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Posted on Dec 5, 2025

The USS Gravely, a US Navy warship, departs the Port of Port of Spain on October 30, 2025. The US warship arrived in Trinidad and Tobago on October 26, 2025, for joint exercises near the coast of Venezuela, as Washington ratcheted up pressure on drug traffickers and Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. (Photo by MARTIN BERNETTI / AFP via Getty Images)

62% of Americans support military action against suspected drug traffickers, survey finds

Posted on Dec 4, 2025

Description: circa April-May 1923 The destroyers are, from left to right: USS Pruitt (DD-347) USS Stewart (DD-224) USS Preble (DD-345) USS Hulbert (DD-342) and USS William B. Preston (DD-344). The Japan-China Steamship Company (N.K.K. Nisshin Kisen Kaisha) docks are in the foreground, with a river steamer alongside in the center and an ocean-going freighter at right. Many local small craft are also present. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1969. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

History

The Navy’s original island hopping strategy

Posted on Dec 1, 2025

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Christian F. Wortman, commanding general of I Marine Expeditionary Force, left, and Lance Cpl. Elijah Merino, a grenadier with 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, repair a wall locker during Operation Clean Sweep III at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Sept. 16, 2025. OCS III, part of the ongoing Barracks 360 Reset initiative, demonstrates a collective commitment to improving living conditions through shared ownership, sustained accountability, and tangible improvements to the barracks. Wortman is a native of Pennsylvania and Merino is a native of California. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Bryant Rodriguez)

Housing

Pentagon pledges $400 million for ‘immediate’ barracks renovation

By Patty Nieberg, Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Dec 1, 2025

U.S. Space Force trainees receive their initial issue of the new USSF Service Dress uniform during a fitting at clothing issue at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Nov. 19, 2025. This group is the first class of USSF BMT trainees to be issued this specific dress uniform, which they will wear for the first time during their graduation ceremony on Dec. 18, 2025. (U.S. Air Force photo by Daniel Cruz)

Military Life

Space Force trainees will get the service’s new dress uniform

Posted on Nov 30, 2025

Army

The Army’s latest PSYOP recruiting ad reminds you: ‘We are everywhere’

Updated on Nov 30, 2025

Marine Corps reaches retention goal in just a month

Updated on Nov 29, 2025

Air Force F-16 pilot awarded Silver Star for actions in the Middle East

Posted on Nov 28, 2025

U.S. service members line the streets of Washington, D.C., during an honor escort—also known as a fallen soldier procession—for U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom of the West Virginia National Guard, Nov. 27, 2025. A fallen soldier procession is a solemn tradition in which military members stand in silent respect as a fallen service member is escorted to their final resting place, symbolizing the nation’s gratitude for a life given in service. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. William Blankenship)

Suspect to be charged with murder after National Guard soldier dies in DC

Posted on Nov 28, 2025

TOPSHOT - Members of the National Guard walk past the Department of Agriculture headquarters building on the seventh day of the US federal government shutdown on October 7, 2025, in Washington, DC. The US government shutdown entered its second week on October 6 with no sign of a deal between President Donald Trump's Republicans and Democrats to end the crisis. Democrats are refusing to provide the handful of votes the ruling Republicans need to reopen federal departments unless the two sides can agree on extending expiring "Obamacare" health care subsidies. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

News

2 National Guardsmen shot while deployed to Washington, DC

Posted on Nov 26, 2025

Benefits & Pay

Fake Marine convicted of claiming Purple Heart for $140,000 in VA benefits

By Jeff Schogol, Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Nov 25, 2025

Navy

Naval Academy Commandant fired just six months into role

By Matt White, Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Nov 24, 2025

On a snow covered hillside, three members of a US machine gun squad lay exhausted after taking a Communist position. (Photo by © CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

Korean War

On this day 74 years ago, one soldier staged a last stand to protect his unit

Posted on Nov 24, 2025

Lt. Col. Joshua Simms, executive officer for the 1st Theater Information Advantage Detachment, stands before the unit at the beginning of the activation ceremony November 7, 2025, at Fort Shafter, Hawaii. The activation ceremony of 1st Theater Information Advantage Detachment marks a strategic shift in the Army’s ability to gain and maintain information advantage to support a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Army Photo by Russell K. Dodson)

Army

Why the Army set up a counter-disinformation unit in the Pacific

Posted on Nov 23, 2025

Airman indicted in plot to take over Haitian island, enslave population

Posted on Nov 22, 2025

Malmstrom airman awarded Air Medal for mountain rescue

Posted on Nov 22, 2025

SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND, Alaska (Sept. 11, 2022) A West Coast-based Naval Special Warfare operator conducts security utilizing a SHIELD AI Nova I drone during Operation Noble Defender. Sensors, artificial intelligence, and machine learning software capabilities coupled with the development of layered denial, and defeat mechanisms capable of addressing current and emerging threats are fundamental to national defense. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Alex Smedegard)

