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Man buys 11-foot submarine model used in 'The Hunt For Red October' 1990 spy thriller.
Navy

‘The Hunt For Red October’ ends in Wyoming as fan lands the giant sub used in the movie

Daniel Catone once built tiny submarine models and read Tom Clancy novels during class in high school. Now he owns the original Red October.

Michael Collazo Police Officer of the Year 2024
News

Marine infantry vet who stopped a school shooter named police officer of the year

Police Detective Michael Collazo, a Marine veteran, was honored for quickly ending a March 2023 shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee.

Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael Weimer announced a new mountaineering badge during the AUSA 2024 annual meeting and exposition.
Army

The Army is creating a new mountaineering badge, but it won’t be the ‘Ram’s Head’

The old badge was only authorized for the Vermont National Guardsmen, and all soldiers who earned it will wear the new badge.

Lt. Cmdr. Lyndsay P. Evans, left, and Lt. Serena N. Wileman, right.
Navy

Naval aviators killed in Mount Rainier crash flew dozens of combat missions over Red Sea

Lt. Cmdr. Lyndsay "Miley" Evans and Lt. Serena "Dug" Wileman both flew dozens of combat missions against Houthi rebels in Yemen from aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.

A F-16D Fighting Falcon assigned to Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., sits on an alert mission during EXERCISE BAMBOO EAGLE 24-1 Feb. 1, 2024, at March Air Reserve Base, California. Bamboo Eagle is an exercise designed to provide an expeditionary air base environment where allied forces focused on Agile Combat Employment command and control, Air Superiority, and Joint War at Sea. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kekoa Santiago)
Air Force

How a parked F-16 suffered $30 million in damage

A munitions technician confused a tractor's gas and brake pedals, sending the 'jammer' speeding into a parked jet, sparking a fire.

John Kinsel sits in a chair, wearing a red Navajo code talkers hat, next to someone wearing a wide brimmed hat.
World War II

John Kinsel Sr., one of the last Navajo code talkers, dies at 107

Kinsel fought as a Marine throughout some of the toughest battlefields in World War II, using code derived from the Navajo language to create an unbreakable communication tool for the military.

190401-N-HC646-0062 OAK HARBOR, Wash. (April 1, 2019) An EA-18G Growler assigned to the "Cougars" of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 139 takes off during a Field Carrier Landing Practice (FCLP) at an outlying landing field attached to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. FCLP is a required flight training exercise that simulates conditions encountered during carrier landing operations while on deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Marc Cuenca/Released)
Navy

Growler crew dead at crash site, Navy says

The EA-18G aircraft crashed on Tuesday, Oct. 15 near Mount Rainier. Search and rescue teams have been scouring the area looking for the crew.

Two Naval officers in full dress uniform with white hats, in a composite image, each sitting in front of the American flag.
Navy

Navy relieves commanding, executive officers of Naval Repair Station Japan

The two were simultaneously removed for a “loss of confidence."

A US Army landing craft loaded with vehicles and artillery components floats in the waters off of Fort Story.
Army

The Army’s watercraft fleet is slipping in readiness even as the need for it grows

A new report finds that the Army cut the amount of vessels it has as well, even as mission capability dropped.

Sgt.1st Class Scott White, a special forces senior communication sergeant with A Co., 1st Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group,checks the line one more time before Staff Sgt. Mark Stottlemyre, a special forces medical sergeant, rappels down the side of the cliff face. White and Stottlemyre were performing as part of a search and rescue team in a casualty evacuation situation requiring a high angle rescue June 19, 2013 during the Operation Evergreen Ember training exercise.
Navy

Crew still missing as Special Forces and search teams reach Navy Growler crash site

Search teams reached the remote crash site on Mount Rainier, Washington Friday, but could not immediately account for the 2-man crew.

Army PT uniform
Army

Army PT uniform isn’t going away, but more options coming, service says

The Army is clarifying that it is not replacing its current PT gear. Rather, it is developing new optional items for soldiers to wear.

Army Basic Training
Army

Army revamps basic training to simulate battlefield stalked by drone swarms

The capstone event of Army basic training now includes lessons on how soldiers can conceal themselves from drones.

