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US and Afghan forces kill senior Taliban and alQaida commanders | WASHINGTON U.S. and Afghan forces have killed several senior level al-Qaida and Taliban leaders over the past several days. Al-Qaida leader Omar Khetab, a senior leader of al-Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent, was confirmed dead Dec. 4 by Afghan forces. Khetab was known to carry out attacks against government and forei... |
Valve may lead to cabin pressure problems in Super Hornets Growlers | The Navy has identified a valve that may be causing problematic pressure changes in F/A-18E and F Super Hornets and E/A-18G Growlers during flight, said a Navy officer who is spearheading the service's efforts to stop the glaring trend of failures in critical aircraft systems. "We're not declaring victory, but we are d... |
Trump says US backs NATO 100 after report he discussed withdrawal | WASHINGTON Days after a report alleged the U.S. president has repeatedly floated the idea of pulling the country out of NATO, he offered a mixed message in a Pentagon speech. "We will be with NATO 100 percent, but as I told the countries, you have to step up," President Donald Trump said Thursday at the Pentagon. Spea... |
Rental insurance 5 things troops need to know | Just because you're not ready, or not financially able, to purchase a home doesn't mean you don't have to concern yourself with insurance. In past years, the services have mandated that renters insurance be included in lease agreements between service members and privatized housing companies. That's no longer the case ... |
Poll Will DoD really cut down on military moves | As 2017 wrapped up, two high-profile defense officials spoke of their desire to limit the amount of moves made by military families. New Army Secretary Mark Esper told Military Times that he would consider extending soldier assignments as a way to cut down on family relocations. "I'd like to take a hard look at why we ... |
Italian Navy industry jointly fund warship tour in military training and marketing scheme | ROME An Italian FREMM frigate has set off to tour in and around the Middle East, marking the latest in a series of Italian Navy promotional tours funded by the firms that build its warships. The Margottini will call in at Karachi in Pakistan Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates Kuwait City Saudi Arabia Djibouti in Af... |
China says weapons wont stop unification with Taiwan | BEIJING China's Ministry of National Defense said Thursday it was futile for Taiwan to think it could use arms to prevent unification, as the self-ruled democratic island looks to fresh arms sales by the United States amid what it sees as a growing Chinese threat.China has never renounced the use of force to bring und... |
Allies slowly taking back some detainees from Syria fighting | WASHINGTON Succumbing to months of pressure from the United States, several allied nations have taken custody of a few dozen foreign fighters detained in Syria and brought them home to face justice. Macedonia became the latest country to repatriate detainees captured on the battlefield by U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic... |
First F35Bs to deploy with 13th MEU | The Marine Corps' F-35B joint strike fighters will deploy on a ship with the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, marking the first time the fifth-generation fighters are deploying with a stateside unit, Marine officials announced Tuesday. , The F-35Bs are coming from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron VMFA 211 at Marine Corps ... |
Boeings new F15X may replace an aging fleet of F15CD Eagles | The Air Force's fleet of F-15 C and D Eagle fighters are aging faster than F-35 joint strike fighters are being fielded, a gap in the transition that some think needs to be filled. And even when more F-35s have been fielded, F-15s could still fill a tactical role to help the Air Force carry out its mission. Boeing's ne... |
SOCOM needs to step up its propaganda game Pentagon deputy says | The Defense Department wants U.S. Special Operations Command to do more than the traditional leaflets-and-loudspeakers approach to information warfare, a senior Pentagon official said this week. "We need to move beyond our 20th century approach to messaging and start looking at influence as an integral aspect of modern... |
Milley Future wars will be long theyll be fought on the ground and spec ops wont save us | Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley wants the American public to stop fooling itself when it comes to war, so he's drawn up five "myths" he says we need to let go of, pronto. Milley shared his thesis with an audience at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, and his take on it has evolved since he fi... |
