More from Matt White (Page 3)

In June 1969, 74 U.S. sailors died when the USS Frank E. Evans, a Navy destroyer, sunk off the coast of Vietnam. When the Vietnam Memorial Wall was dedicated in 1982, family members and surviving crew were stunned to find the names of the lost sailors were not included.
Vietnam War

Why aren’t the names of these 74 sailors on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall?

By Matt White

Posted on May 26, 2025

Coast Guard rescue swimmers saved a worker stuck in hardening concrete after roof collapse
Coast Guard

Coast Guard rescue swimmers saved a worker stuck in hardening concrete after roof collapse

By Matt White

Posted on May 20, 2025

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon, assigned to the 354th Fighter Wing, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, flies over the Joint Pacific-Alaska Range Complex, during RED FLAG-Alaska 24-1, Apr. 26, 2024. RED FLAG-Alaska provides unique opportunities to integrate various forces into joint, coalition and multilateral training from simulated forward operating bases. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Julia Lebens)
Air Force

Air Force F-16’s collision with ducks in Alaska ended in ‘flameout landing’

By Matt White

Posted on May 14, 2025

U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army and U.S. Navy assets line up on the runway for an elephant walk during a routine operational readiness exercise at Kadena Air Base, Japan, May 6, 2025. Team Kadena showcased an array of aircraft, demonstrating a portion of the 100+ aircraft operating from the Keystone of the Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tylir Meyer)
Air Force

This 53 aircraft ‘elephant walk’ has everything you’d need for a war in the Pacific

By Matt White

Updated on May 9, 2025

David Staib, Senior Airman Logan Staib’s father, poses for a photo in between the retired HH-60G Pave Hawk and Logan’s restored Mustang at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, March 13, 2025. The display of the Pave Hawk and Mustang served as a tribute to Logan’s legacy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Savannah Carpenter)
Air Force

How a retired rescue helicopter and a hot rod Mustang honor an airman

By Matt White

Posted on May 8, 2025

SELFRIDGE ANGB, MICHIGAN - APRIL 29: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a visit with Michigan Air National Guard Troops on April 29, 2025 at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan. Trump will travel to Macomb Community College in Warren, Michigan to hold a rally where he is expected to highlight his accomplishments during his first 100 days in office, including closing the border, job creation and the economy. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
News

Hegseth orders military to cut number of 4-star generals and admirals by 20%

By Matt White

Posted on May 5, 2025

Members of the North Carolina Air National Guard assess an Army M10 Booker Combat Vehicle before it is loaded onto a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft, at the North Carolina Air National Guard base, Charlotte-International Airport, August 3, 2024. Portions of this photo were masked for security reasons. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Reanna Hartgrove)
Army

The Army cancels the M10 Booker, a ‘light tank’ that was too heavy

By Matt White, Patty Nieberg

Posted on May 2, 2025

Defenders from the 140th Security Forces Squadron, 460th SFS, 710th SFS, and 233rd SFS prepare for low-light firing during a heavy weapons meet at the Camp Guernsey firing range, Wyoming, April 4, 2025. The meet offered defenders valuable practice on several weapon systems to enhance overall readiness. (U.S. Space Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua Hollis)
Space Force

Space Force Special Operations Command is on its way

By Matt White

Posted on May 1, 2025

Capt. Tyler Mitchiner and 1st Lt. George Madden, assigned to the 75th Ranger Regiment, compete as a team during the 2025 Best Sapper Competition at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., April 25, 2025. The competition challenges combat engineers to showcase tactical expertise, endurance and leadership under pressure. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Samuel Dreher
Army

Rangers take top spot at Best Sapper Competition for fourth Army-wide win this year

By Matt White

Posted on May 1, 2025

An Air Force pilot adds kindling to a piano burning at Kadena Air Base, Japan, April 14, 2023. Air Force pilots held a piano burning at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia on April 25 in memory of a stunt pilot killed on the base the day before.
Air Force

Why Air Force pilots honored an air show pilot by burning a piano

By Matt White

Updated on Apr 30, 2025

A new comic book will feature the story of Sgt. William Carney, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Civil War.
Army

New comic book tells tale of Civil War’s first Black Medal of Honor recipient

By Matt White

Posted on Apr 24, 2025

‘Watch your step’ — Are land mines making a comeback?
Video

‘Watch your step’ — Are land mines making a comeback?