A US. Air Force B-2 Spirt assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base receives fuel from a U.S. Air Force KC-135 assigned to the 185th Air Refueling Wing, Iowa Air National Guard in the sky over northwest Missouri on August 29, 2018. U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot
Air Force

B-2 bombers strike Iran-backed Houthi targets in Yemen

The Air Force and Navy launched a coordinated set of airstrikes on five locations inside Yemen.

220309-N-DU622-1001 PACIFIC OCEAN (Mar. 9), An F/A-18F Super Hornet, from the "Flying Eagles" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 122, flies over the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is underway conducting routine operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Justin McTaggart)
Navy

Growler crew still missing as Navy searchers locate crash site near Mount Rainier

Navy spy planes and sub hunters were among the searchers who spotted the Growler wreckage Wednesday afternoon in remote mountains. The crew remains unaccounted for.

U.S. Army air defenders assigned to 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery Delta Battery pose on a 10th Army Air Missile Defense Command Patriot launching station Aug. 15 in Poland with the outgoing commander Capt. Robert Knabel. Alongside our allies and partners, 10th AAMDC systems demonstrate the readiness, capacity and resolve to deter and, if necessary, defeat aggression. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Smith)
Army

Army more than doubled soldiers re-assigned to its ‘most deployed formation’

Over 170 soldiers transferred to air defense from other fields, as the Army looks to meet increased deployments for air defenders among growing conflicts.

Combat Infantry Badge
Army

Army announces ‘Master Combat Badge’ to combine CIB and EIB for infantry soldiers

Equivalent awards will be issued for medics and other soldiers who have earned both a combat and expert badge in their field.

New Paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB), 82nd Airborne Division conduct physical training (PT) with the Brigade command team and Holistic Health and Fitness team on Fort Liberty, NC, September 19, 2024. Following PT, Paratroopers attended the welcome brief, where they were introduced to the CAB's history, staff, and resources for Paratroopers. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Vincent Levelev)
Army

The Army is redesigning its PT uniform: ‘If we’re going to be fit, then we’re also going to look good’

The Army’s top enlisted leader said the current PT gear does not “represent who we are as warfighters.”

An AH-64E Apache Guardian and UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter conduct a multi-ship capabilities demonstration at Fort Rucker, Alabama, October 27, 2022. (U.S. Army photo by Lt. Col. Andy Thaggard)
Army

With new bullets, the Army wants to turn Apaches and Bradleys into drone killers

The new rounds will be built to take-down drones with timed fuses.

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade conduct cold load training on UH-60 Blackhawk and CH-47 Chinook helicopters as part of exercise Saber Junction 24 in Hohenfels, Germany, Aug. 29, 2024. Saber Junction 24 is a multinational rotational exercise designed to assess the readiness of the U.S. Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade to execute unified land operations in a joint, combined environment and to promote interoperability with more than 4,500 participants from the U.S. and Allied and partner nations at Hohenfels training area. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army's Contingency Response Force in Europe, providing rapidly deployable forces to the United States European, African, and Central Command areas of responsibility. Forward deployed across Italy and Germany, the brigade routinely trains alongside NATO allies and partners to build partnerships and strengthen the alliance. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Joskanny J. Lua)
Army

The Army is giving all soldiers a $240 special pay while deployed

All soldiers on "operational" deployments will get the pay bump, regardless of rank. Training deployments will not count.

Soldiers stand in formation during the 1st Battalion, 46th Infantry Regiment, 194th Armored Brigade, Basic Combat Training Graduation Ceremony on the Inouye Parade Field at the National Infantry Museum in Columbus, Ga., June 19, 2019. The parade field, which was built in 2009, is sprinkled with soil from the battlegrounds of Yorktown, Va., Antietam at Sharpsburg, Md., Soissons and Normandy, France, Corregidor Island, Philippines, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Now, every infantryman who graduates from Fort Benning, Ga., receives the honor of walking across the hallowed ground that heroes before them fought on during every major American conflict. Educators from Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee attended the ceremony during the U.S. Army, Baton Rouge Recruiting Battalion Education Tour at the Maneuver Center of Excellence in Fort Benning, Ga., from June 19 to June 21, 2019. (U.S. Army photo by Adam Garlington, Baton Rouge Recruiting Battalion)
Army

Army ups recruiting goal to 61,000 soldiers in 2025, an 11% jump

After meeting its 2024 recruiting goals, the Army wants to recruit 6,000 more soldiers in 2025.