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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)

Benefits & Pay

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.

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.

Entertainment

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.

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

Posted on Dec 16, 2024

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

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.

Benefits & Pay

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.

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.

Entertainment

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

Posted on Nov 25, 2024

A soldier in a mask and goggles holds an M17 pistol with both hands.

Army

Army puts up $15,000 reward to help find 31 pistols and optics stolen from Fort Moore

Posted on Nov 24, 2024

Ben Mendelsohn as Director Krennic in 'Rogue One.'

Entertainment

‘Andor’ shows even the Empire has the Pentagon’s acquisition model

Posted on Nov 24, 2024

Troops jump from an airplane, parachutes streaming behind them.

News

Watchdog finds high rate of serious accidents, lack of oversight, in special operations training

Posted on Nov 23, 2024

The USS Edsall floating on the water off of California.

World War II destroyer USS Edsall found after 82 years

Posted on Nov 17, 2024

The littoral combat ship USS Nantucket sails on the water, the sun setting behind it.

Navy

US Navy commissions latest littoral combat ship, the USS Nantucket

Posted on Nov 17, 2024

News

Pentagon fails seventh audit in a row

Posted on Nov 16, 2024

A man in uniform stands behind a four-legged robot.

Drones

That’s CHAPPIE: Why the Space Force has a nuclear material sniffing robot

Posted on Nov 12, 2024

Marines in dress uniforms carry a large birthday cake.

Marine Corps

Get some cake, Marine Corps, it’s your 249th birthday

Posted on Nov 10, 2024

History

The Air Force once almost nuked the Moon

Posted on Nov 10, 2024

The destroyer the USS John Basilone sails through the waters around New York, wit the Statue of Liberty behind it.

Navy

Navy destroyer commissioned in honor of legendary Marine John Basilone

Posted on Nov 9, 2024

2024 election cycle military ballots explainer

Analysis

Here’s what troops need to know about federal absentee ballots

By Jeff Schogol, Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Nov 4, 2024

National Guard

Washington state activates National Guard ahead of the presidential election

Posted on Nov 3, 2024

Navy

Navy pilot spotted with patch depicting Houthis as ‘Star Wars’ sand people

Posted on Nov 2, 2024

A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress, flies alongside a KC-10 Extender after receiving fuel on Jan. 6, 2021.

US sending destroyers, B-52 bombers to the Middle East

Posted on Nov 2, 2024

Concept art showing an L-shaped tubular base on the Moon mid-construction.

History

The Army once planned for an armed base on the Moon

Posted on Oct 28, 2024

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

US military scales back missile defense plans for Guam

Posted on Oct 27, 2024

Screenshot of the video game Command, showing a two-dimensional grid off of the Korean Peninsula and a ship on the western side of it.

Culture

The Air Force is letting troops play this wargame on its secure networks

Posted on Oct 27, 2024

Two men in dress uniform, both standing in front of American flags.

Coast Guard

Coast Guard temporarily relieves CO, senior enlisted leader for San Diego sector

Posted on Oct 26, 2024

How a parked F-16 suffered $30 million in damage

Posted on Oct 21, 2024

John Kinsel sits in a chair, wearing a red Navajo code talkers hat, next to someone wearing a wide brimmed hat.

John Kinsel Sr., one of the last Navajo code talkers, dies at 107

Posted on Oct 20, 2024

190401-N-HC646-0062 OAK HARBOR, Wash. (April 1, 2019) An EA-18G Growler assigned to the "Cougars" of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 139 takes off during a Field Carrier Landing Practice (FCLP) at an outlying landing field attached to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. FCLP is a required flight training exercise that simulates conditions encountered during carrier landing operations while on deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Marc Cuenca/Released)

Navy

Growler crew dead at crash site, Navy says

Posted on Oct 20, 2024

Two Naval officers in full dress uniform with white hats, in a composite image, each sitting in front of the American flag.

Navy

Navy relieves commanding, executive officers of Naval Repair Station Japan

Posted on Oct 20, 2024

Army

The Army’s watercraft fleet is slipping in readiness even as the need for it grows

Posted on Oct 19, 2024

B-2 bombers strike Iran-backed Houthi targets in Yemen

Posted on Oct 17, 2024

A F-22 fighter jet takes off a runway, air visibly disturbed by its speed.

News

Drones swarmed a military base for days. The Pentagon still doesn’t know why.

Posted on Oct 14, 2024

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

Pentagon to send anti-air battery, dozens of troops to Israel

Posted on Oct 13, 2024

Four people in skydiving gear, wearing Americna flag-patterned helmets, walk towards a plane to skydive.

Army

Army soldiers, veterans, help Team USA win gold at World Skydiving Championships

Posted on Oct 12, 2024

US forces bomb ‘multiple’ ISIS camps in Syria

Posted on Oct 12, 2024

Army

Army cav scout sentenced to 14 years for plot to help ISIS ambush troops

Posted on Oct 12, 2024

News

A military airlift could be needed for IV fluids after Helene, hospital group says

By Nicholas Slayton, Jeff Schogol

Posted on Oct 8, 2024

Tommy Vu lies on the ground at the bottom of burpee, chin on the ground, showing exhaustion and sweating.

National Guard

National Guard major sets burpee world record

Posted on Oct 7, 2024

Soldiers unload crates of water in front of a CH-47 Chinook. On the side of it the face of singer Lionel Richie is stenciled on.

Culture

Why Lionel Richie’s face is on the side of a Chinook in North Carolina

Posted on Oct 7, 2024

Soldiers walk along a damaged road, inspecting the barrier. The ground is marked to track their progress.

Army

82nd, 101st Airborne send troops to help in Helene recovery efforts

Posted on Oct 6, 2024

MacDill Air Force Base orders partial evacuation ahead of Milton storm

Posted on Oct 6, 2024

Navy

The Navy’s latest recruiting tool? A Reddit scavenger hunt