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An Afghan national accused of shooting two West Virginia National Guard troops near the White House was charged this week in U.S. District Court with federal counts in connection with the Nov. 26 ambush. Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, was issued new charges of transporting a firearm in interstate commerce with the intent to commit an offense punishable by imprisonment for more than one year, as well as...[Read More]

The rumor began as an ember. But such scuttlebutt, spread among the dense fog blanketing smoke pits and fanned by whispers of the E-4 Mafia and Lance Corporal Underground, is prone to sparking. In mere moments, the falsehood became a conflagration of indisputable fact: Beloved pop icon Jennifer Lopez had passed away. Marines deployed to far-flung theaters during the early years of the global war o...[Read More]

Whether a service member is single or married, deployed or otherwise living thousands of miles away, it’s difficult being away from family. Troops and families are often involved in formal or informal activities to make the holidays better for the military community; whether it’s spouse clubs baking cookies for troops living in barracks, parties for military families to provide food or toys for ch...[Read More]

Whether a service member is single or married, deployed or otherwise living thousands of miles away, it’s difficult being away from family. Troops and families are often involved in formal or informal activities to make the holidays better for the military community; whether it’s spouse clubs baking cookies for troops living in barracks, parties for military families to provide food or toys for ch...[Read More]

A Pentagon inspector general report released last week concluded that the Department of Defense did not properly track significant portions of the $13.4 billion in military aid sent to support Israel following Hamas’ deadly attack on Oct. 7, 2023. As of November 2024, the Pentagon maintained records for only 44% of the defense articles subject to enhanced monitoring, the report found, down from 69...[Read More]

By 1942, as the United States plunged headlong into a world war, many men found themselves in far-flung places with names soon to enter the American lexicon: Guadalcanal, Anzio, Bastogne. The logistics for transporting troops and war materiel was a dizzying hurdle to overcome for Allied leaders. So too was the ability bring the tastes and smells of home to millions of servicemen shivering in foxho...[Read More]

British World War II pilot Archie Hemsley is still golfing regularly and winning titles at 101.

Rob Reiner’s tragic death has left an unmistakable void in Hollywood. Across five decades, his work—from All in the Family to A Few Good Men—helped America find the words for love, loyalty, humor, and truth.

U.S. forces are tightening pressure on President Nicolás Maduro, disrupting sanctioned oil shipments at sea.

A small Mexican Navy plane transporting a 1-year-old medical patient along with seven others crashed Monday near Galveston, killing at least two people, officials said. Emergency officials rescued four people and were searching for two that were inside the aircraft, Mexico’s Navy said in a statement to The Associated Press. Four of the people aboard were Navy officers and four were civilians, acco...[Read More]

Editor’s note: This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service, under the headline “Q&A: How Did the U.S. Patrol the Caribbean for Drug Smuggling Before It Started Blowing Up Boats?” Subscribe to their newsletter. For decades before the Pentagon started blowing up alleged drug boats in the Caribbean, the Coast ...[Read More]