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Navy says phallic skywriting over Washington “absolutely unacceptable”

November 17, 2017 at 11:21 p.m.

Residents of Washington state turned their eyes to a clear blue sky Thursday and found themselves staring at a cartoonish rendering of male genitalia, sketched in smoke by at least...

U.S. Marines attending the Infantry Officer ...

Marine who urinated on dead Taliban has conviction thrown out due to general’s meddling

November 9, 2017 at 8:41 p.m.

A panel of military judges has thrown out the conviction of a Marine Corps veteran who acknowledged urinating on Taliban corpses six years ago, saying it appears that the service's...

Securing North Korean nuclear sites would require a ground invasion, Pentagon says

November 4, 2017 at 10:43 p.m.

The only way to locate and secure all of North Korea's nuclear weapons sites "with complete certainty" is through an invasion of U.S. ground forces, and in the event of...

(AFP-OUT) U.S. President Donald Trump speaks ...

Trump offered a grieving military father $25,000 in a call, but didn’t follow through

October 18, 2017 at 3:50 p.m.

President Donald Trump, in a personal phone call to a grieving military father, offered him $25,000 and said he would direct his staff to establish an online fundraiser for the...

Twelve days of silence, then a swipe at Obama: How Trump handled four dead soldiers

October 18, 2017 at 8:03 a.m.

On Oct. 4, the day that four U.S. Special Forces soldiers were gunned down at the border of Niger and Mali in the deadliest combat incident since President Donald Trump...

For the first time, the Marine Corps expects to have a female infantry officer among its ranks

September 21, 2017 at 2:59 p.m.

The Marine Corps plans to soon assign a female infantry officer to a combat unit, a historic first, following her anticipated graduation from the service's grueling Infantry Officer Course, service...

U.S. jets drop live bombs in a new, massive show of force aimed at North Korea

September 19, 2017 at 12:46 a.m.

The Pentagon deployed a formation of 14 bombers and fighters over the Korean Peninsula on Sunday that also included South Korean and Japanese aircraft, the latest show of force in...

Volunteers Brock Warnick, right, and Colten ...

Texas continues Harvey recovery efforts as Hurricane Irma looms in the Atlantic

September 4, 2017 at 9:56 p.m.

It is still too early to determine exactly where and when Irma will hit, but model forecasts indicate it is increasingly likely to affect the United States.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, right, talks to Chief of Staff of the Army Mark A. Milley prior to a Medal of Honor ceremony at the White House on July 31.

Pentagon chief Mattis freezes Trump’s ban on transgender troops, calls for more study

August 29, 2017 at 10:20 p.m.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis announced Tuesday that he is freezing the implementation of President Donald Trump's ban on transgender people serving in the military, saying that he will first establish...

Navy expected to relieve admiral in charge of Japan-based fleet in response to deadly disasters at sea

August 22, 2017 at 11:34 p.m.

The Navy will relieve the senior admiral in charge of the service's 7th Fleet based in Japan in response to four embarrassing accidents this year, two of which killed sailors...

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