By Matt White

Posted on Apr 22, 2025

The end of the ‘Golden Hour’ and the transformation of US military combat medicine
Video

The end of the ‘Golden Hour’ and the transformation of US military combat medicine

By Matt White

Posted on Apr 18, 2025

Command Chief Master Sergeant Anthony Green was fired Monday as the top enlisted leader of Air Force Special Operations Command for a 'loss of confidence.'
Air Force

Top enlisted leader of Air Force Special Operations Command fired amid investigation

By Matt White

Posted on Apr 15, 2025

chatfield admiral fired
Navy

Navy admiral fired from position as senior NATO planner

By Matt White

Posted on Apr 7, 2025

Staff Sgt. Troy S. Knutson-Collins, 28, of Battle Creek, Michigan, was one of four soldiers killed when an M88A2 sank in a Lithuanian swamp, the Army confirmed Tuesday.
Army

Fourth and final soldier identified from armored vehicle that sank in Lithuania swamp

By Matt White

Posted on Apr 2, 2025

A ladder truck from the Edinburgh, IN fire department reaches a paratrooper in a tree on Camp Atterbury.
Army

Firefighters help paratrooper finish jump after missing the ground

By Matt White

Posted on Apr 2, 2025

Members of Commader, Task Force (CTF) 68 U.S. Navy dive team arrive on site to assess diving operations to recover four U.S. soldiers in a submerged M88 Hercules on a training site near Pabadre, Lithuania on March 29, 2025.
Army

All four missing US soldiers confirmed dead after massive recovery effort in Lithuanian bog

By Matt White

Updated on Apr 1, 2025

Members of the Air Force's NAOC Security Forces flank Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as he boards the E-4B 'Doomsday plane.'
Air Force

Those ‘Hegseth bodyguards’ are actually there for the Air Force’s ‘Doomsday’ plane

By Matt White

Posted on Mar 27, 2025

U.S. Army Sgt. Matthew E. Delamater, from Portland, Tennessee with India Forward Support Company, 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division based out of Fort Riley, Kansas conducts familiarization training on an M88A2 Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lifting Extraction System with Soldiers of 1-16th Infantry Regiment at Mihail Koglaniceanu Air Base, Romania, March 16, 2019. The Soldiers are conducting the training in preparation for their upcoming missions with allied and partner nations as part of Atlantic Resolve. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. True Thao)
Army

Army locates Hercules vehicle that missing 3rd Infantry Division soldiers were in

By Matt White

Posted on Mar 26, 2025

U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Officer candidates perform an underwater exercise during an assessment and selection process at Hurlburt Field, Florida, March 5, 2025. STO selection is an arduous mental and physical process that screens candidates to become Air Force Special Tactics leaders, overseeing 14-member Special Tactics teams across the Air Force Special Operations Command enterprise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Raul Mercado)
Air Force

This photo of Air Force special ops pool training is chaos. There’s a reason for that.

By Matt White

Posted on Mar 26, 2025

Sgt. William Carney's Civil War heroics were depicted in the 1989 film "Glory." The Pentagon removed a story about the Carney amid its ongoing hunt for diversity, equity and inclusion material.
News

Medal of Honor recipient depicted in movie ‘Glory’ erased from Pentagon website

By Nicholas Slayton, Matt White

Posted on Mar 19, 2025

Memorial marker of U.S. Army Capt. Humbert Versace, Medal of Honor recipient, in Section 13 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, Feb. 20, 2020. (U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery / released)
News

Arlington Cemetery website drops links for Black, Hispanic, and women veterans

By Matt White

Posted on Mar 13, 2025

Dana Klabenes, City Clerk & Treasurer of Neligh, Nebraska, points to Fred Benning, who served as the town's mayor from 1948 to 1952 and who will now be namesake for one of the Army's largest most storied bases, Fort Benning, Georgia.
Historical Figures

The Army didn’t have a photo of the ‘new’ Benning, so we found this one

By Matt White

Posted on Mar 6, 2025

An Alaska Army National Guard HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter assigned to Golf Company, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, lands on an Alaska Railroad train car while supporting Special Operations Forces Arctic Medic 2025 (SOFAM 25) near Fairbanks, Alaska, Feb. 20, 2025. SOFAM 2025 is a Special Operations Command North training and validation event for unit medics that regularly conduct exercises and operations in the North American Arctic. Approximately 100 participants from SOF and Allied and Interagency partners trained to improve tactical and prolonged combat casualty care in austere conditions. SOFAM 2025 prepared medics to operate in cold to extreme cold weather and to provide safe medical care in austere conditions. (Alaska National Guard photo by Alejandro Peña)
Army

