His country trained him to fight. Then he turned against it. More like him are doing the same
MOUNT OLIVE, N.C. (AP) — The U.S. military trained him in explosives and battlefield tactics. Now th...
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Jon Stewart presses for a breakthrough to get the first 9/11 troops full care
WASHINGTON (AP) — The first U.S. troops to deploy after the Sept. 11 attacks are suffering from radi...
Pentagon updates guidance for protecting military personnel from ‘blast overpressure’
The U.S. Defense Department is going to require cognitive assessments for all new recruits as part o...
Pentagon panel to review Medals of Honor given to soldiers at the Wounded Knee massacre
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department will review the Medals of Honor that were given to 20 U.S. ...
Massachusetts lawmakers call on the Pentagon to ground the Osprey again until crash causes are fixed
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three Massachusetts lawmakers are pressing Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to groun...
Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira to face a military court-martial, Air Force says
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira, who pleaded guilty in March to ...
New Sentinel nuclear warhead program is 81% over budget. But Pentagon says it must go forward
WASHINGTON (AP) — The new Sentinel nuclear warhead program is 81% over budget and is now estimated t...
Flying objects and shrunken heads: World UFO Day feted amid surge in sightings, government denials
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — For those of you who don’t celebrate World UFO Day, consider this: A former U.S....
Congress sought Osprey crash and safety documents from the Pentagon last year. It’s still waiting
WASHINGTON (AP) — A House Oversight Committee panel that is investigating the safety and oversight o...
Sexual assaults are down in the US military. Here’s what to know about the numbers
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pentagon officials are cautiously optimistic that an overall decline in reported s...
Pentagon study finds no sign of alien life in reported UFO sightings going back decades
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Pentagon study released Friday that examined reported sightings of UFOs over nea...
The Pentagon has no more money for Ukraine as it hosts a meeting of 50 allies on support for Kyiv
WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time since Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin established the internatio...
Defense Department to again target ‘forever chemicals’ contamination near Michigan military base
The U.S. Department of Defense plans to install two more groundwater treatment systems at a former M...
The Pentagon will install rooftop solar panels as Biden pushes clean energy in federal buildings
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department will install solar panels on the Pentagon, part of the Bide...
The US failed to track more than $1 billion in military gear given Ukraine, Pentagon watchdog says
WASHINGTON (AP) — Shortfalls in required monitoring by American officials mean the U.S. cannot track...
A Pentagon mystery: Why was Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospital stay kept secret for days?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of Congress and Pentagon leaders were unaware for days that Defense Secret...
Pentagon has ordered a US aircraft carrier to remain in the Mediterranean near Israel
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier...
The Pentagon says a US warship and multiple commercial ships have come under attack in the Red Sea
DUBAI, United Arab Emirate (AP) — An American warship and multiple commercial ships came under attac...
A new Pentagon program aims to speed up decisions on what AI tech is trustworthy enough to deploy
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (AP) — Artificial intelligence employed by the U.S. military has piloted pint-s...
The number of military suicides dipped in 2022 as the Pentagon works on new prevention programs
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of suicides among U.S. military members and their families dipped sligh...