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The command posted a photo of a Marine deployed to the Caribbean sporting a patch bearing the cross.

Under current law, three graduates from each service academy can try their hand at pro sports. A new law would make it five.

Rob Evans, creator of the Hots & Cots app, has built a new website that allows veterans to review the quality of care at Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities.

All of the services would have to designate blast safety officers to implement safe distances and rules for mitigating blast injuries during training.

“There is no competition like it — one that requires lifting a 150-pound sandbag while your teammate calculates orbital flight patterns.”

After-action inspections found 263 bullet holes in his F9F-5 Panther.

As Congress attempts to repeal the 2002 Iraq War authorization, a combination of inertia and existing war powers may make the move irrelevant.

News of tube artillery’s death has been greatly exaggerated.

This Coast Guard helicopter has a flight path now. Ho. Ho. Ho.

The new squadron, part of a pilot program, is meant to create a streamlined information and electronics warfare unit out of "disparate" elements, to support a carrier strike group.

The USS Thomas Hudner is the latest warship to arrive in the region as airstrikes on suspected drug boats continue.

Tankers love to come up with fun names for their tanks. This one joins the collection of great names.

The policy reverses a 2020 Pentagon ban on photos in selection boards, which researchers believe can add bias to the process.

The new command combines Army North, Army South, and Forces Command under the leadership of a single four-star general.

The legislation roughly quadruples the special pension for living recipients of the highest military award.

The legislation comes amid a broader movement from veterans rallying against “overprescription” of psychiatric drugs and calls for enhanced patient safety.

Charles Norman Shay earned a Silver Star on Omaha Beach. He is thought to be the last of roughly 500 Native American soldiers who fought on D-Day.

A merchant ship would have "likely pierced" a berthing compartment with 120 sleeping sailors had the impact been 100 feet forward.

Three F/A-18 Super Hornets from the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman were destroyed in mishaps during a combat-heavy deployment to the Red Sea.