US Coast Guard to add heavy icebreaker amid shipbuilding overhaul
The new vessel will be the first heavy polar icebreaker to be built in the U.S. in about five decades.
By Zita Ballinger Fletcher
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Hegseth directs 20% cut to top military leadership positions
In a memo dated Monday, Hegseth said the cuts will remove “redundant force structure to optimize and streamline leadership.”
By Tara Copp, AP
Transgender troops welcome in Massachusetts National Guard, state official says
Gov. Charlie Baker's administration says transgender soldiers remain welcome in the Massachusetts National Guard, despite President Donald Trump's ban on transgender people serving in the U.S. military.
Lawmakers want to boost Coast Guard’s land-based drone program to interdict more drugs
Spearheaded by Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., lawmakers introduced legislation Thursday that would allocate $5 million in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 for additional long-range maritime patrol aircraft within the Coast Guard’s land-based unmanned aircraft system program.
By Diana Stancy
What’s next for enlisted female submariners
About one of out every five submariners on integrated sub crews is a woman.
By Mark D. Faram
101st Airborne soldier killed in motorcycle crash
The Fort Campbell soldier enlisted last year.
By Kristine Froeba
Iran’s top diplomat says his country must build missiles for defense
Iran’s foreign minister said Wednesday that his country has no choice but to manufacture missiles for defense purposes — comments that come after a remark by the top diplomat that seemed to suggest the missiles could be up for negotiations.
More troops are heading to the US-Mexico border
A thousand National Guard troops and 1,100 more active duty will be supporting Customs and Border Patrol.
OPSEC: Why this retired one-star says service members should trash their Chinese Huawei smartphones
OPSEC: Military service members should trash China's Huawei smartphones, this retired Air Force general says.
By Kristine Froeba
VFW snaps 27-year membership decline and adds nearly 25,000 new members
Veterans groups like the VFW have struggled to appeal to younger veterans.
By Brian Mackley
Can Mark Esper save DoD? Senators sure hope so.
Army Secretary Mark Esper could be confirmed as the new defense secretary early as Thursday.
Top Iran diplomat says talks on ballistic missiles possible
Mohammad Javad Zarif offered an initially high price for such negotiations — the halt of American arms sales to both Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, two key U.S. allies in the Persian Gulf.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press