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U.S. service members work in front of screens at a command center in Israel.

Warehouse and peace: Some 200 US troops in Israel drive Trump’s bid to preserve Gaza calm

A warehouse space in Israel has become the central nervous system for President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan.

Eric Edmundson is shown during military training in the western U.S. before deploying to Iraq. In 2005, Edmundson was critically wounded in a roadside bomb attack. (Edmundson family)

Legislation ‘answers the call’ to raise benefit rate for veterans with catastrophic injuries

Christopher O. Mohan speaks at a podium.

3-star general tapped to lead top Army logistics command, traditionally a 4-star slot

Marine in court denies sexually assaulting woman in gym restroom on Okinawa base

Coast Guard icebreaker turning 50 on annual Antarctica deployment

Hundreds of US troops are helping in the Philippines after back-to-back typhoons

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Army

Christopher O. Mohan speaks at a podium.

3-star general tapped to lead top Army logistics command, traditionally a 4-star slot

Cutting-edge Army unit challenged right out of the gate with complex NATO drill

Indiana National Guard soldier killed, 3 injured in multi-vehicle crash

Air Force

A Philippine airman, center, and U.S. Marines assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 unload hundreds of family food packs in Virac, Philippines, Nov. 15, 2025.

Hundreds of US troops are helping in the Philippines after back-to-back typhoons

Air Force approves weekly morale shirts, daily callsign name tags

Air Force deploys B-52s to base in Spain for NATO bomber task force training

Navy

The U.S. Navy’s Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, including the flagship USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), left, USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81), front, USS Mahan (DDG 72), back, USS Bainbridge (DDG 96), and embarked Carrier Air Wing Eight F/A-18E/F Super Hornets assigned to Strike Fighter Squadrons 31, 37, 87, and 213, operates as a joint, multi-domain force with a U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress, Nov. 13, 2025. U.S. military forces, like the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, are deployed in support of the U.S. Southern Command mission, Department of War-directed operations, and the President’s priorities to disrupt illicit drug trafficking and protect the homeland.

Gerald R. Ford strike group enters Caribbean Sea

Navy commissions Independence-class LCS USS Pierre, the last of its kind

USS Wichita deploys as part of southern border mission

Space Force

The Springfield-Beckley Air Guard Base sign.

2 Space Force units bring the ‘invisible front line’ to Ohio

Inside the Space Force as it prepares for a new kind of war

Space Force celebrates first Officer Training Course graduation at Peterson Space Force Base

Coast Guard

The U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Polar Star holds an "ice liberty" in Antarctica, when crew members are able to step out on the frozen Ross Sea while the ship is cutting a path as part of Operation Deep Freeze in January 2025.

Coast Guard icebreaker turning 50 on annual Antarctica deployment

Coast Guard monitors Russian spy ship off Hawaii’s coast

Coast Guard seeks a site to locate a new training center

Marine Corps

The Gunners Fitness Center at Camp Foster, Okinawa, is pictured on Nov. 18, 2025.

Marine in court denies sexually assaulting woman in gym restroom on Okinawa base

Marine base in Japan reports record surge in venomous spider eradications

Marines no longer lose free trip home if they take US leave while moving between overseas assignments

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U.S.

Sen. Tim Sheehy walks off the Senate floor.

Defense contractors fight back against NDAA repair language

Tennessee judge blocks Trump’s use of National Guard in Memphis but gives time for government appeal

Pentagon vulnerable to malicious use of publicly available info, GAO finds

Europe

People gather next to train tracks and train car with police tape on it.

Poland suggests Russia is behind railway blast on Ukraine delivery line

All-clear issued about 2 hours after NSA Naples schools evacuated over potential threat

Ukraine plans to buy up to 100 Rafale warplanes and air defense systems from France

Asia-Pacific

Army Gen. Xavier Brunson, commander of U.S. Forces Korea, greets Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at Osan Air Base, South Korea, Nov. 4, 2025.

Turning East Asia map 90 degrees shows strategic power of US alliances, general says

Chinese ship jams communications as Filipino forces deliver supplies to Philippines-occupied shoal

Trump says he ‘stopped a war’ by preserving a ceasefire between Cambodia and Thailand

Middle East

U.S. service members work in front of screens at a command center in Israel.