Navy

Navy SEALs want to start a 10-day school to learn drone warfare

Posted on Nov 17, 2025

Marines send Reaper drone unit to South China Sea

Posted on Nov 17, 2025

National Guard begins drawdown in Portland, Chicago

Posted on Nov 16, 2025

CARIBBEAN SEA – U.S. Marines with the Maritime Special Purpose Force, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), enter a board a U.S. Navy MH-60S Sea hHawk helicopter with Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 26, Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group, during fast rope insertion drills while aboard the U.S. Navy Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), IWOARG, while underway in the Caribbean Sea, Oct. 23, 2025. U.S. military forces are deployed to the Caribbean in support of the U.S. Southern Command mission, Department of War-directed operations, and the president’s priorities to disrupt illicit drug trafficking and protect the homeland. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tanner Bernat)

Marines begin a week of exercises miles from the Venezuelan coast

Posted on Nov 16, 2025

251107-N-UI581-1002 PANAMA CITY, Fla. — Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Pierre (LCS 38) arrives in Panama City, Fla. ahead of her commissioning ceremony on Nov. 7, 2025. Pierre is the second U.S. Navy ship to bear this name and will be the final Independence-variant LCS to be commissioned in the U.S. Navy. Pierre will be commissioned in Panama City on Nov. 15. (U.S. Navy photo by Eddie Green)

Navy

Navy commissions the USS Pierre, last Independence-class littoral combat ship

Posted on Nov 15, 2025

The US embassy is pictured in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on August 9, 2023. (Photo by RICHARD PIERRIN/AFP via Getty Images)

Marines got into a shootout with suspected gang members in Haiti

Posted on Nov 15, 2025

dpatop - 13 September 2025, Puerto Rico, Ceiba: A Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey takes off during an exercise at the Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, a former US Navy base. Puerto Rico belongs to the USA as a foreign territory, but is self-governing and is not a federal state. For many decades, there were several US military bases on the island. Photo: Kendall Torres Cortés/dpa (Photo by Kendall Torres Cortés/picture alliance via Getty Images)

The US military’s plan to revive old bases in Latin America

Posted on Nov 14, 2025

Four F4U Corsair fighter airplanes return from a combat mission over North Korea and circle the aircraft carrier USS Boxer while waiting for the planes in the next strike force to launch from the deck, September 1951. US Navy photo. (Photo by Interim Archives/Getty Images)

Korean War

That time the Air Force held a Marine hostage for steak

Posted on Nov 12, 2025

The USS Gerald R. Ford sails towards the Caribbean.

Navy

Ford Carrier Strike Group arrives in Latin America

Updated on Nov 11, 2025

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Mason Weasel, a member 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines, crosses a rope bridge at Base Aeronaval Cristóbal Colón, Panamá, Oct. 27, 2025. U.S. Southern Command is focused on increasing partner nation capacity and interoperability in the region and reflects the United States’ enduring promise of friendship, partnership, and solidarity with the Panamanian people. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Trey Woodard)

For the first time in decades, Marines and soldiers are back in Panama to train

Posted on Nov 11, 2025

U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (April 10, 2025) U.S. Sailors handle line aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) during a replenishment-at-sea with the fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (TAO-E 8) in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. (Official U.S. Navy photo)

Navy

Sailors can voluntarily extend Navy service as government shutdown continues

Posted on Nov 10, 2025

NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (July 10, 2025) Col. Ryan Herman, incoming commander of 521st Air Mobility Operations Group, provides remarks during a change of command ceremony onboard Naval Station (NAVSTA) Rota, Spain, July 10, 2025. The 521 AMOG conducts en route operational support and aircraft maintenance, air mobility command and control, and aerial port operations, integrated with the Joint deployment and distribution enterprise and in concert with our allies and partners, to deploy and sustain the joint force in Africa, Asia, and Europe in support of national objectives. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jett Morgan)

Air Force relieves air mobility group commander in Spain after just four months

Posted on Nov 8, 2025

Staff Sgt. Kristopher Garbea, with the unmanned aerial system Platoon, 1st Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, prepares a reconnaissance drone for flight during Saber Junction 25 (SJ25) at the Joint Multinational Readiness Training Center at Hohenfels, Germany Sept. 9, 2025. Soldiers within the unit developed Purpose Built Attritable System drones to use against simulated enemy forces at SJ25. This exercise ensures that the 2nd Cavalry Regiment and allied forces are prepared to act decisively in response to emerging threats, crises, or opportunities. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Shenicquia Fulton)

Army

The Army is going to buy a million drones

Posted on Nov 7, 2025

Retired Sgt. Maj. of the Army Tony Grinston, currently the CEO of Army Emergency Relief, talks to troops in South Korea.

