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Construction is underway to transform 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue into an Ultimate Fighting Championship arena where President Donald Trump will celebrate his 80th birthday — which also coincides with Flag Day. The unprecedented June 14 bout on the South Lawn of the White House will feature an octagonal cage, a towering patriotic arch that looms well above the presidential residence, a performance by...[Read More]

At 18 years old, Staff Sgt. Phillip “Bruce” Cook flew 35 missions as a ball turret gunner in a B-17 Flying Fortress, tasked with fighting for air supremacy over occupied Europe. Now, more than 80 years after his last mission, Cook has received France’s highest military award becoming a Knight of the Legion of Honor. The 100-year-old South Carolina native received the National Order of the Legion o...[Read More]

Editor’s note: This is a developing story. A dozen U.S. service members were wounded Friday in an Iranian missile strike on Prince Sultan Airbase in Saudi Arabia, the Wall Street Journal first reported. Two of the 12 personnel, all of whom were reportedly inside an installation building at the time of the attack, are in serious condition. Attempts to contact U.S. Central Command had not been retur...[Read More]

Editor’s note: This report has been updated to reflect the number of U.S. troops wounded in Operation Epic Fury as of April 8, according to U.S. Central Command. In the 40 days since the start of Operation Epic Fury against Iran, 13 U.S. service members have been killed and 381 have been wounded, according to data provided Wednesday by U.S. Central Command. The Defense Department has added the war...[Read More]

Maintenance delays for U.S. Navy attack subs have resulted in boats that are frequently idle in port when they should be at sea. Over the last decade, “these delays resulted in an estimated $3.4 billion in costs to sustain crews and submarines that provided no operational capability,” according to the Government Accountability Office study. Perhaps even worse for a Navy already overstretched and e...[Read More]

Two U.S. service members participating in the African Lion joint military exercises were reported missing near the city of Tan Tan in southern Morocco, U.S. Africa Command and the Moroccan Royal Armed Forces said on Sunday. U.S., Moroccan and other partner forces have launched coordinated search-and-rescue operations — using ground, air and maritime assets — to find the service members who went mi...[Read More]

Of 116 Naval Criminal Investigative Service case files opened into allegations of sexual assault and misconduct onboard Military Sealift Command ships over a 20-year period, just five show that the case concluded at court-martial or in civilian court. That information is now public and searchable as a database due to a records request from the Maritime Legal Aid Foundation, which represents those ...[Read More]

SAN DIEGO – Leaders from across the Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) enterprise gathered onboard Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego from May 5-7 for the 2026 NAVSUP Commander’s Conference to align strategic goals with the Chief of Naval Operations’ fighting instructions.

After nearly 10 months, Marines assigned to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit are finally heading home. The 22nd MEU, embarked with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group, deployed from Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, in August and headed for the Caribbean, where personnel took part in Operation Southern Spear, the Pentagon’s campaign to combat what it has labeled as narcoterrorist o...[Read More]