More from Nicholas Slayton (Page 4)

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

Exposed, damaged pipes at the Palau Hall barracks at Andersen Air force Base
Housing

Damaged, moldy barracks in Guam are getting a $297 million makeover

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 15, 2025

Airmen from the 109th Electromagnetic Warfare Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard, tune a receiver at the start of Resolute Space 2025 on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, July 8, 2025. Nested under the 2025 Department of the Air Force exercise series, Resolute Space 2025 demonstrates the Space Force’s preparedness for complex, large-scale military operations by exercising our ability to operate in a contested, dynamic environment against high-end threats on short notice across the service and with joint and international partners. (U.S. Space Force photo by Lt. Col. Victoria Hight)
Space Force

Space Force is training for ‘orbital warfare’ in its largest exercise yet

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 14, 2025

A man fishes in front of the Russian Navy Kuznetsov class aircraft carrier moored off the coast of the town of Limassol, in the Meditteranean island of Cyprus on February 27, 2014. AFP PHOTO / YIANNIS KOURTOGLOU (Photo credit should read Yiannis Kourtoglou/AFP via Getty Images)
Europe

Russia might finally be done with its perpetually broken aircraft carrier

By Nicholas Slayton

Updated on Jul 13, 2025

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem awards Petty Officer 3rd Class Scott Ruskan, aviation survival technician, with the Coast Guard Distinguished Flying Cross Medal, July 11, 2025, in Kerrville Texas. Ruskan earned the award for his extraordinary heroism and rescue of over 165 people in the wake of the devastating flash flooding near Kerrville. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Brandon Hillard)
Coast Guard

Coast Guard rescue crew awarded Distinguish Flying Crosses, Air Medals for actions in Texas

By Nicholas Slayton, Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 13, 2025

Underwater footage showing the anchor from the sunken bow of the USS New Orleans
World War II

Missing bow of World War II cruiser found after 83 years

By Nicholas Slayton

Updated on Jul 12, 2025

Air Force officers inspect the Modernized Enterprise Terminal at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar in January 2016.
Iran

More damage sustained than previously revealed in Iran missile attack on Qatar base

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 11, 2025

U.S. Army Spc. Christian Giraldo rides a horse during a demonstration at Fort Hood.
Army

The Army has realized that horses are no longer good for ‘warfighting’

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 8, 2025

An 8th Air Force B-17 bomber flies over a bombed target in 1943.
World War II

The Army Air Forces tried to use remote-controlled bombers as attack drones in World War II

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 7, 2025

Pentagon sets up interservice counter-drone task force
Drones

Pentagon sets up interservice counter-drone task force

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 6, 2025

Army combat patch
Army

Army authorizes combat patches for soldiers in parts of Africa, the Middle East

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 5, 2025

190714-N-TI693-0097 BLACK SEA (July 14, 2019) - Operations Specialist Seaman Raymond Zumba, from New York, stands watch as aft lookout during a straits transit en route to the Mediterranean Sea, July 14, 2019. Carney, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is on its sixth patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of regional allies and partners as well as U.S. national security interests in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Fred Gray IV/Released)
Navy

Navy sailor pleads guilty to paying bribe for fraudulent military IDs

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 4, 2025

U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One and Marine Wing Support Squadron 272 discuss fueling during a Forward Arming and Refueling Point exercise as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 1-25 at Auxiliary Airfield Six, near Gila Bend Airfield, Arizona, Oct. 18, 2024. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by MAWTS-1 which emphasizes operational integration of the six functions of Marine aviation in support of the Marine Air Ground Task Force, Joint and Coalition Forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Maurion Moore)
Marine Corps

Nearly 200 Marines deploy to Florida to support ICE operations

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 4, 2025

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, attached to Task Force 51, rehearse non-lethal tactics in Los Angeles, June 11, 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

New Marines arrive in Los Angeles as first wave heads home

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 1, 2025

Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps Carlos Ruiz
Mandatory Fun

Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps learns an old lesson: Don’t mess with Audie Murphy

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 1, 2025

An Air Force security officer holds a caged Richardson Ground Squirrel during a previous infestation in 2019 at Minot Air Force Base.
Air Force

Minot Air Force Base is overrun by squirrels

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 30, 2025

A T-6A Texan II taxis on the runway at Sheppard Air Force Base in 2019.
Air Force

Tangled straps likely caused Air Force instructor pilot’s death, report finds

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 29, 2025

California National Guard firefighters work on a burned part of Palisades, California on Jan. 20, 2025.
National Guard

California National Guard firefighting crews understaffed due to LA deployment

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 29, 2025

A Soldier assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade uses a single-blade razor to shave his face during a shaving clinic May 22 at the brigade's organizational classroom.
Military Life

Medical shaving waivers could soon get you kicked out of the Army

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 28, 2025

Soldiers from the 143rd Military Police Company, 49th Military Police Brigade, California National Guard, serving under Title 10 status, establish a security perimeter in Mecca, Calif., June 18, 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

Guardsmen sent to LA are 130 miles east of the city doing drug busts

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 24, 2025

U.S. Air Force Capt. Trevor Williams, 912th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron pilot, reviews maintenance records with Airman 1st Class Zander Rafter, 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (EAMXS) crew chief, and Elijah Wade, 379th EAMXS aircraft electrical and environmental systems specialist, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, June 19, 2023. The KC-135 Stratotanker provides an aerial refueling capability in support of joint and coalition aircraft throughout the USCENTCOM area of responsibility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jacob Cabanero)
Iran

Iran launches missile attack at US military base in Qatar

By Nicholas Slayton, Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jun 23, 2025

A black and white image showing American landing craft reaching the beaches of Okinawa in 1945.
World War II

US, Japan mark 80 years since the end of the Battle of Okinawa

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 23, 2025

Satellite imagery showing the aftermath of US strikes on the Fordow nuclear enrichment site in Iran on June 22, 2025.
Air Force

Operation Midnight Hammer damaged, but may not have destroyed Iran’s nuclear sites

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 22, 2025

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 110th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron conduct hot pit refueling on a B-2 Spirit stealth bomber during a Bomber Task Force mission at Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory, Aug. 21, 2024. Bomber missions enhance the U.S. Air Force’s readiness to respond to any potential crisis or challenge in the Indo-Pacific through joint and multilateral operations. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Whitney Erhart)
News

US bombs Iranian nuclear facilities

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 22, 2025

A sign for Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
Army

Former Army soldier pleads guilty to attempting to share military secrets

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 21, 2025

Five U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcons assigned to the 79th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron taxi within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, May 29, 2025. U.S. and Coalition forces are postured to rapidly establish credible, combat-ready forces within the AOR to deter adversary threats of aggression and, if necessary, respond with effective and overwhelming force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kevin Dunkleberger)
Iran

2 aircraft carriers, 9 destroyers, and multiple fighter wings gather in the Middle East

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 20, 2025

Private Fitz Lee, in a suit and hat, poses with his Medal of Honor.
Historical Figures

An Army base will now honor a Buffalo Soldier

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 19, 2025

A sailor hammers away at floor planks in a trench in Latvia.
Marine Corps

Marines and sailors are building trenches for the drone age

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 17, 2025

The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer the USS Thomas Hudner taking part in the Formidable Shield exercise in May 2025.
Navy

Navy destroyer, air defense systems help intercept Iranian missiles

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 15, 2025

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Dustin K. Wright stands in front of an American flag.
Army

Army identifies 101st Airborne soldier killed in training accident

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 14, 2025

Army soldiers with 3rd Infantry Regiment dressed in Revolutionary War uniforms march as part of the Army Birthday Twilight Tattoo at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Virginia on June 11, 2025.
History

The US Army turns 250

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 14, 2025

Army veteran Marcos Leao kneels while being detained by Marines at the Wilshire federal building on June 13, 2025.
Marine Corps

