Defense

Thousands of Marines will head to Australia’s Northern Territory about two months later than planned, but they’ll shelter in place once there to help prevent any spread of the novel coronavirus. Defense Secretary Mark Esper […]

Tactical gear companies love when combat troops are seen using their newest products, but soldiers who accept free knives, snivel gear and the latest gadgets are likely violating Army policy. It happens all the time […]

CARACAS, Venezuela — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the United States had nothing to do with an alleged incursion into Venezuela that landed two U.S. citizens behind bars in the crisis-stricken South American nation. […]

Republican Iowa Senator Joni Ernst, a retired member of the Iowa National Guard and veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, has proposed that service members deployed for COVID-19 response get hazardous duty pay. Ernst plans to […]

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 […]