at Norfield Congregational Churc...
Apr 17, 2021
This week: The Story Behind ‘Military Spouse Owned’
Apr 17, 2021
PHOENIX — Gov. Doug Ducey on Thursday appointed Brig. Gen. Kerry Muehlenbeck to be the first female leader of the Arizona National Guard and the state’s emergency ...
Apr 17, 2021
SAVANNAH, Ga. — A federal agency is putting two new boats to work on the Georgia coast after naming them for fallen soldiers.
Apr 17, 2021
The Marine Corps may soon have new green-on-green physical training uniforms.
Apr 17, 2021
New legislation before Congress would require military leaders to eliminate the so-called “pink tax†by ensuring women receive uniform allowances more in line with w...
Apr 17, 2021
A female airman will soon begin formal training to become an Air Force combat controller, the closest any enlisted woman has gotten to breaking that glass ceiling so far.
Apr 09, 2021
The Navy is eradicating “subjective†terms like “outrageous†and “good taste†from its grooming and appearance policies.
Apr 09, 2021
The Army announced it has reached an agreement with Microsoft on a $21.88 billion, 10-year contract to produce its futuristic do-it-all goggle.
Apr 09, 2021
After nearly 77 years undisturbed on the floor of the Pacific, the USS Johnston — sunk during the Battle of Leyte Gulf — has been confirmed found. Resting more tha...
Apr 09, 2021
Is there any weapon more sophisticated and sought after than a lightsaber? It’s cool, compact, customizable and colorful. Not to mention it leaves absolutely no mess behi...
Apr 09, 2021
After launching a YouTube channel focusing on video game reviews, two special operations veterans have found so much success that they’re fielding offers to work with vid...
Apr 09, 2021
A unique vaccine produced by the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research started clinical testing Tuesday, and Army researchers hope it will combat variants of SARS-COV-2, the no...
Apr 02, 2021
BOISE, Idaho — About 80 years after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, a sailor who died during the attacks has had his remains identified.
Apr 02, 2021
The Navy has announced dates for a new wave of officer selection boards this spring.
Apr 02, 2021
Kimberly DeFiori shares the trauma she experienced in Afghanistan so that other veterans and first responders aren’t afraid to ask for help. To dispel the notion of weakn...
Apr 02, 2021
WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s defense ministry say a senior Polish officer has been appointed deputy commander of U.S. Army V Corps at Fort Knox under a military excha...
Apr 02, 2021
YACOLT, Wash. — A U.S. Navy helicopter crew late Monday night rescued the pilot and the passenger of a small plane that went down in forest land near Yacolt, Washington, ...
Apr 02, 2021
BETHEL, Alaska — An Alaska woman has made history by becoming the first infantrywoman in the Alaska National Guard.
Apr 02, 2021
OMAHA, Neb. — A tweet issued on the official page of the U.S. military command in charge of the nation’s nuclear arsenal early had many on social media confused an...
Mar 26, 2021
TIRANA, Albania — The United States has provided 29 new Humvees to bolster Albania’s military capabilities ahead of military exercises in southeastern Europe, the ...
Mar 26, 2021
Like Peter Jackson’s critically acclaimed “They Shall Not Grow Old,†in which the “Lord of the Rings†director breathtakingly, if not eerily, brou...
Mar 26, 2021
The Navy has recovered an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter that crashed into the Philippine Sea in January 2020 off the coast of Okinawa — and set a record while doing so.
Mar 26, 2021
Veterans Affairs officials have begun work to shift the bulk of its GI Bill benefits operations to a new online platform, with the first changes visible to students by this fall.
Mar 26, 2021
Michaela Maloney was walking a local beach near her home in Kodiak, Alaska this past November, looking mostly for beach glass, made smooth by years of waves and sand.
Mar 26, 2021
On Sept. 14, 1951, in Korea, Cpl. Salvatore Naimo was dug into a hill just north of the 38th parallel in an area called the punchbowl.
Mar 21, 2021
Editor’s note: a version of this story first appeared in the Tampa Bay Times on March 15, 2019.
TAMPA — James Bradley McCloughan watched as then-President Donal...
Mar 21, 2021
The Air Force is doling out hundreds of thousands of dollars to airmen eligible for the service’s aviation bonus program in fiscal 2021 — but the lengths of the co...
Mar 21, 2021
The Spouse Angle is a podcast breaking down the news for military spouses and their families. Each episode features subject-matter experts and military guests who dive into curr...
Mar 21, 2021
It’s 2021, and although I thought by now there would be flying cars, cities on the moon and the ability to teleport from my bed to my couch instead of walking, I guess I...
Mar 21, 2021
Army Spc. Lucas Beaver was in charge of running cold fuel operations in Poland in the fall of 2020. His office was housed inside a container-like building with screen-less windo...
Mar 21, 2021
Those stationed at Ohio’s Wright-Patterson Air Force Base soon won’t have to crack open a cold one from the comfort of home to enjoy a hand-selected beverage. Inst...
Mar 21, 2021
In early 2019 Sgt. Danny McDonald was taking advantage of the southern weather and enjoying a day at the beach in Surf City, North Carolina, when suddenly he heard shouts from a...
Mar 21, 2021
Staff Sgt. Russell Ruth was hungry one Sunday morning in 2019, so he went to his usual spot, across the street from his Savannah, Georgia, home, to meet some friends for his go-...
Mar 16, 2021
With its history of expansions and additions to benefits for service members and veterans, the GI bill has been a life-changing piece of legislation since it first passed in 194...
Mar 16, 2021
Guy Ritchie, the director behind hit films such as “Snatch,†“Sherlock Holmes†and “The Man From U.N.C.L.E,†has signed on to write and direc...
Mar 16, 2021
Ground and aviation units with the Army National Guard now have a high-tech range where they can run live-fire training at the same time and receive on-the-spot feedback.
Mar 16, 2021
WASHINGTON — Striking a delicate balance, the United States and South Korea have agreed Seoul will pay 13.9 percent more this year for hosting American troops as part of ...
Mar 16, 2021
The Navy is creating one rating for E-9s in the Seabee community in an attempt to facilitate advancement opportunities for sailors.
Mar 16, 2021
The Air Force has established interim height standards for flying enlisted aviator career fields — broadening the pool of airmen who can serve as flight engineers, specia...
Mar 16, 2021
Even after a number of scientific and policy breakthroughs in recent years, available infertility services for veterans remain confusing and burdensome even for individuals whos...
Mar 11, 2021
A new Physical Training Gear (PTG) uniform is coming to the Air Force.
Mar 11, 2021
The Air Force has authorized a slew of new uniform changes — including allowing maintainers to wear shorts during warm weather across the entire force.
Mar 11, 2021
Jennifer Landry has always donated blood and always wanted to donate bone marrow. But before she had the chance, she saw a Facebook post from one of her friends.
Mar 11, 2021
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Annual restrictions to protect western snowy plover nests went into effect Monday on three beaches at Vandenberg Air Force Base.
Mar 11, 2021
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — Fort Campbell is building or renovating hundreds of military family homes in an $87.4 million project.
Mar 11, 2021
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — A new commander of the 101st Airborne Division is taking over at Fort Campbell.
Mar 11, 2021
In late 2004 Marines and soldiers fought side-by-side to retake the ancient city of Fallujah, Iraq, in what would become the bloodiest battle in the Iraq War.
Feb 28, 2021
In mid-February, a married couple, taking advantage of Southern California weather, went kayaking in the Pacific Ocean.
Feb 28, 2021
New body armor specifically tailored for women is arriving at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico — part of a larger effort within the Air Force to provide women better...
Feb 28, 2021
The 1st Marine Logistics Group has launched a new program that hopes to make it easier for a Marine to be both a mom and a warrior.
Feb 28, 2021
Shaky but sturdy, retired Sgt. 1st Class Marvin Cornett stood tall in a uniform he hadn’t worn in more than half a century to receive an overlooked award he’d been...
Feb 23, 2021
WICHITA, Kan. — For more than a decade, 22-year-old Valley Center native Braden Vining had plans to follow his brother into the military. He couldn’t have planned ...
Feb 23, 2021
A massive effort to rescue nearly 1,000 cold-stunned sea turtles at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi all started with a base resident wanting to help a couple of injured birds.
Feb 23, 2021
First lady Jill Biden told a group of educators and advocates that “giving military kids what they need to thrive is not just a nice thing to do, it’s critical to o...
Feb 23, 2021
When Jennifer Mackinday became a full-time caregiver for her brother, James, after he was injured in a roadside bomb attack in Iraq in 2005, the two siblings found themselves th...
Feb 23, 2021
When Louis “Lou†Conter enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1939, he was bracing for the U.S. to get involved in World War II — he just didn’t know when.
Feb 23, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ga. — Columbus drug dealers couldn’t scare an old Army Ranger who’d done two tours of combat duty in Vietnam, so they gave up.
Feb 23, 2021
DUNEDIN, Fla. — Joseph Hall walked into Causeway Alterations at the beginning of January with a strange request.
Feb 23, 2021
WASHINGTON – The Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, took delivery late last year of a new Xerox 3D metal printer that the school hopes will advance whatâ...
Feb 13, 2021
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Some kids want to be astronauts when they grow up. Not Kayla Barron.
Feb 13, 2021
Before he became the first Black player inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Emlen Tunnell served in the Coast Guard during and after World War II, where he was credited...
Feb 13, 2021
The Marine Corps will extend the postpartum moratorium on physical fitness from nine months to 12 months, according to an administrative message released from the Marine Corps o...
Feb 13, 2021
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Two men and a woman who said they had been stranded on a deserted island for 33 days were rescued after they waved flags to get the attention of a...
Feb 06, 2021
When Super Bowl fans see the unprecedented triple-bomber flyover before the game Feb. 7, they won’t just be watching planes fly. They’ll be watching the end result...
Feb 06, 2021
SAN DIEGO — An estimated $211 million worth of cocaine and marijuana seized by the U.S. Coast Guard and Navy from smuggling vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean has been ...
Feb 06, 2021
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s beloved badger statue will stay at least two more years outside the governor’s state Capitol office after the Navy announced Mon...
Feb 05, 2021
ASHLAND, Neb. — A stealth fighter jet is set to arrive at the Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum near Ashland this spring.
Feb 05, 2021
Ellsworth “Tony†Williams, CEO of Veterans Counseling Veterans, has been concerned about the racial unrest the country is facing.
Feb 05, 2021
Army scientists, along with university researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, have created a LEGO-like structure to connect materials they hope could build ro...
Feb 05, 2021
Army-funded researchers have designed a machine-learning algorithm that is a first step in brain-machine interfaces that could help paralyzed people move prosthetics by thinking...
Jan 30, 2021
WASHINGTON — New first lady Jill Biden took an unannounced detour to the U.S. Capitol on Friday to deliver baskets of chocolate chip cookies to National Guard members, th...
Jan 30, 2021
Army-funded researchers have designed a machine-learning algorithm that is a first step in brain-machine interfaces that could help paralyzed people move prosthetics by thinking...
Jan 30, 2021
The Army recently gained approval for a rapid blood test for traumatic brain injury that can be used on the battlefield.
Jan 30, 2021
Soldiers of all genders will be allowed to have highlights that blend with uniform colors; women can wear long ponytails during training or even shave their heads if they want; ...
Jan 30, 2021
Tampa, Florida, which will host Super Bowl 55, is no stranger to military aircraft soaring overhead.
Jan 24, 2021
A Marine veteran is now the second double-amputee police officer in the United States after graduating from the Fort Worth Police Academy on Dec. 11, 2020.
Jan 24, 2021
Do you know an extraordinary service member who goes above and beyond the call of duty?
Jan 24, 2021
A new commandant is coming to the U.S. Naval Academy this year.
Jan 24, 2021
As more than 25,000 National Guard troops have been called in to help law enforcement with security surrounding the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, a familiar face ha...
Jan 24, 2021
Thousands of troops are filtering in and out of Capitol Hill after the deadly Jan. 6 riot, during the impeachment process, and in advance of the inauguration. As many of them ha...
Jan 19, 2021
A Navy chaplain who helped comfort shipmates when the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed and sunk in “shark infested waters†during the last days of World War II was pos...
Jan 19, 2021
A Celebration of Life memorial service for retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles “Chuck†Yeager — best known for being the first to fly faster than the speed o...
