Top Military News Demand for Older Norfolk-Based Cargo Planes Surges After Navy Stand-Down of Osprey Fleet Family of California Navy Veteran who Died After Officer Knelt on His Neck Settles Lawsuit for $7.5M Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to Speak at 2024 Naval Academy Graduation Ceremony Keeping Peace in Pacific Is Crucial, Army General Says at Hawaii Conference Florida Deputy's Killing of Black Airman Renews Debate on Police Killings and Race More Military Headlines Air Force Pilot Who Died After Aircraft Ejection Seat Misfire Identified by the Service 6 Air Force Bases Selected to Host Air Task Forces in Test of New Deployment Model Privatized Barracks Would Get Deeper Look Under House's Draft Defense Bill Army Reserve Reports Hitting Goal for Sergeants Amid Push to End Noncommissioned Officer Shortage Coast Guard Tweaks Tattoo Policy to Allow Bigger Designs on Hands, Ink Behind Both Ears China and Russia Reaffirm Ties as Moscow Presses Offensive in Ukraine US Removes Cuba from List of Countries ‘Not Cooperating Fully’ with Anti-Terrorism Efforts Naval Academy Class of 2027 Scales Herndon Monument in 2 Hours, 19 Minutes Navy Jet Noise in Washington State Could Have Long-Term Health Impacts 2 Navy Destroyers Will Help Protect Military's Gaza Aid Pier, Official Confirms Army Identifies Explosive Ordnance Officer Who Died After a Fall During Training at Fort Johnson Wide-Ranging Veterans Bill Gets Agreement Between House and Senate Opinions 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. View more Afghanistan Army Whistleblower who Exposed Alleged Australian War Crimes in Afghanistan Is Sentenced to Prison How Shannon Kent Became a Trailblazer Among US Special Operations Forces Navy's Newest Warship Named for Fierce Marine Corps Campaign in Afghanistan View more Military Technology 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... 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View more Marine Corps News How Marines Took an Airfield in the Philippines in a Show Against China On April 30, three combined littoral reconnaissance teams made up of roughly 30 U.S. and Philippine Marines each, flown by... Privatized Barracks Would Get Deeper Look Under House's Draft Defense Bill In its draft National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, released this week, the House Armed Services Committee calls on the... View more Coast Guard News Power Outages and an Urgent Warning: NTSB Details Dali Crew’s Scramble Before Key Bridge Collapse Two electrical blackouts on the Dali freighter sent members of its crew and the pilots on board scrambling to control the... Coast Guard Tweaks Tattoo Policy to Allow Bigger Designs on Hands, Ink Behind Both Ears The move is part of ongoing personnel changes aimed at recruiting and retention. View more
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...
Keeping Peace in Pacific Is Crucial, Army General Says at Hawaii Conference In an opening keynote address, U.S. Army Pacific Commander Gen. Charles Flynn gave a somber warning.
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...
For Decades, Recipients Were Honored with Purple Hearts Made During WWII. This Company Now Forges New Medals. For decades, recipients of the Purple Heart were honored with medals that had been forged during World War II, leftover stock...
Marines Suffer Most Cases of 2 Life-Threatening Conditions Related to Exercise and Heat, Report Finds The April issue of the Defense Department's Medical Surveillance Monthly Report, published last week, was focused entirely on...
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...
Army Eliminates Online Training Requirement for Noncommissioned Officers, Saying It's Too Burdensome The Army has eliminated a significant part of its online training for enlisted troops -- a learning program that has drawn...
Wide-Ranging Veterans Bill Gets Agreement Between House and Senate The Department of Veterans Affairs caregiver program, the beleaguered electronic health records program, veteran homelessness...
'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...
UK's Prince William Pilots Apache Helicopter After Becoming Colonel-in-Chief of the Army Air Corps Britain's Prince William carried out his first engagement as colonel-in-chief with the Army Air Corps on Monday, piloting an...
Sleepy Towns in the Philippines Will Host US Forces Returning to Counter China Threats The far-flung coastal town of Santa Ana in the northeastern tip of the Philippine mainland has long been known...
Search for Survivors After Apartment Block Collapses in Russia Border City After Heavy Shelling An apartment block partially collapsed in the Russian border city of Belgorod on Sunday, leaving at least eight people...
Ukrainian Strike on Belgorod Residential Building Collapses Structure Emergency services were scrambling in the Russian border-adjacent city of Belgorod after a Ukrainian projectile hit caused a partial...
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...
Keeping Peace in Pacific Is Crucial, Army General Says at Hawaii Conference In an opening keynote address, U.S. Army Pacific Commander Gen. Charles Flynn gave a somber warning.
Army Reserve Reports Hitting Goal for Sergeants Amid Push to End Noncommissioned Officer Shortage After years of a shortage of noncommissioned officers in the Army Reserve, the service component may finally be gaining...
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to Speak at 2024 Naval Academy Graduation Ceremony U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III will deliver the keynote speech during the 2024 U.S. Naval Academy graduation and...
Family of California Navy Veteran who Died After Officer Knelt on His Neck Settles Lawsuit for $7.5M Family members of a Navy veteran who died after a police officer pressed a knee to his neck for nearly five minutes have...
Florida Deputy's Killing of Black Airman Renews Debate on Police Killings and Race A Florida deputy's fatal shooting of a U.S. service member has jarred the former top enlisted officer of the Air Force.
6 Air Force Bases Selected to Host Air Task Forces in Test of New Deployment Model The Air Force on Wednesday announced six bases selected to house new Air Task Forces -- an experimental reorganization aimed...
SpaceX Plans to Launch 90 Rockets from Vandenberg Space Force Base by 2026. Could That Harm the Coast? SpaceX plans to launch 90 rockets into space from a Santa Barbara County military base by 2026, tripling the number of blasts...
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...
How Marines Took an Airfield in the Philippines in a Show Against China On April 30, three combined littoral reconnaissance teams made up of roughly 30 U.S. and Philippine Marines each, flown by...
Privatized Barracks Would Get Deeper Look Under House's Draft Defense Bill In its draft National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, released this week, the House Armed Services Committee calls on the...
Power Outages and an Urgent Warning: NTSB Details Dali Crew’s Scramble Before Key Bridge Collapse Two electrical blackouts on the Dali freighter sent members of its crew and the pilots on board scrambling to control the...
Coast Guard Tweaks Tattoo Policy to Allow Bigger Designs on Hands, Ink Behind Both Ears The move is part of ongoing personnel changes aimed at recruiting and retention.