Around the World Archives

Afghanistan

Lack of training, maintenance likely led to Taliban pilot crashing Black Hawk, military aviator explains

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 12, 2022

China

Why the Army wants to leave a stash of weapon systems behind on a Japanese island

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 12, 2022

Europe

Inside the agency working to bring every missing US service member home

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Sep 12, 2022

Russia

Humvee gunner in Ukraine runs out of .50 cal ammo, switches to rockets in viral video

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 9, 2022

Indo-Pacific

A Marine who filmed the iconic Iwo Jima flag raising was killed on the island days later. His remains are still there

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Sep 9, 2022

United States

Why hundreds of airmen may get a pay cut at the worst possible time

By David Roza

Posted on Sep 8, 2022

Europe

‘Princess Auto Mechanic’ — Here’s how Queen Elizabeth served in World War II

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Sep 8, 2022

Russia

This video perfectly demonstrates why ‘backblast area clear’ matters

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Sep 8, 2022

China

In a war against China, fighting in the jungle could be critical. These soldiers can teach you how

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Sep 7, 2022

Europe

Inside Norway’s complex plan to save a stranded Air Force Osprey

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 6, 2022

Russia

Russia is so desperate for fighters it’s trying to recruit at homeless shelters [Updated]

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 6, 2022

United States

How to use military service as a political prop: Don’t

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Sep 6, 2022

Indo-Pacific

‘Fat Leonard’ is on the lam: Notorious contractor behind $35 million Navy corruption scandal flees

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 6, 2022

China

The US military needs a lot more artillery shells, rockets, and missiles for the next war

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 5, 2022

United States

The Air Force hopes this tiny box will help pilots fly through a chemical weapons attack

By David Roza

Posted on Sep 2, 2022

United States

Sexual assaults within the military went up dramatically in 2021

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 1, 2022

Ukraine

Meme war: You can pay to get memes painted on Ukrainian artillery, bombs, and rockets

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Aug 31, 2022

Afghanistan

The Army grounds its fleet of CH-47 Chinooks, one of its oldest and most versatile aircraft

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 31, 2022

Ukraine

Ukraine is using a ghost army of fake HIMARS to trick Russian artillery

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 31, 2022

Iran

As Iraq reels from recent violence, it’s worth remembering that 2,500 US troops are still there

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 30, 2022

United States

Air Force top general gives himself a ‘C’ grade after two years on the job

By David Roza

Posted on Aug 30, 2022

Ukraine

The US military is running low on ammo after sending so much to Ukraine

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 29, 2022

United States

Why moldy barracks are a growing problem for the US military

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 29, 2022

Afghanistan

As the world moves on, veterans of the Afghanistan withdrawal struggle to join them

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Aug 29, 2022

United States

The Army wants exoskeletons so soldiers can defeat their worst enemy: Lower back pain

By David Roza

Posted on Aug 26, 2022

Afghanistan

‘We were in shock’ — Loved ones remember Marine killed in Abbey Gate bombing one year ago

By Francisco Martinezcuello

Posted on Aug 26, 2022

United States

That time the Air Force delivered a heart transplant on a supersonic bomber

By David Roza

Posted on Aug 26, 2022

Middle East

US calls in Apaches, AC-130s, and artillery to take on militants after Syria rocket attacks

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 25, 2022

United States

This West Point coach-turned-infantry officer just finished Ranger School

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Aug 25, 2022

Indo-Pacific

The US military is still missing 6 nuclear weapons that were lost decades ago

By David Roza

Posted on Aug 25, 2022

China

The Navy wants to mothball 4 Littoral Combat Ships after just a few years of service

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 24, 2022

Ukraine

Meet the Green Beret veteran who’s clearing mines for farmers in Ukraine

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 24, 2022

Indo-Pacific

How an Air Force Reaper drone helped save lives aboard a burning ship in the Pacific

By David Roza

Posted on Aug 24, 2022

Russia

6 months into Russia’s invasion, American vets reflect on training and fighting alongside Ukrainians

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 23, 2022

United States

DARPA wants to put more lasers in space, but not for the reason you probably think

By David Roza

Posted on Aug 23, 2022

Russia

Ukraine holds ‘parade’ of burned-out Russian armor in massive middle finger to Putin

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 22, 2022

Afghanistan

Special operations vets hid a woman being hunted by the Taliban. Now comes the hard part

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Aug 22, 2022

Iraq

‘All those people… oh my God’ — A soldier recounts the 2004 Mosul chow hall bombing

By Jeremy Fricke

Posted on Aug 19, 2022

Afghanistan

‘Those treatments saved my life’: The veterans who turn to psychedelic treatments for PTSD healing

By Ethan E. Rocke

Posted on Aug 18, 2022

United States

Army families describe finding mold, roach infestations, and dead rodents in on-post homes

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Aug 17, 2022

United States

Are extremism and violent crime rising among veterans, or are we just seeing more of it?

