A Virginia appellate court ruled Tuesday that a U.S. Marine should never have been granted an adoption of an Afghan war orphan and voided the custody order he’s relied on to raise the girl for nearly three years. The decision marked a major turning point in a bitter custody battle that has international ramifications far greater than the fate of one child.

J.D. Vance, 39, enlisted in the Marine Corps after graduating from high school in 2003 and served for four years, including a six-month stint in Iraq beginning in late 2005. The experience “taught me how to live like an adult,” Vance wrote in his memoir.

The U.S. Navy Blue Angels Jet Demonstration Team, U.S. Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II and the U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II are among the highlights of the 60th Cleveland National Air Show over Labor Day weekend.

Evan Wright, the author of the iconic book “Generation Kill,” which captured the danger and wild camaraderie of young Marines in combat, has died. He was 59.

The Navy said Monday it is replacing squadrons of F/A-18 Super Hornet fighters and C-2A Greyhound transports with next-generation stealth fighters and tiltrotors at this base south of Hiroshima.

The Marine Corps is imposing 100% sobriety checks Friday and Saturday evening at its bases in Japan following complaints from local government leaders about recent charges against U.S. service members for alleged sexual offenses.

A Marine Corps general returned to this air station from Washington, D.C., to take command Friday of the Marines’ air wing in the Indo-Pacific.

Suicide rates among troops in the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps for the first quarter of 2024 topped pandemic-era rates while the Army saw a significant dip, according to new data released by the Defense Department.

Maj. Gen. Benjamin Watson handed over the reins of the storied Blue Diamond division to Maj Gen. Robert Fulford during a change of command ceremony at Camp Pendleton last week.

The USO opened a new leisure center aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, adding to their more than 200 entertainment centers for service members globally.