More from Nicholas Slayton (Page 3)

A U.S. Marine Air Defense Integrated System, far left, a Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System, left, a Japan Self-Defense Force Type 12 Surface-to-Ship Missile, right, and Type 03 Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile are displayed at a press conference during Resolute Dragon 25 at Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Camp Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 17, 2025. Resolute Dragon 25 is an annual bilateral exercise in Japan that strengthens the command, control, and multi-domain maneuver capabilities of U.S. Marines in III Marine Expeditionary Force and Japan Self-Defense Force personnel, with a focus on controlling and defending key maritime terrain. The NMESIS and the MADIS are 3rd Marine Division Assets. The Type 12 SSM and the Type 03 Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile are Western Army assets. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Evelyn Doherty)
Marine Corps

Marines showcase ship-killing NMESIS missile system in Japan

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 21, 2025

Composite of the Medal of Honor and U.S. Army Capt. Willibald Bianchi.
World War II

Medal of Honor recipient’s remains identified after 80 years

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 20, 2025

Screenshot of aerial footage showing a small boat moving through the sea.
Americas

Trump says US military hit a third boat in the Caribbean

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 20, 2025

U.S. Army Infantrymen, assigned to 10th Mountain Division, Task Force ARMADILLO, oversee M240B machine gun training in Syria, June 2, 2025. Night range operations provide a tactical advantage over adversaries, enhancing operational and soldier readiness. The Coalition is committed to building partner capacity and capabilities in order to maintain the lasting defeat of ISIS. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Trenton Pallone)
Iraq

US forces kill ISIS commander in charge of international attacks

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 19, 2025

241102-N-AB116-7104 U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Nov. 2, 2024) Vice Adm. George Wikoff, commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and U.S. 5th Fleet, speaks to Sailors while touring the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). (Official U.S. Navy photo)
Navy

Admiral who led Red Sea fight tapped to head Navy’s European operations

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 19, 2025

Pentagon Shaving Policy
Active Duty

Troops with medical shaving exemptions face separation

By Jeff Schogol, Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 15, 2025

The General train, on display in Georgia.
Past Conflicts

A new ‘Great Locomotive Chase’ will bring real Medal of Honor recipients along for the ride

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 15, 2025

Families move into a private military housing home.
Housing

Military family housing understaffed, lacks proper oversight, IG report finds

By Matt White, Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 14, 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

Venezuela says US Navy raided a fishing boat in its waters

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 14, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 8: Members of the National Guard stand outside Union Station on September 8, 2025 in Washington, DC. Congress is not expected to extend the Trump administration's federal control of the DC Metropolitan Police Department which is set to expire September 10th. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
National Guard

National Guard deploying to Memphis next, Trump says

By Nicholas Slayton

Updated on Sep 13, 2025

A B-2 bomber drops a JDAM.
Air Force

Air Force B-2 bomber tests ship-killer bomb off of Norway

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 13, 2025

MQ-9 Reaper
Americas

US deploys MQ-9 Reaper drones to the Caribbean

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 12, 2025

An airman assigned to the Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Airlift Wing jumps above Henry E. Rohlsen Airport near Christiansted in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, Aug. 26, 2025, as part of Emerald Warrior 25.2, a large-scale special operations exercise being staged in multiple locations by Air Force Special Operations Command.
Air Force

Air Force special ops troops practice airfield seizures amid Caribbean build up

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 9, 2025

Soldiers in basic training complete the Rite of Passage ceremony at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, May 11, 2023. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. David Resnick)
Army

Soldier who died in Fort Leonard Wood range incident was a month from graduating basic

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 8, 2025

John "Lucky" Luckadoo near a B-17 in World War II.
World War II

‘Lucky’ Luckadoo, last original pilot of World War II’s ‘Bloody Hundredth’ dies at 103

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 8, 2025

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 28: Tom Hanks attends Focus Features' "The Phoenician Scheme" New York Premiere at Jazz at Lincoln Center on May 28, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)
Entertainment

West Point alumni group cancels award ceremony honoring Tom Hanks

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 7, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 4: National Guard Military Police watch as trains arrive and depart during rush hour at L'Enfant Plaza station on September 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. Members of the National Guard and Federal Law Enforcement continue to patrol the Nation's Capital, weeks after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the National Guard and law enforcement to patrol the nation's capital to assist in crime prevention with more than 2,200 National Guard troops have been deployed in Washington, D.C., a mission that experts estimate is costing over $1 million a day when factoring in pay, housing, travel, food, fuel and other logistics, according to comparisons with the 2020 mobilization of 5,000 Guard members that cost more than $2 million daily. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
National Guard

Georgia becomes seventh state to send its National Guard to DC

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 6, 2025

An F-35A Lightning II performs a restricted climb over March Air Reserve Base during takeoff for a practice demonstration, April 11, 2025. The F-35A Demonstration Team showcases the power, precision, and lethality of the world’s most advanced multirole stealth fighter. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Nathan Poblete)
Americas

