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Must-Pass Defense Bill Includes 4.5% Military Pay Raise on Top of 15% Increase for Junior Enlisted Troops
'It's OK Not to Be OK': Special Operations Wing Orders Stand-Down After Roger Fortson's Police Killing
Troops Are Reimbursed for Shipping Breast Milk During Temporary Duty But Not Moves. That Could Change.
Military Personnel Swear Allegiance to the Constitution and Serve the American People, Not One Leader or Party Military officers do take an oath upon commissioning -- but not to a person. Our oath is to support and defend the...
The VA and DoD Don't Have a Funding Problem. They Have a Mismanagement Crisis. The $328.1 billion 2024 budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs is the largest in agency history. President Joe Biden's...
2 Years After Russia's Invasion, Ukraine Needs More Than Just Our Aid. It Needs Our Attention. Saturday, Feb. 24, marked the second anniversary of Russia's unprovoked and illegal invasion of Ukraine.
Marine Corps Says It Wants Counter-Drone Capabilities 'Yesterday' as It Rushes to Roll Out New Systems Over the last five years, the Marine Corps has been improving its counter-drone systems as it looks to reshape the force and...
Air Force MQ-9 Crashed in Africa Last Year Due to Engine Failure, Report Details Nearly 10 hours into the MQ-9's flight, a "propulsion system anomaly" occurred, causing the pilot of the remotely controlled...
The Army Has Officially Deployed Laser Weapons Overseas to Combat Enemy Drones A pair of laser weapons has been deployed by the Army to an undisclosed location overseas to blast incoming enemy drones out...
War Games Risk Stirring Up Troubled Waters as Philippines - Emboldened by US - Squares Up to Beijing at Sea U.S. Marines joined Filipino counterparts on May 5, 2024, for a mock battle at a telling location: a small, remote territory...
US Troop Levels in Pacific Take Center Stage as Defense Secretary Huddles with Allied Defense Leaders Amid a gathering of top defense leaders from across the Pacific in Hawaii, Pentagon officials said Thursday that the U.S. not...
Chinese Coast Guard Fires Water Cannons at Philippine Vessels in the Latest South China Sea Incident There were no immediate reports of injuries in the incident off Scarborough Shoal, one of two hotly disputed areas where...
He Served His Country. In Return, His Country Sent Him into Exile. The military relies on noncitizens to fill its ranks. No one is sure how many are later banished from the country they fought...
Investigation Finds Navy Supply Ship Ran Aground After Captain Left to Eat Dinner The Alan Shepard was launched in 2006 and has space for a crew of more than 120, all of whom are typically civilian mariners...
Must-Pass Defense Bill Includes 4.5% Military Pay Raise on Top of 15% Increase for Junior Enlisted Troops The recommendation from the House Armed Services Committee in its draft version of the National Defense Authorization Act, or...
'It's OK Not to Be OK': Special Operations Wing Orders Stand-Down After Roger Fortson's Police Killing The Air Force special operations wing in Florida where Senior Airman Roger Fortson served before he was shot and killed by...
VA Executives Received $10.8 Million in Improper Bonuses Under PACT Act, Watchdog Finds The Department of Veterans Affairs' Office of Inspector General found that the VA paid $1 million more in bonuses to senior...
Experts Say Gun Alone Doesn't Justify Deadly Force in Fatal Shooting of Florida Airman The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating.
Russia Celebrates 79th Anniversary of Victory Over Nazi Germany With Red Square Parade Russia on Thursday wrapped itself in patriotic pageantry for Victory Day, a celebration of its defeat of Nazi Germany...
US and Philippines Sink Mock Enemy Ship During Drills in the South China Sea Military forces from the United States, Australia and the Philippines launched a barrage of high-precision rockets, artillery fire and...
China Criticizes US for Ship's Passage Through Taiwan Strait, Weeks Before New Leader Takes Office China’s military criticized a U.S. destroyer’s passage through the Taiwan Strait, which occurred less than two weeks before the...
US and Philippine Forces Sink Ship During Drills in the Disputed South China Sea U.S. and Philippine forces, backed by an Australian air force surveillance aircraft, unleashed a barrage of high-precision rockets, artillery...
Unsupervised: Military Child Care Centers Slow to Report Abuse with Little Oversight A Military.com investigation into military day care centers revealed that service branch rules generally prioritize...
Unsupervised: Military Child Care Centers Slow to Report Abuse with Little Oversight A Military.com investigation into military day care centers revealed that service branch rules generally prioritize...
They Stood Sentry over America's Nuclear Missile Arsenal. Many Worry It Gave Them Cancer. For years, it was an open secret among missileers that the Cold War-era missile alert facilities and launch control centers...
They Stood Sentry over America's Nuclear Missile Arsenal. Many Worry It Gave Them Cancer. For years, it was an open secret among missileers that the Cold War-era missile alert facilities and launch control centers...
Army Whistleblower who Exposed Alleged Australian War Crimes in Afghanistan Is Sentenced to Prison A former Australian army lawyer has been sentenced to almost six years in prison for leaking classified information that...
Still Held by Russia, US Soldier Gordon Black Files Appeal over Confinement Ahead of Trial Staff Sgt. Gordon Black was detained by Russian authorities in the port city of Vladivostok on May 2 on suspicion he stole...
Officer who Oversaw Red Hill Defueling to Command Navy's Third Fleet As commander of the 3rd Fleet, Wade would command vessels and aircraft based in California, Washington state and Hawaii —...
Naval Academy Commissioning Week Is Around the Corner. Here's What to Know. The biggest week of the year at the United States Naval Academy is just around the corner.
Biden Blocks Chinese-Backed Crypto Mining Firm from Land Ownership near Wyoming Missile Base The move comes as the U.S. is slated to issue major new tariffs on electric vehicles, semiconductors, solar equipment and...
'It's OK Not to Be OK': Special Operations Wing Orders Stand-Down After Roger Fortson's Police Killing The Air Force special operations wing in Florida where Senior Airman Roger Fortson served before he was shot and killed by...
With Mounting Opposition, Proposal to Move Guard Units to Space Force Appears Doomed in Congress The idea is meant to build up the part-time active-duty service model that Congress approved for the Space Force last year in...
Space Force Data Helps Detect ‘Lost’ Spy Satellite that Orbited Earth Undetected for 25 Years An experimental spy satellite that was deemed “lost” after eluding detection for decades has finally been found.
Naval Academy Commissioning Week Is Around the Corner. Here's What to Know. The biggest week of the year at the United States Naval Academy is just around the corner.
Civilians Who Helped Save Marine Corps Commandant During Cardiac Arrest to Be Honored at Parade Several people who helped save the commandant of the Marine Corps' life after his cardiac arrest last fall will be honored...
Man Accused of Aiming Laser at Coast Guard Helicopter Trying to Land at Massachusetts Hospital A Boston man has been arrested for allegedly aiming a laser at a Coast Guard helicopter that was trying to land at...
Controlled Demolition of Key Bridge Piece atop Dali Delayed by Lightning, to Take Place Monday The salvage of a 984-foot container ship with millions of pounds of bridge material sitting atop it can be unpredictable.