Thomas Gibbons-Neff

Coast Guard will not “break faith” with transgender troops despite Trump announcement

August 9, 2019 at 2:20 a.m.

The head of the Coast Guard said Tuesday he would not "break faith" with transgender troops under his command, despite President Donald Trump's recent announcement that he was going to...

WWII pilots used North Carolina waters for target practice. Now their bombs are washing ashore.

August 9, 2019 at 6:37 a.m.

The sudden appearance of two large, rusty and barnacle-encrusted World War II-era munitions on the beaches of Cape Hatteras, N.C., this summer have puzzled the area's park rangers and local...

Multiple impact sites point to mid-air disaster in Marine Corps plane crash

August 9, 2019 at 6:25 a.m.

The Marine Corps cargo plane that crashed in Mississippi, killing 16 earlier this week, appears to have suffered some sort of failure while flying at a normal altitude, according to...

U.S. jet destroys another Iranian drone over Syria in third shoot-down in a month

August 9, 2019 at 11:12 a.m.

A U.S. F-15 fighter aircraft shot down an Iranian-made drone over southern Syria on Tuesday, a U.S. defense official said, marking the second time in just as many days that...

Watch the exact moment a “kill vehicle” takes out a mock ballistic missile

August 9, 2019 at 9:20 a.m.

The Pentagon released video footage Wednesday showing the exact moment a U.S. "kill vehicle" intercepted and destroyed a mock intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) as it flew outside the atmosphere over...

U.S. failed to keep proper track of more than $1 billion in weapons and equipment in Iraq

August 9, 2019 at 8:23 a.m.

IRBIL, Iraq The U.S. Army failed to properly keep tracks of hundreds of humvees, tens of thousands of rifles and other pieces of military equipment that was sent to Iraq,...

Russian jets buzz USS Porter at close range; a first during Trump administration

August 9, 2019 at 12:09 p.m.

Multiple Russian aircraft buzzed a U.S. destroyer patrolling in the Black Sea last week, in an incident the captain of the American ship called "unsafe," the Pentagon said Tuesday. The...

Report: Navy SEAL Team 6 member killed, 3 wounded in Yemen raid against al-Qaida

August 9, 2019 at 1:04 a.m.

A U.S. Special Operations member died of injuries suffered during a weekend raid against al-Qaida militants in Yemen, the military said Sunday. Three other American troops, members of a Navy...

Four killed, 17 wounded in suicide blast at U.S. base in Afghanistan

August 3, 2019 at 10:47 a.m.

A suicide bomber killed four people and wounded 17 at Bagram airfield in northern Afghanistan on Saturday morning, the Pentagon said. Two U.S. service members and two civilian contractors were...

Like “the day Osama was killed”: Military celebrating Donald Trump’s win

August 3, 2019 at 10:36 a.m.

Like many Americans, active-duty service members stationed around the world were stunned at Tuesday's night's presidential race results. "More than one person has compared it to the day Osama [Bin...

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