US sending F-35s to Puerto Rico as military buildup in the Caribbean continues

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 5, 2025

FILE: A Naval Special Warfare operator conducts visit, board, search, and seizure training aboard a contracted vessel during maritime interdiction operations training. (Petty Officer 2nd Class Charles Propert/ Naval Special Warfare Group ONE)
Navy

SEAL Team 6 infiltrated North Korea in a mission gone wrong

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 5, 2025

An international harvester tractor strapped to the wreck of the World War II USS Hornet.
World War II

A tractor enthusiast wants to recover one onboard a sunken World War II carrier

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 1, 2025

A UH-1N Huey flies over Tokyo.
Air Force

Hueys make their last flight at Yokota Air Base as the Air Force retires them

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 31, 2025

The US Navy warship USS Lake Erie (CG 70) docks at the Port of Balboa in Panama City on August 29, 2025. The United States sent three warships to the region amid escalating tensions with Venezuela, which deployed warships and drones to patrol the country's coastline on August 26, 2025. (Photo by Mauricio VALENZUELA / AFP) (Photo by MAURICIO VALENZUELA/AFP via Getty Images)
Navy

Navy warships amass near Venezuela

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 30, 2025

Navy CIO Jane Rathbun at the 2023 2023 Department of Defense Intelligence Information System Worldwide Conference.
Navy

Navy’s top cybersecurity official abruptly leaves

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 29, 2025

A North American Aerospace Defense Command F-16 Fighting Falcons takes-off in support of OPERATION POLAR VORTEX on September 11, 2024 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. The F-16’s conducted integration training with the 611th Air Operations Center and Navy assets in the Alaska Theater of Operations. Deterring and protecting the homelands from aggression requires the persistent and seamless exchange of information with combatant commands, conventional and special operations forces, the intelligence community, and the spectrum of interagency and international partners. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Carson Jeney)
Air Force

NORAD intercepts third Russian reconnaissance plane in a week near Alaska

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 25, 2025

A CH-53E helicopter with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing burns on Aug. 22, 2025.
Marine Corps

Marine Corps CH-53E helicopter catches fire at Twentynine Palms

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 25, 2025

The new Mexican Border Defense Medal, with a green and yellow ribbon.
Mexico

Pentagon releases design for Mexican Border Defense Medal

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 23, 2025

Navy aviator Donald McPherson sits inside his Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter during World War II.
World War II

Last American fighter ace from World War II dies at 103

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 23, 2025

Two Navy admirals, Milton "Jamie" Sands and Nancy Lacore, in dress uniform.
Navy

Pentagon fires heads of Navy Reserve, Naval Special Warfare Command

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 23, 2025

Two men in uniform in a composite. Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse on the left, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin on the right.
Air Force

A second senior Air Force general has been forced out at the Pentagon

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 22, 2025

Mexican Border Defense Medal
Mexico

Troops deployed to the US-Mexico border will get a new medal

By Jeff Schogol, Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 19, 2025

Members of the US National Guard patrol at Union Station in Washington, DC, on August 14, 2025. US President Donald Trump on August 11 deployed military and federal law enforcement to curb violent crime in Washington, as he seeks to make good on his campaign pledge to be a "law and order" president. The Republican leader said he would place the city's Metropolitan Police under federal government control while also sending the National Guard onto the streets of the US capital. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)
National Guard

National Guard mission swells as 2,000 troops get orders to DC

By Nicholas Slayton, Patty Nieberg

Posted on Aug 19, 2025

U.S. Marines with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), and U.S. Navy sailors with the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio (LPD 17), Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group, prepare to depart for deployment during a man the rails ceremony aboard the San Antonio while in port at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, August 14, 2025. This ceremony signifies that the IWO ARG and 22d Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) are officially underway for their regularly scheduled deployment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Maurion Moore)
Marine Corps

4,500 Marines and sailors deploy to Caribbean for anti-cartel mission

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 18, 2025

FILE: F-16 Fighting Falcons based in the Central Command area of operations conduct armed aerial patrols over Somalia on Jan. 2, 2021. (Staff Sgt. Trevor T. McBride/U.S. Air Force)
Africa

US forces bomb al-Shabab in Somalia over eight days

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 17, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 14: A National Guard vehicle is parked near the Lincoln Memorial on August 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump announced plans to deploy federal officers and the National Guard to the District in order to place the DC Metropolitan Police Department under federal control and assist in crime prevention in the nation's capital. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
National Guard

