President Joe Biden will give the commencement speech next month to the Class of 2024 at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.

MacDill Air Force Base in Florida wrangled with an uninvited guest Monday when an alligator was spotted hiding near the wheels of a KC-135 aerial refueling aircraft.

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton returned to its homeport in Alameda, Calif., on Sunday after a 111-day deployment to the Bering Sea.

Members of the Hawaii-based 25th Infantry Division and 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment will helicopter onto Philippine islands during a three-week annual exercise that kicked off this week.

In 2021, three brothers were forced to flee their homeland with their parents, one who worked with the U.S. Army, when the United States pulled the last of its troops from Afghanistan and the Taliban seized power in much of the region. They settled in Maryland, where the three brothers have found a place with a lacrosse team.

Another contingent of F-22 Raptors have landed on Okinawa as part of an Air Force plan to replace retired F-15 Eagles with frequent rotations of temporary replacement fighters.

Second Lt. James Chitika, a 2022 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, was found dead off base April 16 near railroad tracks in Del Rio, officials at Laughlin said in a news release. Chitika was struck by a train late that night.

An infestation of rats and mice at the dining hall at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana has forced base officials to shut down the facility for more than a week.

A Navy review is shining a light on major shipbuilding delays, including at the Newport News shipyard, but defense experts point to larger systemic issues constraining the industrial base’s production capacity.

Approximately 100,000 people from nearly every country in Europe were imprisoned at Flossenbürg between 1938 and 1945, and 30,000 perished.

The Coast Guard found and rescued two stranded boaters Saturday near Hopedale, La., the service said in a news release.

The U.S. Coast Guard commissioned its newest cutter, the USCGC Calhoun (WMSL 759), on Saturday at Coast Guard Base Charleston, S.C. It is named for the first master chief petty officer of the Coast Guard, Charles L. Calhoun.

Thousands of spectators trained their eyes to the sky on Saturday for Day 1 of the Charleston Airshow at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. The show continues Sunday.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has voiced opposition to a move to pull units from the National Guard for inclusion in the U.S. Space Force.

Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Christopher J. Chambers and Special Warfare Operator 2nd Class Nathan Gage Ingram, lost at sea during a mission in January off the coast of Somalia, were remembered last week as courageous and selfless.

The Marine Corps has identified the Camp Lejeune Marine killed while training near the North Carolina coast. Sgt. Colin Arslanbas of Missouri was a reconnaissance Marine assigned to the Maritime Special Purpose Force, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, the service announced in a news release.

The two SH-60K choppers from the Maritime Self-Defense Force were carrying four crew each and lost contact late Saturday near Torishima island, about 370 miles south of Tokyo, Defense Minister Minoru Kihara told reporters.

The United States military is undergoing a “momentous undertaking” of nuclear weapon modernization, said Maj. Gen. Stacy Jo Huser, who oversees the development of such technology.

Members of the Red Hill Community Representation Initiative are expressing frustration with federal officials who declined to attend a scheduled meeting for a second time.