Soldiers in Alaska landed their Black Hawk on a train in a special ops exercise

By Matt White

Posted on Mar 6, 2025

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Joshua Watson, the executive officer of Lima Co., 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment (Reinforced), Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 23, watches MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft land during Exercise Southern Jackaroo 23 in Townsville Field Training Area, Queensland, Australia, July 6, 2023. Southern Jackaroo is a trilateral exercise with MRF-D, Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force, and Australian Defence Force, with Republic of Korea observers, working together to achieve fire, maneuver, and communications interoperability objectives. Watson is a native of Woodbridge, Virginia. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brayden Daniel)
Marine Corps

Marine officer honored for leadership in aftermath of chaotic Osprey crash

By Matt White

Posted on Mar 4, 2025

TALLADEGA, AL - MAY 07: The Hooters girls pose with some U.S. Army soldiers prior to the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race on May 7, 2017 at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, AL. (Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Humor

If Hooters goes out of business, dining off base will never be the same

By Matt White

Posted on Mar 4, 2025

Rear Adm. Michael Wosje, commander of Carrier Strike Group ONE, dons his flight suit in the Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 113 paraloft before his 1,000th trap flight aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) during Pacific Steller 2025, Feb. 16. The 1,000th trap is a milestone in any senior aviator’s career. Pacific Steller 2025 is a multi-large deck event with the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group, French Carrier Strike Group, and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, fostering our alliances and maritime security in support of a secure and prosperous Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nate Jordan )
Navy

This Navy admiral just bagged his 1,000th landing on an aircraft carrier

By Matt White

Updated on Mar 2, 2025

United State Marines among the ruins of a house that was levelled by Marines who determined that Communists were taking refuge inside, in Hue, Vietnam, 15th February 1968. (Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)
Vietnam War

Marine awarded Navy Cross at Vietnam War’s Battle of Hue remembered as ‘magnificent,’ humble leader

By Matt White

Posted on Feb 23, 2025

A Tuskegee Airman describes an air-to-air dogfight in 'Wings For This Man,' a 1945 Army-produced film on the unit narrated by Ronald Reagan.
World War II

Ronald Reagan narrated a short film in 1945 about the Tuskegee Airmen

By Matt White

Updated on Feb 20, 2025

New York Air National Guard Senior Airman Caleb Lapinel left) checks the map with another Soldier will participating in the international course conducted annually by the Brazil Jungle Warfare Center, known as CIGS for its Portugese initials, as an instructor looks on. Lapinel was the only American in the class of ten.( Courtesy Photo)
Air Force

Welcome to the jungle: Meet the New York Guardsmen who took on Brazil’s infamous jungle warfare school

By Matt White

Posted on Feb 19, 2025

Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Meyers (center) began his career in the Army Reserve (left) and completed an enlistment in the Navy Reserve (right).
Military Branches

Soldier, sailor and now airman: This NCO has served in three branches in 12 years

By Matt White

Posted on Feb 13, 2025

An Alaska Army National Guard CH-47F Chinook assigned to 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment, operates Feb. 2, 2025, at the Whitehorse airport, Yukon Territory, Canada. The Chinook crew supported the repair of a 210th Rescue Squadron HH-60G Pave Hawk that had rescued two victims of a Jan. 26 ultralight plane crash near Faro, Yukon Territory. (Photo courtesy of Simon Blakesley)
Air Force

Alaska rescue units had a hell of week: 3 planes, 2 countries and 1 stuck helicopter

By Matt White

Posted on Feb 13, 2025

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth visits Joint Task Force North, U.S. Northern Command, to see the efforts military men and women are undertaking in support of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to secure the southern border at Fort Bliss, Texas, Feb. 12, 2025. U.S. Northern Command is working together with the Department of Homeland Security to augment U.S. Customs and Border Protection along the southern border with additional military forces. This initial deployment of 1,600 active-duty personnel brings the total military Title 10 forces along the border to nearly 4,000 personnel. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Andrew R. Sveen)
Military Branches

