News Articles

14-year-old killed in wall collapse at Robins Air Force Base pool

Posted on Jul 25, 2024

Air Force

NORAD sent 3 different fighters to intercept Russian and Chinese bombers

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 25, 2024

U.S. Air Force Sgt. David Price was killed on May 11, 1968.

News

An Airman killed at a secret CIA radar base in Laos is finally recovered

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Jul 24, 2024

Army

103-year-old WWII veteran finally gets VA benefits 78 years later

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jul 24, 2024

Navy

Navy sinks USS Tarawa in latest Pacific SINKEX

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 23, 2024

Lewiston, ME - October 30: A makeshift memorial grows outside of Schemengees Bar & Grille one of two locations where a mass shooting killed 18 people. (Photo by Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Army

Maine mass shooter showed red flags, Army investigation finds

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jul 23, 2024

Air Force

Air Force drops court-martial against Lt. Col. accused of child sex abuse

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 22, 2024

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 11th Airborne Division, move to their objective outside of Utqiagvik, Alaska as part of Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Training Center 24-02, Feb. 15, 2024. JPMRC 24-02, executed in Alaska with its world-class training facilities and its harsh Arctic environment, builds Soldiers and leaders into a cohesive team of skilled, tough, alert, and adaptive warriors capable of fighting and winning anywhere in the world. (U.S. Army Photo by Pfc. Brandon Vasquez)

Europe

China, Russia continue push into Arctic as Pentagon updates strategy

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jul 22, 2024

Navy

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

By Nicholas Slayton

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

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 21, 2024

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

Marine Corps

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

By Nicholas Slayton

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

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 20, 2024

Air Force

Air Force colonel fired at Eglin Air Force Base 3 days before command change

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 19, 2024

U.S. Army Alaska Aviation Task Force Soldiers assigned to Headquarters Company, 1-52 Aviation Regiment, at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, conduct Cold Weather Indoctrination Course II (CWIC) training Nov. 19, 2015. These Soldiers completed a three-mile snow shoe ruck march to their bivouac site and spent the night sleeping in Arctic 10-man tents. CWIC training is required of all Soldiers assigned to U.S. Army Alaska annually to ensure America's Arctic Warriors have the knowledge and experience to survive, train, operate, fight and win in extreme cold weather and high altitude environments. (Photos by Spc. Liliana S. Magers, U.S. Army Alaska Public Affairs.)

United States

To heat frigid Alaska base, the Army goes underground

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jul 19, 2024

The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9587 commander speaks to U.S. Marines and Sailors at a luncheon during Fleet Week New York on May 27, 2022. As a part of Fleet Week New York 22, the Marine-Air Ground Task Force Fleet Week New York engages in special events throughout New York City and the Tri-State area showcasing sea service technologies, future innovation and connecting with citizens. Fleet Week New York brings more than 2,000 service members from the Marine Corps, Navy and Coast Guard offering live band performances, military vehicle and equipment displays, and other community relations projects. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Isaiah Campbell)

United States

What does Project 2025 mean for military veterans?

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jul 19, 2024

Analysis

Project 2025’s plan for the US military

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 19, 2024

The San Diego sun begins to break through the clouds as sailors man the rails aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) as it departs its homeport of San Diego to support Pacific Partnership 2012 (PP12). PP12 is the seventh in a series of U.S. Pacific Fleet-sponsored humanitarian and civic assistance missions that works with and through host and partner nations, and non-governmental organizations to strengthen regional relationships and capacity to collectively respond to natural disasters in Southeast Asia and the western Pacific region.

News

Mental health program for ‘vulnerable’ troops fails to reach 70% of enrollees

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jul 18, 2024

Navy

Navy exonerates 256 Black sailors from deadly World War II ammo explosion

By Matt White

Posted on Jul 17, 2024

Analysis

ISIS attacks in Iraq and Syria up dramatically from 2023

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 17, 2024

Army

U.S. shutters Gaza floating pier project after 20 days of use

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jul 17, 2024

Army

Army’s wearable sensors detect early signs of severe heat injuries

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jul 17, 2024

Dave Portnoy was rescued from his drifting boat in the Nantucket Harbor.

News

Coast Guard rescues Dave Portnoy in Nantucket Harbor

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Jul 16, 2024

Marine Corps

Marine recruit loses more than 100 pounds to graduate from boot camp

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 16, 2024

Marine Corps

Marine veteran wounded in Trump assassination attempt

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 15, 2024

Marine Corps

J.D. Vance is first veteran on Presidential ticket since John McCain

By Matt White

Posted on Jul 15, 2024

News

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

By Nicholas Slayton

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

By Nicholas Slayton

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

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 14, 2024

News

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

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 14, 2024

BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA - JULY 13: Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is rushed offstage during a rally on July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

News

Shooter killed, Trump injured but safe after assassination attempt

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 13, 2024

Navy

USS Theodore Roosevelt and its carrier strike group arrive in the Middle East

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 13, 2024

News

US and Chinese senior military leaders are talking again, Biden says

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 12, 2024

Michael Gould adding 17 sets of dog tags total 150,000 — representing the veteran suicides since 9/11.