Marine recon rebrands All it takes is all you got | CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. When Master Gunnery Sgt. Brian R.Yarolemcqgf visits an infantry unit to talk about Marine Corps reconnaissance, his audience Marines sees with the jump wings and dive bubble devices on his uniform chest and the "first thing out of their mouth is, "Oh, you're MARSOC.", MARSOC, the Marine Corps' c... |
US forces should leave Afghanistan even if a deal with the Taliban fails | After 18 years, the end of the United States' Sisyphean war in Afghanistan may be in sight. American and Taliban negotiators have developed "a draft of the framework that has to be fleshed out before it becomes an agreement," U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad told The New York Times, and they feel "eno... |
Goldfein Air Force must redefine our 21st century squadron ADMIN Mar-23-195312-2022 Conflict | NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein on Tuesday announced the three one-star generals who will lead the effort to revamp the service's squadron structure, command and control, and joint leader development.Brig. Gen. Stephen Davis, director of manpower, organization and resources, will be i... |
Pentagon Niger investigation to be completed by January 2018 | The military's official investigation into a deadly Oct. 4 ambush in Niger is likely to extend into January 2018, the Pentagon said Wednesday. , Maj. Gen. Roger Cloutier Jr. chief of staff for U.S. Africa Command, is leading the 15-6 investigation to answer why the 12-person U.S. Special Forces team and 30 Nigerien par... |
5 questions with Lockheeds missiles chief | FARNBOROUGH, England As hypersonics rapidly gain traction in the U.S. Department of Defense, Lockheed Martin has racked up some notable wins, including a nearly 1 billion contract to design and prototype a new hypersonic cruise missile. And despite still being in the early stages, Frank St. John, executive vice presid... |
North Korea may have just shown a capability to strike the continental US | The specter of war loomed over the Korean Peninsula Friday as the U.S. Army and its South Korean allies fired a barrage of large missiles into the waters off the South Korean coastline, an "exercise" intended to be a warning and a direct response to North Korea's test of an effective intercontinental ballistic missile ... |
Boeing hits back on F15C retirement proposal | WASHINGTON The U.S. Air Force is contemplating a controversial proposal to retire its fleet of air superiority F-15C/D Eagles sometime after 2020, but manufacturer Boeing says the service has already put the jets on a path that will keep them in service and relevant into the 2030s. By replacing the aircraft's longeron... |
Political leaders react to John McCains death | WASHINGTON News of Sen. John McCain's death Saturday after a lengthy battle with brain cancer was greeted with sadness and fond memories from congressional colleagues, fellow veterans and even political rivals. McCain, 81, was a Navy veteran who spent more than five years in captivity during the Vietnam War and return... |
Here is the Mattis guidance and Pentagon study behind the Trump transgender decision | Late Friday, the White House announced President Donald Trump's final decision on transgender forces that most should not be allowed to serve. The president formed his views based on a February 2018 memo from Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, and Mattis' recommendations were based on a Pentagon study the defense secretary... |
Specialist facing US Army discharge sues for citizenship | LOS ANGELES A U.S. Army specialist born in South Korea has sued to demand a response to her American citizenship application after the military moved to discharge her. Yea Ji Sea, a 29-year-old from Gardena, California, who has served four years and is assigned to the duty station at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, filed a l... |
Navy FA18E Super Hornet shoots down Syrian jet after it attacks US allies | A Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet shot down a Syrian SU-22 on Sunday, giving the U.S. military its first air-to-air kill since 1999. , This is the latest example of tension between the Russian-backed Syrian regime and U.S.-led coalition forces, who are partnering with Arab and Kurdish forces to destroy ISIS. "The Coalition's... |
US plans 200 million buildup of European air bases flanking Russia | The U.S. is planning to spend more than 200 million to repair and build U.S. military structures and installations on air bases that dot much of Eastern Europe, part of an ongoing initiative to deter Russian aggression. The fiscal 2018 annual defense legislation, signed into law Dec. 12 by President Donald Trump, autho... |
Navy identifies aviators killed in Super Hornet crash | Navy officials have identified the two aviators killed March 14 when their F/A-18F Super Hornet crashed on final approach to Naval Air Station Key West in Florida. Lt. Cmdr. James Brice Johnson and Lt. Caleb Nathaniel King were killed in the crash. Both were assigned to the "Blacklions" of Strike Fighter Squadron 213, ... |