Marines detain civilian in Los Angeles, in first such case

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 14, 2025

Lt. Col. Brian Seymour stands next to an Air Force plane at the change of command ceremony for the 71st Student Squadron on May 16, 2025.
Air Force

Air Force relieves commander of pilot training squadron

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 13, 2025

Men in uniform stand in the background as the new commander of the 111st Electromagnetic Warfare Company accepts the guidon.
National Guard

National Guard activates first-of-its-kind electromagnetic warfare company

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 10, 2025

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

Trump federalizes 2,000 more National Guard troops for Los Angeles mission

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 10, 2025

Col. Bree Fram pins a medal on a Space Force Guardian.
Military Life

US military’s highest ranking transgender officer says separation process is broken

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 9, 2025

An orange sticker with a warning about explosives.
Air Force

Munitions depot explosion at Kadena Air Base leaves four injured

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 9, 2025

National Guard troops carry riot shields next to police firing less than lethal weapons.
National Guard

US Northern Command sets up task force for Los Angeles mission

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 9, 2025

A rocket launches from the top of a submarine, spewing a huge plume of smoke, in a black and white picture.
History

When the US Navy tried to send mail using a missile

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 8, 2025

Several National Guard soldiers stand in front of trucks and humvees in Downtown Los Angeles in a loading dock.
National Guard

Trump orders 2,000 National Guardsmen to LA amid ICE protests

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 8, 2025

Sgt. Aaron Cox with the 101st Airborne stands in full dress uniform.
Army

101st Airborne soldier dies in training accident in Hungary

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 7, 2025

Concept art of two sleek, futuristic uncrewed Collaborative Combat Aircraft flying in the clouds.
Air Force

Air Force sets up new Experimental Operations Unit for Collaborative Combat Aircraft

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 7, 2025

Vets hope thousands will rally against VA cuts in nationwide protests
Jobs

Vets hope thousands will rally against VA cuts in nationwide protests

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 5, 2025

Three soldiers hold a green and yellow flag on an airfield.
Army

Army shuts down its sole active-duty information operations command

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 2, 2025

The superstructure of the aircraft carrier the USS Harry S. Truman, with a combat action ribbon banner.
Navy

USS Harry S. Truman returns home after six months of fighting Houthis

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 2, 2025

A F/A-18F flies above a desert environment.
Africa

US airstrikes surge in Somalia, surpassing 2024 numbers

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on May 31, 2025

Several Coast Guard crewmembers in face masks move wrapped bundles of drugs.
Coast Guard

Coast Guard intercepts $211.3 million in cocaine

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on May 31, 2025

U.S. Army E3 Terminal High Altitude Area Defense soldiers and deployed Bomber Task Force U.S. Airmen, pose for a photo in front of a THAAD anti-ballistic missile defense system during a U.S. Army led tour on North West Field at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, May 12, 2021. The THAAD mission is to protect the homeland, deployed military forces, friends, and allies from short, medium, and intermediate range ballistic missiles. The BTF was deployed to the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility to meet Pacific Air Forces training objectives. PACAF in coordination with other components, allies, and partners, provides USINDOPACOM with continuous unrivaled air, space, and cyberspace capabilities to ensure regional stability and security. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Louis Vega Jr.)
Indo-Pacific

Report: No clear strategy for maintaining Guam missile defense

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on May 25, 2025

A howitzer sits on the foreground while a mushroom cloud detonates in the background.
History

When the Army tried out nuclear artillery

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on May 25, 2025

A reconstructed image of a submarine against the dark of the ocean floor.
World War I

Expedition captures the first ever images of the wreck of a World War I submarine

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on May 24, 2025

Rambo
Entertainment

Nothing is over! They’re making a ‘Rambo’ origin movie

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on May 18, 2025

M1 Abrams
Army

The Army takes steps so its 250th birthday parade won’t destroy DC streets

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on May 17, 2025