Each spring, dozens of conservation researchers and volunteers descend on Camp Grayling for four days of rattlesnake wrangling. The multi-year effort at the Michigan Army National Guard base is expected to help conservation scientists bolster a federally threatened species.
Iowa National Guard soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry, or “Ironman Battalion,” will first train at Fort Johnson in Louisiana. From there, troops will be deployed to the Middle East for Operation Inherent Resolve. Some 1,800 Iowa National Guard soldiers in total will be part of the deployment.
Cruise missiles are getting smaller and that’s opening up ways to give older drones fighter jet-like capabilities, the head of Air Force Special Operations Command said Tuesday.
The Pentagon has ordered senior leaders to pull and review all library books at military educational institutions that address diversity, critical race theory or gender ideology by May 21.
A photo circulating on social media shows an inmate left dangling, tangled in razor wire atop a fence as he tried to escape from U.S. Disciplinary Barracks on Fort Leavenworth. An Army spokesman on Thursday confirmed that two inmates tried to escape late last month.
The Swift Response exercise, large combat drills stretching from Nordic lands to NATO’s eastern flank, are getting underway.
The babysitter who was convicted of manslaughter in the 2019 death of a 7-month-old girl at Aliamanu Military Reservation was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
A construction vessel spilled fuel oil at the site of a future U.S. Marine Corps airfield being built on reclaimed land in Oura Bay.
Lt. Cmdr. Christopher Olsen, a Navy surface warfare officer, could face a court-martial on a charge of second-degree murder in the death of his wife Jessica “Jesse” Arguinzoni Olsen at a Japanese hotel last year, the service said.
Citing an economic climate hostile to hotel development, the developers looking to remake the former Navy property at 1220 Pacific Highway now have until December to advance a project that centers around an entertainment venue on a portion of the waterfront site
A federal judge in Hawaii on Wednesday awarded nearly $600,000 to 17 plaintiffs who sued the U.S. government after being sickened by jet fuel-contaminated water on Oahu in late 2021 — a fraction of the $7 million they had sought.
The Pentagon has issued a new deadline for transgender troops to voluntarily separate from military service following a Supreme Court ruling earlier this week. Active-duty transgender troops have until June 6 to begin the process of separating from the armed forces or risk being booted out, according to a memo signed Thursday by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Pvt. Gabriel J. Perez was found dead April 24, according to a Fort Jackson news release. He was assigned to Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment, a basic training unit responsible for running the Army’s 10-week course that turns recruits into soldiers.
A Defense Department inspector general’s audit faulted Yokota Air Base for mishandling toxic substances, including chemicals from firefighting foam and electrical equipment, according to a recent report.
A top U.S. Air Force official said Boeing Co. is proposing to deliver its new version of Air Force One by 2027 as officials look to satisfy President Donald Trump’s demand for the updated presidential jetliner before the end of his second term.
During more than a century of manned flight, a nagging problem has been how to answer nature’s call when up in the wild blue yonder.
Defense leaders called on the inspector general to review notification policies last year after incidents in military-run centers raised questions about when and how parents should be informed about possible abuse. The military operates America’s largest employer-sponsored child care program.
A fatal Marine Corps helicopter crash last year was caused by pilot error, but deteriorating weather conditions and the use of night-vision goggles might have been contributing factors, according to an investigation released Wednesday.
Army Sgt. Brian Lieberman said he was simply doing what the service trained him to do when he risked his own life to respond to the sounds of gunshots outside his Fayetteville, N.C., apartment almost two years ago.