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Posted on Feb 22, 2025

An X-37B onboard camera, used to ensure the health and safety of the vehicle, captures an image of Earth while conducting experiments in a highly elliptical orbit in 2024. As part of the X-37B's seventh mission, the vehicle executed a series of first-of-its-kind maneuvers, called aerobraking, to safely change its orbit using minimal fuel. (U.S. Space Force Courtesy Photo)

US military releases first photo from orbit from its mysterious space plane

Posted on Feb 21, 2025

Middle East

US strike kills a senior official of an al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria

Posted on Feb 17, 2025

Two men in superhero suits, including Sam Wilson's Captain America, run on the deck of a battleship.

‘Captain America: Brave New World’ has the most confusing dogfight in Marvel history

Posted on Feb 16, 2025

Aircraft fly ahead of several aircraft carriers and other ships in a deep blue sea.

Navy

This is what it looks like when you have 3 aircraft carriers from 3 countries at sea

Posted on Feb 15, 2025

Coast Guard hit with data breach, impacting pay for more than 1,100 members

Posted on Feb 15, 2025

History

The Cold War nuclear test that turned the sky crimson

Posted on Feb 10, 2025

Composite of two football players. One in a Kansas City Chiefs uniform, the other in a Philadelphia eagles uniform.

Culture

Two West Point graduates are facing off in the Super Bowl

Posted on Feb 9, 2025

Marine Corps

Marine killed in Philippines plane crash identified

Posted on Feb 9, 2025

A side-by-side composite of two mugshots. On the left is a woman on the right is a bearded man.

Army

Two charged in murder case of 101st Airborne soldier

Posted on Feb 8, 2025

Elementary school students sit around multiple tables in a classroom.

News

Department of Defense tells its schools ‘do not use’ certain lessons

Posted on Feb 8, 2025

News

Flooding damages multiple buildings at Walter Reed

Posted on Feb 2, 2025

A fighter jet takes off down the runway of an aircraft carrier.

Africa

US carries out multiple airstrikes on ISIS in Somalia

Posted on Feb 2, 2025

Two soldiers in a composite image. On the left a man smiles in uniform. On the right a woman stands with a camouflage uniform and hat.

Army

3rd Infantry Division identifies two soldiers killed in training accident

Posted on Feb 1, 2025

News

Pentagon cancels Black History Month hours before it starts

Posted on Feb 1, 2025

Men in dark lacrosse gear celebrate on the field, a packed crowd in the stands behind them.

News

Navy SEAL whose workout hospitalized Tufts University students lacked expertise, report says

Posted on Feb 1, 2025

Army

No survivors expected after Army Black Hawk helicopter and passenger plane collide in DC

By Nicholas Slayton, Jeff Schogol

Updated on Jan 30, 2025

Coast Guard

Coast Guard flying migrants to California and Texas for deportation

Posted on Jan 27, 2025

Five men stand listening to their instructor who is pointing at a plane.

Boot camp recruits will learn about Tuskegee Airmen, Air Force insists

Posted on Jan 26, 2025

Two sailors stand in front of a computer screen mapping out potential scenarios.

Navy

New Navy video imagines high-tech warfare in 2043

Posted on Jan 26, 2025

Air Force cuts Tuskegee Airmen, WASP history class from boot camp on Trump order

Posted on Jan 25, 2025

Soldiers in uniform and camouflage consult documents while in the field.

Army

101st Airborne, other Army units deploying to Europe, Middle East and South Korea

Posted on Jan 25, 2025

Pete Hegseth in a blue suit raises a finger next to his microphone.

News

Pete Hegseth confirmed as Secretary of Defense after Vance casts tiebreaking vote

Posted on Jan 25, 2025

A circular patch with the U.S. Capitol in the background. A minuteman soldier stands on the foreground.

National Guard

National Guard troops issued special identification patch for Presidential inauguration

Posted on Jan 19, 2025

The USS Indianapolis at sea with two smaller boats in front of it.

Navy

The Navy is upgrading littoral combat ships to fight drones

Posted on Jan 18, 2025

A commanding officer stands over another's shoulder, pointing at a screen.

Space Force officer who was relieved of command tapped for senior Air Force role

Posted on Jan 18, 2025

The score for the "28 Years Later" trailer is a poem that's played during SERE training.

‘28 Years Later’ uses the same creepy poem the military uses to scare SERE students

By Nicholas Slayton, Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 13, 2025

Navy

Navy names three new ships, one after Silver Star recipient

Posted on Jan 13, 2025

An airman with the 802nd Security Forces Squadron stands outside a gate to Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas in June, 2024. (photo by Brian Boisvert/U.S. Air Force)

Active Duty

Military bases reinstate Trust Traveler program following pause

Posted on Jan 12, 2025

Soldiers in uniform alongside sheriff's deputies stand at a checkpoint with a "road closed" sign.

National Guard

More California National Guard troops sent to help fight Los Angeles fires

Posted on Jan 11, 2025

A soldier jumps out of a Humvee in a desert location.