3 states sending 700 National Guard troops to DC

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 16, 2025

John Perryman in full dress uniform.
Navy

Navy names new top enlisted leader sailor

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 16, 2025

A B-2 bomber (C) and four F-35 fighter jets fly overhead as US President Donald Trump greets Russian President Vladimir Putin on the tarmac after they arrived at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15, 2025. Putin is in Alaska at the invitation of Trump in his first visit to a Western country since he ordered the 2022 invasion of Ukraine that has killed tens of thousands of people. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
Air Force

A B-2 bomber fly-by greeted Putin over summit in Alaska

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 15, 2025

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Dylan Weil, 16th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, looks out over the water from a C-17 Globemaster III during cargo airdrop proficiency training over the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility in support of Talisman Sabre 2025, July 25, 2025. Talisman Sabre is the largest bilateral military exercise between Australia and the United States, aimed at strengthening relationships and interoperability among key allies and partners to promote a safe and secure Indo-Pacific. The exercise also enhances collective capabilities to respond to a wide range of potential security concerns. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Eric Summers Jr.)
Air Force

Air Force backtracks on approved retirement for some trans troops, sparking ‘confusion’ and ‘betrayal’

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 12, 2025

National Guard troops carry riot shields with "California National Guard" on them.
National Guard

Several thousand US troops deployed to LA. Now a judge will decide if it was legal.

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 11, 2025

Members of the DC National Guard are deployed outside of the US Capitol in Washington DC on January 6, 2021. - Trump supporters remain outside, defying a 6.00 pm (2300 GMT) curfew imposed across the city by Mayor Muriel Bowser. Donald Trump's supporters stormed a session of Congress held today, January 6, to certify Joe Biden's election win, triggering unprecedented chaos and violence at the heart of American democracy and accusations the president was attempting a coup. (Photo by Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
United States

Trump orders National Guard to deploy to Washington, DC

By Nicholas Slayton, Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 11, 2025

USS George Washington (CVN-73), HMS Prince of Wales (R09), JS Kaga (DDH-184), and an American amphibious assault ship sail together in the North Philippine Sea, with several aircraft overhead.
Indo-Pacific

3 aircraft carriers and ships, fighters from 6 navies train in the Pacific

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 10, 2025

A Z-137 crop duster plane with two missiles under its wings flies over the skies of Ukraine.
Ukraine

A missile-armed crop duster is the latest anti-drone weapon in Ukraine

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 10, 2025

A United States Air Force Boeing C-17 used for deportation flights is pictured at Biggs Army Airfield in Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas on February 13, 2025. Trump has been unhappy with the number of arrests so far and has directed federal immigration officials to meet higher detention quotas, the Washington Post reported. It said he was ordering ICE to raise the arrest numbers from a few hundred a day to at least 1,200 to 1,500, citing people with knowledge of internal briefings. (Photo by Justin Hamel / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN HAMEL/AFP via Getty Images)
Army

Migrant detention center set to open at Fort Bliss

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 9, 2025

Capt. Jim Lovell, NASA astronaut.
News

Jim Lovell, Apollo 13 astronaut who helped avert disaster, has died

By Nicholas Slayton

Updated on Aug 9, 2025

MIAMI, FLORIDA - JULY 14: A Tesla Cybertruck passes the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. U.S. Courthouse as jury selection began in connection with allegations regarding the safety of Tesla’s autopilot system on July 14, 2025 in Miami, Florida. The federal case follows a fatal crash in 2019 of a Tesla on autopilot that crashed into a parked car in Key Largo, Florida. The collision led to the death of 22-year-old Naibel Benavides Leon and the serious injury of her boyfriend, Dillon Angulo. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Air Force

The Air Force wants to use Cybertrucks for target practice

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 8, 2025

DEIR EZ-ZOR, SYRIA - AUGUST 13: Military vehicles that the US military sent as a reinforcement, convoy to the bases controlled by PKK/YPG (PKK listed as a terrorist organization by Turkiye, the U.S. and the EU and YPG which Turkiye consider as the extension of PKK in Syria) in Deir ez-Zor province in Syria, on August 13, 2023. (Photo by Omer Al Diri/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Middle East

US leaves Syrian base where American troops fought Wagner mercenaries

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 4, 2025

U.S. Army Capt. Walton Brown (left), chaplain with 1st Battalion, 64th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, in support of Task Force Iron, marches alongside NATO Multinational Battle Group Poland soldiers during a Memorial Day ruck march at Bemowo Piskie Training Area, Poland, May 26, 2025. U.S. soldiers joined service members from Romania, the United Kingdom, and Croatia to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving in their countries’ armed forces. Task Force Iron’s mission is to engage in multinational training and exercises across the continent to increase lethality while strengthening partnerships with NATO allies and regional security partners. The task force provides combat-credible forces to V Corps, America’s only forward-deployed corps in Europe.
Army

Army launches its own ‘Spiritual Fitness Guide’ 