NATO chief Nuclear buildup unlikely despite missile dispute | BRUSSELS NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that allies blame Russia for violating an important Cold War-era missile treaty but he does not expect them to deploy more nuclear warheads in Europe in response. U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to pull out of the Intermediate-range Nuclear For... |
The US Navys new shipkiller missile slated to make its fleet debut much sooner than expected | PARIS The U.S. Navy is pushing to deploy its new over-the-horizon anti-ship missile by late next year, months ahead of its original target date, according to industry executives familiar with the initiative. The service selected Kongsberg and Raytheon's Naval Strike Missile as its first new anti-ship missile in decade... |
US peace envoy Washington wants to see peace in Afghanistan | ISLAMABAD U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad said on Saturday that Washington was ready to "address legitimate concerns" of all Afghan sides in order to restore peace in Afghanistan. Since being appointed in September, Khalilzad has met with all sides, including the Taliban, Afghan officials and Pakistan's political an... |
New Marine artillery unit arrives in Syria ahead of Raqqa offensive | A new Marine Corps artillery unit is supporting friendly forces in Syria that are isolating Raqqa, the Islamic State group's de facto capital, said Army Maj. Josh T. Jacques, a spokesman for U.S. Central Command. , Jacques declined to identify the unit now in Syria, but the Defense Department has previously announced t... |
Navy drops negligent homicide charge against Fitzgerald CO | The Navy will no longer pursue negligent homicide charges against Cmdr. Bryce Benson, who commanded the destroyer Fitzgerald when it collided with a merchant vessel just more than a year ago, killing seven sailors. Service officials also announced Tuesday that two of the Fitz's junior officers will not face a negligent... |
Marine crash inquiry continues but no answers expected soon | JACKSON, Miss. Military investigators are trying to piece together the cause of a crash that killed 15 Marines and a sailor in Mississippi in July, but it could be a year or more until any information becomes public. In the meantime, the Marine Corps' fleet of KC130T transport planes remains grounded. That plane is si... |
Its not independence but Syrias Kurds entrench selfrule | BEIRUT Adnan Hassan, a Syrian Kurd, finally has hope for himself and his people. Two years ago, Islamic State militants nearly wiped out his hometown, Kobani, along Syria's border with Turkey and killed 10 members of his family. Now with the militants driven out and going down in defeat, a new university is opening in... |
Lawmaker blasts Air Force general over unsolved hypoxia problem | The chairman of a House Armed Services subcommittee blasted the Air Force's deputy chief of staff for operations Tuesday over the service's inability to get to the bottom of the hypoxia problem plaguing pilots. "I could not be more disappointed by your presentation," Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, chairman of the subcomm... |
MEADS team submits proposal for Polish missiledefense system | WASHINGTON -- The Polish government has received a proposal from the team developing the Medium Extended Air Defense System MEADS that includes the production of 16 systems with plans to share the work with Polish industry.The MEADS International proposal -- submitted at the request of the Polish government on Monday f... |
Satellite imagery offers clues to Chinas intentions in Djibouti | MELBOURNE, Australia Chinese President Xi Jinping has told People's Liberation Army troops stationed at an overseas base in Djibouti to "promote international and regional peace and stability," according to China's Ministry of National Defense. However, satellite imagery reveals information that could further detail C... |
Boeing will miss 2017 delivery goal for first KC46 | SIMI VALLEY, Calif. Boeing will miss its self-imposed goal to deliver the first KC-46 tanker to the Air Force by the end of the year, the head of the company's defense business told Defense News in an exclusive interview. "We're not going to be delivering a tanker this year," Leanne Caret, president and CEO of Boeing ... |
Like working for a pop star or Hollywood diva Navy investigating MCPON amid reports of toxic workpla | The Navy's inspector general is investigating its top enlisted sailor, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy SG/IW Steven Giordano, amid allegations that he has fostered a hostile work environment inside his small Pentagon staff, Navy Times has learned. , Sailors who have worked with Giordano say that he has a ferocio... |
They sought help when their Army dad deployed Now theyre barred from joining the military | By seeking counseling for their two teenage daughters as their family coped with multiple moves and multiple deployments to Afghanistan, an Army major and his wife unwittingly prevented both girls from following their father, their grandfather and their great-grandfather into military service. Rudy and Mia De La Rosa t... |