Pentagon orders immediate hold on gender-affirming care for transgender troops

By Matt White

Posted on Feb 10, 2025

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft, assigned to the 122nd Fighter Wing, performs a sortie above the 122nd Fighter Wing in Fort Wayne, Indiana, May 3, 2024. The F-16, originally from Holloman Air Force Base, executed a routine flying pattern for training. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Halley Clark)
Air Force

How a broken part in a jet engine’s ‘blind spot’ brought down an Air Force F-16

By Matt White

Posted on Feb 7, 2025

Actor Anthony Mackie, who plays Captain America, flies as the passenger of a tandem freefall jump with an Air Force pararescue tandem master at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.
Mandatory Fun

Air Force PJs welcomed the new Captain America with a freefall jump

By Matt White

Posted on Feb 6, 2025

A casino roulette wheel with chips.
Military Life

Troops used government cards to pay for casinos, online gaming and Super Bowl parties

By Matt White

Posted on Jan 27, 2025

Soldiers from the 97th Military Police Brigade, and 41st Engineering Company, Fort Riley, KS., work along side with U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the Hidalgo, TX., port of entry, applying 300 meters of concertina wire along the Mexico border in support of Operation FAITHFUL PATRIOT November 2, 2018. Soldiers will provide a range of support including planning assistance, engineering support, equipment and resources to assist the Department of Homeland Security along the southwest border. (U.S. Air Force photo by SrA Alexandra Minor)
Army

Here are the first Army and Marine Corps units heading to the border

By Jeff Schogol, Matt White

Posted on Jan 24, 2025

The Navy will name two future Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers for former presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton.
Navy

Two Navy aircraft carriers will be named for George W. Bush and Bill Clinton

By Matt White

Posted on Jan 13, 2025

The Army wants to model its next generation of chow halls on college campus cafeterias. They may even have delivery services.
Army

The Army wants to overhaul its dining halls with ‘campus’-style food and maybe even delivery service

By Joshua Skovlund, Matt White

Posted on Jan 8, 2025

The Navy will name a guided-missile destroyer for Senator Robert Kerrey, the first Navy SEAL awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam.
Navy

Navy names new destroyer for Senator who was first SEAL awarded Medal of Honor

By Matt White

Posted on Jan 7, 2025

An MV-22 Osprey prepares for takeoff during integration training between Amphibious Squadron (PHIBRON) 4 and 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) aboard the USS Iwo Jima on Oct. 28, 2020. PHIBRON-MEU Integration Exercise (PMINT) provides opportunities for Sailors and Marines to synchronize capabilities as a Navy-Marine Corps team. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Isaiah Campbell)
Navy

Ospreys cleared to fly again in Navy and Air Force after inspections

By Matt White

Posted on Dec 20, 2024

Lt. Col. Craig Andrle, 79th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron commander, taxis after a combat sortie March 20, 2017 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The 79th EFS provides counterterrorism to support a successful train, advise, assist mission in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Katherine Spessa)
Afghanistan War

This pilot dropped every bomb on two different F-16s in one mission

By Matt White

Posted on Dec 18, 2024

Chief Master Sgt. Tiffany Zaloudek, Deputy SERE Career Field Program Manager, poses on Joint Base San Antonio-Chapman Training Annex, Texas, on Oct. 5, 2024. Zaloudek is the first female SERE Specialist to earn the rank of Chief Master Sgt. and has spent her career proving that women can be both strong and feminine. (U.S. Air Force photo by Miriam Thurber)
Air Force

Meet the first woman to make Chief Master Sgt in the Air Force’s rugged SERE world

By Matt White

Posted on Dec 12, 2024

Navy boot camp 9 weeks
Navy

Navy cuts length of boot camp for new recruits from 10 weeks to 9 weeks

By Matt White

Posted on Dec 11, 2024

USS Carney battle
Navy

Sailors on USS Carney recall tense night of combat in fierce Red Sea fight

By Matt White

Posted on Dec 6, 2024

military survey confidence
News

Americans trust the military a bit more now, but much less than during war years, survey finds

By Matt White

Posted on Dec 5, 2024

Meeker Wright Patterson
Air Force

Air Force base commander faces court-martial for adultery, fraternization

By Matt White

Posted on Dec 5, 2024

A B-1 bomber rumbles down the flightline at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., July 24, 2012 as part of a training mission. Each of the B-1's four engines is capable of producing 30,000-plus pounds of thrust.
Air Force

To build a runway for the new stealth bomber, the Air Force is moving 17 B-1s to a new base

