Navy Fireman 2nd Class Martin D. Young was 21 years old when he was killed during the Dec. 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. Now, nearly 80 years later, his remains will be brought home to his native Kentucky and he'll be laid to rest on Saturday.

On Tuesday, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks toured several Austin sites for the Austin-based innovation unit to learn more about how it's working to harness and acquire technology and train talent.

The proposed project, also known as the Route 539 Interconnector would build an overpass along Route 539 to allow for military convoys to easily travel back and forth between both sections of the base, expanding the space where National Guard and Reserve forces can train.

A handful of cities started offering shots to children ages 12 to 15 less than a day after the Food and Drug Administration gave the vaccine emergency use authorization for that age group.

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There are two primary questions around Flying Tiger Line Flight 739. The first is what happened to it. The second is why it was there in the first place.

An Army captain who pulled a knife-wielding attacker off his victim wishes he could have done more, though his actions earned him the Army’s highest medal for acts of noncombat bravery.

The VR technology powering the Reaper training is provided by Moth + Flame, a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based company that has worked with the Air Force since 2019.

Lawmakers on the Senate Intelligence Committee are urging President Joe Biden to review a decision to move U.S. Space Command from Colorado to Alabama, amid a new line of concern that intelligence missions could take a hit.

The number of migrant children in government custody more than doubled in the past two months, and this week the federal government was housing around 21,000 kids, from toddlers to teens. A facility at Fort Bliss in Texas, held more than 4,500 asylum-seeking children as of Monday.

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The ransomware attack that shut down the nation's biggest fuel pipeline prompted an all-too familiar question in the corridors of power in Washington and boardrooms across the country: Can anyone stop debilitating hacks?

The remains of U.S. Army Cpl. Asa E. Vance on Monday were brought to his family 70 years after he left Decatur, Illinois, to serve in the Korean War.

Two senior Trump administration officials defended their actions during the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol in testimony before Congress on Wednesday, with former acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller standing behind every decision he made that day.

For South Carolina native and S.C. State University alum Brig. Gen. Milford Beagle Jr., coming to his home state and being the commanding general of the U.S. Army's Fort Jackson for the last three years has been the opportunity of a lifetime. But his time leading the post is drawing to a close.

As information comes in, the federal government's COVID-19 Prevention Network will evaluate data on the antibody levels of people who've either recovered from COVID-19 or been vaccinated against it. Then researchers will look at how many people go on to contract COVID-19 a second time, known as breakthrough infections.

The steel boat, named Big Dawg, was donated by the Air Force and is the first large artificial reef wreck the county has deployed in more than 10 years, according to Okaloosa County Resources Manager Alex Fogg with Visit Destin-Fort Walton Beach.

Adm. Charles Richard, commander of U.S. Strategic Command, says the Minuteman missile is so old that Air Force technicians have had to perform magic to keep it fully functional while coping with severely limited spares for components such as missile launch switches.

Ingalls Shipbuilding has begun work on its latest National Security Cutter — the Legend-class Friedman (NSC 11).

Attorneys for Asadullah Haroon Gul acknowledge that he was captured in 2007 as a commander in Hezb-i-Islami Gulbuddin, a paramilitary group then allied with al-Qaida, that resisted the U.S. invasion in 2001.

Government officials acted swiftly to waive safety and environmental rules to speed the delivery of fuel by truck, ship or rail to motorists and airports, even as they sought to assure the public that there was no cause for alarm.

Engineers have fully repaired a glitch in the Unity passenger rocket that forced its two pilots to abort their last attempt to shoot to the edge of space in December, the company said during a first-quarter earnings conference call with investors Monday afternoon. But following a test flight last week with the mothership Eve, technicians found a maintenance issue that could briefly ground that vehicle, potentially delaying Unity's next effort to reach suborbit.

A powerful state senator publicly called for the resignation of University of South Carolina President Robert Caslen following plagiarism and a slip of the tongue during his commencement speech.

The bill, as written, would bring about the largest overhaul of U.S. elections in a generation, touching on almost every aspect of the electoral process.