Benefits & Pay

Army charity offers grants to soldiers missing SNAP payments

Posted on Nov 3, 2025

Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric Smith and Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps stand in full dress uniform next to the Marine Corps War Memorial as it rains.

Culture

Top Marines stand in a rain storm to wish the Corps a happy birthday

Posted on Nov 3, 2025

National Guard mission in DC extended into 2026

Updated on Nov 2, 2025

National Guard soldier indicted in plot to send military radio to Russia

Posted on Nov 1, 2025

Airmen covered up details of fatal shooting after ‘joking’ with pistol

Updated on Nov 1, 2025

A U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook crew chief assigned to the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, Joint Task Force-Bravo, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, conducts pre-flight operations at Aeropuerto International de Panama Pacifico, Panama, during PANAMAX-Alpha Phase II, Sept. 10, 2025. U.S. Army helicopters moved over 100,000 lbs of school building materials and a generator to remote locations, increasing partner nation capacity in addressing humanitarian and education needs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Jymil Licorish)

First wave of disaster relief troops deploy to Jamaica after major hurricane

Posted on Oct 31, 2025

Among trounior enlisted service members with families are among those l231119-N-ML137-1033 NAVAL BASE GUAM, Guam (Nov. 19, 2023) Hull Technician 3rd Class Steven Tamse, right, and other Sailors assigned to the submarine-tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40), fill store shelves at Orote Point Commissary following a shipment of groceries, Nov. 19, 2023. The shipment is one of several high-priority grocery flights that will resupply Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) shelves at Andersen Air Force Base (AAFB) and U.S. Naval Base Guam (NBG) before Thanksgiving. Following the discovery of an isolated insect incident at base commissaries in Guam, Joint Region Marianas engaged DeCA leadership for immediate response. The shipments of groceries will provide much needed products to military service members and their families. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Samantha Jetzer)

Active Duty

As federal food assistance runs out, junior troops with families may be hit hard

Posted on Oct 27, 2025

Anthony Ramos in 'A House of Dynamite,' in military uniform standing in front of a vehicle.

Entertainment

Pentagon reportedly upset over Netflix’s nuclear war movie ‘A House of Dynamite’

Posted on Oct 27, 2025

250730-N-IP140-1119 U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (July 30, 2025) An F/A-18F Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 22, launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during flight operations in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. (Official U.S. Navy photo)

Navy

Two USS Nimitz aircraft crash within an hour in separate mishaps

Posted on Oct 26, 2025

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, reload an M777 lightweight 155mm howitzer during a rehearsal for the 250th Amphibious Capabilities Demonstration at Red Beach combat town, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Oct. 17, 2025. The 250th Amphibious Capabilities Demonstration at Camp Pendleton marks the Marine Corps’ 250th birthday and America’s Semiquincentennial. The live-fire event highlights the Navy-Marine Corps team’s ability to integrate across air, land, and sea, showcasing the Corps’ enduring role as America’s force in-readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Aaron S. Patterson)

Marines fired artillery over freeway without warning during rehearsal

Posted on Oct 26, 2025

Marine Corps’ latest plan for war in the Pacific emphasizes logistics, firepower

Posted on Oct 25, 2025

A turboprop plane rests in a field after crashing, two power poles askew in the front.

The Air Force’s special operations crop duster crashed in a field in Oklahoma

Updated on Oct 25, 2025

Navy

Pentagon orders USS Gerald R. Ford into Caribbean, first carrier sent to region

Posted on Oct 24, 2025

Marine Maj. Tyler R. Braconi was identified as the pilot killed in the crash of a AH-1Z attack helicopter Oct. 16.

Marine pilot killed in California helicopter crash ‘was one of the greats,’ squadron says

Posted on Oct 21, 2025

Iraq

In reversal, at least 250 US troops will remain at Iraq air base

Posted on Oct 20, 2025

Sgt. Terell Seales stands in uniform in front of the American flag.

Army

101st Airborne soldier dies in training in Germany

Posted on Oct 20, 2025

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Dashawn M. Rudesill, a cannoneer with 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, fires an M777 lightweight 155mm howitzer during a rehearsal for the 250th Amphibious Capabilities Demonstration at Red Beach combat town, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Oct. 17, 2025. The 250th Amphibious Capabilities Demonstration at Camp Pendleton marks the Marine Corps’ 250th birthday and America’s Semiquincentennial. The live-fire event highlights the Navy-Marine Corps team’s ability to integrate across air, land, and sea, showcasing the Corps’ enduring role as America’s force in-readiness. Rudesill is a native of Rushville, Illinois. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Aaron S. Patterson)

Marine artillery shell detonates over freeway during Camp Pendleton event

Posted on Oct 19, 2025

Marines stand at attention in a still from the new documentary series 'Marines.'

