More from Nicholas Slayton (Page 7)

Posted on Oct 1, 2024

Singer Kris Kristofferson on stage in Berlin in 2019, smiling and holding his guitar.

Culture

Kris Kristofferson, country music legend, US Army veteran, dead at 88

Posted on Sep 30, 2024

Army

Irregular warfare is everywhere in this new Army video

Posted on Sep 29, 2024

US forces killed ISIS, Hurras al-Din commanders in Syria in two strikes

Posted on Sep 29, 2024

National Guard

National Guard working to rescue hundreds trapped by Hurricane Helene

Posted on Sep 28, 2024

A black and white photo of two U.S. Navy F-11 Tigers flying together.

History

That time a Navy fighter jet shot itself down

Posted on Sep 22, 2024

News

Nine college lacrosse players hospitalized after workout led by Navy SEAL graduate

Posted on Sep 22, 2024

Several paratroopers jump out of an Air Force C-130H over Arnhem, the Netherlands.

World War II

US troops, NATO allies jump over the Netherlands for 80th anniversary of Market Garden

Posted on Sep 21, 2024

Christian Beyer after being taken into custody in November 2023.

Army

Former Army soldier sentenced to 2 years in prison for threatening Fort Irwin

Posted on Sep 21, 2024

Army

Army Pvt. Travis King sentenced for desertion after fleeing to North Korea

By Jeff Schogol, Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 21, 2024

World War II

The US Army once used ‘battle sleds’ to ferry soldiers in World War II

Posted on Sep 16, 2024

A M109 Paladin on a trailer that is stuck on railroad tracks bucks from a direct hit from a freight train.

Artillery

A train plowed into a M109 Paladin in transport. The Paladin mostly survived

By Joshua Skovlund, Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 15, 2024

Colombian soldiers stand outside of a military base on the street following a bombing inside the base on June 15, 2021. (Getty photo via AFP by Schneyder Mendoza)

Americas

Two Colombian men sentenced for bomb plot to murder American soldiers

Posted on Sep 15, 2024

Army

Army sends troops, artillery to the Aleutian Islands as Russian planes again fly near Alaska

Posted on Sep 15, 2024

Iraq

Top ISIS commanders in Iraq killed in raid that left 7 Americans injured

Posted on Sep 14, 2024

The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt sails through the waters of the Middle East on Aug. 10, 2024. Fighter jets are visible on the deck of the ship. (U.S. Navy photo)

Navy

Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group leaves the Middle East, wraps up eight months at sea

Posted on Sep 14, 2024

Army

Army combat medic wins five silver medals at Paralympics

Posted on Sep 8, 2024

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

Two teens charged for shootings at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland

Posted on Sep 8, 2024

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

Homeless vets sued the VA and won. Now the government has to build thousands of homes.

Posted on Sep 7, 2024

National Guard

Alaska Pararescue team executes two jump missions in 24 hours amid 5 rescues

Posted on Sep 7, 2024

Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve troops conduct a joint patrol syria

American troops, Syrian Democratic Forces capture ISIS leader behind prison break

Posted on Sep 2, 2024

World War II

The Navy’s 1945 cookbook teaches how to feed hundreds of sailors

Posted on Sep 2, 2024

Army

Army lawyer places 25th at CrossFit Games

Posted on Sep 2, 2024

A missing persons flying for Bailey Cameron.

Camp Pendleton Marine missing for more than a week

Posted on Sep 1, 2024

Army veteran Jason Tabansky fires an arrow at the 2024 Paralympic Games.

News

Army veteran wins archery gold at the Paralympics

Posted on Sep 1, 2024

Russia

This new Russian military recruiting video is nuts

Posted on Aug 31, 2024

Third airman dies at Air Force base in five weeks

Posted on Aug 31, 2024

syria helicopter raid isis leader killed

7 US troops hurt in raid that killed 15 ISIS fighters

Posted on Aug 31, 2024

One of the Argus rockets sitting on the USS Norton Sound waiting to launch. (AEC/USDE, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Past Conflicts

The Navy once tried to create a nuclear death cloud

Posted on Aug 27, 2024

Astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore (left) and Sunni Williams aboard the International Space Station. (photo courtesy NASA)

News

NASA Starliner astronauts, both veterans, will stay in space into 2025

Posted on Aug 26, 2024

Marine veteran Nathan Thornsberry in several screenshots from Jan. 6, 2021 at the U.S. Capitol. (image courtesy Department of Justice)

News

Marine veteran arrested after writing book detailing his involvement in the Jan. 6 riot

Posted on Aug 25, 2024

Navy

Navy commissions the USS Kingsville, one of the last new littoral combat ships

Posted on Aug 25, 2024

News

Missing wife of soldier in Hawaii believed dead

Posted on Aug 24, 2024

US military kills a leader of an al-Qaeda-linked group in Syria

Posted on Aug 24, 2024

Army

Army boots out Fort Liberty soldier tied to online white supremacists, facing federal charges

