This week Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 22 became the first on the East Coast to supplement its MH-60 Seahawks with drones — the latest, delivered this week, is basically a Bell 407 helicopter that flies by remote control.

Tribal leaders have reburied the remains of their ancestors that were taken more than a century ago from what's now a national park in Colorado.

At least 18 people, most of whom are military dependents, allege in recently filed federal claims they suffer from leukemia, Parkinson’s disease and other serious ailments as a result of exposure to at least 67 different toxic chemicals at the former George Air Force Base.

Director of Public Affairs Tom Rheinlander in a tweet said there was no gunman at the U.S. Army base and that the rumors were likely set off by an active-duty soldier, who “made homicidal threats toward his leadership.” The suspect is in custody.

President Donald Trump was quick to spike the ball in celebration when the Big Ten announced the return of fall football at colleges clustered in some of the Midwest battleground states critical to his reelection effort, declaring, "I'm the one who got football back."

With time on their hands due to the pandemic and with the help of funding, mentorship and guidance through the Dragon Kim Foundation’s seven-month fellowship for California high schoolers, Hina and Kana Kojima spent the last few months interviewing Omori and five other prison camp survivors in person or over Zoom.

The race won’t be decided until Nov. 3, and millions of mail ballots won’t be sent to in-state addresses until next week. But by Thursday, dozens of military families living away from home and Florida residents living overseas already had cast their ballots.

A military whistleblower says federal officials sought some unusual crowd control devices to deal with protesters outside the White House on the June day that law enforcement forcibly cleared Lafayette Square.

Multiple buildings, including the hospital, at Naval Air Station Pensacola sustained damage from Hurricane Sally as the storm dumped torrential rain and spread debris across the base Wednesday, several Navy officials said.

Service members and others with common access cards that expired during the coronavirus pandemic must renew them by September 30, while retirees and dependents with expired ID cards will have more time.

Roughly 250 Marines and sailors from Camp Pendleton, Calif., will deploy to help battle the 25 wildfires still burning across state that have stretched firefighting resources to the limit, military officials announced late Wednesday.

The indictments are part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to call out cybercrimes by China.

For the next month or so, Stars and Stripes is going to cycle through the alphabet, showcasing an active or former base (or bases) that start with that letter. There may be a few you've never heard of, there may be some naval ships and Coast Guard stations involved, and keep an eye out for a fort that shared a name with a popular musical.

Russia is seeking to denigrate former Vice President Joe Biden's presidential campaign, primarily by using social media and influence operations, FBI Director Christopher Wray warned Thursday.

In a private call with federal prosecutors across the country, Attorney General William Barr's message was clear: Aggressively go after demonstrators who cause violence.

Abdelhamid Al-Madioum, 23, was indicted in U.S. District Court on a charge of providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization.

Ballots that are eligible to be counted must be postmarked by the time polls close and be received by county election boards at 5 p.m. on Nov. 6, three days after the Nov. 3 election.

The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee voted Wednesday on party lines to back subpoenas of about 40 people in its probe of the FBI's Russia investigation and the Obama administration's actions.

Attorney General William Barr drew sharp condemnation Thursday for comparing lockdown orders during the coronavirus pandemic to slavery.

University of Alabama trustees are expected to vote on a proposal to change the name of a building on the Tuscaloosa campus that is currently named after a Confederate general.

Iranian hackers targeted aerospace and satellite technology companies at the behest of the country’s military, according to an indictment unsealed Thursday in federal court.

U.S. jobless claims fell by 33,000 form the previous week as the economy and job market continue to recover somewhat from the initial shock of the coronavirus pandemic. Employers added 10.6 million jobs from May through August, but that's still less than half the jobs lost in March and April.

As wildfires rage in the West and hurricanes pummel the Gulf Coast, disaster aid has been forced to evolve, for better or for worse. The novel coronavirus "has thrown a wrench into the well-oiled machines of congregate sheltering."

The new Hudson Valley Center for Veteran Reintegration is raising donations for its already long list of programs — from financial literacy classes to a therapeutic woodworking and kayak building — to help veterans adjust to life after military service.