Starting in the next two weeks, the ride-sharing companies will enable a feature in their apps where users can fill in appointment information and redeem a code that gives them $30 for a round trip to a vaccination site, the White House said in a statement Monday.

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A major fuel pipeline that was shut down after a brazen cyberattack probably will come back online by week's end, officials said Monday, as security experts warned the nation must take more seriously persistent vulnerabilities in America's aging energy infrastructure.

The JBLM Marketplace launched April 20 and will continue every other Tuesday through Sept. 14. Leaders are hoping the marketplace will become a year-round event.

The ride, called Rolling to Remember, aims to raise awareness for prisoners of war and troops still missing in action, as well as the issue of veteran suicide.

Federal prosecutors are seeking a 17-year prison sentence for a former Green Beret who pleaded guilty last year to providing classified information to Russian military intelligence for over a decade.

The Defense Department rejected a request from organizers of a traditional Memorial Day weekend motorcycle ride in the nation’s capital, throwing logistics of the event into uncertainty just weeks before it is scheduled to take place.

The Department of Veterans Affairs asked Congress on Wednesday to hold off making major changes to the agency’s process of handling military toxic exposure until it finishes an internal review this fall.

Tiara Nicole Vinson, 26, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and discharging a firearm into occupied property.

The Pentagon is sticking with a plan developed in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic to speed progress payments to defense contractors, even as evidence mounts that major companies appear financially healthy and are stepping up stock buybacks.

Dan Starks started by buying a worn-down M4 Sherman tank for $50,000. As of now, he's acquired over 475 vehicles, 270 firearms and close to 750 artifacts, and he's built a museum from the ground up by spending $100 million of his own money.

AMVETS, the national veterans group organizing the ride, said the Defense Department has ignored its application to use the Pentagon parking lot as a staging area.

Former Birmingham, Ala. Police Chief A.C. Roper will become the first African American to achieve the rank of U.S Army Reserve lieutenant general.

The Air Force reversed its decision to dismiss hundreds of reserve officer training cadets and restored nearly 130 scholarships, officials said, after a lobbying effort assailed the decision as a punishment for many qualified cadets that would create catastrophic financial problems.

There had been four other complaints filed against Spc. Vanessa Guillen's platoon sergeant for his mistreatment of subordinates, yet leaders continued to move him and keep him in charge of soldiers, according to an Army report released last week.

Since 2018, the Navy has asked to repair and update the nation's four aging shipyards, which would assist in its pursuit of its congressionally mandated goal of a 355-ship fleet.

COVID-19 vaccines finally are headed for more kids as U.S. regulators on Monday expanded use of Pfizer's shot to those as young as 12, sparking a race to protect middle and high school students before they head back to class in the fall.

One of the Army's most celebrated trailblazers watched with concern as her service began revising its new combat fitness test. To Griest, who made history in 2015 as one of the first two women to graduate the Army's famously difficult Ranger School, the adjustment is regrettable.

The change comes after the Army announced a new policy in January that authorized women could wear long ponytails during physical training, field training and combat operations to make its policies more inclusive.

Just hours after the interview aired, the Justice Department under the new Biden administration opened an internal probe of Michael Sherwin for his appearance on the CBS News show and his comments about the massive investigation.

In the new structure, the duties and responsibilities now assigned to one general officer serving simultaneously as the Army’s provost marshal general and the CID commander, will split.

A portion of a commencement address by University of South Carolina President Robert Caslen matches almost word-for-word a passage from a famous speech given seven years ago by retired Navy Adm. William H. McRaven.

The U.S. Navy officially commissioned it new $525 million, 785-foot warship Saturday at a ceremony ahead of its departure for the western Pacific sometime this summer.

The Navy exceeded its retention goals and announced a select list of ratings would qualify for early separation.

The challenge was highlighted Friday when employers nationwide added 266,000 jobs, far fewer than expected, and businesses reported they couldn't find people to fill the openings they have to keep up with the rapidly strengthening economic rebound.