Jan 19, 2021
Sleep can be hard to come by in the service. One of the very first things you learn when you enlist is that you should take any and every napping opportunity possible, despite t...
Jan 19, 2021
Do you, like me, hate carrying around a bag of any kind but need a place to store keys, money and idenfitication? Maybe you just want to bring a handful of cheddary Cheez-Its on...
Jan 19, 2021
In early November Marine Sgt. John James rushed to the rescue of an elderly Okinawan woman from who was bitten by the venomous Habu Viper.
Jan 17, 2021
WASHINGTON — One year ago on the night of Jan. 7, 2020, Americans were shocked to learn that Iran had launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles at U.S. and coalition ...
Jan 08, 2021
The Blue Angels will start flying F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet fighter jets in 2021, replacing the legacy F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets that the flight demonstration team has flown for ...
Jan 07, 2021
More than 1,000 District of Columbia National Guard troops have been ordered to report to their armory after pro-Trump protestors pushed through police barricades and broke thro...
Jan 07, 2021
It’s unlikely that military and overseas absentee ballots will be a factor in the results of the Georgia Senate runoff races, but they will still be counted through the e...
Jan 07, 2021
An Army senior noncommissioned officer based at Fort Lee, Va., is the third active-duty service member to die after contracting the novel coronavirus, an Army spokesman confirme...
Jan 07, 2021
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Defense must determine the national security threat posed by quantum computing, as part of the new annual defense policy law.
Jan 07, 2021
When separating from the military, it’s not uncommon for servicemembers to discover gaps between their resume and the civilian job they want.
Jan 07, 2021
All federal employees who are eligible to receive additional leave carryover from 2020 to 2021 under the National Defense Authorization Act of 2021 are entitled to receive that ...
Jan 07, 2021
Veterans Affairs officials will have to provide basic legal advice to veterans who file medical malpractice claims and provide information on local staffing issues as part of ne...
Jan 07, 2021
Early career National Guard troops who supported COVID-19 response this year may soon be eligible for Veterans Affairs home loan benefits, thanks to a provision in this yearâ...
Jan 07, 2021
At approximately 5 a.m. on New Year’s Day 2019, Lance Cpl. Andrew Johnson had just been relieved from his post.
Jan 07, 2021
Early career National Guard troops who supported COVID-19 response this year may soon be eligible for Veterans Affairs home loan benefits, thanks to a provision in this yearâ...
Jan 07, 2021
After a lengthy wait, President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed into law a sweeping veterans policy measure that includes new protections for women veterans, student veterans and...
Dec 21, 2020
Another female Marine is on the verge of graduating the Corps’ Infantry Officer Course and earning the 0302 Marine Corps infantry officer military occupational specialty,...
Dec 21, 2020
A Marine from Gulf Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines, received the Navy Commendation Medal Thursday for his actions saving another Marine, a press release from the Corps said.
Dec 21, 2020
The Hurricane Hunters flew their first mission to study winter storms this winter season out of Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi on Tuesday.
Dec 21, 2020
GREENVILLE, S.C. — A university in South Carolina is teaming up with the U.S. Army to create models for self-driving military vehicles.
Dec 21, 2020
Troops from the 82nd Airborne Division held a virtual unboxing of postcards from the people of Sainte-Mère-Église, France on Tuesday, in a post-COVID continuation of the ...
Dec 21, 2020
For the first time in Marine Corps history, women will be trained at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego.
Dec 21, 2020
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — On a tiny speck of a frozen runway on the north bank of the Yukon River, nearly a hundred miles northwest of Fairbanks, Christmas was delivered in a m...
Dec 21, 2020
NASA has announced the team of 18 astronauts who will spearhead the agency’s efforts to return to the moon by 2024. Among them were 10 active-duty military personnel.
Dec 12, 2020
Marines from the historic Marine Corps Barracks Washington were awarded for their quick actions that saved the life of a pedestrian who had been run over by a car while riding a...
Dec 12, 2020
HONOLULU — The Hawaii National Guard has received approval for an extension of federal funds to continue assisting the state’s coronavirus response through March.
Dec 12, 2020
WASHINGTON — Seventy-five years after World War II ended, Congress is honoring thousands of Chinese Americans who served the United States in the war, earning citations f...
Dec 12, 2020
On Dec. 4, artillery units around the world traditionally celebrate the feast day of the mysterious St. Barbara, a Roman-era Rapunzel, who was removed from the Catholic Churchâ...
Dec 12, 2020
BAR HARBOR, Maine — A proposal from New England senators to ensure free lifetime entry to national parks for all disabled U.S. veterans has been signed into law.
Dec 07, 2020
WASHINGTON — Congress is seeking to block the Air Force from retiring any of its A-10 Warthog attack planes, KC-135 refueling tankers and RQ-4 Global Hawk surveillance dr...
Dec 07, 2020
President Donald Trump late Friday signed legislation to allow Iraq War hero Alwyn Cashe to be awarded the Medal of Honor, a move that nearly ends Cashe’s family and supp...
Dec 07, 2020
More than 1,000 Fort Bragg paratroopers jumped from C-130 aircraft and helicopters for a good cause Wednesday and Thursday as part of the 82nd Airborne Division’s second ...
Dec 07, 2020
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Midshipman Sydney Barber had her doubts about applying for the top student leadership position at the U.S. Naval Academy. A Black woman had never held th...
Dec 07, 2020
Black boots will be returning to the fleet this fiscal year, according to a Marine Corps press release.
Dec 07, 2020
“Top Gun†is undoubtedly one of the most iconic military films in history. The 1986 blockbuster film starring Tom Cruise as Navy pilot Maverick is still beloved by b...
Dec 07, 2020
Marines from 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, were awarded the French Fourragere on Wednesday, as the battalion now comes under the command of the 6th Marine Regiment.
Dec 07, 2020
For many Marine recruits, the comrades they endure boot camp with are quickly seen as brothers or sisters in arms.
Dec 07, 2020
Fighting, especially boxing and martial arts, were how Brent Verdialez filled his time as a young kid growing up in Fresno, California.
Dec 07, 2020
Roughly 25 years ago, Capt. Cassidy “Dudley†Norman landed his jet aboard the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy, an old workhorse of a flattop that was commissioned i...
Dec 02, 2020
WASHINGTON — Although the Islamic State extremist group is battered and scattered, it cannot be fully defeated until the world finds a way to reconcile and resettle the t...
Dec 02, 2020
U.S. soldiers from 5th Security Force Assistance Brigade are right now running through an exercise in Louisiana designed around defending a notional Pacific island from an invas...
Dec 02, 2020
Sometimes simple solutions can have a big payoff.
Dec 02, 2020
An independent review of Fort Hood’s command climate is complete and its findings are slated to be released Dec. 8, but Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said an initial look ...
Dec 02, 2020
For years, the military’s critics have raised alarms about its aircraft readiness, and whether concerning numbers of airplanes and helicopters have not been ready to fly.
Dec 02, 2020
When I was a kid, my dad was deployed more times than I could count. While we corresponded through drawings, letters and video greetings taped on VHS and sent back and forth bet...
Dec 02, 2020
It pays to be a veteran, according to a new study by veterans claims law firm Hill and Ponton.
Dec 02, 2020
WASHINGTON — Six locations have survived the first round of cuts and are still in under consideration to become the new headquarters for U.S. Space Command, the Air Force...
Dec 01, 2020
When rockets struck Baghdad’s Green Zone on Tuesday, within hours of the U.S. announcing it would draw down 500 troops from its presence in Iraq, it marked the end of an ...
Dec 01, 2020
The Academy Award-winning film “Black Hawk Down†is one of the most enduring military movies made in the past few decades. Much of the movie’s dialogue has ac...
Nov 21, 2020
Sometimes simple solutions can have a big payoff.
Nov 21, 2020
The Navy has released its promotion lists for active duty E-7 for fiscal year 2021.
Nov 21, 2020
The Navy has released information on how sailors will be evaluated on two new events coming to the Physical Readiness Test: planks and rowing exercises.
Nov 21, 2020
WASHINGTON — Children of the world can rest easy. The global pandemic won’t stop them from tracking Santa Claus’ progress as he delivers gifts around the gl...
Nov 21, 2020
A new batch of soldiers at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, became the first graduating class nationwide to wear the Army’s new World War II-style dress uniform, as the service prepa...
Nov 20, 2020
A former Marine combat engineer celebrated this Veterans Day with a million-dollar prize.
Nov 20, 2020
The wife of the nation’s highest-ranking military officer saved the life of man during a Veterans Day event at the Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday.
Nov 20, 2020
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — The pandemic has left the outsized population of Canadian troops deployed to Colorado Springs and their families isolated in a foreign la...
Nov 16, 2020
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The first Black woman to assume the top role leading fellow students at the U.S. Naval Academy will take up that position next semester as brigade comman...
Nov 16, 2020
The Army broke ground Thursday on a new institute that will serve as the base for human performance research at the soldier and squad level.
Nov 16, 2020
Last week, amid the tumultuous hysteria that was the presidential election, your friends at Observation Post brought you the tale of MA1 Brian Dunne’s reenlistment aboard...
Nov 16, 2020
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump visited the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday, emerging in public for the first time since his f...
Nov 16, 2020
One of the most impressive and daring emergency belly-landings in recent memory has earned an A-10 Warthog pilot the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Nov 16, 2020
The guided-missile cruiser Antietam is back in Yokosuka, Japan, following a 260-day deployment.
Nov 16, 2020
BREMERTON, Wash. — The Navy has announced it is investing in new environmentally friendly tugboats designed to guide submarines and aircraft carriers through tight spots ...
Nov 16, 2020
The Heroes Journey, a Tampa, Florida-based nonprofit dedicated to helping veterans creatively tell their stories, is hosting a live-streamed benefit, “Better Ground,â€...
Nov 16, 2020
For World War II Iwo Jima Marine and Silver Star recipient Thiele Fred Harvey, 97, crossing the finish line during the Marine Corps Marathon in October brought him full circle i...
Nov 11, 2020
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The boat crested a wave that seemed a mile high and then started to plunge. Romay Davis looked over the edge as the bow dropped. The trough looked bott...
Nov 11, 2020
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — What started as a hobby between deployments for Army veteran Kurt Ballash has turned into a passion for him and other veterans in the community.
Nov 11, 2020
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — When Michele Johnson graduated from Riley High School in 1982, she headed down to Bloomington to continue her education at Indiana University.
Nov 11, 2020
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — John Waller has lived a notable life in Virginia Beach. The architect designed City Hall, several school buildings and dozens of homes.
Nov 11, 2020
JERICHO, Vt. — The Vermont National Guard has broken ground on a new $27 million facility for its U.S. Army Mountain Warfare School.
Nov 11, 2020
Though he never said the word, the COVID-19 pandemic loomed largely in the 2020 birthday address from Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger to the Corps.
Nov 11, 2020
SANTA FE, N.M. — A retired Air Force officer from Albuquerque will become the first Black state senator in New Mexico’s 108-year history.
Nov 11, 2020
Not many mother-daughter duos can say they’ve both launched an intercontinental ballistic missile. In fact, Linda and Taylor Tonnies may be the only pair able to make suc...
Nov 11, 2020
Feds that served in the armed forces, Peace Corps and Volunteers in Service to America will no longer be on the hook for agency miscalculations of their retirement deposits unde...
Nov 11, 2020
The Navy has made 78 more ratings eligible for a reenlistment bonus of up to $100,000 in fiscal 2021, and increased payouts for 14 more — but the bonuses for 51 skill set...
Nov 03, 2020
A basic combat training battery at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, is the first in the Army to get the service’s new World War II-style dress uniform, according to an Army news rele...
Nov 03, 2020
Sailors may see some additional leave appear on their Leave and Earnings Statement this month — the result of a special leave accrual policy implemented earlier this year...
Nov 03, 2020
The Navy has released quotas for active-duty E-7 promotions for fiscal 2021 and more than 4,500 sailors are set to make chief petty officer.
Nov 03, 2020
A panel of soldiers with the XVIII Airborne Corps has selected its first “Dragon Innovation Challenge†winner.
Nov 03, 2020
As of Tuesday, more than 66 million votes have been cast in the 2020 general election. And thanks to the work of voting assistance officers across U.S. Army Training and Doctrin...