Video Islamic State beheads former Army Ranger | BEIRUT The Islamic State group released a video Sunday of a masked, black-clad militant standing over a severed head it claimed is American aid worker Peter Kassig, a former Army Ranger, as well as the mass beheadings of a dozen Syrian soldiers. The White House confirmed the authenticity of the video. In a statement i... |
Google Executive Schmidt To Head New DoD Advisory Board | Updated 3/2/16 at 310 PM EST with comments from Carter and Schmidt, SAN FRANCISCO Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google parent company Alphabet, will head up a new Pentagon advisory board aimed at providing Secretary of Defense Ash Carter direct advice on new technology, the Pentagon announced Wednesday. The Defe... |
Russias naval updates threaten undersea comms network says top British military officer | LONDON Britain's top military officer has warned that a modernized Russian Navy poses a threat to the undersea fiber-optic cable networks that carry much of the world's communications. Air Chief Marshal Stuart Peach, the chief of the Defence Staff, said the vulnerability of the cables to severing by the Russians posed... |
Navy leaders to junior enlisted Sound off | If you're a junior sailor and you've got an idea that can make the Navy better, it's time to start sounding off. And if you're a Navy leader and you don't listen to or learn from your junior sailors, you're wrong. That's the message senior leaders, including Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Bill Moran and Chief Pett... |
Trump signs bill named for Sen John McCain doesnt mention him | FORT DRUM, N.Y. President Donald Trump on Monday signed a 716 billion defense policy bill named for John McCain but included no mention in his remarks of the Republican senator, who is battling brain cancer at home in Arizona. Trump and McCain are engaged in a long-running feud that dates to Trump's 2016 presidential ... |
Key US Democrat holds back support for Gulf munitions sales over Yemen | WASHINGTON A key Senate Democrat is holding back support for the sale of tens of thousands of precision-guided munition kits to Saudi Arabia, until the Trump administration justifies U.S. military aid to Riyadh's campaign in Yemen. The three-year conflict's bloody toll on civilians has sparked an ever-louder outcry fr... |
The US Army is developing autonomous armored vehicles | WASHINGTON The Army recently put on display several autonomous military vehicles for a gathering of senior Army leaders and researchers at the Maneuver Center of Excellence on Fort Benning, Georgia. The demonstration on Aug. 22 featured a robotized Polaris MRZR military all-terrain vehicle with a tethered drone, an au... |
Military Appreciation Month discount update Ski trips motorcycle courses and more | , May is a month when many businesses offer discounts to show their appreciation for military service. We're maintaining a running list and will be updating it all month long, so check back for deals offered by restaurants, hotels, entertainment venues, retail establishments and other businesses. If we're missing any, ... |
New virtual marksmanship and squad immersive trainers are headed to dozens of Army locations next ye | A new virtual marksmanship trainer for squads is headed to 26 Army locations early next year and will soon be followed by an early version of the squad immersive trainer. The squad advanced marksmanship trainer is an immediate development that will feed into a complete overhaul of how the Army and Marine Corps combines... |
Every Marine a rifleman no more | Former Defense Secretary Ash Carter shocked the military last summer when he called for boosting the military's high-tech force by finding civilians who already have those vital skills like cyber security and offer them "lateral entry" into the military a chance to skip boot camp and put on a uniform as a mid-career r... |
New Army secretary looks to reduce mandatory training PCS moves | Three weeks into his new job, Army Secretary Mark Esper has some ideas for the service that will put a smile on many a soldier's face. Esper, who graduated from West Point in 1986 and spent 21 years in the Army, told Army Times in an interview Tuesday that he'd like to give more control back to commanders and take some... |
Leonardo wants clout in ItaloFrench naval integration | ROME As Italy and France edge closer to merging their largest military shipyards, the head of Italian defense group Leonardo has proposed a plan designed to ensure his products are used on future Italo-French warships. Leonardo CEO Alessandro Profumo outlined his plan to an Italian parliamentary commission this week a... |