All corporals and specialists will have the option to take the Army Physical Fitness Test, a move meant to help them “stay on track for promotion” as the service transitions to the long-awaited combat fitness test.

Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit Mark Jones has filed motions to drop all charges against Ashley and Albert Debelbot, who were convicted in 2009 in their newborn daughter's death.

When a reporter showed up late to a Texas Republican Party press conference on Thursday, state party chairman and retired Army Lt. Col. Allen West wanted him to do 30 pushups.

Jovan Collazo, 23, also faces counts of armed robbery, carjacking and weapons charges after fleeing Fort Jackson on Thursday morning during his third week of Basic Combat Training, said Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott.

A bipartisan group that includes former lawmakers, military leaders and diplomats is urging Congress to create an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

Sentencing is set this week for a fired nursing assistant who admitting to killing seven elderly veterans with fatal doses of insulin at a West Virginia hospital.

Historically, some pilots have left the military to enjoy benefits that the commercial airline industry offers, such as more stable work hours, better pay and more flight time.

The partnership between Lendlease and Fort Hood was one of the first forged after the military began privatizing base housing in 1996.

Veterans, service members. dignitaries — and, after a year of canceled ceremonies, members of the public — gathered at the National World War II Memorial Saturday morning to mark the anniversary of the end of fighting in Europe.

The Community Foundation for Perry County, Ohio, was able to match Ben Shaver's $50,000 by March, contributing to a $100,000 total endowment the organization will use to provide grants to single moms and dads throughout the county.

Where the debris will land will remain unknown until shortly before it crashes, the Pentagon said Tuesday.

A new course being piloted at Camp Pendleton seeks to develop infantry Marines with more varied skills. Students are now learning information in bits and pieces and then translating the information in action — using as much brain as brawn, officials said.

Hit by a cyberattack, the operator of a major U.S. fuel pipeline said Monday it hopes to have services mostly restored by the end of the week as the FBI and administration officials identified the culprits as a gang of criminal hackers.

“I am here, but I wish to be there,” Lt. Col. Armen Zakaryan said then from the pulpit of St. Hagop Armenian Church, where he, his wife and three children have found a home during his assignment as Armenia’s representative to the U.S. Central Command Coalition at MacDill Air Force Base.

The shutdown, meanwhile, stretched into its third day, with the Biden administration loosening regulations for the transport of petroleum products on highways as part of an "all-hands-on-deck" effort to avoid disruptions in the fuel supply.

Retired Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey McKellop, 55, of Virginia, was arrested March 17, according to court records from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington, D.C.

Thomas Garner has pleaded not guilty to killing Pamela Cahanes. He was arrested in March 2019 after investigators developed a DNA profile in the cold case. The body of Cahanes was found on Aug. 5, 1984, two days after she graduated from boot camp at the Orlando Naval Training Center.

The Treasury Department on Monday launched its $350 billion program to distribute aid to state and local governments, giving the U.S. economy an added boost after relatively modest hiring in April.

The U.S. Navy is in the process of constructing the USS Idaho, a nuclear attack submarine that will go on active service after a commissioning ceremony in the summer of 2023.

The bombers will return the air as inspections and maintenance arising from the stand-down are completed, the Air Force said in a news release Thursday.

Until now, all women enlistees in the Marine Corps trained at the service's East Coast boot camp in South Carolina — and, until recently, trained in segregated companies away from their male counterparts.

Even the "last free place in America," as locals call the remains of a defunct World War II military training camp, didn't stand a chance against COVID-19.

Facebook Inc.’s internal rules for banning content are a “shambles,” and the company needs to fix the process to have credibility in enforcing them, a member of the social media giant’s independent content oversight board said.

The train of lights was actually a series of relatively low-flying satellites launched by Elon Musk's SpaceX as part of its Starlink internet service earlier this week. Callers swamped TV stations from Texas to Wisconsin reporting the lights and musing about UFOs.

Just prior to the launch of the Minuteman III ICBM, the computer detected the fault in the sequence of checks and automatically shut itself down, according to Lt. Col. William Russell.