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 17, 2022

Afghanistan

Here’s all the US military equipment that ended up in Taliban hands during the fall of Kabul

By Jared Keller

Posted on Aug 17, 2022

United States

An Air Force captain with top secret security clearance vanished. He resurfaced 35 years later

By David Roza

Posted on Aug 16, 2022

United States

National Guardsmen called up in West Virginia to staff jails

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 16, 2022

Iraq

Charges reinstated against Navy Corpsman in case of Green Beret contractor killed in Iraq

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 15, 2022

United States

Air Force rescuers just flew hundreds of miles over the Pacific to save a patient on an oil tanker

By David Roza

Posted on Aug 15, 2022

Ukraine

The war in Ukraine is risking a potential nuclear disaster

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 14, 2022

United States

This 4th-generation pilot may soon fly 5th-generation Air Force fighters

By David Roza

Posted on Aug 11, 2022

Indo-Pacific

This Air Force drone just proved it can be a ‘Grunt Angel’ in a war with China

By David Roza

Posted on Aug 10, 2022

Russia

How the MiG-29 went from the ‘bad guy’ plane to the underdog against Russia

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 10, 2022

Afghanistan

‘We never understood what winning meant’ — A decorated Marine Raider reflects on the fall of Kabul

By Elliot Ackerman

Posted on Aug 9, 2022

United States

While their families got sick from contaminated water, these Navy divers were tasked with fixing it

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Aug 9, 2022

Ukraine

Russia has suffered 70,000 to 80,000 casualties in Ukraine in just 6 months, Pentagon says

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 8, 2022

United States

The Air Force made a hype video for a new fighter wing commander. He was fired a year later

By David Roza

Posted on Aug 8, 2022

Afghanistan

Trump reportedly didn’t want wounded warriors in his military parade because it wouldn’t ‘look good’

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Aug 8, 2022

Afghanistan

A new memoir from a decorated Marine Raider captures the horrors of the Afghanistan withdrawal

By Elliot Ackerman

Posted on Aug 8, 2022

Afghanistan

‘Oh shit that’s my house’ — Iraq vet realizes Al Qaeda chief was killed while living in his old home

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Aug 4, 2022

Middle East

Air Force tech sergeant charged in Syria insider attack that wounded 4 US troops

By David Roza

Posted on Aug 4, 2022

United States

Fired cop seen in viral video pepper-spraying uniformed Army officer avoids charges

By David Roza

Posted on Aug 4, 2022

China

Experts doubt China is gearing up to invade Taiwan under the guise of training

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 3, 2022

Europe

Oldest living member of historic WWII battalion of Black women receives Congressional Gold Medal

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Aug 3, 2022

United States

How do 50-ton tanks end up as toys for trigger-happy civilians? Inside the Pentagon’s flawed ‘demilitarization’ process

By Jasper Craven

Posted on Aug 3, 2022

Afghanistan

How did the US kill an Al Qaeda top leader despite an uneasy agreement with the Taliban? It’s complicated

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 2, 2022

Indo-Pacific

This little-known Air Force jet just became the most-watched aircraft in history

By David Roza

Posted on Aug 2, 2022

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Lack of training, maintenance likely led to Taliban pilot crashing Black Hawk, military aviator explains

Why the Army wants to leave a stash of weapon systems behind on a Japanese island

Inside the agency working to bring every missing US service member home

Humvee gunner in Ukraine runs out of .50 cal ammo, switches to rockets in viral video

A Marine who filmed the iconic Iwo Jima flag raising was killed on the island days later. His remains are still there

Why hundreds of airmen may get a pay cut at the worst possible time

‘Princess Auto Mechanic’ — Here’s how Queen Elizabeth served in World War II

This video perfectly demonstrates why ‘backblast area clear’ matters

In a war against China, fighting in the jungle could be critical. These soldiers can teach you how

