Tag: Military

A U.S. Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey aircraft takes off. A report predicts the U.S. is on track to match or surpass last year's $43B in sales to foreign militaries. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Aircraft crash that killed five Marines occurred due to ‘catastrophic’ mechanical failure

Mike Brest · July 22, 2023 12:02 am

In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti meets with leadership at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Nov. 17, 2022 in Kittery, Maine. A senior administration official says President Joe Biden has chosen Franchetti to lead the Navy. If confirmed, she would be the first woman to be a U.S. military service chief.

Biden navy chief nominee would be first woman on Joint Chiefs of Staff

Mike Brest · July 21, 2023 7:23 pm

A picture taken on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012 shows, plane captains pass by F-18 fighter jets on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in the Strait of Hurmuz. The USS Abraham Lincoln sailed from the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

US sending more Navy ships and Marines to Middle East over Iranian threats

Mike Brest · July 21, 2023 2:29 pm

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Spc. Grundle and the unexploded grenade

Trent Reedy · July 21, 2023 4:30 am

A group of tourists stand near a border station at Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone in Paju, South Korea, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. Not long after this photo was taken, Travis King, a U.S. soldier, pictured with a dark blue shirt and dark cap, fourth left, bolted across the border and became the first known American detained in the North in nearly five years.

US unsuccessfully reaches out to North Korea through ‘multiple channels’ over soldier

Mike Brest · July 20, 2023 4:49 pm

Chairman Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., joined at left by Rep. Rob Wittman, Va., leads the GOP's newly formed House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, as the panel adopts its rules ahead of a prime-time hearing later tonight, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023.

Pentagon official backs effort to prevent adversaries from buying US land

Mike Brest · July 20, 2023 4:41 pm

Military academy officers testify before Armed Services Committee on affirmative action exemption

David Zimmermann · July 19, 2023 9:09 pm

A Pro-Russian militia member guards next to an APC and anti-aircraft gun, outside the administrational building in Donetsk, Ukraine, on Thursday, May 29, 2014. Pro-Russian militia in eastern Ukraine shot down a government military helicopter Thursday amid heavy fighting around Slovyansk, killing 14 soldiers including a general. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Biden administration announces $1.3 billion in long-term military aid to Ukraine

Mike Brest · July 19, 2023 6:38 pm

Nick Rondoletto, left, and Doug Thorogood, a couple from San Francisco, wave a rainbow flag and hold a sign against a proposed ban of transgendered people in the military at a protest in the Castro District, Wednesday, July 26, 2017, in San Francisco. Demonstrators flocked to a plaza named for San Francisco gay-rights icon Harvey Milk to protest President Donald Trumpâs abrupt ban on transgender troops in the military.

The military’s transgender policies enable men to shower with women

Briana Oser · July 19, 2023 4:21 pm

Ranking Member Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., questions U.S. Central Command Commander Gen. Joseph Votel as he testifies at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019, in Washington.

Pentagon briefing for senators on abortion policy changes no minds

Mike Brest · July 19, 2023 4:04 pm

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley holds a press briefing with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon on Thursday, May 25, 2023 in Washington.

Slow Ukrainian counteroffensive ‘far from a failure,’ Milley says

Mike Brest · July 18, 2023 9:32 pm

U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss.,Â was elected chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee on Thursday.Â (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Wicker backs GOP on abortion but hopes Pentagon funding debates ‘stay away from social issues’

Mike Brest · July 18, 2023 8:48 pm