More from Nicholas Slayton (Page 6)

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

A tiltrotor aircraft flies across the plains.
Army

101st Airborne tapped as first unit to get new Black Hawk replacement

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on May 17, 2025

A soldier wearing goggles inspects a drone at a work station.
Army

173rd Airborne builds its own FPV drone lab to get around procurement wait

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on May 12, 2025

A Dutch Shepherd dog, wearing a military camouflage vest and a red beret, walks on a leash.
Military Life

The military’s only search and rescue dog has retired

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on May 11, 2025

Judge David O. Carter inspects the West L.A. VA campus on Aug. 21, 2024, while overseeing a lawsuit against the VA brought by veterans. (Getty Photo via Los Angeles Times by Brian van der Brug)
News

Trump orders West Los Angeles VA campus to house thousands of veterans

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on May 10, 2025

A black and white photo showing U.S. soldiers crouched low while a Sherman tank advances up a country road.
World War II

When Americans, Germans and POWs fought the SS from the walls of a castle

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on May 5, 2025

A helicopter carries a bucket over a desert terrain.
Army

US Army soldier found dead in Honduras

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on May 5, 2025

Soldiers in uniform carrying rifles move out of a building. One jumps out of a window in the back while one holds a rifle facing the camera.
Army

Hegseth orders consolidation and transformation of the Army

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on May 3, 2025

Uniformed police and Drug Enforcement Agency agents stand outside a nightclub.
News

Fort Carson staff sergeant charged in drug trafficking sting

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on May 3, 2025

A group of people in camouflage uniforms, holding rifles, march down the side of a paved road.
Army

Army trainee dies during basic combat training at Fort Jackson

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Apr 28, 2025

A F/A-18 Super Hornet flies in the night sky, with several stars visible behind it.
Middle East

US forces have hit more than 800 targets in Yemen since March

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Apr 27, 2025

A gate that reads "U.S. Naval Air Station, Key West, Florida"
Coast Guard

Spouse of active-duty Coast Guard service member detained by immigration agents on base

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Apr 27, 2025

A sweating man in a bulky black and green bomb protection suit runs on a track.
Mandatory Fun

Army captain sets Guinness World Record for bomb suit run

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Apr 26, 2025

A sailor with binoculars looks out at the sea from the deck of the USS Nimitz, a large machine gun next to him.
Navy

Navy identifies sailor who went missing in Guam

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Apr 26, 2025

Army Col. Sheyla Baez Ramirez suspended
Army

Fort McCoy garrison commander’s suspension ‘not related to misconduct’

By Jeff Schogol, Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Apr 21, 2025

A black and white photo showing several U.S. Army tanks moving through the rubble of a bombed out German city.
World War II

80 years ago, American soldiers captured the center of Nazi Germany

By Nicholas Slayton

Updated on Apr 20, 2025

A soldier looks on as troops march into a CH-47 Chinook in a desert plain.
Middle East

US military to pull more than 1,000 troops out of Syria

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Apr 19, 2025

Navy SEALs move out of a courtyard in the movie 'Warfare,' aiming guns high to cover all points of contact as they move out of a courtyard through a gate.
Entertainment

How the memory of a single Iraq War battle led to ‘Warfare’

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Apr 16, 2025

Two men in combat gear, each holding rifles, hug each other as the cross a finish line.
Army

75th Ranger Regiment wins 2025 Best Ranger Competition

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Apr 14, 2025

A sailor in a mustache stands with several mustaches
Navy

Navy submariner honored with highest non-combat award for saving people from a burning building

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Apr 13, 2025

A black and white headshot of a man in an Army uniform smiling.
World War II

Oldest Pearl Harbor survivor dies at 106

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Apr 12, 2025

PITUFFIK, GREENLAND - MARCH 28: US Vice President JD Vance (2nd-R) and second lady Usha Vance (2nd-L) tour the US military's Pituffik Space Base on March 28, 2025 in Pituffik, Greenland. The visit is viewed by Copenhagen and Nuuk as a provocation amid President Donald Trump's bid to annex the strategically-placed, resource-rich Danish territory. (Photo by Jim Watson - Pool/Getty Images)
Space Force

Space Force commander fired in Greenland for email critical of JD Vance

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Apr 11, 2025

Sailors stand on top of a submarine as it sits in port.
Navy

Navy commissions its newest submarine, the USS Iowa

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Apr 6, 2025

A rat on a leash runs across the ground, a red sign with a skull and crossbones behind him.
Tactics

Hero rat sets Guinness World Record for detecting landmines

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Apr 5, 2025

An A-10 Thunderbolt II sits on a runway, mountains in the background.
Middle East

More A-10 Warthogs deploy to the Middle East

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Mar 30, 2025

A soldier in full dress uniform stands in front of the american flag
Army

Green Beret killed in Niger awarded Silver Star after new footage emerges

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Mar 29, 2025

Teams with a wagon in a black and white photo try to inflate a hot air balloon.
Aircraft

How the Union took to the skies in the Civil War

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Mar 24, 2025

Soldiers in vintage uniforms sail on a World War II-era amphibious boat.
World War II

Soldiers sail across the Rhine to mark 80th anniversary of the invasion of Germany

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Mar 23, 2025

Fighter jets fly past the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson on the open water.
Navy

Pentagon orders second Navy carrier group to the Middle East

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Mar 22, 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

The USS Gettysburg, a a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser and part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group, fires Tomahawk cruise missiles at Yemen on March 15, 2025.
Air Force

Air Force shoots down Houthi drones launched at Navy carrier strike group

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Mar 16, 2025

A painting showing a space plane, cargo bay open, flying to capture a satellite.
Space Force

It’s official: Space Force wants laser weapons. 

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Mar 16, 2025

A F/A-18 takes off from a aircraft carrier at night.
Middle East

US carries out first airstrikes on Yemen in months

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Mar 15, 2025

Black and white aerial image of a burning car.
Iraq

US forces kill ISIS’s second in command in Iraq strike

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Mar 15, 2025

A black and white photo of U.S. troops walking towards a bridge.
World War II

80 years ago the Allies found their bridge across the Rhine

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Mar 9, 2025

The nose of a space plane.
Space Force

Space Force’s secretive space plane lands after 434 days in orbit

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Mar 8, 2025

An airman at a podium speaks in the background, a crowd of seated airman watching.
Military Life

Transgender troops say Pentagon is causing chaos with sudden policy reversal

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Mar 3, 2025

Two helicopters sit on the deck of an aircraft carrier, mountains in the background.
Navy

Navy carrier group visits South Korea after the North tests new missiles

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Mar 2, 2025

Black and white aerial footage showing a car driving down a road, explosions behind it.
Middle East

US strike kills military leader of Hurras al-Din in Syria

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Mar 1, 2025

Two soldiers face away from the camera, overlooking a foggy ground with barbed wire in the background.
Army

Stryker Brigade Combat Team, additional troops, ordered to southern border

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Mar 1, 2025