Nov 03, 2020
Students enrolled in Department of Defense schools overseas will receive free meals starting Nov. 2, in meal programs that are operated by the military exchange services.
Nov 03, 2020
The Navy unveiled active duty and reserve officer promotions for captains, commanders, lieutenant commanders and lieutenants earlier this month.
Nov 03, 2020
NORFOLK, Va. — Women have been serving on Navy ships for a quarter-century, although the deck department — especially the bridge watch sections responsible for ste...
Oct 25, 2020
A veteran who fought at Iwo Jima during World War II is looking to become the oldest Marine to participate in the annual Marine Corps Marathon.
Oct 25, 2020
The 121st Army-Navy Game will be hosted by the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, this December, marking the first time it has been played at a home site since World...
Oct 25, 2020
The U.S.S. Constitution Museum has acquired more than 150 documents, including correspondence from President George Washington’s secretary of war and the leader of the Ha...
Oct 25, 2020
With its final flight over the New Orleans skyline, the Corps said goodbye to the historic AH-1W Super Cobra after 34 years of service as the Corps' go-to attack helicopter.
Oct 25, 2020
The largest class of recruits in more than 15 years just graduated from the Navy’s Recruit Training Command, and the service has surpassed its enlisted accession goal for...
Oct 25, 2020
MINOT, N.D. — What the heck? Why do such a thing? Then again, why not?
Oct 25, 2020
The faint smell of spicy tobacco lingered in the air stepping through the door of the Smoke Pit.
Oct 25, 2020
BOZEMAN, Mont. — An area of Montana countryside where four Air Force pilots crashed and died in 1962 was named in honor of the fallen service members.
Oct 24, 2020
PROVO, Utah — Retired Air Force Col. Gail S. Halvorsen changed the course of history with just two pieces of gum. Now has made a bit of his own history. Halvorsen turned ...
Oct 24, 2020
Henry Barba has seen it all. The 107-year-old Californian has lived through two pandemics, the Great Depression and his National Guard service in World War II. Now, a local non-...
Oct 17, 2020
Two pararescuemen from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona were presented with the Bronze Star with Valor earlier this month for their heroism during separate Afghanistan ba...
Oct 17, 2020
Several sailors who helped stop an armed gunman from storming Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas, in May were presented with medals recognizing their heroism last week.
Oct 17, 2020
It’s not plunging a dog into full-blown virtual reality, but initial stages of testing on a new device could help connect trainers and military dogs by way of laser point...
Oct 17, 2020
You can always count on a healthy rivalry between the Army and the Navy — even when it comes to sharing updates on museums honoring their respective services on the same ...
Oct 17, 2020
The Navy secretary has announced that the first vessel in the new guided-missile frigate class of ships will be called the Constellation — becoming the fifth ship in Navy...
Oct 09, 2020
The hunter was only about six miles north of Anchorage when he fell, but the 100-foot drop had stranded him at the bottom of a cliff with badly broken vertebrae and a traumatic ...
Oct 09, 2020
The USO is launching its inaugural Military Virtual Programming, or MVP, Con today to bring service members some Comic-Con-style festivities that can be enjoyed from anywhere ar...
Oct 09, 2020
The U.S. Army won’t be opening its own park filled with living dinosaurs any time soon, but it is in possession of a number of long-lost friends who first graced our plan...
Oct 09, 2020
Dear dudes on military dating apps,
Dating is hard. We all get it. But there are some things you should know before you decide to try your luck in swipe city.
Oct 09, 2020
The Navy secretary has announced that the first vessel in the new guided-missile frigate class of ships will be called the Constellation — becoming the fifth ship in Navy...
Oct 09, 2020
WASHINGTON — Gen. David “DT†Thompson is officially the U.S. Space Force’s first vice chief of space operations, following a small swearing in ceremony...
Oct 09, 2020
An officer from the country’s youngest military branch, the Space Force, made history when she joined a Marine Expeditionary Unit for the first time in September, accordi...
Oct 03, 2020
BISMARCK, N.D. — The long-lost U.S. Army identification tag of a North Dakota soldier has been returned to his widow after it resurfaced in Russia.
Oct 03, 2020
An officer from the country’s youngest military branch, the Space Force, made history when she joined a Marine Expeditionary Unit for the first time in September, accordi...
Oct 03, 2020
With its Thursday activation, Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz, Guam, became the Corps' first new base since Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, Georgia, was founded in March 1952, a...
Oct 03, 2020
LIVINGSTON, Mont. — The B-47 Ridge Designation Act, a bill honoring four airmen killed in a 1962 crash on Emigrant Peak, passed the House of Representatives unanimously.
Sep 28, 2020
Harrowing video has emerged of the chaotic moments Sunday when a U.S. Coast Guard crew rescued a pregnant woman and six other people from a capsized boat far off the Tampa Bay, ...
Sep 28, 2020
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The U.S. Air Force Academy installed a new superintendent who will be the first Black officer to lead the military institution.
Sep 28, 2020
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles “CQ†Brown was named one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2020 Tuesday.
Sep 28, 2020
AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — A month into his tenure as Air Force Academy superintendent and before Black Lives Matter sparked a nationwide discussion on the treatment of m...
Sep 28, 2020
BANGKOK — Divers have found what they believe is the wreck of a U.S. Navy submarine lost 77 years ago in Southeast Asia, providing a coda to a stirring but little-known t...
Sep 22, 2020
President Dwight D. “Ike†Eisenhower is among the most accomplished presidents in American history. He balanced the federal budget several times, created Americaâ...
Sep 22, 2020
For a nation enamored with yellow ribbons, PDA for men and women in uniform, and shouting “Support Our Troops†into the void until our lungs collapse, we sure seem t...
Sep 22, 2020
Have you ever tried to drop it low and then just…dropped? If you’re looking to gain the thighs of steel required to not only drop it, but pop it, look no further th...
Sep 22, 2020
Updated to include North Carolina as a state offering online ballot return for all UOCAVA voters
Sep 21, 2020
In 2009, a woman named Jennifer Allen went on a mission to discover why, sometimes, she’d experience a tingling sensation in her head and neck when she heard certain soun...
Sep 19, 2020
There are certain inevitabilities that come with joining the military. From being screamed at by drill instructors to bad housing assignments and learning how to sleep anywhere,...
Sep 12, 2020
Arlington National Cemetery is reopening in a limited capacity to the public, after being largely shuttered due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sep 12, 2020
When most of us think of drinking tea, we envision lace gloves, dainty cucumber sandwiches, and fresh brews in porcelain china poured into adorable cups held with pinky-extended...
Sep 12, 2020
Tom Seaver, who passed away Monday at the age of 75, gained great fame as a fireballing starting pitcher who was nicknamed “Tom Terrific†and “The Franchise.â...
Sep 12, 2020
“Beetle Bailey,†the comic strip centered around the perpetual goof-off and disobedient Army private, celebrated its 70th anniversary on Sept. 4.
Sep 12, 2020
When Senior Master Sgt. Genevieve, superintendent of the 13th Reconnaissance Squadron, 926th Wing, became pregnant in 2018, she discovered a problem: Maternity uniforms were in ...
Sep 12, 2020
A 59-year-old former Marine and civil affairs soldier graduated Army basic combat training last week — a prerequisite for him to enter the Army Reserve after a 10-year br...
Sep 12, 2020
After having to shut down for several months because of the COVID-19 crisis, the National Museum of the Marine Corps welcomed visitors back Tuesday with a limited-time viewing o...
Sep 07, 2020
MOUNT TOWNSEND, Wash. — A helicopter crew from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island rescued a hiker who was severely injured in a fall Sunday evening in the Buckhorn Wilderne...
Sep 07, 2020
A 59-year-old former Marine and civil affairs soldier graduated Army basic combat training last week — a prerequisite for him to enter the Army Reserve after a 10-year br...
Sep 07, 2020
It’s not always easy discussing race and diversity issues.
Sep 07, 2020
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — A paratrooper who is based at Fort Bragg in North Carolina has received a Purple Heart.
Aug 29, 2020
The Operational Camouflage Pattern uniform has been designated the Space Force’s duty uniform, according to the service’s inaugural Space Force Guidance Memorandum.
Aug 29, 2020
Recruit Austin Ferrell with Kilo Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, fires his M16A4 Service Rifle during the Table One course of fire on Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris...
Aug 29, 2020
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — A paratrooper who is based at Fort Bragg in North Carolina has received a Purple Heart.
Aug 29, 2020
Command Sgt. Maj. Lynice Thorpe-Noel remembers losing her “academic focus and passion†as a college student 30 years ago. She knew she needed to chart a new career p...
Aug 27, 2020
Help us celebrate and honor our veterans and our healthcare workers that have worked so diligently on keeping us safe during this pandemic.
Aug 24, 2020
One of the toils of being partnered with man’s best friend is that, in exchange for its undying affection, you must also endure the daily onslaught of its undying bowels.
Aug 24, 2020
The Navy has unveiled a new “detailing marketplace†to succeed the Career Management System–Interactive Detailing for Navy Reserve forces, according to the se...
Aug 24, 2020
Have you recently experienced the undeniable itch to once more saunter about in combat boots but your old pairs are simply damaged beyond repair? For those inexplicably pining f...
Aug 24, 2020
On the night of Dec. 13, 2018, Lance Cpl. Kevin Grajeda was driving home from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, after a late night at work.
Aug 24, 2020
WASHINGTON — In 2022, the U.S. Air Force will take delivery of the F-15EX, a new and improved version of the nearly 40-year-old F-15E Strike Eagle.
Aug 24, 2020
Hundreds of Navajo Code Talkers who helped the Allied forces covertly communicate during World War II were honored in a ceremony Friday.
Aug 24, 2020
YANKTON, S.D. — On a recent Sunday, soldiers from Bravo Battery took the morning to brush away years of dirt and moss on the tombstones of men who fought in the Civil War...
Aug 14, 2020
Navy surface warfare officers can now order the black leather jacket approved earlier this year for members of the SWO community.
Aug 14, 2020
Federal employees and military retirees will have more insurance plans to choose from this year, as the Office of Personnel Management announced Aug. 11 that it has selected the...
Aug 14, 2020
Military families have another option to help them find hourly and on-demand child care, defense officials said.
Aug 14, 2020
The Army’s new service uniform will be issued to incoming recruits by December and, by next spring, the World War II-styled garments should be available at Army and Air F...
Aug 14, 2020
New app provides quick information to a number of services on Army garrisons. (AAFES)
Aug 14, 2020
The aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower is back home — following more than 200 consecutive days at sea.
Aug 14, 2020
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Stewy Carlo had a short life, but he lived every moment. While serving in the Army, he bought a 1951 Mercedes and motored around Europe. After his ser...
Aug 08, 2020
After years of confronting ridicule for being an illiterate branch whose personnel enjoy a nice wax snack after learning how to war from coloring books, Marines everywhere can r...
Aug 08, 2020
More than 7 million people in the military and veteran communities who purchase their vehicle insurance through USAA will see an additional credit on their insurance bills start...
Aug 08, 2020
Tennessee National Guard soldier Sgt. Leann Roggensack was driving home in the rain on May 27 when she noticed a car in her neighborhood was pulled over with the flashers on.
Aug 08, 2020
The Air Force said Wednesday that, when possible, it will station airmen and space professionals with court-ordered child custody decrees near their children.
Aug 08, 2020
PITTSBURGH — When he was 18, Omar Brooks left home in Canonsburg to enlist in the Army. His training took him to Fort Stewart in Georgia, where every morning after reveil...
Aug 08, 2020
WASHINGTON — Congress has awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, its highest honor, to surviving crew members of the USS Indianapolis, the ship that delivered key componen...
Aug 02, 2020
We’re not all photogenic. Some of us wander through life desperately searching for the right hair style, a presentable physique, or a face that doesn’t elicit a â...
Aug 02, 2020
The Air Force is now allowing all pregnant and postpartum airmen to attend professional military education, in an effort to remove barriers that sometimes limited women’s...
Aug 02, 2020
There is an equine arm of the United States Space Force — no, we’re not horsing around.
Aug 02, 2020
Scientists working with the Army are employing a natural self-healing process using squid teeth in ways that could allow future engineers to manufacture self-fixing parts in sol...