Selling your home before a PCS 5 steps to smooth the process | As prime military moving season approaches, we went back to our real estate experts to get some more advice for service members and families whose relocation comes with the added pressure of selling their existing home. If you're not looking to become a landlord, here's a basic how-to, 1. Find an expert. A real-estate ... |
Beer and wine sales gaining steam in commissaries | Sales of beer and wine in commissaries are picking up, said a source close to industry even with the limited selection and limited number of stores selling it. Through Dec. 1, beer and wine sales had exceeded 375,000 for the 12 pilot stores in the continental U.S. said Air Force Lt. Col. Carla Gleason, a spokeswoman f... |
Carter Calls On Silicon Valley | WASHINGTON US Defense Secretary Ash Carter wants to "embrace" the culture and capabilities of Silicon Valley, he said in an April 23 speech. Speaking at Stanford University, Carter said strengthening the partnership between the cultures of the Pentagon and that of the California tech industry serves each side, both in... |
Should AFRICOM be holding an exercise in this country with a spotty security and human rights record | U.S. Africa Command is gearing up for its largest annual special operations exercise. But the premier event is taking place primarily in Burkina Faso this year, a country plagued by a deteriorating security situation and alleged human rights violations committed by U.S.-allied forces. More than 2,000 troops from 34 Afr... |
Army secretary I want to put dollars into child care for families | Soldiers' challenges in finding good child care may be one of the biggest issues that Army Secretary Mark Esper hears about when he visits installations, so he's tackling that issue with dollars and policies, he said. "Child care is very important, so I want to put dollars there and I want to make sure we get the polic... |
Air Force to reassess health of aircraft inventory due to fatal mishaps | WASHINGTON The head of Air Force Materiel Command has directed many of its organizations charged with safety and sustainment to take a second look at their data in response to a recent slew of deadly aviation mishaps that have triggered concerns about pilot safety. Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski, who has led AFMC since 2015, ... |
Navy identifies pilot who died in A29 Super Tucano crash in New Mexico | The Navy announced that one of its pilots died when the A-29 Super Tucano he was flying crashed Friday at a bombing range in New Mexico. Lt. Christopher Carey Short, of Canandaigua, New York, died June 22 while piloting the the light attack aircraft over Red Rio Bombing Range, which is part of the White Sands Missile R... |
He called me baby cakes Barbara OpallRome on the role of women in defense reporting | In an interview before the Defense News Conference, Barbara Opall-Rome takes us back to the 1980s and 1990s as she encountered sexism in the course of reporting across the world. |
Trump insists he fired Mattis says former defense secretary was not too good at the job | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump claimed he had fired Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and said his progress in Afghanistan was "not too good" during a meeting of his new Cabinet at the White House on Wednesday. The comments come just two days after Mattis stepped away from his Pentagon leadership post and show an increa... |
Countering North Korea Congress authorizes major buildup in homeland missile defense | WASHINGTON As fear of missiles from North Korea and Iran reaching U.S. soil heighten, Congress wants to ensure what is already on the ground at Fort Greely, Alaska, and Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, can defeat threats now and into the future. The conference report of the fiscal year 2018 defense policy bill a... |
A significantly weaker America Major study warns of eroding US military | WASHINGTON U.S. military capabilities continued to stand still or erode as world threats proliferated during 2017, a new study is warning. Those are the findings of The Heritage Foundation's 2018 Index of U.S. Military Strength, which offers reviews of the past year's defense issues. The index, which will be released ... |
This decorated commander has just been nominated to head Pacific Air Forces | Lt. Gen. Charles Brown Jr. who led the air war against the Islamic State before becoming the deputy commander for U.S. Central Command, has been nominated to receive his fourth star and be the next commander of Pacific Air Forces. Brown has been deputy commander of CENTCOM at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida since Jul... |
Poor maintenance contributed to a devastating C130 crash Heres how the Air Force will make sure it d | WASHINGTON Sloppy maintenance work at an Air Force depot was at the root of a tragic crash of a Marine Corps Reserve KC-130T that resulted in the deaths of 16 service members in July 2017. According to a command investigation and about 2,000 pages of supporting documentation, obtained exclusively by Defense News and M... |
