Opinion

The foundation of any great military power extends beyond weaponry and manpower. Good old-fashioned logistics — how we move things — is just as essential to a prepared, competitive and modern military.

Army

Some Army paratroopers will lose $150 in monthly pay next year as the service reorganizes its airborne force and reclassifies more than 22,000 paid parachutist positions.

Coast Guard

The USCGC Storis will help bridge the gap between the service’s two older icebreakers and new ships scheduled to begin arriving in 2030.

Opinion

Regarding the Alaska summit, potentially important mixed symbolic history is involved. 

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U.S.

Two Russian Tu-95 Bear bombers and two Russian Su-35 Flanker fighter jets flew into the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone, a buffer area outside of American and Canadian airspace where foreign military and commercial aircraft are monitored.

History

When a storm buffeted a beach in Sanday last year, a long-buried surprise was revealed beneath the sand: A 30-foot-long wooden shipwreck.

U.S.

An explosive device has been detonated after being found on the property of a Navy base in Monmouth County, N.J.

Coast Guard

Adm. Kevin Lunday, the Coast Guard’s acting commandant, and other service leaders said the infusion of funds was the largest one-time boost that the service has received since it was founded in 1790. 

Europe

An American nuclear-powered submarine made a port call in Iceland on Wednesday, marking the first time such a vessel has visited the shores of the Nordic island and NATO ally, according to the Navy.