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Marine veteran Ray Epps pleads guilty to Capitol riot charge
Ray Epps, who claimed in a lawsuit that Fox News made him a scapegoat for the Capitol riot, was charged with disorderly conduct on restricted grounds.
Navy investigating drowning death of research lab civilian
Wesley Goode died earlier this month in Gulfport, Mississippi.
US Air Force would face tough choices in Russian air assault on Ukraine
Military experts in the U.S. are urging Western nations to bolster Ukraine’s air defenses, fearing that Russia will swiftly take over its former territory’s airspace.
Blinken warns Russia ahead of talks on Ukraine
Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Friday that the west is ready to respond “forcefully” if Russia steps up its aggression.
By Joe Gould
Report: Airmen in fatal Humvee accident weren’t properly wearing seatbelts, helmets
One airman died and two were injured when a Humvee's sharp turn on a gravel road led to a rollover.
Veteran exposed to toxic burn pit smoke dies of cancer after misdiagnosis lawsuit settlement
While serving overseas, Wesley Black said he frequently breathed in smoke from pits used to incinerate human and medical waste, plastic water bottles, ammunition and chemicals on military bases.
Pentagon analyzing request to send troops to Haiti
Haiti has asked the U.S. military for help in the wake of the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.
By Danica Coto
Partisan politics has no place in today’s (or tomorrow’s) military
The emerging partisanship of the armed forces needs to be corrected before it's too late, says the author of this commentary.
By Jacob Richardson
Book excerpt: ‘The Hardest Place: The American Military Adrift in Afghanistan’s Pech Valley’
In "The Hardest Place," Wesley Morgan unravels the history troops didn’t know, captures the culture and reality of the war through both American and Afghan eyes, and reports on the snowballing American missteps that made each unit’s job harder than the last.
By Wesley Morgan
30 Years On, Veterans Recall the Desert Storm Air War
People tend to remember Desert Storm as a short, easy war—and compared with the “forever” wars that followed, that makes sense: a 100-hour ground war blip in the annals of history.
By Kelly Kennedy, The War Horse
Military officials blindsided by Trump announcement of early US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
Pentagon and State officials fear that putting a definitive date on troop withdrawal could undercut negotiations to finalize a peace deal between the Taliban and the Afghan government.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press