5 Things to Start Your Week Here are five news stories and events to start your week from the editors at Military.com.
AfriCom Two-Star Named to Lead Niger Ambush Investigation Army Maj. Gen. Roger Cloutier was named to lead the investigation of the Niger ambush that killed four U.S. soldiers.
US Repositions Troops Closer to South Sudan The U.S. is moving troops and aircraft closer to South Sudan as a precaution should they be needed for more evacuations.
Reports: Nigerian Terror Group Abducts More Girls The U.S. drone search for the kidnapped Nigerian girls became more complicated with reports of another round of abductions of...
Marines and Ospreys Deployed to Fight Ebola Epidemic About 100 Marines and four MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft were headed to West Africa to offer aid to remote areas hit by...
Food Inspector Keeps Troops Safe in Liberia Army Spc. Rysper Sirma is used to having to report to work on short notice.
US Special Ops Teams in Libya Helped Direct Airstrikes Against ISIS Contacts and intelligence developed by U.S. Special Ops teams in Libya aided in the planning of the U.S. airstrike on ISIS...
EgyptAir Audio Revealed No Apparent Issues Hours Before Losing Contact The seemingly standard dialogue came to light hours after Egypt denied media reports the jetliner's black boxes had been...
The Arab Spring: Six Years Later The Arab Spring has given way to a winter of economic stagnation and violence that has plunged Syria, Libya and Yemen into...
China Opens First Overseas Military Base -- Next Door to US Camp China has begun the process of putting troops next door to a key U.S. military base on the Horn of Africa.
Musk, Ramaswamy Proposal to Slash Spending Could Include VA Medical Services Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy confirmed that they plan to target "unauthorized" federal spending, a category that includes...
Coast Guard Set to Receive New Icebreaker by Year's End, Bolstering US Presence in Arctic The need for ships with icebreaking capabilities is growing as China and Russia increase their presence in the Arctic...
Marine Corps F-35C Was Used in Combat for First Time to Strike Houthis, Military Confirms Traveling at speeds of 1,200 mph, the F-35C can carry Joint Direct Attack Munitions, or JDAMs, air-to-air missiles and other...
Military Diversity Is Not the Problem "The main reason for concern about the U.S. military and its performance has to do with the variety of U.S. commitments and...
MacDill Airman Gets 5 Years Of Probation in 'Undead Apes' Blockchain Fraud U.S. District Judge William Jung sentenced Devin Rhoden to five years’ probation, a reflection of Rhoden’s substantial...