New Red Hill Lawsuit Filed by over 2,000 Plaintiffs Claims Long-Term Health Effects from Fuel Spill In a suit filed against the service over fuel contamination of the water supply at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, many...
F-16 Improperly Intercepted a Civilian Aircraft Before Crashing in Louisiana, New Report Says The incident took place during a training exercise March 23 when two F-16s departed Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base, Texas...
Here's the Truth About That Iconic Photo of Marines Pulling Afghan Baby to Safety New details about the image are available, potentially putting an end to its long trail of drama and answering questions...
Lawmakers Demand Answers on US Involvement in Deadly 2017 Nigerian Airstrike A group of House Democrats wants answers following reports that the U.S. military may have helped Nigerian forces with a 2017...
The Wars in Iraq And Afghanistan Have Killed at Least 500,000 People, According to a Report In the 76 countries in which the U.S. is currently fighting terrorism, at least three have been incredibly deadly: Iraq...
Military Gets New Office to Help Limit Civilian Deaths and Injury Civilian deaths were thrust into the spotlight again after U.S. Central Command launched an airstrike on a compound in Kabul...
C-17 Crew Cleared After Civilians Clinging to Plane Fell to Their Deaths During Afghanistan Evacuation It is not clear when Air Mobility Command and U.S. Central Command made their decision to clear the crew.
Civil Defense: More Than Duck and Cover In 1950, an animated turtle named Bert taught American children to "duck and cover" in case of an atomic attack.
A Civilian Retiree Is Biking Cross Country for Veterans in the Most American Way He Can Don Coffey appreciates his freedom to ride so much, he's raising money for wounded vets by riding across America.
Pentagon Finds No Fault in Syria Airstrike that Killed Women and Children A U.S. commander who ordered a 2019 airstrike in Syria did not violate the laws of war or engagement, according to an...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
![Bert the Turtle starred in "Duck and Cover" which aired in 1950 across the United States. (U.S. Civil Defense Administration photo)](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/media/history/cold-war/2017/02/bert-turtle-duck-cover.jpg?itok=tNSpO2Q2 "Bert the Turtle starred in "Duck and Cover," which aired in 1950 across the United States. (U.S. Civil Defense Administration photo)")
