Defense

The commander in chief has authorized the activation up to 200 members of the Selected Reserve onto active duty to support counter-narcotic operations in the Western Hemisphere. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on […]

Police in Colorado Springs, Colo., shot and killed a Fort Carson noncommissioned officer almost two weeks ago after the soldier pointed a rifle at police through the basement window of his off-base home during a […]

The U.N. Security Council’s failure to act in the face of the global COVID-19 pandemic is a “shame” its acting president said Friday, lamenting “stumbling blocks” preventing the body from fulfilling its responsibilities. Except for […]

Military jets flew over U.S. cities on Saturday to salute frontline workers in the country with the highest coronavirus caseload and death toll in the world. Residents of the nation’s capital Washington, as well as […]

BAGHDAD (AP) — The man wearing an explosive vest emerged from a car and calmly marched toward the gates of the intelligence building in Iraq’s northern city of Kirkuk. When he ignored their shouts to […]

U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono and nine other Democratic U.S. senators sent a lengthy letter to Defense Secretary Mark Esper blasting him for what they say has been a haphazard, nontransparent and sometimes risky Pentagon response […]

North Korean troops fired multiple gunshots towards the South in the DMZ dividing the peninsula on Sunday, prompting South Korean forces to fire back, Seoul said. The rare exchange of gunfire comes a day after […]

Thursday marked the 10th anniversary of the first of four Southwest Minnesota Honor Flight excursions with more than 400 of the region’s World War II veterans visiting their memorial in Washington, D.C. For those involved, […]

The 75th Ranger Regiment should review its oversight of civilian-contracted parachute packers and implement several procedural changes following a March 2019 free-fall accident that killed a seasoned member of the elite Army unit, an investigation […]

Almost a year after a Korean War veteran was found fatally stabbed in his Raleigh home, a man has been charged with his murder. Benjamin Franklin Merritt was found dead June 13, 2019, after a […]