Army

Three Humvees stolen at Army Reserve Center in Tustin

Posted on Jan 11, 2025

VA extends education benefits by a year for more than a million veterans

Posted on Jan 5, 2025

Army

Army CID offers $10,000 reward for stolen HMMWV doors that no one likes

By Joshua Skovlund, Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jan 4, 2025

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Alec Blackmon with the 802nd Security Forces Squadron stands outside a gate at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in June 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo by Brian Boisvert)

News

Security tightened at military bases following New Orleans, Las Vegas attacks

Posted on Jan 4, 2025

History

The Army once hoped jetpacks could give soldiers the edge in combat

Posted on Jan 1, 2025

A F/A-18 fighter jet takes off from the deck of an aircraft carrier, smoke and steam trailing behind it.

Navy

US Navy carries out strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen

Posted on Dec 31, 2024

National Guard

National Guard soldier dies in Iraq in ‘non-combat’ incident

Posted on Dec 30, 2024

Black and white photo showing several American soldiers in the snow, a church behind them.

World War I

When Americans spent Christmas and New Year’s freezing in Russia

Posted on Dec 30, 2024

President Jimmy Carter, in a dark suit, with an American flag behind him

News

President Jimmy Carter, Navy veteran and humanitarian, dies at 100

Posted on Dec 29, 2024

William Anders' "Earthrise." (photo courtesy NASA)

History

The Air Force once proposed bombing Earth from the Moon

Posted on Dec 29, 2024

Members of the 8th Maintenance Squadron at Kunsan Air Base in South Korea work on an F-16 during an exercise in 2013. ((U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Fowler)

Air Force expands the number of skilled jobs up for retention bonuses

Posted on Dec 28, 2024

An older man shakes hands with a man in military uniform.

World War II

Pearl Harbor survivor and last living crewmember of the USS Utah dies at 105

Posted on Dec 27, 2024

Rear Admiral. Joseph Buzzella (right) pins the Distinguished Flying Cross Medal on Lt. Cmdr. Jacob Conrad during an award ceremony at Air Station San Francisco on Dec. 12, 2024. During the ceremony, Lt. Cmdr. Jacob Conrad was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross Medal for his actions during a search and rescue case on Dec. 30, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Hunter Schnabel)

Coast Guard

Coast Guard pilot receives top flying honor for helicopter rescue

Posted on Dec 27, 2024

Army

Special Forces soldier dies in non-combat incident at Eglin range

Posted on Dec 26, 2024

Coast Guard

The Coast Guard is building up its Arctic fleet

Posted on Dec 26, 2024

A man in military uniform with a face mask installs a white square Internet router in the ceiling of a barracks.

Resources

Congress authorizes free Wi-Fi for troops in barracks

Posted on Dec 22, 2024

A F/A-18F moves down the runway of an aircraft carrier.

Navy

Navy shoots down its own F/A-18 in Red Sea fight

Posted on Dec 22, 2024

a man in uniform sits in a long hallway, head in his hands

Veterans

Veteran suicides stayed at same level in 2022, despite efforts to reduce deaths

Posted on Dec 21, 2024

A satellite jammer sits atop a shipping container.

Tactics

Space Force to deploy new jammers to yell at enemy satellites

Posted on Dec 21, 2024

Soldiers in a street fire their weapons, the center soldier's muzzle flash filling the view.

First ‘Warfare’ trailer paints a harrowing picture of Iraq War combat

Posted on Dec 16, 2024

An F/A-18F Super Hornet takes off at night, with a bright exhaust.

Middle East

Carrier Air Wing 9 flew hundreds of combat sorties while fighting Houthis

Posted on Dec 16, 2024

World War II

Soldiers, reenactors, mark 80 years since the Battle of the Bulge

Posted on Dec 15, 2024

Seven C-130 aircraft are lined up along a runway.

Indo-Pacific

C-130s from around the world gather for an ‘elephant walk’

Posted on Dec 15, 2024

Army

82nd Airborne soldier who deserted for 16 years pleads guilty

Posted on Dec 14, 2024

US warplanes strike 75 ISIS targets in Syria: ‘We saw the opportunity and we took it’

By Nicholas Slayton, Jeff Schogol

Updated on Dec 9, 2024

Middle East

US to ‘remain vigilant,’ support stability after fall of Assad in Syria

Posted on Dec 8, 2024

A service member thumbs through a stack of cash.

Junior enlisted troops set to receive major pay increase in 2025

Posted on Dec 8, 2024

Men stand on the damaged wreck of a warship.

World War II

Sailor killed at Pearl Harbor identified, laid to rest

Posted on Dec 7, 2024

Army

82nd Airborne soldier turns himself in at Canadian border for desertion

Posted on Dec 7, 2024

Hawthorne Gray suiting up for a balloon flight, a crew helping him get into his gear.

History

Before the space race, the US military raced balloons to the stratosphere

Posted on Dec 2, 2024

Veterans

A judge ordered the VA to build thousands of new veterans housing units in Los Angeles. An appeals court halted it

Posted on Dec 1, 2024

A Naval Strike Missile fires from a NMESIS system.

Marine Corps

Marines deploy NMESIS anti-ship system to the Pacific

Posted on Nov 30, 2024

The cover of DC Showcase: Sgt. Rock, showing the titular character and other American GIs fighting Nazi tanks.

Comics’ quintessential soldier, Sgt. Rock, is heading to the big screen