Month: May 2020

BAGHDAD — Three Katyusha rockets struck near the military sector of the Baghdad airport early on Wednesday but caused no casualties, the Iraqi military said. The attack came hours ahead of a parliament session that […]

The Air Force says it has figured out how to turn a steel CONEX box shipping container into a negatively pressurized capsule that can carry up to 28 COVID-19 patients without spreading the disease to […]

Three Marines who sprang into action to restrain a hostile and disruptive fellow passenger are now being recognized by their unit commanding officer for their bravery and quick thinking. The incident happened Monday on a […]

Military families living in 38,000 housing units owned and operated by the U.S. government face health and safety risks such as lead-based paint, asbestos, radon and contaminated drinking water because the services have failed to […]

U.S. Air Forces Central Command has stopped publicizing monthly reports on the number of airstrikes and bombs dropped over Afghanistan due to ongoing deliberations between the U.S. and the Taliban. A spokesperson for the command […]

Six soldiers have filed a class-action lawsuit charging that the U.S. promise of citizenship for service — dating back to the nation’s founding — has been broken by the Pentagon’s restrictive policies on naturalization. The […]

How a Navy destroyer operating in the Pacific picked up coronavirus cases remains a mystery, but the top defense official said this week that a drug-smuggling vessel could be to blame. The destroyer Kidd became […]

Marines who fall outside the Corps’ height and weight standards won’t immediately face the hated tape test, due to special new exemptions put in place during the global pandemic. The Marine Corps has temporarily halted […]