By Matt White

Posted on Dec 5, 2024

Maj. Gen. Chris Donahue, commander of the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division, XVIII Airborne Corps, boards a C-17 cargo plane at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. Maj. Gen. Donahue is the final American service member to depart Afghanistan. (U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Alex Burnett)
Army

‘Last man out of Afghanistan’ promoted to four star general after Senate hold up

By Matt White

Posted on Dec 3, 2024

Gen. Eric M. Smith, the commandant of the Marine Corps, very casually let everyone know that he knocked out a CFT 324 days after having open heart surgery.
Culture

Marine Corps commandant completes combat fitness test 11 months after open heart surgery

By Matt White

Posted on Nov 28, 2024

A highlight reel of Army Sgt. Diamond Adams was widely viewed across social media and came with the all-too-fitting caption "Sgt. Adams ain't come to play."
Culture

101st Airborne soldier ‘ain’t come to play’ in cage match video

By Matt White

Posted on Nov 26, 2024

Navy Cmdr. Charles Diehl was relieved as the commander of Airborne Command & Control Squadron 115, or VAW-115
Navy

Navy fires commander of E-2 Hawkeye squadron for “loss of confidence”

By Matt White

Posted on Nov 23, 2024

We showed the U.S. Marine Corps' latest recruiting ad, "Made For This" to a bunch of teenagers.
Joining the Military

We showed the new Marine Corps recruiting ad to some teenagers. Here’s what they thought of it.

By Matt White

Posted on Nov 19, 2024

Maj. Gen. Chris Donahue, commander of the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division, XVIII Airborne Corps, boards a C-17 cargo plane at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. Maj. Gen. Donahue is the final American service member to depart Afghanistan. (U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Alex Burnett)
Army

‘Last man out of Afghanistan,’ Gen. Christopher Donahue tapped for fourth star

By Matt White

Posted on Nov 15, 2024

A Navy sailor rescuing an woman from a burning building in Norfolk, Virginia.
News

Navy sailor scales burning building to rescue 4 people

By Joshua Skovlund, Matt White

Posted on Nov 13, 2024

A sentinel from the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) guards the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, Nov. 2, 2018. (U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery / released)
Army

An Army general’s final ‘walk’ at the Tomb of the Unknowns

By Matt White

Posted on Nov 11, 2024

nuclear missile commander fired
News

Air Force fires commander at Montana nuclear missile base after investigation

By Matt White

Posted on Nov 7, 2024

A profile photo of Spec. Moses Brave Heart, in his National Guard uniform with a feather in his hair.
National Guard

Native American soldier gets OK to wear long hair, feather to honor heritage

By Matt White

Posted on Nov 2, 2024

Man buys 11-foot submarine model used in 'The Hunt For Red October' 1990 spy thriller.
Navy

‘The Hunt For Red October’ ends in Wyoming as fan lands the giant sub used in the movie

By Matt White

Posted on Oct 22, 2024

Lt. Cmdr. Lyndsay P. Evans, left, and Lt. Serena N. Wileman, right.
Navy

Naval aviators killed in Mount Rainier crash flew dozens of combat missions over Red Sea

By Matt White

Posted on Oct 21, 2024

Sgt.1st Class Scott White, a special forces senior communication sergeant with A Co., 1st Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group,checks the line one more time before Staff Sgt. Mark Stottlemyre, a special forces medical sergeant, rappels down the side of the cliff face. White and Stottlemyre were performing as part of a search and rescue team in a casualty evacuation situation requiring a high angle rescue June 19, 2013 during the Operation Evergreen Ember training exercise.
Navy

Crew still missing as Special Forces and search teams reach Navy Growler crash site

By Matt White

Updated on Oct 19, 2024

220309-N-DU622-1001 PACIFIC OCEAN (Mar. 9), An F/A-18F Super Hornet, from the "Flying Eagles" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 122, flies over the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is underway conducting routine operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Justin McTaggart)
Navy

Growler crew still missing as Navy searchers locate crash site near Mount Rainier

By Matt White

Updated on Oct 17, 2024

Temporary living quarters were established in the fitness center at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, Sept. 30, 2024, to accommodate members of the 823rd RED HORSE. Deployed from Hurlburt Field, Florida, these Airmen are supporting recovery efforts following the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jessi Roth)
Air Force

How Moody Air Force Base rode out a direct hurricane hit

By Matt White

Posted on Oct 9, 2024