Marines deploying to Australia as part of Marine Rotational Force – Darwin will start their scheduled six-month rotation with 14 days of self-quarantine in line with the coronavirus response adopted by the Australian government
U.S. military leaders in South Korea have been on the front-lines battling the new coronavirus outbreak. Yet despite their proximity to the virus, and how many people work with USFK every day, the number of infected personnel has remained extremely low
The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals have sent a letter to the Commandant of the Marine Corps urging him to end the practice of using live animals during training at Cobra Gold 2020.
The Navy on Thursday accused a Chinese destroyer of firing a weapons-grade laser at a P-8A Poseidon patrol plane in the Philippine Sea some 350 miles west of Guam in an "unsafe" incident
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) said the aircraft was flying at a very low height with its left wing down and it hit a tree before crashing into the ground.
China has rapidly increased its research and development in technology in recent years.
US. Indo-Pacific Command has restricted all non-essential travel to South Korea a day after a U.S. service member there tested positive for the coronavirus in the military’s first confirmed case, officials said
After a pregnant woman was caught in a dangerous rip current and pulled out to sea, a Marine officer put his own life on the line when he swam out to rescue her — and remained in the water to keep her afloat for an hour until rescue swimmers arrived.
A U.S. service member in South Korea has tested positive for COVID-19, otherwise known as coronavirus, in a first for the U.S. military.
Thirteen South Korean service members have tested positive for the coronavirus, prompting Gen. Robert Abrams, head of U.S. Forces Korea, and Gen. Park Han-ki, the chairman of the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff, to consider limiting contact between the two countries’ troops
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. and South Korean military are considering scaling back command post training due to heightened concerns about the coronavirus, the defense ministers of both countries said on Monday. “I’m sure that we will remain fully ready to deal with any threats that we will face together,” U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper […]
U.S. military forces in South Korea aren’t taking any chances after the widow of a retired soldier tested positive for the coronavirus, the first US Forces Korea-related individual to do so according to military officials there
A 26-year-old man died after he failed to surface from waters off Molokai while participating in a scuba diving tour over the weekend. He has been identified as Duane Harold Parsley II and was stationed at Hickam Air Force Base, according to the Maui Police Department. Molokai patrol officers and medics responded to a report […]
North Korea, whose leader Kim Jong Un was filmed riding through the snow on a white stallion last year, has spent tens of thousands of dollars on 12 purebred horses from Russia, according to Russian customs data.
The Navy has punished a group of sailors over the wearing of patches that said "Make Aircrew Great Again" during a 2019 speech by President Trump on the USS Wasp.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has charged four Chinese military hackers in the 2017 breach of the Equifax credit reporting agency that affected nearly 150 million American citizens, Attorney General William Barr said Monday. “This was one of the largest data breaches in history,” Barr said of the theft. The indictment charges four members […]
At least 17 people have been killed, and 21 are injured, after a Thai soldier went on a shooting rampage.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Thursday that China was seeking to steal U.S. technology by “any means necessary” and the law enforcement agency has about 1,000 investigations open into Chinese technology theft across its 56 regional offices. Wray told a conference hosted by Washington’s Center for Strategic and International Studies think […]
Airmen at Misawa Air Force Base are due to have a very dry February after 35th Fighter Wing commander Col. Kristopher W. Struve issued a curfew on Sunday in response to a wave of alcohol-related incidents in January and December. According to the Feb. 2 memo written by Struve, which was first posted to the […]
The U.S. military has ordered a mandatory quarantine for any service members based in Korea who have visited China in the last two weeks as Wuhan coronavirus continues to spread across the globe. U.S. Forces Korea announced on Sunday that the command is implementing a 14-day “directed self-quarantine” of any and all U.S. service members […]
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese authorities on Thursday issued arrest warrants for a former U.S. special forces soldier and two other men on suspicion of smuggling former Nissan Motor Co boss Carlos Ghosn out of Japan. Warrants were issued for former U.S. Green Beret Michael Taylor and two other men, George-Antoine Zayek and Peter Taylor, prosecutors […]
March Air Reserve Base in California will host nearly 200 U.S. citizens who were flown out of Wuhan, China due to the rapidly-spreading coronavirus, a Defense Department spokeswoman announced on Wednesday
Five aircrew have been rescued and are in stable condition after their MH-60S helicopter went down in the Philippine Sea.
The three Americans killed in a C-130 air tanker crash while fighting Australian bushfires on Thursday were all identified as military veterans, according to a statement released by Coulson Aviation, the company whom the three men worked for.
An Air Force medial group based at Japan’s Yokota Air Force Base has issued a warning to U.S. military personnel regarding the spread of a deadly coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, China. In a Wednesday post on Facebook, the 374th Medical Group warned that the virus — which has killed 18 people and sickened another […]