Inside Norway’s complex plan to save a stranded Air Force Osprey

Russia is so desperate for fighters it’s trying to recruit at homeless shelters [Updated]

How to use military service as a political prop: Don’t

‘Fat Leonard’ is on the lam: Notorious contractor behind $35 million Navy corruption scandal flees

The US military needs a lot more artillery shells, rockets, and missiles for the next war

The Air Force hopes this tiny box will help pilots fly through a chemical weapons attack

Sexual assaults within the military went up dramatically in 2021

Meme war: You can pay to get memes painted on Ukrainian artillery, bombs, and rockets

The Army grounds its fleet of CH-47 Chinooks, one of its oldest and most versatile aircraft

Ukraine is using a ghost army of fake HIMARS to trick Russian artillery

As Iraq reels from recent violence, it’s worth remembering that 2,500 US troops are still there

Air Force top general gives himself a ‘C’ grade after two years on the job

The US military is running low on ammo after sending so much to Ukraine

Why moldy barracks are a growing problem for the US military

As the world moves on, veterans of the Afghanistan withdrawal struggle to join them

The Army wants exoskeletons so soldiers can defeat their worst enemy: Lower back pain

‘We were in shock’ — Loved ones remember Marine killed in Abbey Gate bombing one year ago

That time the Air Force delivered a heart transplant on a supersonic bomber

US calls in Apaches, AC-130s, and artillery to take on militants after Syria rocket attacks

This West Point coach-turned-infantry officer just finished Ranger School

The US military is still missing 6 nuclear weapons that were lost decades ago

The Navy wants to mothball 4 Littoral Combat Ships after just a few years of service

Meet the Green Beret veteran who’s clearing mines for farmers in Ukraine

How an Air Force Reaper drone helped save lives aboard a burning ship in the Pacific

6 months into Russia’s invasion, American vets reflect on training and fighting alongside Ukrainians

DARPA wants to put more lasers in space, but not for the reason you probably think

Ukraine holds ‘parade’ of burned-out Russian armor in massive middle finger to Putin

Special operations vets hid a woman being hunted by the Taliban. Now comes the hard part

‘All those people… oh my God’ — A soldier recounts the 2004 Mosul chow hall bombing

‘Those treatments saved my life’: The veterans who turn to psychedelic treatments for PTSD healing

Army families describe finding mold, roach infestations, and dead rodents in on-post homes

Are extremism and violent crime rising among veterans, or are we just seeing more of it?

Here’s all the US military equipment that ended up in Taliban hands during the fall of Kabul

An Air Force captain with top secret security clearance vanished. He resurfaced 35 years later

National Guardsmen called up in West Virginia to staff jails

Charges reinstated against Navy Corpsman in case of Green Beret contractor killed in Iraq

Air Force rescuers just flew hundreds of miles over the Pacific to save a patient on an oil tanker

The war in Ukraine is risking a potential nuclear disaster

This 4th-generation pilot may soon fly 5th-generation Air Force fighters

This Air Force drone just proved it can be a ‘Grunt Angel’ in a war with China

How the MiG-29 went from the ‘bad guy’ plane to the underdog against Russia

‘We never understood what winning meant’ — A decorated Marine Raider reflects on the fall of Kabul

While their families got sick from contaminated water, these Navy divers were tasked with fixing it

Russia has suffered 70,000 to 80,000 casualties in Ukraine in just 6 months, Pentagon says

The Air Force made a hype video for a new fighter wing commander. He was fired a year later

Trump reportedly didn’t want wounded warriors in his military parade because it wouldn’t ‘look good’

A new memoir from a decorated Marine Raider captures the horrors of the Afghanistan withdrawal

‘Oh shit that’s my house’ — Iraq vet realizes Al Qaeda chief was killed while living in his old home

Air Force tech sergeant charged in Syria insider attack that wounded 4 US troops

Fired cop seen in viral video pepper-spraying uniformed Army officer avoids charges

Experts doubt China is gearing up to invade Taiwan under the guise of training

Oldest living member of historic WWII battalion of Black women receives Congressional Gold Medal

How do 50-ton tanks end up as toys for trigger-happy civilians? Inside the Pentagon’s flawed ‘demilitarization’ process

How did the US kill an Al Qaeda top leader despite an uneasy agreement with the Taliban? It’s complicated

This little-known Air Force jet just became the most-watched aircraft in history

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