The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee had been scheduled to vote on the nomination of John Gibbs, who for the past three years has been a senior official at the Housing and Urban Development Department.

Hospitals across the state are treating the fewest patients with COVID-19 since April. The percentage of tests coming back positive for the virus is lower than ever, proof that the state has reined in a massive surge that began this summer.

Since mid-March, the 711th Human Performance Wing’s Epidemiology Lab has tested 120,648 specimens for SARS-CoV-2 testing purposes. The current mean turnaround time for testing is 19.1 hours, a Wright-Patterson spokesman said.

When a Marine Corps tank company disbanded, 39 of its reservists transferred to the Idaho Army National Guard.

Active-duty service members who die from an incident that was not in support of combat operations would no longer be eligible for burial at Arlington National Cemetery under a new proposed rule posted Tuesday to the Federal Register.

Following a confrontation with a car service driver, a soldier pointed a handgun at the five military police soldiers who arrived on scene, said a military spokesperson. The soldier is listed as in stable condition at a nearby hospital.

Proposed legislation would allow active duty, reservists and National Guard troops to break leases electronically, including by email, if they are deployed, reassigned to a new base, or sent to a long training event.

Sally has weakened into a tropical storm, with winds down to 70 mph, but the worst may be yet to come, with heavy rain expected into Thursday as the slow-moving storm pushes inland over Alabama and into Georgia.

President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden agreed in a questionnaire released Wednesday by a military advocacy group that the DOD needs to compete with near-peer military powers and the VA needs to continue investing in private-sector health care.

Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman John Fogerty said he wrote “Fortunate Son” in 1969 to target the hypocrisy of flag-waving Americans who cower when the time comes to serve.

“They flew into blazing flames, raging wind — and it was raging — and blinding smoke to rescue families who were trapped by the massive Creek Fire,” President Donald Trump said during an awards ceremony Monday.

TikTok has over 6 million downloads, and the tag “military” has more than 6.5 billion views. However, its critics say TikTok users undermine the dignity of military service, and the Defense Department is concerned with its security.

One U.S. airman was killed and two others were injured in a single-vehicle accident while conducting a routine patrol in Kuwait, the military said Sunday.

Gulf Coast military installations from Mississippi to the Florida Panhandle were bracing Tuesday evening for the impact of slow-moving Hurricane Sally, which forecasters warned could drop record, life-threatening rainfall on the region in the coming days.

Some 500 Florida National Guard troops were beginning search-and-rescue efforts in the state’s western Panhandle on Wednesday afternoon after Hurricane Sally unleashed torrential rains that caused life-threatening floods throughout the region.

The death of Pvt. Michael Wise, 29, is under investigation, officials said.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on congressional Republicans to support a massive economic relief bill that would include stimulus payments for Americans, offering a much different plan than what the Senate GOP sought to advance in recent days.

Court filings tell the story of a military veteran who wished to fly his country’s flag but went astray in the tightly restricted world of a homeowners association, which controls everything from home decor to pets to shrubbery.

The "I Am Vanessa Guillen Act" would create new procedures for service members to report instances of sexual harassment and assault in confidence and outside of their chain of command.

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The award is an upgrade of the Distinguished Service Cross that Sgt. Maj. Thomas Patrick Payne was initially awarded in 2017. He is just the second living service member to receive the nation’s highest honor for combat valor for actions in Iraq.

VA officials said the agency is already reaching out to the veterans impacted, including the next-of-kin of those who are deceased. The department is offering free credit monitoring to anyone whose Social Security numbers were accessible.

Americans do not understand the severity of the military threats posed by China, particularly its ability to strike the U.S. mainland with a nuclear weapon, said Adm. Charles Richard, commander of U.S. Strategic Command, on Monday.

In an interview with Stars and Stripes, Former Vice President Joe Biden said that, despite the ongoing operations abroad and increased government spending, he does not foresee major cuts to the Pentagon budget.

