The Army reservist who committed Maine’s deadliest mass shooting, killing 18 people, exhibited red flags for months before his shooting spree, but his leaders failed to act because of communication gaps between civilian and Army worlds, limited policy, and confusion over what Army authorities could legally do. Sgt. First Class Robert Card attacked a bowling […]
Marine veteran David Dutch was one of two people injured in Saturday’s attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, a news release from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania says. The Marine Corps League of Pennsylvania posted a message on its Facebook page on Sunday that said Dutch was listed in critical condition after being shot in […]
Former President Donald Trump was rushed off stage and into a car by security after gunshots were reportedly fired during a rally this evening. Trump was speaking in Butler, Pennsylvania, when loud pops were heard. Trump is seen in footage from C-SPAN grabbing his ear before falling to the ground. Security quickly rushed the stage […]
Direct ties between senior U.S. and Chinese military leaders have been restored following a rough patch last year when a Chinese spy balloon overflew the United States, President Joe Biden told reporters on Thursday. In November, both Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to resume military-to-military communication, which Beijing had suspended after House Speaker […]
On April 11, 2004, then-Staff Sgt. Luis Barsallo’s platoon was hit by a “perfectly executed ambush on behalf of the insurgents” in Samarra, Iraq. “We were getting shot at from 12 o’clock, 6 o’clock, 3 o’clock, and 9 o’clock – so 360 degrees,” Barsallo told Task & Purpose. “Mortar rounds were coming in, bullets were […]
BAGHDAD – Two soldiers deployed to Syria jumped in to save a local man from a grisly fate after one of his arms became stuck in a running generator. The incident took place on March 24 at a U.S. military base in northeast Syria where Sgt. Lauren Shalabi and Spc. Heather Tarasewicz are both assigned. […]
Lance Cpl. Austin Brian Schwenk died Oct. 18, 2023 at Camp Lejeune. Cpl. Jesse Thomas Bopp’s trial is scheduled for November.
NORAD has learned to check hobbyist websites to identify balloons since the US military shot down three unidentified objects in 2023.
Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Deputy Eddie Duran was fired for killing Senior Airman Roger Fortson on May 3 following an investigation.
The Army soldier working at Fort Liberty shot and killed Ramzan Daraev outside the former’s home in Carthage, North Carolina on May 3.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has pardoned former Army Sgt. Daniel Perry, who was convicted of killing a Black Lives Matter protester.
Former Marine Pfc. Joshua Cobb is accused of making several threats on social media about going on a mass shooting.
First Special Forces Command has paused training that uses live and blank ammunition after a soldier was accidentally shot during an exercise.
The Marine Corps changed its rifle qualification rules and may change pistol training, which did not require a single deadly shot.
The Army’s Basic Airborne Course dropped a 5-mile run as a requirement to graduate from the school in 2018.
The German frigate Hessen fired two missiles at a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper on Monday but failed to hit it. The incident is under investigation.
Six Marine Security Guards died overseas between January 2022 and January 2024. Two Marines were assigned to the same embassy.
Marine Recruits at Parris Island are using the MantisX Blackbeard system, which accelerates marksmanship training.
Marine Pfc. Francis J. Flannery is only the second person to shoot a nearly perfect score on the rifle range at Parris Island.
Two U.S. Senators sent a letter to the Army’s inspector general, pressing for information on the shooter and what could’ve stopped him.
A video circulating on social media appears to show an Air Force security forces troop firing a negligent discharge into a clearing barrel.
Robert Card, 40, a sergeant first class in the Army Reserve, is being sought on eight charges of murder in connection with the shootings.
Army 1st Lt. Joseph Guerra has received the Soldier’s Medal for springing into action when a gunman opened fire in Columbus, Georgia.
Two Fort Bliss soldiers are accused of firing into a crowd at an El Paso, Texas, nightclub parking lot, killing two.
A Space Force tech sergeant is facing murder charges after, police say, he chased down and shot two teenage boys breaking into his car.