This is why US Marines will be pitted against British Royal Marines in a forceonforce battle | ARLINGTON, Va. Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert B. Neller wants his Marines training for large-scale, peer threats. One way they'll get that is pitting Marines against elite allies. The first is coming soon, with a force-on-force battle at the epicenter of the Corps' air-ground combat focus against British Royal Ma... |
3 Czech service members killed 1 American injured in Afghanistan attack | KABUL, Afghanistan A Taliban suicide bomber killed three NATO forces on a foot patrol in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday in an attack that also wounded a U.S. service member and two Afghan troops, NATO said in a statement. The Czech military confirmed that the three killed were Czech service members. The Taliban claimed... |
Defense Department halts F35 deliveries amid repair bill disagreement with Lockheed | WASHINGTON The Pentagon has suspended acceptance of most F-35 deliveries as manufacturer Lockheed Martin and the F-35 program office debate who should be responsible for fixing jets after a production issue last year. , "While all work in our factories remains active, the F-35 Joint Program Office has temporarily susp... |
The Marine Corps had the highest increase in sexual assault reports among the services | The number of sexual assaults reported in the military continues to rise across the services, with the highest increase among the services reported by the Marine Corps. , In its annual report on sexual assault in the military released Monday, the Pentagon said there were 6,769 cases reported in fiscal year 2017, up 10 ... |
Governments receive plans for industrial tieup between Fincantieri Naval Group | PARIS France and Italy received in June plans for industrial cooperation from shipbuilders Fincantieri and Naval Group, the spokeswoman for the French Armed Forces Ministry said. "The governments concerned received the proposals from the companies and these proposals are being studied," Valrie Lecasble said July 12, r... |
Turkish military buildup in northern Syria threatens Raqqa operation | Kurdish activists claim Turkey is building up its military forces in northern Syria for an assault on the Kurdish held district of Afrin, a development that could cause serious setbacks in the ongoing American-backed operation to liberate the defacto capital of ISIS, Raqqa. U.S. officials in Baghdad say they are aware ... |
US Somali raid on alShabab seizes 3 commanders officials say | MOGADISHU, Somalia U.S. and Somali commandos seized three men thought to be commanders with the al-Shabab extremist group during a deadly raid in a village in Lower Shabelle region, Somali intelligence officials said Thursday. Five people thought to be banana farmers were killed in the raid late Wednesday and several ... |
California governor to draw down National Guard troops at border with Mexico | SACRAMENTO, Calif. California Gov. Gavin Newsom plans Monday to withdraw several hundred National Guard troops from the state's southern border with Mexico in defiance of the Trump administration's request for support from border states. About 100 of the 360 troops will remain deployed under California's agreement wit... |
Bucking Trump US Senate OKs historic Yemen measure | WASHINGTON The Senate on Thursday voted to end U.S. military aid to the Saudi-led war in Yemen, a historic and symbolic rebuke to the White House and Saudi Arabia following the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The Senate passed the Yemen resolution by a mostly partisan vote of 56-41 the first time either the Ho... |
As Trump mulls Afghanistan pullout latest watchdog report paints grim picture of progress there | As President Trump considers pulling all U.S. forces out of Afghanistan, and with the Senate coming together this week to rebuke such a plan, a watchdog report released this week showcases the fragility of the reconstruction effort. The U.S. government has spent at least 132 billion on Afghanistan since 2002 to stabili... |
Year of the woman veteran Five races to watch | WASHINGTON More female veterans are running for Congress this November than ever before. A total of 14 women are competing in congressional contests next month, and polling so far suggests several are likely to win new seats. If so, it could dramatically increase the number of female veterans from the four currently i... |
Air Force anticipates F35 deployment to Middle East in not too distant future | WASHINGTON The U.S. Air Force will deploy the F-35A to fight the Islamic State group in the Middle East in the "not too distant future," potentially a few years down the road, the outgoing head of Air Combat Command said Friday. "The Middle East deployment isn't imminent, it's planned for a few years out," Gen. Herber... |
