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May 16th: Recovered artifacts at the Virginia site include chimney bricks and musket balls that were indented with soldiers’ teeth. Read more ▸
May 16th: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a full pardon for a former U.S. Army sergeant convicted of murder for fatally shooting a protester in 2020. Read more ▸
May 16th: A U.S. Air Force F-16C fighter crashed in a field in northwestern South Korea last year after the jet partially lost power, an investigation found. Read more ▸
May 16th: Cpl. Gage Barbieri received a Meritorious Service Medal in part for fixing a costly issue with a tactical vehicle’s manual while a teenage lance corporal. Read more ▸
May 16th: An Army master sergeant says he lost a career-advancing job after speaking out on social media about his shaving profile. Read more ▸
May 16th: The Gaza aid pier is made possible by an oft-neglected but vital military capability known as Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore, or JLOTS. Read more ▸
May 16th: A Florida sheriff’s deputy shot Roger Fortson six times in his home before ordering him to drop a gun he'd been holding when he opened the door. Read more ▸
May 16th: Robert Card's family said they struggled for months to get him help as his mental health declined before a mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine. Read more ▸
May 16th: Former Cpl. Lawrence “Larry” Diggs, a Montford Point Marine and World War II vet, received early 100th birthday wishes from top military officials. Read more ▸
May 16th: The aircraft carrier's departure comes at a time of growing tension in the face of increasingly assertive China in the Indo-Pacific. Read more ▸
May 16th: Less than half of women in the military trust leaders to properly handle reports of sexual assault, according to new Pentagon data. Read more ▸
May 16th: The Coast Guard is easing its tattoo policy in an effort to reduce barriers to entry and affirm its goal to be an employer of choice. Read more ▸
May 16th: Eighty years ago, Allied soldiers crossed the choppy waters of the English Channel to land on Normandy beaches to defeat Hitler’s regime. Read more ▸
May 16th: This Marine threw himself onto a grenade to save his entrenched comrades in Korea. He absorbed the full blast — yet survived. Read more ▸
May 15th: Family members of Angelo Qunito settled a federal lawsuit against the city of Antioch for $7.5 million. Read more ▸
May 15th: A confidential survey also found a 19% drop in the number service members who said they'd experienced some type of unwanted sexual contact. Read more ▸
May 15th: Joshua Cobb, 23, who was discharged from the Marine Corps after serving for less than a year, was charged Monday with threatening to “erase” white people. Read more ▸
May 15th: Army Pfc. Thomas A. Smith was reported missing in action in 1950 when his unit took part in a battle at the southern end of the Korean peninsula. Read more ▸
May 15th: New command teams are expected to arrive at several installations across the U.S. this summer as the Air Force launches a slate of air task forces. Read more ▸
May 15th: Roger Fortson's death reignited a complicated debate about who's typically afforded deference when claiming self-defense in shootings and who isn't. Read more ▸
May 15th: Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed targeting a U.S. Navy destroyer and a commercial ship in the Red Sea. Read more ▸
May 15th: A proposal from House lawmakers would let academy athletes with professional sports offers serve in the reserves instead of on active duty. Read more ▸
May 15th: The changes are effective immediately. Students in courses now do not have to complete them. Read more ▸
May 14th: The package being sent includes about $700 million for tank ammunition, $500 million in tactical vehicles and $60 million in mortar rounds, sources said. Read more ▸
May 14th: A soldier who killed a security guard in 2021 was sentenced to two decades behind bars. Read more ▸
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An evaluation of the Defense Department and its law enforcement organizations has revealed a lack of an active shooter response and training standard, which officials worry may ultimately result in a delayed and uncoordinated response that could increase casualties at military installations.
ABOARD A C-40 MILITARY TRANSPORT JETHalfway through his tenure in charge of the National Guard, Army Gen. Daniel Hokansons quest to get all Guardsmen year-round health insurance has stalled.
An off-duty Virginia police officer who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan, 6, 2021, with a fellow officer was sentenced Thursday to more than seven years in prison, matching the longest prison sentence so far among hundreds of Capitol riot cases.
A Marine first sergeant was driving through a small North Carolina town when he encountered a man lying in a nearby field, bearing injuries after being hit by a car.
Paralympian and former Army platoon leader, 1st Lt. Melissa Stockwell, 42, deployed to Iraq in March 2004 with the 27th Main Support Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, after enlisting two years earlier. But after just three weeks in Baghdad, her life would never be the same.
EAST GREENWICH, R.I. (AP) The Rhode Island National Guard has its first Black colonel.
In an excerpt released Aug. 8 by the New Yorker, authors Peter Baker and Susan Glasser senior reporters for the New York Times and the New Yorker, respectively reveal shocking details from inside former President Donald Trumps relationship with top military brass.
WASHINGTON As telecom companies struggle to complete the transition to the fifth-generation, or 5G, mobile standard, the Pentagon is backing an effort focused on 6G research and technologies amid a military-wide push to modernize communications and connectivity.