Aug 02, 2020
The military’s ability to pivot quickly to fight enemies doesn’t just apply to air, sea, ground and space forces. The military medical system has been in a unique ...
Aug 02, 2020
A House panel on Thursday advanced plans to replace the Department of Veterans Affairs mission statement with gender-neutral language, with Republican lawmakers offering strong ...
Jul 24, 2020
BAR HARBOR, Maine — The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a proposal from two Maine lawmakers to give families of fallen military service members free access to na...
Jul 24, 2020
Retired Army Col. Mike Jason has been running the Army Ten-Miler for eight years now, and he wears the same shirt every time.
Jul 24, 2020
JACKSON, Mich. — A Korean War veteran who dropped out of high school during his junior year in 1952 to join the U.S. Air Force and became a pilot during the war has final...
Jul 24, 2020
Tyler Stallings was only 4-years-old when he first set out on a mission to help veterans experiencing homelessness.
Jul 24, 2020
A bill that would help give a second chance to veterans who’ve committed nonviolent crimes has moved to the president’s office to be signed into law.
Jul 24, 2020
House lawmakers on Monday easily passed legislation designed to give additional grants for housing upgrades to disabled veterans, sending the measure to the president to be sign...
Jul 24, 2020
After Gold Star wife Cheryl Lankford was diagnosed with cancer, she spent the final few months of her life working to make sure that military health and financial benefits for h...
Jul 18, 2020
As college football programs across the country weigh the value of pursuing a 2020 season, sailors and soldiers across the country wonder: Will the Army-Navy game happen this year?
Jul 18, 2020
Sen. Bob Dole, a World War II veteran who served in public office for 45 years, turns 97 this month and his family wants you to help celebrate a joint birthday with his wife Eli...
Jul 18, 2020
Students will be returning soon to schools operated by the Department of Defense around the world, preferably on a regular full-time schedule with regular instruction from teach...
Jul 18, 2020
Staff Sgt. Tristan Blake Jarvis, an airman at Osan Air Base in South Korea who was reported absent from duty July 9, has been found and is safe.
Jul 18, 2020
WEST POINT, N.Y. — New cadet candidates arriving at the U.S. Military Academy on Monday were promptly tested for COVID-19, stood at attention in face masks and were given...
Jul 18, 2020
Thousands of members of Air Force space and space systems operations have been selected to begin transfer to the Space Force Sept. 1.
Jul 18, 2020
Navy Lt. j.g. Madeline Swegle has become the Navy’s “first known†Black female tactical jet pilot, according to the service.
Jul 11, 2020
Retired Lt. Col. Kathy LaSauce got “hooked on airplanes†when she became one of the Air Force’s first female officers in aircraft maintenance — a field...
Jul 11, 2020
Recent long-range Bomber Task Force missions to Europe have sharpened the Air Force’s ability to operate in Europe and will continue, according to Air Force Gen. Jeff Har...
Jul 11, 2020
Twenty-five service members and civilians have been recognized in the past week for their actions in response to the December 2019 shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Flo...
Jul 11, 2020
The first F-35C Lightning II pilots have graduated from the Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor course ― best known as TOPGUN ― and are back in the fleet traini...
Jul 11, 2020
Aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman finally returned to Naval Station Norfolk Tuesday ― wrapping up its third overseas deployment in the past four years.
Jul 11, 2020
Some recruits stepping onto the iconic yellow footprints at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island are taking part in a study that could have a nationwide impact.
Jul 11, 2020
A new facility at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida has opened to treat active-duty service members who’ve been diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic st...
Jul 11, 2020
Navy Lt. j.g. Madeline Swegle has become the Navy’s “first known†Black female tactical jet pilot, according to the service.
Jul 07, 2020
The commander of Peterson Air Force Base has apologized to one of the nation’s most well-known wounded warriors for being refused entry into the base commissary.
Jul 07, 2020
Servicemembers would see a 10 percent boost in hazardous duty pay next year under a plan approved by a House panel Wednesday night.
Jul 07, 2020
WASHINGTON — An amendment to the House version of the fiscal 2021 defense policy bill would move some funding for the secretive B-21 bomber program from its research and ...
Jul 07, 2020
Spc. Vanessa Guillen was allegedly killed on April 22, the day of her disappearance, by Spc. Aaron David Robinson while she was on duty in an armory room on Fort Hood, Texas, an...
Jul 07, 2020
BERLIN — Six American soldiers were injured in a training accident in Germany when they drifted off course during a parachute drop, the military said Thursday.
Jul 07, 2020
WASHINGTON — The two top Democrats in Congress said Thursday that any threats to U.S. troops must be pursued “relentlessly,†rebuking President Donald Trump a...
Jul 07, 2020
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has confirmed a report by The Associated Press that some of the service members who were mobilized to Washingt...
Jul 07, 2020
A House panel late Wednesday approved plans for a $740.5 billion defense authorization bill which would provide a 3 percent raise for troops, limit the president’s abilit...
Jul 07, 2020
There are still more than 30,000 National Guardsmen activated for coronavirus pandemic response, the head of the National Guard Bureau said Thursday, and there is no end in sight.
Jul 07, 2020
Defense officials would be forced to rename military bases honoring Confederate leaders under a measure passed by a House panel Wednesday, defying a veto threat issued by Presid...
Jul 03, 2020
The first female Army Green Beret candidate will graduate from the Special Forces Qualification Course on July 9, according to Rep. Elise Stefanik, a New York congresswoman who ...
Jul 03, 2020
The investigation into an insider attack near Tarin Kowt Airfield, Afghanistan, on July 7, 2018, called into question the reliability of the vetting process for Afghan partner f...
Jul 03, 2020
The Army announced several measures on Thursday to reduce the possibility of racial bias within its promotions and military justice systems, but banning Confederate flags and re...
Jul 03, 2020
Two Army housing surveys conducted in late 2019 show mixed results for residents’ overall satisfaction — with the privatized housing score inching up, and Army own...
Jul 03, 2020
The Air Force is facing an alarming shortage of pilots and sensor operators needed to fly its remotely piloted aircraft, the Government Accountability Office said in a report re...
Jul 03, 2020
The number of Defense Department-affiliated personnel diagnosed with COVID-19 this week jumped 18 percent from last week’s numbers, according to the latest data.
Jul 03, 2020
The coalition leading the campaign against the Islamic State is denying a militia’s claim that its attack earlier this month on Camp Taji in Iraq caused the crash of a C-...
Jul 03, 2020
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court on Friday ruled against the Trump administration in its transfer of $2.5 billion from military construction projects to build sect...
Jul 03, 2020
Lawmakers want defense officials to look into whether allowing military spouses to contribute to their service members’ Thrift Savings Plan could help improve more troops...
Jul 03, 2020
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force wants to lease advanced trainers as early as next summer while it waits for Boeing’s T-7 Red Hawk, creating an opportunity for the ...
Jul 03, 2020
The wrap up of a long-planned series of military exercises in Europe as President Donald Trump threatens to reduce troops in Germany shows the importance of the military partner...
Jul 03, 2020
BRUSSELS — U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Friday sought to reassure allies at NATO that Washington will consult them on any future troop movements, after President ...
Jul 03, 2020
United Nations Command at Osan Air Base in South Korea hosted a repatriation ceremony Friday to honor six U.S. service members who died during the Korean War — a day afte...
Jul 03, 2020
The Department of Veterans Affairs this week reached a series of new, grim milestones related to the coronavirus pandemic, including topping 20,000 cases of the fast-spreading i...
Jun 20, 2020
The first F-35C Lightning II pilots have graduated from the Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor course ― best known as TOPGUN ― and are back in the fleet traini...
Jun 20, 2020
After a day of work on a farm in Virginia, 16-year-old Miller Browning thought it would be nice to make a T-shirt for his uncle and great-grandfather.
Jun 20, 2020
It’s difficult to imagine anyone in their right mind joining a military-specific dating application, especially with a barrage of other options available. And yet, more t...
Jun 20, 2020
Aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman finally returned to Naval Station Norfolk Tuesday ― wrapping up its third overseas deployment in the past four years.
Jun 20, 2020
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas ― It was early April and the mlitary services had a choice to make: Do we shut down initial entry training and risk our end strength numbers...
Jun 20, 2020
Some recruits stepping onto the iconic yellow footprints at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island are taking part in a study that could have a nationwide impact.
Jun 13, 2020
Air Force Capt. Emily “Banzai†Thompson had never conducted a combat sortie before deploying to Al Dhafra Air Force base in the United Arab Emirates. Now, she is the...
Jun 13, 2020
Some recruits stepping onto the iconic yellow footprints at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island are taking part in a study that could have a nationwide impact.
Jun 13, 2020
Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sgt. Scott Stalker has been selected as the next U.S. Space Command senior enlisted leader, the Pentagon announced Tuesday.
Jun 13, 2020
When Marine Corps Cpl. Matthew Ubl saw an unresponsive man at a Walmart gas station last December, he knew just what to do.
May 30, 2020
Gabriel Ramirez’s high school classmates viewed him as “Meatball.â€
May 30, 2020
Update: Original launch scrubbed over weather concerns. Successful lift-off was at 3:22 p.m. ET Saturday, May 30.
May 30, 2020
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — A soldier stationed in Kansas saved “countless lives†Wednesday when he hit a man with his car as the man was shooting randomly at people ...
May 30, 2020
The Air Force has delayed the dates airmen are required to wear certain parts of the new Operational Camouflage Uniform, to try to reduce stress during the coronavirus crisis.
May 30, 2020
A Colt 1911 pistol carried during the 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima is being put up for auction on June 6.
May 24, 2020
The general helming Army Materiel Command will co-lead the president’s effort to find a vaccine for the novel coronavirus by January 2021, President Donald Trump announce...
May 24, 2020
The Navy will resume holding selection, advancement and continuation boards in Millington, Tennessee, starting July 1, a move that comes after the service announced in the sprin...
May 24, 2020
Two B-1B Lancer bombers from Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota flew to the Nordic region of Europe Wednesday as part of a training mission with allies.
May 24, 2020
Almost two months after military installations around the world went into a partial lockdown to slow the spread of coronavirus, the Pentagon is issuing new guidance for local co...
May 24, 2020
Academy Award-winning director Spike Lee is no stranger to using cinema as a platform to tackle controversial topics, and his new film slated to arrive in June on Netflix seems ...
May 24, 2020
For Kristin Brown, the history mystery began last October. She was combing Jewel Beach looking for ocean-weathered bits of frosted glass on the Kodiak, Alaska, strand. But what ...
May 24, 2020
The Army has secured a contract for more than 180,000 face masks, so soldiers won’t have to permanently rely on ad-hoc items like neck gaiters and t-shirts, which may or ...
May 24, 2020
Personnel may be scarce at the currently closed National Museum of the U.S. Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, but that didn’t stop one innovative hero from em...
May 19, 2020
Historic World War II aircraft returned to the skies over Houston and Phoenix to honor the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe.
May 19, 2020
Tricare now covers telehealth visits by telephone, and has eliminated the patient co-pays and cost shares for telehealth options during the COVID-19 pandemic, a Tricare official...
May 19, 2020
Questions about managing debt, dealing with finances during permanent change of station moves, deployments and unexpected emergencies like the economic fallout of the coronaviru...
May 19, 2020
On Monday a collaborative team of researchers from SEARCH, Inc. and Ocean Infinity announced the discovery of the resilient battleship USS Nevada (BB-36) nearly 70 nautical mile...
May 19, 2020
Sporting “Class of Quarantine 2020†face masks, nine military teens who are employees of the exchange food court at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany wore their prom fin...
May 19, 2020
Actor Chris Pratt is set to play a Navy SEAL in a multi-season show that recently found its highest-bidding platform in Amazon.
May 19, 2020
Tricare is expanding its breast cancer screening coverage this month.
May 19, 2020
Some recent images from boot camp and a Marine shooting a simulator in Australia depict an obscure shooting grip not officially taught by any Marine Corps program of instruction.
May 09, 2020
Sgt. Michael Murray, 51, is about to graduate basic combat training — again.
May 09, 2020
The coronavirus didn’t stop Air Force Staff Sgt. Nicholas Smith and Erica Mosca from celebrating tying the knot last month — via Zoom.
May 09, 2020
The first trailer for Steve Carell’s newest workplace comedy, “Space Force,†has finally arrived, and between moon cammies, a failed rocket launch that costs ...