Carl Vinson first carrier to visit Vietnam since war | The carrier Carl Vinson pulled into the Vietnamese port of Da Nang on Monday morning for a scheduled five-day stop, the first port visit there by a U.S. carrier in more than four decades. , Accompanied by the cruiser Lake Champlain and destroyer Wayne E. Meyer, the Vinson's arrival comes amid growing tensions in the re... |
Russia threatens response to huge NATO exercise says its new weapons will be unrivaled anywhere | Russian President Vladimir Putin says Russia will commission new weapons that have no comparisons anywhere in the world. His comments came as NATO's biggest military maneuvers since the Cold War kicked off Thursday in Norway in a hypothetical scenario that involves restoring the Scandinavian country's sovereignty after... |
Legions Legacy Rocky Mountain highs and Bull Run revisited 3 vetfriendly summer rides | Seeking one more summer ride? We may have the answer. From a day trip to a weeklong or longer commitment, troops and veterans nationwide can share their passion for motorcycles with like-minded riders all while raising money and awareness for causes or campaigns that are critical to the military community. This trio o... |
Connecting Marines at the lowest ranks to war fighting simulators | For far too long there has been a disconnect between the gaming capabilities of young Marines entering the Corps and how the war fighting simulators are used to build their training. But a group at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, California, is changing that dynamic with short-form course... |
Court overturns rape conviction citing unlawful influence from former top Air Force leaders | An airman's 2014 conviction for rape, assault and battery was overturned Monday after an appeals court ruled an embattled general's decision to move forward on the case was tainted by the apparent unlawful command influence of the former secretary and chief of staff of the Air Force.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ar... |
Leonardo DRS announces new head of T100 program | WASHINGTON Leonardo DRS has named a new head of its T-100 program, who will be responsible for leading the development and of the T-100 if the company wins the T-X trainer contract later this year. Marc Lindsley, an Air Force veteran with more than 15 years of experience at Northrop Grumman, has been appointed vice pr... |
Turkey assails US over ties with Syrian Kurdish militia | BEIRUT Turkey's foreign minister assailed the United States on Monday, claiming that American forces in Syria are intentionally stalling the fight against Islamic State militants as an excuse not to cut ties with Syrian Kurdish militiamen as Ankara has demanded. Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters in Istanbul that U.S. fo... |
Gen Robinson to head NORTHCOM will be first female to run COCOM | Defense Secretary Ash Carter has nominated Gen. Lori Robinson to be the next head of the U.S. Northern Command, the Pentagon said Friday morning. Robinson will be the first woman to ever head a combatant command, Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook said in a tweet announcing Robinson's nomination. Robinson is now comma... |
True defense loyalty Litmus test proposed for nonEU nations who want funding | PARIS Non-European Union states vying for funding under the continent's emerging defense architecture should be judged by their commitment to a common defense enterprise, the head of the European Defence Agency has proposed. Jorge Domecq pitched that idea at the Eurosatory defense trade show in Paris when asked by Def... |
Retired Marine man hunter now tracking Montana runaways | When Col. George Bristol retired to Whitefish, Montana, after 38 years in the Marine Corps, including 19 years overseas in some of the most dangerous places on earth, he could have easily kicked back and relaxed. But that's not exactly Bristol's style. "I'm not the type of guy who just sits around," he told the Flathea... |
23 years old and responsible for the nations nukes | JULIETT-01 MISSILE ALERT FACILITY, N.D. It was one of the coldest days of 2013 at this nuclear missile outpost, with a wind chill near minus 67 degrees. Senior Airman Mavrick Clark, 23, was out in the middle of it, performing maintenance on one of the 150 silos here. To complete the intricate repairs needed on a bit o... |
Turkey sets sights on Syrian region where US forces operate | U.S.-backed Kurdish militia members are preparing for a fight against Turkish forces to hold on to Syria's Manbij region, an area where U.S. forces are also known to operate. , "Coalition forces near Manbij have received fire from suspected Turkish Supported Opposition groups sporadically over the time we have been pat... |
Latestgeneration Chinese combat drone makes maiden flight | BEIJING China's latest-generation combat drone has made its maiden flight in what its developer says is a sign that the country is catching up with industry leader the United States. , The Wing Loong II that flew for the first time Monday can carry up to 480 kilograms 1,058 pounds of bombs and missiles, tucking six un... |
