Special Reaction Team Trains for Any Situation The special reaction team for Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans is part of the group of people who run toward danger.
Army Growth May Not Keep Pace with Deployments: General Even as the Army prepares to grow, Lt. Gen. Joseph Anderson still worries about units not having enough time between...
Navy Wants More Ships to Expand Mobile Sea Basing Navy and Marine Corps leaders see mobile, off-shore bases as the key to responding to short-fuse contingency operations.
WWII Veterans Aim to Relive History with Restored PT Boat A PT boat that sank three German ships in the Mediterranean is being restored at the National World War II Museum.
Overtaxed Fleet Needs Shorter Deployments Heavy operational tempos during wartime have taken their toll on US Navy fleet and ship readiness.
CNO: Navy to Hit Seven-Month Deployments by End of Year The Navy's top officer says the service is in shape to return to a seven-month deployment model by the end of 2016.
Navy to Send More Than 1,100 Chief Petty Officers to Sea Duty Navy leaders announced that a new policy will move sailors from overmanned shore-based ratings to leaner operational units.
Health Director: No Evidence Troop Obesity Hurts Readiness avy Vice Adm. Raquel Bono said she had no reason to believe rising percentages of obese troops are creating a readiness...
US Military Budget Cuts Stretching 'Screaming Eagles' to the Limit President Trump has pledged to rebuild units like the 101st and recently announced a $54 billion increase in defense spending...
No 'Incompetence' or 'Bad Judgment' in Yemen Raid, Probe Finds A military fact-finding probe found no evidence of incompetence or poor planning in the Yemen raid in which a Navy SEAL died.
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...