May 09, 2020
It might not get the Clint Eastwood “veterans thwart terror attack on train†big screen treatment, but three Marines got some well-deserved attention Monday when an ...
May 09, 2020
Despite all the uncertainty surrounding next year’s defense budget and federal coronavirus spending, service members should expect to get a hefty pay raise in 2021, accor...
May 09, 2020
The same day the Navy’s Blue Angels and Air Force’s Thunderbolts took the skies over New York and Philadelphia, aircraft from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri a...
May 05, 2020
Strategic bombers are back at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam — less than a month after the Air Force ended its Continuous Bomber Presence mission at Andersen.
May 05, 2020
An Air Force investigation into the fatal crash of a T-38C Talon training aircraft last November faulted its instructor pilot for failing to take control of the plane as a dange...
May 05, 2020
This story has been updated with additional information from the Air Force.
May 05, 2020
Another prominent public policy voice called for an expansion of the popular GI Bill education program beyond military members in light of the recent coronavirus outbreak, as Mi...
May 05, 2020
Commissary customers in the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico are finding new limits on how much fresh beef, pork, chicken and turkey products they can buy.
May 05, 2020
While the United States has been focused on fighting the new coronavirus, Beijing has taken advantage of the pandemic’s distraction to step up naval exercises near Taiwan...
May 04, 2020
All 50 of the nation's governors have declared emergencies in their states and now many are starting to activate their Air and Army National Guard to help deal with the growing ...
May 04, 2020
U.S. Central Command said 29 Purple Hearts have been approved for soldiers injured in the Jan. 8 Iran ballistic missile attack that struck two Iraqi bases housing coalition troops.
May 04, 2020
Democratic lawmakers are pushing Defense Department leaders to ensure travel restrictions on troops related to the coronavirus outbreak don’t result in financial disaster...
May 04, 2020
The IRS set a May 5 deadline for disabled veterans with dependents to register for their full coronavirus economic stimulus checks. (Stock photo)
May 04, 2020
Sailors at Viriginia’s Naval Air Station Oceana sent a trusted comrade off in style last week, awarding the retiree a Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal — as...
May 04, 2020
Retired Marine Gen. Jim Mattis was never given the nickname “the warrior hunk,†but a years-old photo making the rounds online could warrant a two-letter alteration ...
May 04, 2020
He might not be a military pilot, but 19-year-old Towson University student Greggor Hines threw his hat into the elite aviation community ring this week when he flew an aircraft...
May 04, 2020
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May 03, 2020
Sailors from the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt may be isolated in quarantine on Guam, but that hasn’t prevented them from expressing gratitude to the Marines and st...
May 03, 2020
The U.S. Army's top official said Thursday that the service is finalizing a plan to allow combat units to resume training in large formations, a key to readiness that's been all...
May 03, 2020
Americans and other world leaders have given us wise and witty military appreciation quotes since long before Military Appreciation Month was officially designated in 1999. Thes...
Apr 27, 2020
As the Defense Department’s COVID-19 cases continue to rise, so too have the numbers of service members making a recovery.
Apr 24, 2020
If the new coronavirus pandemic has taught us one thing, it is that we need to rethink what we need to do to keep America safe. That’s why Secretary of Defense Mark Esper...
Apr 24, 2020
Here’s what they did.
“In the end, I said a prayer and asked God to guide my actions and protect my troops,†Lt. Col. Staci Coleman, the commander of 443 Air...
Apr 24, 2020
WASHINGTON ― Factory closures in Mexico due to the coronavirus pandemic are hurting U.S. defense firms, and the Pentagon is urging America’s neighbor to the south ...
Apr 24, 2020
The number of Guard troops mobilized in the effort to cope with the coronavirus pandemic continues to increase.
Apr 20, 2020
Military service members and veterans have seen major changes to their pay and benefits over the past year.
Apr 20, 2020
The Air Force is promoting nearly 400 officers to the ranks of major, lieutenant colonel and colonel, according to a promotion list released this week.
Those being promoted inc...
Apr 17, 2020
Sailors from more than 100 skillsets have some extra time to reenlist under the Selective Reenlistment Bonus program thanks to some new changes the Navy announced this week.
Apr 17, 2020
On the day that U.S. Forces Korea announced that the first service member diagnosed with COVID-19 — a 23-year-old soldier stationed at Camp Carroll, South Korea — ...
Apr 17, 2020
As veterans across the country cope with the ongoing effects of the coronavirus outbreak, veterans organizations are scrambling to find ways to help.
Apr 11, 2020
Some might argue that DARPA has flushed plenty of cash down the toilet over the years, but the agency’s newest project hopefully won’t stink.
Apr 11, 2020
Officials from the Wounded Warrior Project will make available $10 million in reserve funds to injured veterans whose finances have been hurt by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic...
Apr 11, 2020
STURGIS, S.D. — Arvid Meland stood at attention with an American flag fluttering over his right shoulder. He steeled his jaw and fixed his gaze on the flag-draped casket ...
Apr 11, 2020
The Navy squad jumped from the flying blue battle bus and landed in a chaotic scene already unfolding on the island below.
Apr 11, 2020
MANDALAY, Myanmar — The U.S. military on Thursday repatriated what may be the remains of service personnel who were lost in action in Myanmar during World War II.
Apr 11, 2020
WASHINGTON — Retired four-star Gen. Jack Keane received the nation’s highest civilian honor Tuesday at a White House ceremony hosted by President Donald Trump, who...
Apr 11, 2020
The Navy will award more than three dozen military and civilian personnel for their bravery and selflessness during a deadly attack at Naval Air Station Pensacola by a Royal Sau...
Apr 11, 2020
NORFOLK, Va. — A 96-year-old war hero looked on as military officials commissioned a U.S. Navy warship in honor of the veteran, the last surviving Medal of Honor recipien...
Apr 11, 2020
More than 1,400 trainees are graduating from the Air Force’s Basic Military Training on Thursday — all clad in face masks in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Apr 11, 2020
The Air Force is starting to use 3D printers to create reusable, plastic N95 masks for the local medical community amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the service.
Apr 03, 2020
The Navy is updating its urinalysis program to minimize exposure to the rapid spread of COVID-19. Unit commanders are allowed to pause or reduce collection if, at the discretion...
Apr 03, 2020
The Air Force is easing up on hair length grooming standards for airmen to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Apr 03, 2020
The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort arrived in New York City on Monday morning, part of the military effort to respond to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Apr 03, 2020
Twenty-three Air Force organizations and 1,840 billets with space-related missions are slated to transfer to the Space Force within the next three to six months, service officia...
Apr 03, 2020
President Donald Trump said he will direct the Department of Veterans Affairs to postpone all debt collections and extend deadlines for benefits applications where possible in a...
Apr 03, 2020
Even Marine Raiders are feeling the impact of COVID-19 as the elite special operations unit headquartered in state under a stay-at-home order is being forced to adjust training ...
Apr 03, 2020
The number of Guard troops mobilized in the effort to cope with the coronavirus pandemic continues to grow.
Apr 03, 2020
A Texas-based soldier said he moved out of his apartment near post and sent his car and belongings out-of-state, where his wife lives with their two children, in anticipation of...
Apr 03, 2020
The Air Force is training medics to transport COVID-19 patients on military cargo aircraft, modifying a process that was originally used to carry patients with Ebola in 2014.
Apr 03, 2020
With more than 800 service members fighting coronavirus a month after the the first soldier in South Korea tested positive, the Defense Department is keeping a close eye on the ...
Apr 03, 2020
COVID-19 cases continue to soar in the military, outpacing the spread of coronavirus in the general U.S. population in the past 24 hours.
Apr 03, 2020
Construction at the Air Force’s Nigerien Air Base 201 might have violated federal law and skirted security standards, resulting in increased risks for troops operating at...
Apr 02, 2020
WASHINGTON — A $1.6 billion defensive ring around Guam. Millions in new military funding for partner nations. A billion dollars for increased stockpiles of long-range wea...
Apr 02, 2020
When President Donald Trump authorized National Guard units to receive federal funds to pay for COVID-19 response, Guard leadership hailed the move as something that would incre...
Apr 02, 2020
A pair of key Republican lawmakers want the Defense Department to start offering 24-hour child care services at military bases where alternate-shift workers are concentrated as ...
Apr 02, 2020
WASHINGTON — Boeing and the Air Force have finalized an agreement to fix the KC-46 aerial refueling tanker’s most serious technical problem, Defense News has learn...
Apr 02, 2020
BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S.-led coalition in Iraq withdrew Sunday from a military base in the country’s north that nearly launched Washington into an open war with nei...
Apr 02, 2020
Our government leaders are calling this a war. They say our response to COVID-19 is a fight — a battle we will eventually win. So I’m about to kiss my physician hu...
Mar 28, 2020
The Navy’s prized new super carrier was meant to be a symbol of American military might over the world’s oceans, but it is the ship’s toilets and plumbing s...
Mar 28, 2020
Years-old images of barrel-chested Spanish Legion soldiers are making the rounds online, with scores of U.S. citizens enduring coronavirus-induced social distancing clamoring fo...
Mar 28, 2020
Army Europe delivers some medical supplies and equipment to the Lombardy region of Italy to combat the coronavirus pandemic. (Army/Twitter)
Mar 28, 2020
The Army sent more than 800,000 former soldiers with medical training an email to gauge their interest in assisting with the coronavirus pandemic response, and received more tha...
Mar 20, 2020
A Marine lance corporal was awarded the Navy’s highest award for non-combat valor for rescuing an elderly man who was being pulled out to sea by rip currents, according t...
Mar 20, 2020
Citing aggressive measures taken to minimize the spread of the COVID-19 virus, U.S. Forces-Korea, USFK, leadership lifted work restrictions Monday in the city of Cheonan â€...
Mar 20, 2020
STURGIS, S.D. — Arvid Meland stood at attention with an American flag fluttering over his right shoulder. He steeled his jaw and fixed his gaze on the flag-draped casket ...
Mar 20, 2020
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Mar 20, 2020
The Military Times on Wednesday launched its annual Best for Vets: Employers survey, giving companies across the country an opportunity to be featured in this year’s rank...
Mar 20, 2020
Emergency legislation to protect student veterans from losing their GI Bill benefits because of college closings related to the coronavirus outbreak is headed to the presidentâ...
Mar 20, 2020
The Navy squad jumped from the flying blue battle bus and landed in a chaotic scene already unfolding on the island below.
Mar 14, 2020
MANDALAY, Myanmar — The U.S. military on Thursday repatriated what may be the remains of service personnel who were lost in action in Myanmar during World War II.
Mar 14, 2020
NORFOLK, Va. — A 96-year-old war hero looked on as military officials commissioned a U.S. Navy warship in honor of the veteran, the last surviving Medal of Honor recipien...
Mar 14, 2020
WASHINGTON — Retired four-star Gen. Jack Keane received the nation’s highest civilian honor Tuesday at a White House ceremony hosted by President Donald Trump, who...
Mar 14, 2020
BAR HARBOR, Maine — Families of people who died during military service would receive free access to national parks if Congress approves a proposal from two Maine lawmakers.
Mar 14, 2020
The Navy will award more than three dozen military and civilian personnel for their bravery and selflessness during a deadly attack at Naval Air Station Pensacola by a Royal Sau...
Mar 11, 2020
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Mar 08, 2020
WASHINGTON — The White House says President Donald Trump will present the highest civilian honor he can bestow to retired four-star Gen. Jack Keane.
Mar 08, 2020
MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin National Guard’s new leader took the oath of office Thursday, officially inheriting a command that was rocked by a scathing sexual as...
Mar 08, 2020
The Air Force on Wednesday renamed the building at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas used to train special warfare airmen in honor of Master Sgt. John Chapman, the Medal ...
Mar 08, 2020
The Air Force on Monday announced that Capt. Kristin “Beo†Wolfe has been named the new pilot and commander for the F-35A Demonstration Team.
Mar 08, 2020
The Navy is in the process of selecting the first students to major in information technology, data science and engineering at the Naval Community College, part of a series of r...
Mar 08, 2020
Sculptor Susan Norris has a long history of touching the hearts of others through her art, but recently, she took on a new project — one involving man’s best frien...