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 4, 2025

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Maxwell Carson, 49th Security Forces Squadron response force member, fires an M18 pistol during the Special Reactions Team tryout competition at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, May 22, 2025. The timed shooting portion of the tryout adds stress while requiring strict accuracy standards. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Elijah Strickland)
Air Force

Air Force enacts service-wide inspections of M18 pistols

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 3, 2025

Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Launch/ Recovery Equipment) Airman Jose Antonio Rivera Lynch IV
Navy

Navy identifies USS George Washington sailor lost at sea

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 2, 2025

An Air Force A-10 Warthog heads to the 309 Aircraft Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.
Air Force

Air Force security kills driver who attempted to breach base

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 2, 2025

A flight of F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft sit for a weapons check prior to takeoff at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, July 28, 2025. As part of the Super Squadron Test Phase II, pilots and F-16s will be temporarily relocated to Osan Air Base aiming to consolidate air power and increase combat capability on the Korean Peninsula. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Landon Gunsauls)
Air Force

Air Force creates a second ‘super squadron’ in South Korea

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 2, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 24: Admiral Daryl Caudle, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Chief of Naval Operations, testifies during his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on July 24, 2025 in Washington, DC. If confirmed, Caudle will be taking over for Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the first female to serve in that position, after President Trump abruptly fired her as part of a series of high level staff changes at the Department of Defense personnel. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Navy

Submariner confirmed as new chief of naval operations

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 2, 2025

The nose of a space plane.
Space Force

Space Force’s secretive X-37B space plane is heading back to orbit

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 28, 2025

A THAAD rocket battery fires, with one munition launching from the system in a plume of fire into the sky.
Iran

The US used nearly a quarter of its most advanced missile interceptors against Iran

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 28, 2025

American musician Tom Lehrer cutting a cake in the shape of a woman's hand while backstage at the Palace Theatre, London, May 13th 1959. (Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Entertainment

Comedian, soldier, and NSA mathematician Tom Lehrer dies at 97

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 27, 2025

Cadet Neil Edara died on July 24 while doing land navigation training at Fort Knox.
Army

Army cadet dies during training at Fort Knox

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 27, 2025

Marine with folded flag
Veterans

Marine veteran’s body was hidden in a closet for eight months

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 26, 2025

DAABDAMALE, PUNTLAND, SOMALIA - JANUARY 25: Soldiers with the Puntland Defense Forces walk back from a cave where Islamic State fighters lived until recently being flushed out on the frontline near Daabdamale, Puntland, Somalia on January 25, 2025. Islamic State in Somalia recruits foreign fighters and brings them into Somalia to try to gain ground in what is becoming a key nerve center for the Islamic State. (Photo by Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Africa

US forces capture ISIS finance chief in Somalia

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 26, 2025

BJ Blaskowicz in Wolfenstein.
Entertainment

World War II horror will come to life in new ‘Wolfenstein’ show

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 26, 2025

U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, attached to Task Force 51, guard a federal area in Los Angeles, July 4, 2025. U.S. Northern Command is supporting federal agencies by providing military forces to protect federal functions, personnel, and property in the greater Los Angeles area. On June 7, the Secretary of Defense directed USNORTHCOM to establish Task Force 51 to oversee Title 10 forces supporting this mission. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jaye Townsend)
Marine Corps

The Marines are ending their Los Angeles mission

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 21, 2025

A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress flies over Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, during Prairie Vigilance 25-1, April 11, 2025. Bomber generation exercises enhance the readiness and training necessary to deter or respond to any contingency or challenge across the globe. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kendra A. Ransum)
Air Force

Air Force B-52 forced passenger plane to make ‘aggressive maneuver’ to avoid collision

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 21, 2025

Comic book art depicting a panel from the book on Clint Romesha, Medal of Honor recipient. In it he is in combat gear holding his rifle.
Entertainment

Medal of Honor recipient Clint Romesha gets new comic book highlighting his actions in Afghanistan

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 20, 2025

Kyle Christopher Benton, in camouflage, holds a rifle while wearing a skull mask.
Army

Army veteran who gave tactical training to Neo Nazis gets two years in prison

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 19, 2025

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, NEW JERSEY - DECEMBER 02: Afghan refugees walk outside a temporary housing facility in Liberty Village on December 2, 2021 in Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. (Photo by Barbara Davidson-Pool/Getty Images)
United States

Two military bases set to house detained migrants

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 18, 2025

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 185th Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team under Title 10 authority and U.S. Marines assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines,1st Marine Division, provide protection to federal functions, property, and law enforcement personnel in Los Angeles, June 14, 2025. U.S. Northern Command is supporting federal agencies by providing military forces to protect federal functions, personnel, and property in the greater Los Angeles area. On June 7, the Secretary of Defense directed USNORTHCOM to establish Task Force 51 to oversee Title 10 forces supporting this mission. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Chase Murray)
National Guard

Pentagon releases 2,000 National Guard troops from federal mission in LA

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 16, 2025