In the span of three days, a group of third-class cadets went from finishing their first year at the academy remotely from home to boarding the Munro, one of the largest ships in the Coast Guard with a permanent crew of 145 people.

Bollinger Shipyards in Lockport, La., landed the contract for an undisclosed amount with General Dynamics Electric Boat. The dry dock will handle the Navy's new Columbia Class ballistic missile submarines in Groton, Conn.

Cmdr. Robert Arias, the commanding officer of Naval Technical Training Center Lackland was relieved of command Friday by Capt. John Ferguson, the commander of the Center for Security Forces, according to a Navy statement.

Gen. Charles “CQ” Brown said the Air Force must institute cultural changes to keep pace with the improving Chinese and Russian militaries.

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A picture of the badly burned Army veteran was used in social media postings with a message saying "Trump says he's a loser. I say he's a hero. What do you say?" But Bobby Henline says, "It's not true."

Comedian Jon Stewart joined lawmakers and advocates on Capitol Hill Tuesday to help draw attention to legislation designed to compensate and care for veterans suffering from illnesses linked to toxic burn pits in combat zones.

The Navy could swap out some traditional ships with crewless vessels, according to a recent Congressional Research Service report.

Air Force Tech. Sgt. Franklin Wetmore was hurt in a December explosion, but, in spite of the injury, he provided security to more than 500 personnel who were hunkered down in a terminal during an attack.

The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predicted Wednesday that most of the American public will not have access to a vaccine against the novel coronavirus until late spring or summer of next year.

The Coast Guard and Navy recently joined forces to assess after-storm damage to Hampton Roads port facilities.

In three years, Lt. Gen Jay Silveria faced the biggest challenges he would face in uniform. The general worked to end hazing on teams, incorporate the new Space Force into the ranks and kicked off a review that changed how the academy looks at diversity and race.

Jeffrey MacDonald was convicted of murdering his pregnant wife and daughters at Fort Bragg in 1970. A new documentary series takes another look at the crime.

Dr. Juan Tang, a cancer researcher, was arrested by the FBI in July and accused of lying about her ties to China’s military to gain access to a lab at a California university.

An 82nd Airborne Division paratrooper was killed during a training accident in Georgia.

A quarter century has passed since Shannon Faulkner became the first woman to join the Citadel Corps of Cadets. She spent two years battling through the federal courts to win a place in the corps, but she left the Charleston, S.C., military school the same week she enrolled, in a driving rainstorm, sick and emotionally broken. Much as changed since then.

After beating Louisiana-Monroe 37-7 on Saturday, the Black Knights were alerted that this Saturday's home game against No. 21 BYU had been postponed. That's a tough pill to swallow, especially for seniors in their last hurrah.

Former Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday that the greatest challenge for the Department of Veterans Affairs is filling tens of thousands of job vacancies, and if elected president he would supercharge the VA’s budget to boost wages to compete with the private sector.

The Air Force had previously held that the village would not be allowed to maintain the missile, and it was scheduled to dismantled on Monday.

With their company, Recycle for Veterans, Kyle Hansen and Andrew Levin combine their respect for the environment and their interest in preserving the planet with their desire to help fellow service members succeed outside of the military.

While the Walter Reed vaccine candidate is currently focused on COVID-19, the lab has structured the vaccine to be able to target different types of coronavirus.

Daniel Ellsberg, one of the most famous whistleblowers in living memory, came to the defense of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Wednesday in his legal fight to avoid extradition to the United States from Britain.

The government outlined a sweeping plan Wednesday to make vaccines for COVID-19 available for free to all Americans, assuming a safe and effective shot is developed.

A bipartisan group of Texas representatives is fighting to bring home former Marine Trevor Reed, recently given a nine-year prison sentence by Russian authorities for what his lawyers say are false charges.

When the hurricane hunter aircraft collected data for Hurricane Laura in August, most of the meteorologists analyzing it weren’t on board. They now work thousands of miles away in their own homes interpreting the data thanks to new software developed out of necessity in a COVID-19 world.