Mar 08, 2020
A Green Beret who received the Medal of Honor in October has been promoted to the rank of sergeant major, 3rd Special Forces Group said in a news release.
Mar 08, 2020
RICHMOND, Va. — Growing up in Petersburg, Howard Baugh was always told he could not fly because of the color of his skin.
Mar 08, 2020
EVANSVILLE, Wyo. — In the end, Cpl. Ray Barela wasn’t alone.
Mar 08, 2020
From this weekend through the coming months, a handful of leathernecks will be competing for coveted spots on Team USA in their respective sports for the Summer Olympic Games se...
Feb 29, 2020
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force has officially started its search for a “flying car†able to speedily shuttle troops and equipment into war zones.
Feb 29, 2020
ORLANDO, Fla. — The U.S. Air Force’s new combat rescue helicopter will be known as the HH-60W Jolly Green II, the Air Force secretary announced Thursday.
Feb 29, 2020
By the end of the 2020 carnival season, Marine Forces Reserve Band Drum Majors Staff Sgt. Keith Algeo and Sgt. Maria Dewey will have led eighteen Mardi Gras parades through the ...
Feb 29, 2020
Marine Commandant Gen. David Berger on Friday took to Twitter to announce his goal of having more female Marine officers attend the Corps’ grueling 13-week Infantry Offic...
Feb 28, 2020
MADISON, Wis. — A brigadier general in the U.S. Air Force reserves who has more than 25 years of military experience will take over as commander of the Wisconsin National...
Feb 28, 2020
One of the Air Force’s core values is “service before self.†But that mentality could be jeopardizing airmen’s fitness readiness, according to one expert.
Feb 28, 2020
Marine veteran George E. Hood is no stranger to breaking world records for incredible fitness feats.
Feb 27, 2020
The number of airmen being promoted to senior master sergeant, as well as the selection rate, has dropped sharply in 2020.
Feb 27, 2020
An airman first class at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson was busted down this month after he was discovered to have delivered himself of a withering barrage of urine directly in...
Feb 27, 2020
WASHINGTON ― The head of U.S. Transportation Command is pushing the Air Force to rethink some of its controversial plans to retire some of its older aerial refueling airc...
Feb 27, 2020
The military has its eye on artificial intelligence solutions to everything from data analysis to surveillance, maintenance and medical care, but before the Defense Department m...
Feb 27, 2020
A total of six people who were quarantined at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, are confirmed to have the coronavirus, according to new media reports.
Feb 27, 2020
The week-long reduction in violence deal hashed out between the Taliban and the U.S. appears to be holding up. Attacks have so far been significantly reduced, potentially leadin...
Feb 27, 2020
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army is requesting $364 million to conduct a division-sized exercise in the Indo-Pacific region in fiscal 2021, the service confirmed to Defense News.
Feb 27, 2020
The Army’s first female Green Beret is expected to graduate in a matter of weeks, according to unnamed military sources who spoke with the New York Times.
Feb 27, 2020
For the first time ever a service branch will conduct an enlistment ceremony from space — and Space Force has no involvement.
Feb 27, 2020
Cities across America are abuzz with the eco-friendly and traffic-ending powers of the bicycle. As localities continue to encourage the use of these manually-operated two-wheele...
Feb 27, 2020
A 79-year-old Utah man recently swore his oath of enlistment, nearly six decades after he first joined the Army.
Feb 27, 2020
Just over a year ago, Kalashnikov Concern rolled out its newest blockbuster military product, the SVCh Chukavin, which will begin mass production and delivery to the Russian arm...
Feb 27, 2020
A 19-year-old Arkansas man arrested in Arlington National Cemetery on Monday is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday to face charges related to an alleged attempt to blow up a s...
Feb 27, 2020
Children of U.S. military personnel living in South Korea, Japan, Italy, Bahrain and elsewhere are beginning to experience the disruption of routine caused by the burgeoning wor...
Feb 27, 2020
A senior al-Shabab leader who plotted the attack against U.S. and Kenyan forces in Manda Bay, Kenya is dead — following a series of airstrikes in Somalia over the weekend...
Feb 23, 2020
On the morning of Dec. 8, 2018, Marine Maj. William Easter was getting ready for a physical fitness run along the Sunabe Seawall and the East China Sea in Okinawa, Japan, when h...
Feb 23, 2020
Twenty-six cadets in their final year at West Point are conducting bio-printing research that aims to create stem-cell laden bandages for burns in the field, bio-printed menisci...
Feb 23, 2020
Sgt. Melissa Paul is a wrestler who has been fighting all her life.
Feb 15, 2020
PHOENIX — Arizona’s top National Guard officer is now the senior leader of a national group representing National Guard officers.
Feb 15, 2020
The Army already factored in the possibility of nepotism before it rolled out its new job assignment system for officers, three of the service’s generals overseeing perso...
Feb 15, 2020
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army has an overarching concept for how it wants to use 3D printing and subtractive manufacturing, but now it must develop a process for using the c...
Feb 15, 2020
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy’s guided-missile destroyer Fitzgerald, which was badly damaged in a 2017 collision off Japan that claimed the lives of seven sailors, is...
Feb 15, 2020
SAVANNAH, Ga. — The Army says three soldiers were taken to a hospital with minor injuries Wednesday when their plane had a landing mishap at a Georgia airfield.
Feb 15, 2020
Hunkered down behind a thick stone wall, the squad leader hears the rumble of tank treads ahead as a robot breacher plows through city street obstacles followed by its control v...
Feb 15, 2020
In recent years, the Army has stationed more troops in Europe to balance against Russia and also increased temporary Pacific rotations, while the Marine Corps is throwing much o...
Feb 15, 2020
Three Fort Drum, New York, soldiers have pleaded guilty to charges in connection with two gun store burglaries and now face up to 10 years in prison for the crimes.
Feb 15, 2020
The Pentagon has identified a soldier who died at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, on Wednesday.
Feb 15, 2020
BRUSSELS — NATO is ready to expand its military training effort in Iraq, the alliance’s top civilian official said Wednesday, but the Iraqi government is not yet r...
Feb 15, 2020
A shortage of women in the ranks of the Canadian Armed Forces has prompted new recruiting ideas that include adding shorter, tighter skirts, more stylish shoes, and cringe-worth...
Feb 14, 2020
A KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft taking 21 middle and high school students with an interest in science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics for an educational flight mad...
Feb 14, 2020
The Air Force is extending the testing window for about 6,000 airmen in 18 career fields up for promotion to technical sergeant after an envelope of tests was lost in the mail e...
Feb 14, 2020
A B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber, assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, sits on the flight line, Oct 24, 2019. Consistent training and exercising valida...
Feb 14, 2020
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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is seeking to divert $3.8 billion, largely from its fiscal 2020 weapons procuremen...
Feb 14, 2020
Recent developments indicate the U.S. and the Taliban are nearing a breakthrough to end the 18-year long war but U.S. warplanes have not relented in keeping pressure on the mili...
Feb 14, 2020
Let’s face it, if you’re reading this, you more than likely forgot that Valentine’s Day is here.
Feb 14, 2020
As the Defense Department announced Thursday that it would divert billions of dollars that were put in the Pentagon budget to support military operations and reprogram that to i...
Feb 14, 2020
MUNICH ― Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Thursday confirmed a U.S.-Taliban peace deal is “on the table,†and that it hinges on a seven-day reduction in violen...
Feb 14, 2020
On Feb. 9 a U.S. Navy warship boarded a small ship in the Arabian Sea and seized advanced weaponry including Iranian manufactured ani-tank guided missiles, U.S. military officia...
Feb 14, 2020
Throughout our nation’s history we have witnessed countless examples of how quickly our troops will respond whenever and wherever they are needed.
Feb 14, 2020
SINGAPORE – The head of the Pacific Air Forces pointed to a need for tankers and airlifters distributed around the region to respond to crises, hours before the Pentagon ...
Feb 14, 2020
Despite reports U.S. troops could be reduced in Africa, U.S. Army Africa commander Maj. Gen. Roger L. Cloutier Jr. said African partners can remain confident the U.S. will not a...
Feb 14, 2020
According to a solicitation posted to the federal government’s official contracts site, US Special Operations Command appears to be hunting around for new optics for its ...
Feb 14, 2020
BRUSSELS, Belgium — U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Tuesday he is looking to NATO allies for more help countering the Islamic State extremist group in Iraq and in ...
Feb 14, 2020
With clear marching orders from the Defense Department to turn focus to competitors like China and Russia, the U.S. special operations community is at an inflection point. Kicki...
Feb 14, 2020
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s national security adviser said Tuesday he is cautiously optimistic that there could be a U.S. agreement with the Taliban over...
Feb 14, 2020
BRUSSELS — NATO countries are preparing to move more than 200 trainers working with the international force fighting the Islamic State group in Iraq to the military allia...
Feb 14, 2020
Veteran advocates and Democratic lawmakers are ramping up pressure on the Donald Trump administration to decide whether to add new illnesses to the list of diseases presumed lin...
Feb 13, 2020
Stars and Stripes, an independent military newspaper for service members subsidized by the Pentagon, is at risk of losing all of its federal funding in fiscal year 2021.
Feb 13, 2020
For thousands of Afghan and Iraqi nationals who served as interpreters with the U.S. military, visa applications to gain permanent legal residence in the United States have lang...
Feb 13, 2020
Over an seven-year period, the Air Force paid $17.7 million to a company to improve the MQ-9 Reaper’s ability to measure weather data, which it thought could have helped ...
Feb 13, 2020
At a time of increasing concern about politicization of the military, the airman in charge of the official Twitter account for RAF Mildenhall in the United Kingdom has been coun...
Feb 13, 2020
Talk about a rough patch.
Feb 11, 2020
Individuals close to a top Veterans Affairs official abruptly fired by Secretary Robert Wilkie this week are disputing department leaders’ assertions that the move was a ...
Feb 11, 2020
Ask any Marine about the Corps’ greatest snipers and a flurry of references to the legendary Gunnery Sgt. Carlos Hathcock are sure to flood the conversation. And yet it w...
Feb 11, 2020
More evacuees from Wuhan, China are headed toward U.S. military installations on Friday, according to the Pentagon.
Feb 11, 2020
Congressional officials are looking into whether Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie pursued his own investigation into House Veterans’ Committee staffer who alleged...
Feb 11, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — An American citizen has been kidnapped in Afghanistan by a Taliban-affiliated group, a U.S. official said Thursday, and authorities are working to rescu...
Feb 01, 2020
Between his practice schedule and game time, Super Bowl-bound Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes has little time to spare. When the 24-year-old phenom does have a mi...
Feb 01, 2020
ELGIN, Ill. — Hundreds of people attended a funeral service in suburban Chicago Wednesday for a former U.S. Air Force mechanic who became an “unclaimed veteranâ€...
Feb 01, 2020
Four Marines received the Navy and Marine Corps Medal on Tuesday for rescuing a mother and her two daughters near Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, in June 2018.
Feb 01, 2020
WEST FARGO, N.D. — An “Antiques Roadshow†guest in North Dakota was floored when he found out the current value of a Rolex watch he purchased while serving in...
Feb 01, 2020
It will be at least a month before the 4.1 million newly eligible shoppers — such as all service-connected disabled veterans — will have access to the MyCommissary...
Feb 01, 2020
NORTHFIELD, Vt. — Norwich University, the nation’s oldest private military college, named an Air Force colonel as its next president on Tuesday.
Feb 01, 2020
The Iowa caucuses begin next week, and the discussion on veterans health care is getting a little … trippy.
Feb 01, 2020
It is official, the fittest unit in the Marine Corps is the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, based in Camp Pendleton, California, winning the Corps’ Superior Unit Physical F...
Feb 01, 2020
You never know where inspiration may find you. As I was recapping the day’s activities with a teammate, we were unexpectedly invited into a room of legends to include one...
Jan 30, 2020
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Navajo Nation officials say a 105-year-old woman who served in World War II and was Arizona’s longest-living veteran has died.
Jan 26, 2020
Air Education and Training Command completed a pilot program Tuesday that could pave the way for all basic military training students to use tablet devices instead of textbooks.
Jan 26, 2020
KABUL, Afghanistan — A drone attack carried out by U.S. forces earlier this month in western Afghanistan that apparently targeted a splinter Taliban group also killed at ...
