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After Trump’s announcement, the Pentagon posted on X a brief black-and-white video of the strike.

A plan to fire live artillery shells over a major Southern California highway as part of a military showcase attended by Vice President JD Vance has drawn strong objections from Gov. Gavin Newsom, who said safety concerns forced him to close a 17-mile (27 kilometers) portion of the interstate. “The President is putting his ego over responsibility with this disregard for public safety,” the Democra...[Read More]

President Donald Trump has called for Russia and Ukraine to “stop where they are” and quit fighting after concluding talks in Washington Friday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Taking to Truth Social late Friday afternoon, Trump wrote that “it is time to stop the killing, and make a DEAL! Enough blood has been shed, with property lines being defined by War and Guts. They should stop w...[Read More]

Netflix Thursday released its first trailer for “Marines,” a four-episode documentary series on the U.S. Marine Corps. All four episodes are set to air on the service’s 250th birthday on Nov. 10. The series, from the team behind World War II dramas “Band of Brothers” and “Saving Private Ryan,” follows the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit “as they conduct high-stakes combat exercises in the Pacific,”...[Read More]

In just one week in February 1968 America would suffer the highest casualties of the Vietnam War — from North Vietnam’s Tet Offensive, the battles of Hue and Quang Tri and the siege of Khe Sanh, the news out of southeast Asia was very bad to dismal. But it wasn’t even the full picture. For decades, the battle of Lima Site 85 — a top-secret American tactical air navigation radar site atop at 5,800-...[Read More]

The U.S. has seized survivors after a strike Thursday on a suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean, the first since President Donald Trump began launching deadly attacks in the region this summer, a defense official and another person familiar with the matter said Friday. It is believed to be at least the sixth strike since early September, and the first to result in survivors who were pic...[Read More]

“I would never have asked for you if you weren’t good,” George Patton addressed the U.S. Army’s first Black tankers in an impassioned speech in October 1944. “I have nothing but the best in my army. I don’t care what color you are as long as you go out and kill those Kraut sons of bitches. Everyone has their eyes on you and is expecting great things of you. Most of all your race is looking forward...[Read More]

Editor’s note: This is a developing story. The U.S. Navy commander who supervised military strikes in the Caribbean Sea is leaving his post, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on social media late Thursday. In a surprising development, Adm. Alvin Holsey will step down as head of U.S. Southern Command, a position he’d held for less than a year. “On behalf of the Department of War, we extend o...[Read More]

The commander of U.S. military operations in the region where forces have been attacking alleged drug boats says he will retire in December.