Air Force

Memorial made from dog tags comes to Capitol to urge Congress on MDMA therapies

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Jul 12, 2024

Army

Autopsy confirms 101st airborne soldier was murdered, stabbed 68 times

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jul 12, 2024

Air Force

Air Force engineer charged with cover up in Marine KC-130 crash that killed 16

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Jul 11, 2024

U.S. Army Talent Acquisition Specialist (420T) candidates completed the first phase of their initial training program at the Adjutant General School on Fort Jackson, South Carolina May 10, 2024. The first two weeks of the course features fundamental data analytics training followed by eight weeks of technical training at the Recruiting and Retention College at Fort Know, Kentucky. (Courtesy U.S. Army photo)

Air Force

Army graduates first class of recruiting warrant officers

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jul 11, 2024

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Audrey Griffith, left, points to an area of interest while standing guard with Spc. Heidi Gerke during a force protection exercise at Forward Operating Base Hadrian in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, March 18, 2013. Both women are members of the 92nd Engineer Battalion. (U.S. Army courtesy photo/Released)

Air Force

Female veterans of heavier combat face more chronic pain, as do spouses back home

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jul 10, 2024

Navy

USS John Basilone, warship named for legendary Marine, delivered to the Navy

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 10, 2024

United States

Could creatine be coming to MREs?

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jul 10, 2024

News

Here are the ships the U.S. plans to sink in the Pacific this summer

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 9, 2024

Sabin Howard, the sculptor and artist behind the WW I memorial,

Army

World War I Memorial wall, ‘A Soldier’s Journey,’ will soon arrive in Washington

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Jul 9, 2024

Brig. Gen. John Pogorek, 57, had been the commander of the NHANG since June 2022.

Air Force

Air Guard Commander killed in New Hampshire hit-and-run accident

By Matt White

Posted on Jul 9, 2024

Analysis

Marine is latest service member do be killed in a motorcycle crash

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 8, 2024

A Georgian soldier waits to welcome paratroopers from Troop C, 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment 173rd Airborne Brigade here, May 8. The paratroopers arrived from Grafenwoehr, Germany, and are here to train alongside Soldiers from A Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division and the Georgian Land Forces in Exercise Noble Partner 15.Noble Partner is a Georgian and U.S. military training exercise taking place at Vaziani Training Area, Georgia, from 11 to 25 May. This exercise is a critical part of Georgia’s training for their contribution of a light infantry company to the NATO Response Force. While Georgia is not a member of NATO, it and other NATO partners voluntarily contribute to the NRF. Exercise Noble Partner provides an opportunity to continue the U.S. training relationship with the Georgian Armed Forces as the sponsor of Georgia’s participation in the NRF. (Photo by Sgt. Daniel Cole, U.S. Army Europe Public Affairs)

Army

Pentagon cancels military exercises in Georgia, a top ally in Afghan war

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jul 8, 2024

Navy

Navy fires captain of ship that ran aground in Africa

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 8, 2024

Coast Guard

Coast Guard rescues boaters, suspends search for missing man on Lake Erie

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 7, 2024

Air Force

F-15EX, F-35s heading to Japan as part of new Air Force plan

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 6, 2024

Africa

US troops to leave Niger bases this weekend and in August

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 6, 2024

Army

Army pilots save a man’s life after day of ‘bad luck’

By Matt White

Posted on Jul 5, 2024

Army

Army vet receives Bronze Star with valor 20 years later for bravery in Iraq ambush

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 4, 2024

Air Force

Charges in a two-star general’s court-martial came down to ‘consent’

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jul 3, 2024

At 41 years old, Spc. Jason Pelletier completed Army Combat Basic Training because he wanted to complete the commitment he made when he was 18. Here, he is with his wife, Kerry, on Family Day at Basic Training in Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

Air Force

This 41-year-old soldier graduated Army basic training after a 20 year break

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jul 3, 2024

Army

2 Civil War soldiers receive Medal of Honor for ‘Great Locomotive Chase’

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 3, 2024

Air Force

2 US service members were charged with sexual assault in Okinawa in 5 months

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 2, 2024

Marine Corps

Retired Marine two-star general found dead on Twentynine Palms training center

By Matt White

Posted on Jul 2, 2024

Air Force

Airman killed, 2 first responders hurt in vehicle crash at Malmstrom Air Force Base

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Jul 1, 2024

Navy

Navy identifies 2 sailors killed in double-motorcycle crash near Camp Pendleton

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 1, 2024

Army

National Guard soldiers training with ‘pocket-sized’ drones

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jul 1, 2024

Army

The U.S. Army is spending $4.5 billion to produce more Patriot missiles

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 1, 2024

Army

The woman who predicted the Tết Offensive, but was ignored, passes away at 97

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 30, 2024

Christian Beyer after being taken into custody in November 2023.

Army

Former soldier pleads guilty to threatening mass shooting at Fort Irwin

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 30, 2024

Air Force

Two-star Air Force general found not guilty of sexual assault, guilty on other charges

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 29, 2024

Air Force

Air Force veteran charged with leaking weapons, aircraft secrets

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 29, 2024

Army

The family of an American Army vet killed in Ukraine waited almost a year to recover his body

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Jun 29, 2024

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