By Nicholas Slayton, Matt White

Posted on Aug 20, 2024

Veterans

VA issues more than $800 million in grants to help homeless veterans

Posted on Aug 18, 2024

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)

Shots fired at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland gate

Posted on Aug 17, 2024

No boonie hats at Nellis Air Force Base, general says

Posted on Aug 17, 2024

Airman dies in ‘non-combat’ incident while deployed to an ‘undisclosed location’

Posted on Aug 17, 2024

The USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group sails through the Pacific Ocean with the Italian Navy's Cavour Carrier Strike Group on Aug. 8, 2024. (photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Daniel Kimmelman/U.S. Navy)

Around the World

USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group ordered to ‘accelerate’ to Middle East

Posted on Aug 12, 2024

Astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore (left) and Sunita "Suni" Williams stand next to a T-38 plane as part of testing for the NASA mission. (photo courtesy NASA)

News

Two NASA astronauts, both Navy veterans, could be stuck in space until 2025

Posted on Aug 11, 2024

An Army soldier sleeps while in transport at Hohenfels Training Area, Germany in February 2021. (photo by Sgt. John W. Todd/U.S. Army)

Active Duty

11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade tells soldiers on staff duty to get more sleep

Posted on Aug 11, 2024

Veterans

VA changes rules, expands housing assistance for disabled veterans

Posted on Aug 10, 2024

Marine Osprey crewman died trying to reach pilots on doomed plane

Posted on Aug 10, 2024

Veterans

California Veterans are suing the VA to build more housing on 388-acre Los Angeles lot

Posted on Aug 6, 2024

A helicopter knocked on its side after storms hit Fort Carson.

Army

Storms damage multiple helicopters at Fort Carson

Posted on Aug 4, 2024

The USS Dubuque smokes after taking a missile hit during a SINKEX on July 11, 2024. (photo by Sgt. Perla Alfaro/U.S. Army)

Watch the U.S Air Force sink an old Navy ship as part of RIMPAC

Posted on Aug 4, 2024

Vincent Hancock competes in the Skeet men's Final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Chateauroux Shooting Centre on August 3, 2024. (photo by Alain Jocard/AFP via Getty Images)

News

Army veteran wins fourth Olympics gold medal in skeet shooting

Posted on Aug 3, 2024

News

Defense Secretary Austin rejects 9/11 plotters’ plea deal

Posted on Aug 3, 2024

Air Force fires commander of Ellsworth B-1B unit after crash report finds “culture of noncompliance”

Posted on Aug 3, 2024

The christening ceremony for the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Patrick Gallagher. (photo courtesy U.S. Navy)

History

Navy christens new destroyer named for Navy Cross recipient

Posted on Jul 28, 2024

Wind flutters around the peace offerings of tobacco ties that line the fence at the Wounded Knee Memorial on Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, on Monday, October 20, 2014. (Photo by Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

History

Pentagon orders review of Medals of Honor given for Wounded Knee Massacre

Posted on Jul 28, 2024

Reward image of dead Marine Peter Chounthala

$20,000 reward offered for information on people who attacked, ran over Marine

Posted on Jul 27, 2024

Two ex-Marines sentenced for terror plot to attack power grid

Posted on Jul 27, 2024

Navy

A USS Eisenhower pilot became the first American woman to score air-to-air kill

Posted on Jul 21, 2024

President Joe Biden attends a 9/11 memorial at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on Sept. 11, 2023. (photo courtesy the White House)

News

Biden drops out of 2024 election, remains commander-in-chief

Posted on Jul 21, 2024

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin on the Moon, photographed by fellow Apollo 11 crew member Neil Armstrong. (photo courtesy NASA)

Historical Figures

55 years ago, the military pilots of Apollo 11 landed on the Moon

Posted on Jul 20, 2024

Pro-Trump groups fight with police at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. (photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images)

Around the World

Former Marine sentenced to nearly five years in prison for participating in the Jan. 6 riot

Posted on Jul 20, 2024

Soldiers with 1st Special Forces Group and their families swim at American Lake at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in 2017. (photo by Sgt. Brandon Welsh/U.S. Army)

Army

Joint Base Lewis-McChord closes its beaches after soldier drowns

Posted on Jul 20, 2024

News

Evan Wright, journalist and ‘Generation Kill’ author, dead at 59

Posted on Jul 14, 2024

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is rushed offstage during a rally on July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania. Butler County district attorney Richard Goldinger said the shooter is dead after injuring former U.S. President Donald Trump, killing one audience member and injuring another in the shooting. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Analysis

‘Why?’ Presidential assassins rarely have ‘political’ motives

Posted on Jul 14, 2024

Secret service agents cover former president Donald Trump during a campaign rally for former President Donald Trump at Butler Farm Show Inc. on Saturday, July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pa. Trump ducked and was taken offstage after loud noises were heard after he began speaking. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Analysis

Trump shooter had no military ties, was not a veteran

Posted on Jul 14, 2024

History

World War I veteran’s remains identified in Tulsa Massacre mass grave