Warehouse and peace: Some 200 US troops in Israel drive Trump’s bid to preserve Gaza calm

South Africa foreign minister says charter flights part of a plan to clear Palestinians out of Gaza

Outrage in Israel as Netanyahu says government will oversee Oct. 7 inquiry

Africa

A row of M67 training grenades on a table at Fort McCoy, Wis. in 2023. Charles Onkuri Ongeta, 30, a dual American and Kenyan citizen who is also a sergeant in the U.S. Army, was arrested over the weekend after authorities found four grenades in his vehicle, a Tanzanian police statement said.

US Army sergeant who police say had grenades in his vehicle arrested in east Africa

Top adviser to Sudan’s paramilitary leader says Rubio’s comments hinder truce efforts

Senior US official praises Mali’s military junta in fight against armed groups as pressure mounts

Americas

The Pentagon in 2023. The U.S. Embassy in Haiti said in August that a contingent of U.S. Marines had arrived to provide security for the diplomatic post. MUST CREDIT: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post

Suspected Haitian gang members exchange fire with Marines protecting US Embassy in Port-au-Prince

Ecuadorian voters reject proposals to host foreign military bases and rewrite the constitution

US Marines in Haiti exchange gunfire with suspected gang members

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Japan

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Korea

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Okinawa

A look into the Craftsmen’s Commune – Yachimun no Sato

Taste of Okinawa: Uminchu Shokudo in Yomitan serving up Fresh seafood bowls

VIDEO: Quick trip to Okinawa’s scenic Cape Zanpa

Guam

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Fish Eye Marine Park Observatory reopens with crystal clear views

Veterans

Melissa Parker Leonard, a descendant of Seneca leader and Civil War General Ely Samuel Parker, speaks with guests inside the courtroom after a ceremony to posthumously admit Parker to the New York state bar on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 in Buffalo, N.Y. (AP Photo/Carolyn Thompson)

Civil War general and Seneca leader Ely Samuel Parker posthumously admitted to New York State Bar

Ely Samuel Parker, a Seneca leader and Civil War officer who served in President Ulysses S. Grant’s cabinet, was posthumously admitted to the New York State Bar, an achievement denied him in life because he was Native American.

Sports

Navy backup quarterback Braxton Woodson runs for a second touchdown after coming in for an injured Blake Horvath in the fourth quarter. The Navy Midshipmen defeat the South Florida Bulls, 41-38, in NCAA football Saturday at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis. (Paul W. Gillespie/Staff)

Navy QB Braxton Woodson comes to rescue in pivotal win: ‘There was no worry’

Navy football backup quarterback Braxton Woodson never stopped driving his feet forward. With the Midshipmen facing a pivotal second-and-9 leading by three with 1:46 remaining, Woodson called his own number.

History

Hed: On patrol, 1968

Que Sanh Valley, South Vietnam, Jan. 14, 1968: Soldiers move through a village north of Chu Lai. The action took place about 2000 meters from Landing Zone Ross, north of Chu Lai. Included were soldiers from B Troop, 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment; C Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment; and A and D Squad, 1st Platoon, B Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment.

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From the archives: Soldiers move through a village in South Vietnam, 1968

In this Stars and Stripes photo, soldiers move through a village north of Chu Lai in South Vietnam, Jan. 14, 1968.

Living

A girl in a purple sweatshirt uses a cordless landline phone.

To stave off smartphones, parents answer the landline’s call

Nostalgic millennials say home phones keep kids off the internet, ring up conversation skills.

Travel

An animatronic representation of Walt Disney at Disneyland.

In Orlando theme parks, animatronics increase in number — and in realism

Large black ball sits between red wing-like supports in an indoor public space. Through the windows behind it, a street scene with shops and autumn trees is visible.

Innovation hub in Kaiserslautern makes its futuristic array accessible to the public

The Carving a Korean Stone Seal with Jeongju workshop teaches you how to make a dojang, the traditional Korean name stamp still used today to sign documents, artwork and personal letters.

Personal stamps are handmade Korean keepsakes with a purpose