Military

WASHINGTON, D.C. — At the corner of Vermont Avenue and H Street, District of Columbia National Guard soldiers silently stood behind riot shields, blocking protesters’ access to Lafayette Square. The tightly packed crowd was still […]

A seemingly quiet Friday night on the couch between a now-former Naval Academy Alumni Association Board of Trustees member and his wife went awry when a private conversation was broadcast to hundreds. While Scott Bethmann, […]

BENOUVILLE, France (AP) — The essence of war remembrance is to make sure the fallen are never forgotten. All it takes is a wreath, a tiny wooden cross, a little token on a faraway grave […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scores of retired military and defense leaders are denouncing President Donald Trump and accusing him of using the U.S. Armed Forces to undermine the rights of Americans protesting police brutality and the […]

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — At daybreak on Saturday, Charles Shay stood lonesome without any fellow veteran on the very same beach where he waded ashore 76 years ago, part of one of the most epic […]

KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Three Chinese nationals have been sentenced to prison for illegally taking photographs at a Florida Navy base. Lyuyou Liao, 27, was sentenced Friday to 12 months in prison, after pleading […]

A visitation was held Friday for World War II veteran Jonas Bender who was one of the first African Americans to join the U.S. Marines. “At the time of his draft, the Marine Corps was […]

A man found dead alongside his family at a San Antonio home has been identified as a soldier stationed at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, military and police officials said Friday. Police conducting a […]

BAMAKO, Mali — French forces have killed Abdelmalek Droukdel, the leader of al-Qaida’s North Africa affiliate, the France’s defence minister announced late Friday, in what would be a major victory for France after years of […]

KABUL, Afghanistan — U.S. forces carried out two sets of airstrikes against the Taliban, in western and southern Afghanistan, a U.S. military spokesman said Friday. Elsewhere in the south, the Taliban set off a roadside […]