Top Military News VA Secretary Pick McDonough Pledges to 'Fight Like Hell' for Better Care and Benefits Air Force IDs Guard Captain Killed in Michigan F-16 Crash; Base Flight Ops Halted Navy's Future Light Amphibious Ships Will Be Designed to Operate Off China's Coast Trump Administration Plans to Raid War Chest to Pay for Big Navy Shipbuilding Plan 'Steep Learning Curve:' Muted Response to VA Secretary Nominee from Veterans Groups More Military Headlines Navy, Coast Guard Search for Sailor Overboard off USS Theodore Roosevelt Veterans who Led on Toxic Exposure Call Defense Bill Passage a Critical First Step Vets Groups Demand Wilkie's Dismissal After Scathing Audit Afghan Gov't, Taliban Agree Islamic Law to Guide Peace Talks Holocaust Ashes Kept by WWII Veteran Get Buried in SC Mortar Shells Hit Afghan Capital, Airport; 1 Dead Chemical Weapons Watchdog Criticizes Syria Over 19 Issues Senate Sends Trump Defense Bill He Has Vowed to Veto Parts of Yongsan Garrison Among a Dozen US Military Sites Being Returned to South Korea Air Force Halves Bonus-Eligible Job List as Retention Levels Reach Record Highs US Service Member in Germany Is 1st Active-Duty Soldier to Die from COVID-19, Reports Indicate Sen. Rand Paul Delays Defense Bill Vote over Troop Drawdowns More Military Headlines Opinions I Prosecuted Robert Bales. He Should Never Receive a Pardon The pardoning of convicted war criminals puts our national security at risk, writes Jay Morse. Sex Is Still a Taboo Topic in the US Military. It’s Time to Change That "Sexual activity remains a taboo topic for the military and fosters a command culture of denial and avoidance." Are We at the Start of a New Cold War Between the US and China? The Trump Administration has adopted a strategy that could be described as "Economically Containing China." 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Here's Why While also getting a base pay raise in January, most military members will see their pay go down -- temporarily. Latest Military Videos US-Somalia Airstrike Hits al-Shabaab Bomb-Makers This video shows a precision air strike on the location of a known al-Shabaab explosives network leader near Jilib... United States Space Force Enlists First Professional The newest branch of the United States Military has sworn in its first Michigan professional - Tyler Nollett from... Military Assisting Morgue Workers in El Paso Statewide, the Texas health department on Saturday reported a one-day high of 12,597 new virus cases, nearly 20,500 dead... View more Army News Congress Wants to Beef Up Army Effort to Develop Counter-Drone Weapons The Pentagon appointed the Army late last year as the executive agent for DoD's counter-small UAS groups one, two and three. 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I Prosecuted Robert Bales. He Should Never Receive a Pardon The pardoning of convicted war criminals puts our national security at risk, writes Jay Morse.
Sex Is Still a Taboo Topic in the US Military. It’s Time to Change That "Sexual activity remains a taboo topic for the military and fosters a command culture of denial and avoidance."
Are We at the Start of a New Cold War Between the US and China? The Trump Administration has adopted a strategy that could be described as "Economically Containing China."
Congress Wants to Beef Up Army Effort to Develop Counter-Drone Weapons The Pentagon appointed the Army late last year as the executive agent for DoD's counter-small UAS groups one, two and three.
Air Force Takes Next Step in Efforts to Ready B-1 for Future Hypersonic Missiles The 419th Flight Test Squadron fired a practice round of the AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile from the bomber.
The Marine Corps' First Carrier-Capable F-35 Squadron Is Ready for Combat Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 314 said its F-35Cs have achieved initial operational capability, or IOC.
How Could US Drawdown in Iraq Aid ISIS, Iran? There are signs of a possible Islamic State comeback as the group exploits security gaps widened by a year of protests.
Pentagon Official Overseeing Counter-Islamic State Effort Has Resigned Maier was director of the Defeat-ISIS Task Force, which has been disbanded.
