The same night a U.S. Army officer filmed himself deleting Army training materials while he was being discharged from the military, he called the Russian embassy in Washington, D.C., according to federal prosecutors.

Officials in Greece say they have formally approved the purchase of 20 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters from the United States as part of a major defense overhaul. Greece is modernizing its military in a multi-billion, decade-long program following a protracted financial crisis and continued tension with neighbor and NATO ally Turkey.

A fiery January crash of a B-1 bomber aircraft in South Dakota was caused by multiple crew failures, winter weather and a last-minute brush with wind shear that resulted in all four members ejecting and the total loss of the $450 million warplane.

On Wednesday, the American Battle Monuments Commission placed a rosette next to the name of Army Cpl. Robert A. Bartlett on the Wall of the Missing at Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer.

Col. Kenneth A. Stremmel will assume command of the National Air and Space Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Friday, the center said.

The bodies of five Israelis killed in Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack and then taken to Gaza have been recovered, the Israel Defense Forces said Thursday, as families of hostages reacted angrily to news that an Israeli negotiating team has delayed its latest trip to the talks to free those remaining.

A group of Drug Enforcement Administration agents boasted in a WhatsApp chat of their “world debauchery tour,” shared lurid images of their latest sexual conquests and at one point even joked about “forcible anal rape.” Within months of that exchange, one of the agents in the chat was accused of that very crime.

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Stone returned to homeport in North Charleston, S.C., on Wednesday after 63 days at sea seeking out drug traffickers in the Atlantic and Caribbean.

Southwest Airlines Co. will begin offering assigned seats, ditching the free-for-all policy that has been a defining feature of the carrier for more than half a century.

South Korean police questioned three Chinese students who used a drone to record panoramic views of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt at Busan in June, police said Thursday. The three were suspected of illegally recording video of the carrier and South Korean Naval Operations Command on June 23 and 25.

The USS Ronald Reagan and USS George Washington are primed to exchange hundreds of sailors and dozens of aircraft as the two aircraft carriers prepare to relocate later this year.

Due to public outcry, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has eased restrictions on dogs coming into the United States from countries with low or no risk of rabies. The new rules will still take effect Aug. 1, the tail end of the military’s busy season for permanent changes of duty stations.

Vice President Kamala Harris is beginning to vet about a dozen possible candidates to be her running mate, according to two people familiar with the matter, as she approaches one of the most consequential decisions of her new presidential candidacy.

Powerful winds and hundreds of lightning strikes from thunderstorms rattled eastern Oregon and Idaho Wednesday afternoon, cutting power and stoking fires, including one in Oregon that is already the largest active blaze in the nation.

President Joe Biden on Wednesday delivered a solemn call to voters to defend the country’s democracy as he laid out in an Oval Office address his decision to drop his bid for reelection and throw his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris.

North American Aerospace Defense Command says it “detected, tracked, and intercepted” four bombers — two Russian and two Chinese — flying near Alaska on Wednesday.

The Coast Guard must prove service members were held accountable for the sexual assault cover-up at its academy if leaders want to rebuild public trust and overcome recruiting shortfalls, Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson told the service’s commandant.

The NYPD is forging ahead with activating gun detection scanners in the city subway system this week even though the department hasn’t outlined a formal policy for the new technology — an omission civil rights advocates say puts the rollout on legally shaky ground.