A gray, stealth-looking vessel with an American flag drew the attention of people out on a whale-watching charter early on Wednesday.

Mayor Muriel Bowser unveiled a two-stage plan on Monday, with capacity restrictions on most indoor activities lifting on May 21, with the exception of bars, nightclubs and entertainment venues. Those final categories would see their capacity limits removed by June 11.

Capitol Police Inspector General Michael Bolton testified in the first of three House hearings this week on what went wrong during the Jan. 6 insurrection. Lawmakers are investigating the riots as they contemplate overhauling security.

By the time the 20th anniversary rolls around in four months, 75 million Americans will have been born in those two decades, the organization estimates.

PFC John Maruscok was declared Missing in Action near Maizieres-les-Metz, France, on Sept. 8, 1944. Purple Hearts Reunited, a Vermont-based nonprofit that has returned lost, stolen, or misplaced medals of valor to nearly 850 veterans or their families, contacted Maruscok's niece, Susan Watson, about presenting her with the medal.

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Dr. Rajendra Kapila, a Rutgers University professor of medicine, died in late April while visiting India. A Rutgers spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment on media reports claiming Kapila died of COVID-19 after receiving both doses of the Pfizer vaccine in the US.

The indictment alleges that during the 2019 tax year, Brian Kolfage received hundreds of thousands of dollars from multiple organizations — including We Build The Wall, Inc. — and failed to report that income to the IRS.

In an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press," the chief medical adviser to the White House pointed out that the public has grown accustomed to wearing masks and added that quantifiable data shows that its use has helped stem the spread of other viruses.

Adm. Mike Gilday, chief of naval operations, toured destroyers that were under construction and spoke to workers and leaders on Monday.

A federal judge Monday refused to release on bond an accused Islamic State soldier captured on a Syrian battlefield three years ago, saying there is a risk the Michigan man could flee the state.

Jovan Collazo is charged Collazo with 19 counts of kidnapping, armed robbery, carjacking, pointing and presenting a firearm and other offenses.

Most of the nearly $10 billion that the Trump administration diverted from the armed services to build barriers on the U.S.-Mexico border will never be seen again, Pentagon and congressional officials confirmed Friday.

With rubble from an asteroid tucked inside, a NASA spacecraft fired its engines and began the long journey back to Earth on Monday, leaving the ancient space rock in its rearview mirror.

When USS Gerald R Ford headed out to sea last month for some final weeks of tests and trials, the ships that will sail with it as part of Carrier Strike Group 12 seized the chance to practice working together.

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Singer-songwriter Lloyd Price, who was drafted and spent the mid-1950s in military service in Korea, was an early rock 'n' roll star and enduring maverick whose hits included such up-tempo favorites as "Lawdy Miss Clawdy," "Personality" and the semi-forbidden "Stagger Lee."

Top House Republican Kevin McCarthy on Sunday publicly endorsed Rep. Elise Stefanik for the post of No. 3 leader, cementing party support of the Donald Trump loyalist over Rep. Liz Cheney, an outspoken critic of the former president.

Earlier this week, Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates announced their divorce. On that same day, Melinda Gates became a billionaire. Cascade Investment, Bill Gate's investment vehicle, transferred nearly $2.4 billion in securities to Melinda Gates on Monday.

In its 10th year, Carry the Load has four relays headed to Dallas, covering more than 15,000 miles over 32 days and raising awareness and fundraising to highlight the meaning of Memorial Day and to support veterans and military families through a number of charities.

Wendy Magrinat was one of three bystanders hit by bullets shortly before 5 p.m. Saturday near West 44th Street and Seventh Avenue.

The action by the Department of Health and Human Services affirms that federal laws forbidding sex discrimination in health care also protect gay and transgender people.

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Du Pont, who served four years in the Navy, was born to wealth and status in the family that established the DuPont Co. He gave up the comfortable career in the family business to pursue a life in politics.

In his three decades servicing oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, boat captain Keith Piper rode out all manner of storms and gales. Still, he had never faced the elements that tested him last winter at a wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island.