The Long Road to US Charges Against Islamic State 'Beatles' Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh stand accused of belonging to an ISIS cell dubbed “the Beatles.”
DoD Rolls Out COVID-19 Vaccination Plan for Troops, Announces Base Distribution Centers A small percentage of medical personnel and top DoD officials are expected to be the first to receive the vaccine.
For the First Time, a Woman Will Take Command of an Aircraft Carrier Capt. Amy Bauernschmidt is one of six officers recommended to command a nuclear-powered carrier in fiscal 2022.
Space Force Is Getting Its First 2 Bases Cape Canaveral and Patrick Air Force Base will be known as "Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and Patrick Space Force Base."
Defense Department Restarts Massive Military Health System Overhaul The process had been paused for months during the coronavirus pandemic.
Your Military Paycheck Will Be Smaller in January. Here's Why While also getting a base pay raise in January, most military members will see their pay go down -- temporarily.
US-Somalia Airstrike Hits al-Shabaab Bomb-Makers This video shows a precision air strike on the location of a known al-Shabaab explosives network leader near Jilib...
United States Space Force Enlists First Professional The newest branch of the United States Military has sworn in its first Michigan professional - Tyler Nollett from...
Military Assisting Morgue Workers in El Paso Statewide, the Texas health department on Saturday reported a one-day high of 12,597 new virus cases, nearly 20,500 dead...
Congress Wants to Beef Up Army Effort to Develop Counter-Drone Weapons The Pentagon appointed the Army late last year as the executive agent for DoD's counter-small UAS groups one, two and three.
US Service Member in Germany Is 1st Active-Duty Soldier to Die from COVID-19, Reports Indicate The man, who has not been identified, reportedly had been in quarantine and died on the way to a hospital.
West Point Cadets Are Donning Smartwatches for a Military Contact-Tracing Test Most of the 4,600 cadets at West Point are participating in the voluntary limited-user test.
Navy's Future Light Amphibious Ships Will Be Designed to Operate Off China's Coast A new Navy shipbuilding plan calls for building 10 light amphibious warships that can transport up to 75 Marines.
Trump Administration Plans to Raid War Chest to Pay for Big Navy Shipbuilding Plan Plans call for 10 destroyers, 15 frigates and more than a dozen new submarines.
Navy, Coast Guard Search for Sailor Overboard off USS Theodore Roosevelt Crews aboard the San Diego-based aircraft carrier began search-and-rescue efforts Thursday morning.
Air Force IDs Guard Captain Killed in Michigan F-16 Crash; Base Flight Ops Halted The Wisconsin Air Guard has identified the F-16 pilot killed during a crash in Michigan as Capt. Durwood "Hawk" Jones.
Air Force Halves Bonus-Eligible Job List as Retention Levels Reach Record Highs The bonuses are intended to improve retention of experienced airmen and space professionals in "stressed career fields."
Kellyanne Conway on the Air Force Academy Board of Visitors President Donald Trump appointed his longtime aide after she left the White House in August.
Trump Administration Plans to Raid War Chest to Pay for Big Navy Shipbuilding Plan Plans call for 10 destroyers, 15 frigates and more than a dozen new submarines.
Former Marine to Remain Jailed in Probe of Paramilitary Group A prosecutor described him as a potentially violent man whose parents didn't know about his white supremacist ideology.
US Marine Found Guilty of Smuggling Guns to Haiti in Purported Plot to Become President He was arrested Nov. 12, 2019, at the Port-au-Prince airport in the capital of Haiti with several guns in his luggage.
Navy, Coast Guard Search for Sailor Overboard off USS Theodore Roosevelt Crews aboard the San Diego-based aircraft carrier began search-and-rescue efforts Thursday morning.
Coast Guard Helps Free Grounded Freighter from Shipping Channel The Harvest Spirit lost propulsion and ran aground in the Livingstone Channel on the Canadian side of the Detroit River.
Coast Guard Search-and-Rescue Cases Surge as Americans Seek Outdoor Recreation According to Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Schultz, the Coast Guard has seen a 12% uptick in search-and-rescue cases this year.