Joint Multirole Demonstrators in Race to Starting Line | WASHINGTON In West Palm Beach, Florida, and Amarillo, Texas, two different aircraft are coming together in a sprint to the starting line of the Army's much anticipated flight demonstrations of future helicopter concepts in 2017. The Army plans to design and field a future vertical lift aircraft and is expected to kick... |
Trump announces pick for nuclear weapons czar | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump has announced his intent to nominate Lisa Gordon-Hagerty as undersecretary for nuclear security at the Department of Energy, the top job for managing America's arsenal of nuclear warheads. The job includes filling the role of administrator for the National Nuclear Security Admini... |
Air Mobility Command head calls for more survivable tanker fleet | ORLANDO, Fla. The Air Mobility Command chief has an ambitious vision for the Air Force's aerial refueling fleet that ranges from increasing the survivability of the 60-year old KC-135 to starting development on a next-generation penetrating tanker. Once AMC's tanker capabilities-based assessment wraps up this summer, ... |
Supreme Court declines to take up drone strike lawsuit | WASHINGTON The Supreme Court is declining to revive a lawsuit over a drone strike in Yemen that killed five people. The court said Monday it would not take up the case. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled earlier this year that the case had been properly dismissed. The appeals court sa... |
S97 Raider sustained substantial damage in crash but program moves forward | WASHINGTON Sikorsky's S-97 Raider experimental helicopter sustained "substantial damage" from a hard landing during a flight test at the Sikorsky Development Flight Center in West Palm, Beach, Florida, in early August, according to a National Transportation Safety Board preliminary report issued Monday. But the hard l... |
Fearsome cruiser sets off on world tour from Norfolk | The Atlantic Fleet's most fearsome cruiser sailed off Monday on an "epic," around-the-world cruise after a long workup cycle. The cruiser Normandy deployed March 9 from Norfolk, Va. on its way to a complete, circumnavigation of the globe that will take it them through the Mediterranean, into the Persian Gulf and the fi... |
US Air Forces huge exercise in Ukraine fuels growing partnership and that countrys NATO ambitions | Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Dave Goldfein sat down with his Ukrainian counterpart last week to discuss the two countries' growing ties, the first large-scale, multinational air exercise to be held in Ukraine and the possibility of that country joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. After meeting with General... |
Why Russia is swallowing the Black Sea and wont stop until it has choked out Ukraine | After Russia fired on two Ukrainian naval ships in late November, seizing the vessels and crew, tensions between Russia and the West waxed and waned in a succession that has become all too common. Russia's annexation of Crimea roughly five years ago, and sponsorship of separatists in eastern Ukraine's Donbass region, b... |
Heres what the SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch means for the satellite industry | WASHINGTON Yesterday, SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket took off from launch pad 39A at Cape Canaveral, awing onlookers and inspiring an entire new generation of potential scientists and engineers to look to the stars. But what does the launch mean for the satellite launch industry? , Not as much as you think. , As previou... |
White House approves use of force some law enforcement roles for border troops | The White House late Tuesday signed a memo allowing troops stationed at the border to engage in some law enforcement roles and use lethal force, if necessary a move that legal experts have cautioned may run afoul of the Posse Comitatus Act. The new "Cabinet order" was signed by White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, n... |
Your Tricare and FEDVIP coverage continues even if the shutdown stopped your allotment | Certain Tricare beneficiaries who are affected by the shutdown and who pay their enrollment fees by allotment are still covered by Tricare, even though pay has stopped, according to Defense Health Agency officials. This includes some in the Coast Guard community, U.S. Public Health Service and the commissioned corps of... |
Report SEAL wanted to get back at strangled Green Beret for party snub | One of the two Navy SEALs being investigated in the strangulation death of a Special Forces soldier in Africa told a witness he choked out the soldier to "get back" at him for an earlier slight. The new report also said the SEAL might have used duct tape in the alleged attack. SEAL and Navy Petty Officer Anthony DeDolp... |
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