Jan 26, 2020
BAGHDAD — U.S. President Donald Trump hinted that sanctions on Iraq were still a possibility in a bilateral meeting with Iraq’s president Wednesday, the first sinc...
Jan 26, 2020
President Trump said Wednesday that he didn’t consider the traumatic brain injuries reported by U.S. troops following an Iranian rocket attack to be serious.
Jan 26, 2020
The Pentagon will again make public the decisions of the boards responsible for reviewing the dismissals of military personnel seeking to upgrade their discharges or correct the...
Jan 26, 2020
This is in response to Sunday’s commentary by First Liberty Institute’s Mike Berry, who deceptively omits that the real issue with these Bible verse dog tags is th...
Jan 26, 2020
When it comes to taxes, one of the most important things military members and spouses should remember is that there’s free, professional help available through the milita...
Jan 26, 2020
A man accused of committing war crimes as a Nazi-led unit commander has died at the age of 100, having never stood trial on any of the charges levied against him.
Jan 26, 2020
GREENBELT, Md. — A Virginia National Guard sergeant was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months of supervised probation for stealing World War II-era dog tags from the National ...
Jan 26, 2020
NAVAL AIR STATION PENSACOLA, Fla. — Secretary of Defense Mark Esper is not backing down on potentially shifting U.S. forces out of Africa despite a week of negative react...
Jan 22, 2020
Every week, Military Times publishes hundreds of photos that show how the news affects service members, veterans and their families. Of all of those photos, here are the top TEN...
Jan 17, 2020
A 104-year-old Marine veteran is hoping to add to the memory collection on his bookshelf this year by asking the public near and far for Valentine’s Day cards.
Jan 17, 2020
After two years of intense training, Marine Maj. Jasmin Moghbeli became one of NASA’s newest astronauts Friday.
Jan 17, 2020
Air Force Gen. Jay Raymond acknowledged the importance of developing a unique service culture after he assumed the role of chief of space operations for the new sixth branch of ...
Jan 17, 2020
After a 10-year break in service, Staff Sgt. Monte L. Gould will have to report to basic combat training this June at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
Jan 17, 2020
The Air Force will begin experimenting with the concept of a “no-fail,†or diagnostic, fitness assessment at Air Force Materiel Command units beginning Jan. 20.
Jan 17, 2020
Automation doesn’t mean soldiers will be replaced by machines, but it could mean they’ll be working alongside them in future conflicts, the Army’s chief of ...
Jan 10, 2020
Sept. 18, 2022 will mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Air Force as an independent military service, and preparations for a celebration are already underway. The s...
Jan 10, 2020
A nearly two-decadeslong legal battle entered a new phase this week when a soldier received notice to return to his job with the U.S. Postal Service after being fired in 2000.
Jan 10, 2020
The F-35A Lightning II fighter wings at Hill Air Force Base in northern Utah have reached “full warfighting capability,†the Air Force said Wednesday in a release.
Jan 10, 2020
Don’t fall for any text messages saying you’ve been selected for a military draft, U.S. Army Recruiting Command warned in an urgent news release Tuesday.
Jan 10, 2020
The Army is ready to put in whatever work it takes to no longer be the target of ad campaign mockery.
Jan 09, 2020
SAN DIEGO — Republican U.S. Rep. Duncan D. Hunter submitted his resignation Tuesday, one month after pleading guilty to a corruption charge, leaving vacant one of the GOP...
Jan 09, 2020
In early November 2019 the commandant announced a series of changes to uniform regulations, including allowing male Marines to carry small black umbrellas in their service or dr...
Jan 09, 2020
You have been marking time in the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) or even the National Guard or the Army Reserves for almost a decade now. You have established a career, a family...
Jan 09, 2020
President Donald Trump said Iran appears to be “standing down†after a missile attack on U.S. military facilities in Iraq on Tuesday, but warned that the regime stil...
Jan 09, 2020
A controversial Iraqi politician and Shia cleric said Wednesday that the crisis is over following ballistic missile strikes from Iran against U.S. troops in Iraq and a speech by...
Jan 09, 2020
The Pentagon’s top military adviser believes that when Iran launched missiles at two Iraqi coalition bases on Tuesday night, they were looking for casualties.
Jan 09, 2020
Satellite images depict the damage al-Asad airbase suffered after Iran launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles targeting two Iraqi bases where U.S. troops are housed on Tu...
Jan 09, 2020
With no apparent U.S. casualties and a prior attack warning from Iran, there is cautious optimism inside and outside the Pentagon that Iran’s missile barrage into Iraq We...
Jan 09, 2020
WASHINGTON ― The U.S. and Iran stepped back from the brink of war Wednesday, but some lawmakers were left with questions about the administration’s strategy toward...
Jan 09, 2020
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s national security team knew that killing Iran’s most powerful general could hurt efforts to mop up and head off any re...
Jan 09, 2020
Prior to his death in 2015, renowned British author and neurologist Oliver Sacks penned an essay lamenting society’s limitless plunge into the personality-depriving depth...
Jan 09, 2020
You have been marking time in the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) or even the National Guard or the Army Reserves for almost a decade now. You have established a career, a family...
Jan 09, 2020
TEHRAN, Iran — A Ukrainian airplane carrying 176 people crashed on Wednesday shortly after takeoff from Tehran’s main airport, killing all onboard, state TV reported.
Jan 09, 2020
The Marine Corps is offering $30,000 bonuses for qualified aviators who agree to return to the active reserve component for three years in order to fill “critical aviation...
Jan 05, 2020
As many as 20 percent of veterans who served in operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom are affected by post-traumatic stress disorder, according to the Department of Vete...
Jan 05, 2020
The Navy and Coast Guard in Hawaii rang in the New Year by teaming up to rescue a 69-year-old passenger from a cruise ship 210 miles northwest of Hilo.
Jan 05, 2020
National Guard troops deployed to the southern U.S. border for ongoing military assistance operations will have that time counted towards GI Bill benefits eligibility under a ne...
Jan 05, 2020
You can’t swing a DD 214 these days without knocking over a half dozen veteran-owned T-shirt companies, but the newest to come on the scene has some baggage.
Jan 05, 2020
By: Diana Stancy Correll   December 19, 2019
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Indiana JROTC Cadets compete in t...
Jan 02, 2020
A detachment of 100 Marines is deploying to Iraq to reinforce security at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad after Iraqi protesters supportive of an Iran-backed Shiite militia attempte...
Jan 02, 2020
FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz. — Conservation activists are pressing for the federal government to reexamine the effects of groundwater pumping at Fort Huachuca in southern Arizona.
Jan 02, 2020
PITTSBURGH — Federal authorities said Monday the remains of an American soldier killed during the Korean War have been accounted for and will be interred at Arlington Nat...
Jan 01, 2020
A soldier serving in Afghanistan with the Nevada Army Guard has been granted a religious accommodation to grow a beard in accordance with a Norse pagan faith that traces its ori...
Jan 01, 2020
In the quiet of the Friday before Christmas, President Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law. Of the many provisions in this whopping $738 billion ...
Jan 01, 2020
The U.S. military’s combat casualties in Afghanistan were the highest in five years, and Army service members bore the brunt of those losses.
Jan 01, 2020
Powerful political blocs within Iraq are describing Sunday’s U.S. strikes against an Iran-backed militia as a violation of Iraq’s sovereignty — once again r...
Jan 01, 2020
Limits on VA-backed home loans for qualified buyers will be eliminated effective on Jan. 1, 2020 — due to changes in the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019 pass...
Jan 01, 2020
A company recently selected as the winner of a program to create a “robotic mule†for troops to carry a squad’s worth of gear will have the next year to roll ...
Jan 01, 2020
Members of an Iraqi Shiite militant group called Imam Ali Brigades launch rockets against Islamic State extremist positions during clashes in Tikrit, 130 kilometers (80 miles) n...
Jan 01, 2020
“1917†is unquestionably one of the most impressive and innovative war films ever made.
Jan 01, 2020
A U.S. Special Forces soldier who died in Afghanistan on Monday was seizing a Taliban weapons cache when he was killed, the U.S. military said Friday.
Jan 01, 2020
The Army Corps of Engineers has shut down border wall construction on sites in Arizona and San Diego following a federal judge’s Dec. 10 ruling, but that decision is not ...
Dec 31, 2019
The Defense Health Agency in 2020 will continue its expansive takeover of military hospitals and clinics, an effort jump-started in 2017 to standardize management and administra...
Dec 31, 2019
Veterans Affairs officials are launching a new effort to reach out to recently separated troops to inform them about benefits and support services in an effort to ease transitio...
Dec 31, 2019
ATLANTA — Two men have been kicked out of the Army National Guard after liberal activists uncovered their membership in a religious group with white supremacist ties.
Dec 31, 2019
By: Col. Chris Karns   4 days ago
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In this file photo from Feb.17, 2011, hundreds...
Dec 31, 2019
HATTIESBURG, Miss. — A U.S. Army sergeant in Mississippi has been charged with murder in the death of his wife, who was found shot to death in the home the couple shared ...
Dec 31, 2019
SUMTER, S.C. — A Cold War-era M48 Patton tank has gotten a much-needed makeover and is back outside Patton Hall at a South Carolina Air Force base. Now it’s back o...
Dec 23, 2019
Before a chance meeting at a basketball game a few years ago, Vietnam veteran Mike Donnelly had never heard of the Quality of Life Plus Program. But that nonprofit organization ...
Dec 23, 2019
NAPAKIAK, Alaska — A school employee wearing a traditional pink Alaska Native smock called a kuspuk breezed through the hubbub in the cafeteria adorned with murals of pur...
Dec 23, 2019
Veteran households consistently outearn their non-veteran counterparts — a trend that has prevailed for nearly 40 years, according to a new report.
Dec 23, 2019
A new exhibit is coming to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture chronicling African American participation in World War I and how bla...
Dec 22, 2019
BATON ROUGE, La. — The head of the Louisiana National Guard is retiring after 37 years in the military, including eight years as its top leader during the state’s ...
Dec 22, 2019
By: Patricia Kime   4 days ago
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The new Defense bill will allow female service ...
Dec 22, 2019
National Guard troops deployed to the southern U.S. border for ongoing military assistance operations will have that time counted towards GI Bill benefits eligibility under a ne...
Dec 22, 2019
The fiscal 2020 budget deal finalized by Congress on Thursday will give the Department of Veterans Affairs another hefty funding increase next year.
Dec 22, 2019
The final concept for a National Desert Storm Desert Shield War Memorial has been unveiled.
Dec 22, 2019
There’s no room for nerves in the cockpit of F/A-18 fighter jets, according to former Naval flight officer Caroline Johnson, who participated in combat missions flying ov...
Dec 22, 2019
The defense policy bill that is heading to President Donald Trump’s desk gives homeschooled students the green light to join their local Junior Reserve Officers’ T...
Dec 21, 2019
The Navy posthumously advanced two enlisted sailors killed by a Saudi gunman last week at Naval Air Station Pensacola.
Dec 21, 2019
F-35 pilots, better looking and stronger than Tom Cruise, according to President Trump.
Dec 15, 2019
SEAFORD, Del. — A National Guardsman who made friends with a stray cat in Afghanistan raised enough money to bring the feline home to Delaware.
Dec 15, 2019
Retired Chief Master Sgts. Robinson and Leenette Joseph know a thing or two about being a dual-military couple in the Air Force.
Dec 15, 2019
COLUMBIA, S.C. — There are eight tiny beds at Fort Jackson, far too small for any war fighter.
Dec 15, 2019
The Navy’s top personnel officer held out a faint glimmer of hope for many male sailors that the sea service might return to its hairy roots and allow them to grow beards...
Dec 15, 2019
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Glenn Pitts lived a quiet life after World War II, but a friend’s tip led to the 94-year-old receiving the Legion of Honor for his part in lib...
Dec 15, 2019
Approximately 1 percent of those who work in U.S. media are post-9/11 veterans, U.S. Census data shows.
Dec 15, 2019
Just hours after Under Armour and Navy unveiled the Midshipmen’s uniforms for Dec. 14′s Army-Navy game, the Black Knights, in partnership with Nike, released a set ...
Dec 15, 2019
The final concept for a National Desert Storm Desert Shield War Memorial has been unveiled.
Dec 14, 2019
Although Capitol Hill has fellowship programs for wounded warriors and veterans, there’s never been a fellowship program for Gold Star family members.
