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Navy rescues crew from merchant vessel struck by Houthis in Red Sea
Sailors from the Dwight D. Eisenhower carrier strike group airlifted the crew of a merchant vessel attacked by Houthi rebels in the Red Sea on Saturday.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press and Beth Sullivan
A timeline of the US-built Gaza pier and the challenges it’s faced
A string of security, logistical and weather problems has battered the plan to deliver desperately needed humanitarian aid to Gaza through a floating pier.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
I volunteered for a mission. I could take photos that might outlive me
Drowning in fear and self-loathing, I reminded myself why I was here. Why I was in Vietnam. On this helicopter. It was why I’d re-enlisted.
By Marvin J. Wolf, The War Horse
Powerful GOP senator eyes ships, jets, nukes in defense spending surge
Sen. Wicker's plan lays out an additional $55 billion above FY25 defense spending caps.
Another MQ-9 Reaper drone goes down in Yemen
It wasn’t immediately clear what brought down the US drone, but the incident marks potentially the third such downing this month alone.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press
He saw Dachau’s horrors — now, this vet warns against Holocaust denial
100-year-old WWII vet Hilbert Margol was a part of the 42nd Infantry Division that liberated the Dachau concentration camp on April 29, 1945.
US-built pier will be removed from Gaza coast, repaired after damage
The setback is the latest for the pier, which has already had three U.S. service member injuries and had four if its vessels beached due to heavy seas.
By Tara Copp, AP
Pilot dies in World War II-era Spitfire fighter crash in England
The U.K. defense ministry confirmed the death of a Royal Air Force pilot after the World War II-era Spitfire plane that he was flying crashed Saturday.
The military lab that identifies fallen troops decades after WWII
Generations of American families have grown up not knowing exactly what happened to their loved ones who died while serving their country in World War II.
Excerpt: ‘Send Me: The True Story of a Mother at War’
Marty Skovlund Jr. and Joe Kent detail the journey of Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Shannon Kent, a special operations trailblazer killed in Syria.
By Marty Skovlund Jr. and Joe Kent