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The Senate has passed a bill to clear the way for retired Marine Maj. James Capers Jr. to receive the Medal of Honor for his heroism during a 1967 ambush in Vietnam.

“Together, we are taking decisive action to confront narco-terrorists who have long inflicted terror, violence, and corruption on citizens throughout the hemisphere,” U.S. Southern Command said in a statement.

Marking weapons with messages and names is a tradition that dates at least to the ancient Greeks, and now includes U.S. sailors involved in the Iran war.

“It’s just seven to 20 guys; that’s all you have facing an angry mob. Being in that headspace is important. Your back is really against the wall.”

Adm. Brad Cooper told troops taking part in Operation Epic Fury that the U.S. was moving from “deterrence into active combat."

Six Air Force flyers successfully ejected from F-15E strike fighters last weekend in friendly fire incidents over Kuwait. Three pilots who've ejected described what they likely experienced.

Six U.S. service members have been confirmed killed from Iran's attack over the weekend, according to U.S. Central Command.

President Donald Trump has said military operations against Iran could last four to five weeks — or longer. Veterans have heard this before.

The new prototype is akin to going from flying a commercial plane to a military aircraft, the head of Combat Forces Command said.

All six of the aircrew safely ejected, have been recovered, and are in stable condition, the news release says.

The LUCAS drone, fired at Tehran on Saturday as part of U.S. strikes on Iran, is itself based on Iran’s Shahed-136 drone.

American and Israeli warplanes bombed Tehran Saturday, killing Iran's leader Ayatollah Khamenei, Trump said.

Hegseth accused Columbia, Yale, Brown and other universities of being "breeding grounds of toxic indoctrination.”

A new Air Force policy meant to make health care easier for reservists and Air National Guardsmen may add to frustrations, troops say.

The apparent friendly fire incident comes two weeks after Customs and Border Protection used a military laser to shoot down a kid’s birthday party balloon. 

One soldier died saving an ally from a suicide bomber. A second saved 85 soldiers’ lives in Vietnam. Another saved Jewish-American prisoners from the Nazis.

The Marines have announced new standards for evaluating body composition after the Pentagon directed it to use the waist-to-height ratio method.

The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to formally withdraw a rule that would have changed the way it evaluates disability ratings.

The new policy applies to both new and existing barracks and is meant to replace previous "inconsistent" guidelines among the military branches.

Six New York National Guard soldiers flew an all-night rescue mission in 2023 to reach an ambushed team of French commandos. They just received valor awards from the French army.