A persistent deficit of affordable and available early child care for military families could be improved under a new bill that seeks to establish partnerships between the military and civilian child care providers.

Marine bases in Japan recently opened one new food pantry and expanded another to ease persistent food insecurity that affects one-fourth of all U.S. military members.

Chance Brannon, 24, was motivated by neo-Nazi ideology when he threw a Molotov cocktail at a Planned Parenthood clinic in 2022, according to documents filed in federal court for the Central District of California.

The Navy amphibious ship program critical to a U.S. Marine Corps plan to adapt the service for future warfare could cost billions more than expected, the Congressional Budget Office says.

An 18-year-old U.S. Marine is accused of stealing more than $500,000 of jewelry between October and April, Texas deputies said.

The world’s costliest weapons program, Lockheed Martin Corp.’s F-35 fighter jet, is getting even more expensive, according to a government watchdog.

The Japanese Red Cross recently parked its blood-collection bus on this base south of Hiroshima for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Recommendations from a panel of lawmakers tasked with improving the quality of life for troops include a 15% pay raise for junior enlisted service members, no more referrals for physical therapy, optometry, women’s health and other specialties, and a basic allowance for housing that covers 100% of estimated costs.

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., called the small number of military housing construction projects in the Navy budget “insanity” during a Thursday hearing of the House Appropriations Committee’s subpanel on military construction, veterans affairs, and related agencies.

The Marine Corps schooled the Navy over social media Wednesday after the sea service uploaded a photo of an officer firing an improperly configured rifle.

It was a long journey for James Harris and Marine veteran Russ Redhead to become close enough that they now wear matching T-shirts that say “Kidney Buddies for Life.”

Roughly four tons of diesel fuel from this Marine Corps base 180 miles southeast of Seoul leaked into a nearby stream last week, according to Pohang city officials and an environmental group.

During a panel discussion Tuesday at the American Defense Communities’ national summit, advocates described how access to affordable housing, reliable child care and top public schools in communities near bases where military families reside contribute to readiness and retention.

This is the 21st year the USO has honored Service Members of the Year, nominated by their command leadership “for performing extraordinary acts of bravery that exemplify the values of the Armed Forces and the USO,” according to the organization.

Col. Richard Rusnok notified the manager of the Marine Thrift Store by letter on March 15 that he was revoking her nonprofit organization’s authority to run the store.

A GoFundMe set up to help the family of a United States Marine who went missing in Puerto Rico continues to get closer to its goal of $10,000.

Service members and their families at 14 military installations can now move to their next duty stations using a new streamlined system for shipping their belongings designed to overcome longstanding problems with military moves.

A master sergeant in the Japanese army learned English to become the first Japanese instructor taught by U.S. Marines to direct close air support for infantry from both countries.

A contractor discovered what appears to be a human bone while surveying a construction site near Camp Schwab, a Marine Corps base on Okinawa, according to the Okinawa Defense Bureau.