The drills come a year after the Philippines approved a wider U.S. military presence in the archipelago, which China opposed. The National World War I Memorial, which opened to the public in April 2021, will be completed in September of this year. High winds and sea swells are making it too dangerous for U.S. military personnel to install the pier at the Gaza beach, the Pentagon said. Army Staff Sgt. Gordon Black faces charges of theft after being arrested in Russia on May 2. The story of prolific World War II photographer Lee Miller, who documented the horrors at Dachau, is coming to the big screen. On D-Day, Charles Shay was a 19-year-old Army medic. Now 99, he's about to take part in the 80th anniversary commemorations of the landings in Normandy. The soldier was reportedly stationed in South Korea and traveled to Russia on his own. U.S. Marines and their Filipino counterparts have staged joint combat drills near southern Taiwan, a flashpoint in the Washington-Beijing military rivalry. A decorated Vietnam War pilot, Dick Rutan, along with co-pilot Jeana Yeager, completed the first round-the-world flight with no stops or refueling. One does not have to stray far to glean that the galaxy of “Star Wars” is rife with WWII-based allegories. Load More