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A scene in “Tora! Tora! Tora!,” the 1970 Pearl Harbor movie, sent stuntmen running for their lives during a real-life airplane crash.

The Pentagon has admitted that at least 1,100 more US troops are deployed to Iraq and Syria than had been previously acknowledged.

A currently serving Marine discovered the disciplinary record for his great-grandfather, back when he was a sergeant in 1926.

The approval comes three months after the Pentagon announced pilot programs to test out free broadband Internet across the military branches.

The two aviators were able to eject and were recovered safely.

After spiking in 2021, the number of women veterans who killed themselves in 2022 dropped by nearly a quarter.

In space, they apparently can hear screams.

The Marine Corps stopped flying its Ospreys for four days in early December but resumed flights soon after. The airplane's transmission has caused a series of deadly crashes.

Wild bats with napalm, what could go wrong?

The 2025 National Defense Authorization Act is headed to the president’s desk and more military news from the past week.

Almost 90% of service members interviewed for the RAND report indicated they would limit what they share with mental health providers because of privacy concerns.

U.S. troops, including those deployed to Syria, Iraq, Somalia and other countries, would not be paid for the duration of a government shutdown, but they’d still have to report for duty.

Also known as "golf ball grenades," they were small and good for clearing rooms, but not much else.

“At just over six months, I’m pretty sure it was the shortest of my deployments,” said Marine Corps Lt. Col. Jasmin Moghbeli.

A range of health issues in the special operations community caused by low testosterone, dubbed "Operator Syndrome," has drawn congressional attention.

To save a team of Rangers under fire, Lt. Col. Craig Andrle dropped all the bombs his F-16 could carry. Then he switched planes, and dropped all those bombs, too.

U.S. forces in the region continue to find themselves stuck between groups with competing interests, all of whom are likely to seek advantages in the Assad regime’s fall.

Tom Cruise received the Distinguished Public Service award from Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro on Tuesday.

The new policy from the Army Emergency Relief nonprofit gives soldiers and their families traveling for emergencies up to $2,000 for domestic and $4,000 for international travel assistance.

The pilot would include anonymous peer and subordinate feedback to be submitted as part of command selection for O-5 and O-6 ranks.