They Stood Sentry over America's Nuclear Missile Arsenal. Many Worry It Gave Them Cancer. For years, it was an open secret among missileers that the Cold War-era missile alert facilities and launch control centers...
How Military.com Investigated Cancer Cases and Concerns Within the Missileer Community When many former missileers started to worry that they may have been exposed to cancer-causing toxins at missile alert...
Montana Nuclear Base Lockdown Lifted After Suspicious Person Prompts Active Shooter Report No shots were fired and nobody was injured at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls, the base said as it lifted the...
Inside the Delicate Art of Maintaining America's Aging Nuclear Weapons The U.S. will spend more than $750 billion over the next decade to overhaul nearly every part of its nuclear defenses and...
Carcinogen Test Results at 2 More Nuclear Missile Bases Expected in 2 Months The Air Force began a study focusing on Malmstrom and expanded it in February to include a wide assortment of jobs at the...
Carcinogens Found at Montana Nuclear Missile Sites as Reports of Hundreds of Cancers Surface The Air Force has detected unsafe levels of a likely carcinogen at underground launch control centers at a Montana nuclear...
Air Force Expands Investigation into Possible Cancer Link to Missile Bases and Jobs The news comes about a month after a senior officer circulated a briefing about a possible link between service and cancer...
Malmstrom Squadron Commander Fired Over Unhealthy Command Climate A security forces commander at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, has been relieved from his post.
For Decades, Recipients Were Honored with Purple Hearts Made During WWII. This Company Now Forges New Medals. For decades, recipients of the Purple Heart were honored with medals that had been forged during World War II, leftover stock...
Marines Suffer Most Cases of 2 Life-Threatening Conditions Related to Exercise and Heat, Report Finds The April issue of the Defense Department's Medical Surveillance Monthly Report, published last week, was focused entirely on...
Must-Pass Defense Bill Includes 4.5% Military Pay Raise on Top of 15% Increase for Junior Enlisted Troops The recommendation from the House Armed Services Committee in its draft version of the National Defense Authorization Act, or...
Army Eliminates Online Training Requirement for Noncommissioned Officers, Saying It's Too Burdensome The Army has eliminated a significant part of its online training for enlisted troops -- a learning program that has drawn...
Wide-Ranging Veterans Bill Gets Agreement Between House and Senate The Department of Veterans Affairs caregiver program, the beleaguered electronic health records program, veteran homelessness...