Until now.
Nov 26, 2019
When a home in western Nebraska was going up in flames earlier this month, two airmen from F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne, Wyoming stepped up and saved the family.
Nov 26, 2019
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Like many twins, the Markham brothers shared secrets. But most twins’ secrets probably don’t involve duping the United States military.
Nov 26, 2019
BECKLEY, W.Va. — Harold Stone wakes up every day and walks two miles. For most 95-year-olds this would be a difficult task. But no, not for Stone.
Nov 26, 2019
To get ready for raids and battles like the one that killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, military dogs train to fight in the dark. See one working dog great ready to fight ...
Nov 25, 2019
The first female Marine has passed the Basic Reconnaissance Course and earned the 0321 reconnaissance Marine military occupational specialty, or MOS, the Marine Corps has confir...
Nov 25, 2019
Army Gen. Gus Perna has been digging deep into details of privatized housing operations, working to fix problems like mold and rodent infestation that have plagued some families...
Nov 25, 2019
Christmas is right around the corner.
Nov 25, 2019
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — In the unlikely setting of the world’s most populated military installation, amid all the regimented chaos, you’ll find the Endanger...
Nov 19, 2019
A 69-year old Vietnam veteran was killed Nov. 10 when he was struck by a car in a hit-and-run.
Nov 19, 2019
It costs an average of $3,000 per year to pay for retired military working dogs medical expenses, according to Rep. Ron Wright.
Nov 19, 2019
Ever wanted to ask a 100-year-old World War II veteran anything?
Nov 19, 2019
Gen. Maryanne Miller, the head of Air Mobility Command, assumed command of AMC in September 2018. (Tech. Sgt. Jodi Martinez/Air Force)
Nov 16, 2019
TUCSON, Ariz. — As boneyards go, this place is pretty lively.
Nov 16, 2019
The introduction of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber signaled a turning tide in the air war over Nazi-controlled Europe.
Nov 16, 2019
NATICK, Massachusetts – Researchers at an Army institute are more than halfway through a major study of what causes injuries in new recruits and what can be done about it.
Nov 16, 2019
Soldiers from U.S. Army Alaska on Thursday unveiled a memorial for two soldiers killed during a rotation to Afghanistan.
Nov 16, 2019
The Army’s recruiting arm released its new advertising campaign Saturday.
Nov 09, 2019
Veterans with iPhones can now view their Department of Veterans Affairs medical records through their phone’s Health app.
Nov 09, 2019
In a major step to address continuing funding shortfalls, officials at the Armed Forces Retirement Home have selected a team of Washington, D.C.-based real estate firms to devel...
Nov 09, 2019
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The 178th Wing of the Ohio Air National Guard has its first female commander.
Nov 09, 2019
Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger, as honorary grand marshal, will lead a contingent of Marines up New York City’s Fifth Avenue in the Big Apple’s 100th Ve...
Nov 09, 2019
Achieving the illustrious twin status of notable pairs like Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen or Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito might seem a monumental task to some, but to mas...
Nov 09, 2019
Former Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Charles Krulak authorized Marines to play a select list of approved computer video games to help bolster decision-making and warfighting.
Nov 09, 2019
Photojournalist Lynsey Addario has covered conflict all over the world for more than 20 years, including in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Africa.
Nov 09, 2019
Remember, remember, the 11th of November, the veteran’s season for free stuff. I know of no reason, why this veteran’s season should ever be rebuffed.
Nov 09, 2019
Male Marines will now be allowed to carry small black umbrellas with their service or dress uniforms, the Marine Corps has confirmed.
Nov 04, 2019
President Donald Trump signs a memorandum on veterans' student loan debt following his speech at the AMVETS 75th National Convention in Louisville, Ky., on Aug. 21, 2019. (Susan...
Nov 04, 2019
See a military dog train to fight in the dark
Nov 04, 2019
The United Kingdom’s National Health Service is recruiting spouses stationed at Royal Air Force Lakenheath who are also registered nurses in the U.S. to earn their U.K. n...
Nov 04, 2019
With the Marine Corps’ 244th birthday quickly approaching, the commandant has released a long and winding video attempting to tie his vision for the Corps with the servic...
Nov 04, 2019
Back by popular demand, director Peter Jackson’s wildly successful documentary that brought the trenches of World War I to life is returning to theaters.
Nov 04, 2019
What does serving in the military have in common with racing horses?
Nov 04, 2019
The U.S. Air Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Mission 5 concluded when it landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility in Florida on Oct. 27, 2...
Nov 04, 2019
President Donald J. Trump awarded the nation’s highest combat medal to Master Sgt. Matthew O. Williams during a ceremony at the White House on Wednesday.
Nov 04, 2019
The military working dog injured during the commando raid on Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadii has achieved ultimate hero status.
Oct 28, 2019
Meet Airman 1st Class Daniel Kirwa, the Air Force’s fastest long distance runner.
Oct 28, 2019
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — A program that trains and places service dogs with disabled military veterans has commissioned a statue of the late George H.W. Bush’s ser...
Oct 28, 2019
Second Lt. Kirsten Cullinan has been named the Air Force’s 2019 Cadet of the Year — beating out more than 3,000 candidates for the award.
Oct 28, 2019
An Army study has confirmed a belief service members have known in their hearts — and intestines — to be true for generations: Living on a Meal, Ready-to-Eat diet ...
Oct 28, 2019
Army Col. Drew Morgan’s list of accomplishments is extensive: graduate of West Point and member of the school’s title-winning parachute team; ER doctor; battalion ...
Oct 28, 2019
He’s back….. and he’s back even earlier for troops, retirees and families on 10 installations in the U.S.
Oct 28, 2019
NEW YORK — Sen. Martha McSally, the former Air Force A-10 pilot and Arizona Republican appointed to the seat once held by John McCain, has a book deal.
Oct 28, 2019
Much like the universe, the military’s affiliation with alien-related subject matter appears to be ever-expanding.
Oct 23, 2019
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Oct 23, 2019
In a black and white 1954 photo, sailors mug during a beard contest while underway from Haiphong to Saigon, part of an American-led effort to evacuate refugees from North to Sou...
Oct 23, 2019
Here’s the plan to get soldiers, Marines eating healthier
Oct 23, 2019
One of the men behind a Facebook page that has struck fear into the hearts of commanders everywhere came out from behind the screen during a panel Monday at the Army’s bi...
Oct 23, 2019
Doctors at Johns Hopkins have performed the first-ever full penis and scrotum transplant an a US military veteran maimed in an IED attack that also claimed both his legs.
Oct 21, 2019
ATLANTA — A black fighter pilot who fought for the French Foreign Legion during World War I was honored with a statue at Robins Air Force Base in Georgia.
Oct 21, 2019
Two new installments in an illustrated series spotlighting soldiers whose actions earned them the nation’s highest award for military valor is now available online.
Oct 21, 2019
An all-enlisted remotely piloted aircraft crew manned the RQ-4 Global Hawk out of Al Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates last month — signifying the first time a ...
Oct 21, 2019
Before the 9/11 attacks, then Capt. Mark Nutsch never expected he would use horseback riding; a skill he learned growing up on a Kansas cattle ranch in battle.
Oct 21, 2019
It was all thanks to Caesar Civitella that I was dressed up in a monkey suit and mingling with a ballroom full of spooks.
Oct 14, 2019
Summer is barely over, but it’s time to start thinking about the holidays, especially when it comes to getting packages overseas in time for the troops.
Oct 14, 2019
CHICAGO — An Army veteran deported to Mexico after serving time in prison for a drug conviction became a U.S. citizen on Friday.
Oct 14, 2019
MADISON, Wis. — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers will issue Wisconsin’s first pardons in nine years, invoking his constitutional power to grant clemency to four people.
Oct 14, 2019
Trump administration officials stormed the Keystone State’s Capitol Rotunda to announce the Navy’s next San Antonio-class warship will honor the city of Harrisburg.
Oct 14, 2019
The old adage of, “If it ain’t raining, we ain’t training,†could be in serious jeopardy...
Oct 14, 2019
Gen. Goldfein jams with Air Force band SuperSonic
Oct 14, 2019
Master Sgt. Matthew Williams will receive the Medal of Honor for his actions on April 6, 2008, while serving in Afghanistan.
Oct 14, 2019
This once young poolee who rushed a school shooter when his classroom was attacked has become a Marine.
Oct 07, 2019
ARLINGTON, Va. ― The challenges of the future operating environment are happening now for the intelligence community, the Marine Corps’ top general for information...
Oct 07, 2019
The silent service spoke, and the Navy listened.
Oct 07, 2019
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — A 94-year-old World War II veteran from Indiana has received France’s highest military honor for his wartime service.
Oct 07, 2019
CONCORD, N.H. — Serving up drinks at the American Legion post in Concord, Jeff Holland gets a little testy when the talk turns to smoking.
Oct 07, 2019
SARASOTA, Fla. — Most of the 2,000-plus people who gathered in the Florida heat Tuesday didn’t know Edward Pearson. They knew little, if anything, about the life o...
Oct 07, 2019
The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Ohio is opening a temporary display on wounded military working dogs featuring wooden dog sculptures, designed to highlight the serv...
Oct 06, 2019
WEST POINT, N.Y. — The first woman to become a four-star general in the U.S. military will be honored with an award at West Point.
Oct 06, 2019
Tattoo parlor on the boardwalk in Wildwood, New Jersey (Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph...
Oct 06, 2019
Meet Sgt. Yeager and Emmie, the two improvised explosive detection dogs who earned the K-9 Medal of Courage this month for their work supporting the Marine Corps in Iraq and Afg...
Oct 06, 2019
By: Military Times staff   3 days ago
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The National Medal of Honor Museum will b...
Oct 03, 2019
CHICAGO — An Army veteran who was deported to Mexico in 2018 arrived back in Chicago Tuesday for a final chance at becoming a U.S. citizen and living in the city he has c...
Oct 03, 2019
A new Senate proposal would drop deadlines for adding dependents to the Post-9/11 GI Bill program, in opposition to current Defense Department plans. (Master Sgt. William Wisema...
Oct 03, 2019
BREWSTER, Ohio — The remains of an Ohio soldier who died while a prisoner of war during the Korean War have arrived home for burial.
Oct 02, 2019
Chief Navy Counselor Grant Khanbalinov started posting videos on Reddit earlier this year, urging shipmates to seek help for depression and suicide. (Navy)
Oct 01, 2019
Spectators watch a mass parachute drop at Ginkel Heath, eastern Netherlands, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019, as part of commemorations marking the 75th anniversary of Operation Market...
Oct 01, 2019
The 40-foot self-propelled semi-submersible vessel carried an estimated 12,000 pounds of cocaine, plus four suspected drug smugglers.
Oct 01, 2019
Tess Gay grew up outside Washington, D.C., in a military family. She said she had a pleasant childhood growing up on a naval base where she was insulated from the nation’...
Sep 25, 2019
It’s a bizarre story that could not possibly happen to people from any other nation.
Sep 25, 2019
Jim Mattis’ favorite former press secretary, Sean Spicer, traded in briefing room for ballroom Monday night when he debuted on ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars...
Sep 24, 2019
Valerie Nessel, the widow of Air Force Tech. Sgt. John Chapman, holds up her late husband's Medal of Honor after receiving it from President Trump during a ceremony at the White...
Sep 24, 2019
The Army has a new name for the training center that is the starting point for all soldiers going into Army medicine.
Sep 24, 2019
WASHINGTON — When 96-year-old Clarence Smoyer came to Washington Wednesday, he thought he was heading to the Pentagon to sign copies of “Spearhead,†a recent ...
Sep 24, 2019
WASHINGTON — It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s the T-7A Red Hawk and it’s the name of the Air Force’s next-generation training jet, the A...
Sep 24, 2019
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy’s MQ-25 Stingray refueling drone, destined to be the first carrier-launched autonomous unmanned aircraft integrated into the serviceâ...
Sep 24, 2019
GROESBEEK, Netherlands — Jump by jump, 98-year-old D-Day veteran Tom Rice is nudging closer to his goal of leaping out of planes at age 100.
Sep 24, 2019
The Military Times has unveiled a new comprehensive job board that aims to connect veterans with thousands of job opportunities with employers seeking to hire people with milita...