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Will Roper, the top acquisition and technology official at the Air Force, is hoping to usher in a new era of weapons development in which computer-generated models — owned by the government and enabled by artificial intelligence technology — can test millions of possible designs in a virtual format before ever creating a prototype.

Bowie State University held a ceremony on its football field Tuesday, with social distancing and a plexiglass-guarded podium, to celebrate the posthumous promotion of Richard W. Collins III, as well as to recognize the 34 ROTC cadets receiving a scholarship in his honor.

The Pentagon will rescind its order for Stars and Stripes to cease publication by Sept. 30, according to an email sent to the news organization Thursday.

The Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum is ever so close to a crowning achievement: offering public access for the first time to the top of the international orange-and-white-striped historic control tower overlooking Ford Island and Pearl Harbor for what museum officials call “freedom’s view.”

The families of Pfc. John Hart and Lance Cpl. Travis Desiato — both Bedford, Mass. natives who were killed serving in Iraq — shared their feelings about disparaging remarks President Donald Trump allegedly made about service members during a press conference.

A Tazewell, Va., postal worker is facing federal charges alleging that she stole narcotics mailed to veterans by a VA medical center.

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s controversial midsummer operational directives delayed nearly 350 million pieces, or 7%, of the country’s first-class mail in the five weeks they were in effect, according to a new report published Wednesday by the Senate’s top Democrat in charge of postal oversight.

The mayor of New York's third most populous city has found herself in the throes of a political crisis after police body camera footage was made public showing a hood being placed on the head of Daniel Prude, a Black man having a mental health crisis, in March. He died a week later.

WBZ reported that the resident who found the explosives was digging on his property as part of a driveway expansion project.

Israel on Tuesday signed historic diplomatic pacts with two Gulf Arab states at a White House ceremony that President Donald Trump declared will mark the "dawn of a new Middle East," casting himself as an international peacemaker at the height of his reelection campaign.

Cleaning up groundwater contamination is slow, complicated and expensive. And specific remediation at three military sites in New Mexico is also hindered by state budget constraints and limited staff, state Environment Department officials told lawmakers during a virtual briefing.

At least seven people have died in connection with a coronavirus outbreak that continues to sicken people in Maine following a wedding reception held during the summer that violated state virus guidelines, public health authorities said.

Rudy Giuliani claimed Friday he has seen nothing to back up the Treasury Department's listing ex-Ukrainian politician Andrii Derkach as “an active Russian agent” pushing “false and unsubstantiated” corruption claims about Joe Biden in a bid to influence November’s election.

David Russell Russell spent Tuesday morning shaking hands and being hugged at a party celebrating his 100th birthday at American Legion Post 10 headquarters. “How does it feel to be 100 years old?” someone asked. “I don’t know, I’ve never been this old before,” the vibrant Russell said with a laugh and a smile. “I guess I made it.”

The event, hosted by ABC News' George Stephanopoulos, was a warmup of sorts before Trump faces Democratic nominee Joe Biden in the first presidential debate on Sept. 29.

The Federal Reserve expects to keep its benchmark interest rate pegged near zero at least through 2023 as it strives to accelerate economic growth and drive down the unemployment rate.

Residents and environmental groups are calling on the Massachusetts National Guard to abandon its proposal for an eight-lane machine gun range at Camp Edwards, or to at least slow down the process so the public can get more information and offer further input.

The grandson of U.S. President Warren G. Harding and his lover, Nan Britton, went to court in an effort to get the Republican’s remains exhumed from the presidential memorial where they have lain since 1927.

Fire crews have been summoned from at least nine states and other countries, including Canada and Israel. Hundreds of agreements for agencies to offer mutual assistance have been maxed out at the federal, state and local levels.

Seventy years after a horrific train crash in Ohio claimed the lives of 33 members of Wilkes-Barre’s 109th Field Artillery, a group of soldiers and veterans brought the past, present and future together at a memorial service in Pennsylvania.

Monday afternoon’s Freedom Salute Ceremony at the MG Henry C. Evans Armory recognized the Maryland Army National Guard’s 29th Military Police Company as 30 men and women got their orders to report overseas to help with a law enforcement mission in Kosovo.