Entertainment

Netflix releases trailer for Marine Corps documentary ‘Marines’

Posted on Oct 19, 2025

CARIBBEAN SEA – U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 263 (Reinforced), 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), takes off during flight operations aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), while underway in the Caribbean Sea, Sept. 23, 2025. U.S. military forces are deployed to the Caribbean in support of the U.S. Southern Command mission, Department of War-directed operations, and the president’s priorities. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Emily Hazelbaker)

Navy

United States releasing survivors of latest airstrike in the Caribbean currently held by the Navy

Posted on Oct 18, 2025

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment fire an M777A2 lightweight 155 mm howitzer as part of a direct fire mission on Range 407A at Marine Corps Camp Pendleton, California, Sept. 16, 2025. 1st Bn., 11th Marines conducted an artillery firing exercise to maintain their combat proficiency in realistic combat scenarios. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Sawyer Carleton)

Marines Corps live-fire event at Camp Pendleton to close down large stretch of coastal freeway

Posted on Oct 18, 2025

One Marine killed, another injured in helicopter crash

Posted on Oct 17, 2025

U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (March 31, 2025) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) displays its battle flag in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. (Official U.S. Navy photo)

Navy

Navy holding two survivors of latest US airstrike in the Caribbean

Posted on Oct 17, 2025

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Jul. 25, 2025) Midshipmen 4th Class, or plebes, from the United States Naval Academy class of 2029 participate in the second formal parade during Plebe Summer, a demanding indoctrination period intended to transition the candidates from civilian to military life. Parades are a visual presentation of the military discipline, professionalism and teamwork necessary to succeed as a member of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, and have been a part of Naval Academy training since its establishment in 1845. (U.S. Navy photo by Stacy Godfrey)

Naval Academy dropout indicted over threat that led to accidental shooting

By Matt White, Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Oct 14, 2025

Coast Guard

Coast Guard may now be paid with Pentagon-style money shift

Posted on Oct 13, 2025

Alaska National Guard photo by Dana Rosso

Coast Guard

At least 30 rescued in Alaska floods as military teams rush to remote villages

Posted on Oct 13, 2025

Some Texas National Guard troops replaced in Illinois after failing to meet standards

By Nicholas Slayton, Jeff Schogol

Updated on Oct 12, 2025

US Navy sailors listen to US President Donald Trump speak as he visits the USS Harry S. Truman during the US Navy's 250th anniversary celebration, "America's Navy 250: Titans of the Sea - A Salute to the Fleet", at Naval Station Norfolk Pier 14 in Norfolk, Virginia on October 5, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

News

Pentagon moves $8 billion from research to pay troops

Updated on Oct 12, 2025

Fourth death in four months linked to Air Force nuke base

Updated on Oct 11, 2025

A US soldier gives the thumbs-up as an Israeli digger attempts to extricate a US military vessel (not pictured) that ran aground at a beach in the Israeli coastal city of Ashdod on May 25, 2024. The US military said four of its vessels, supporting a temporary pier built to deliver aid to Gaza by sea, had run aground in heavy seas. (Photo by Oren Ziv / AFP) (Photo by OREN ZIV/AFP via Getty Images)

Middle East

US to send 200 troops to monitor Gaza ceasefire

Posted on Oct 10, 2025

Idaho Air Force base will host a Qatari F-15 training unit

Posted on Oct 10, 2025

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Entertainment

Adam Driver will portray Air Force Medal of Honor recipient John Chapman

Posted on Oct 6, 2025

Aviation Structural Mechanic (Safety Equipment) 1st Class Anthony Huffman, from Forest Grove, Oregon, conducts maintenance on aircraft in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in the Pacific Ocean, July 27, 2024. Nimitz is underway conducting routine operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Anthony Lagunes)

Navy

Navy maintenance crews are stripping their own jets and submarines for spare parts

Posted on Oct 6, 2025

National Guard deployment to Portland blocked as Texas troops called up

Posted on Oct 5, 2025

PORTLAND, OREGON - OCTOBER 04: Federal agents, including members of the Department of Homeland Security, the Border Patrol, and police, attempt to keep protesters back outside a downtown U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility on October 04, 2025 in Portland, Oregon. The facility has become a focal point of nightly protests against the Trump administration. A federal judge in Portland has temporarily blocked President Trump from sending in the National Guard to quell protests. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Judge halts National Guard deployment to Portland