U.S. Navy sailors and Japanese emergency responders conducted training at a Navy port on Friday to rehearse their response to a simulated crash of a P-8 Poseidon aircraft with casualties outside a military base on Okinawa.
The U.S. Coast Guard, with assistance from the Air Force, the Department of Homeland Security, and Mexican authorities, is searching the Eastern Pacific Ocean for a missing crew member from the cutter Waesche, the service announced Friday.
Army Pvt. Collin Scherer, a military police officer based in Hawaii, was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to attempting to receive and soliciting production of child pornography, the Army said Thursday.
U.S. Navy sailors carved a replica of an F-35C Lightning II for their entry in the 75th annual Sapporo Snow Festival on Japan’s northernmost main island.
Fort Riley officials gave an all-clear Thursday afternoon following a lockdown at the Kansas Army base sparked by fears of an active shooter. Reports of a shooting were not verified.
About 20 soldiers from the National Training Center and other units at Fort Irwin in California joined dozens of volunteers across the state last month in Los Angeles to distribute supplies to victims of the wildfires. Married couple Sgt. Maiah Jackson and Sgt. Tijhani Jackson was among the soldiers volunteering at the scene.
U.S. Navy ships transiting the Panama Canal aren’t entitled to a free ride just yet despite the State Department’s announcement this week saying they would transit the waterway without paying fees, according to the canal’s governing authority.
A flotilla of about 10 warships, including the USS Carl Vinson and the French aircraft carrier FS Charles de Gaulle, are set to train together in the Philippine Sea, the U.S. 7th Fleet said.
Army Brig. Gen. Jin Pak’s journey from a child immigrant to a one-star general in the U.S. Army is both typical and unique.
Researchers found high concentrations of toxic “forever chemicals” in seawater offshore Okinawa in 2023, suggesting this critical U.S. installation may be the source, according to a recently released study.
More engineers trained to cut and pour concrete would make the Air Force’s Indo-Pacific bases more resilient, according to an expert in rapid airfield repair.
In the report, the U.S. Center for Countermeasures notes the action for using the laser was for the “evaluation of aircraft-based countermeasures, evaluation of counter-unmanned aircraft systems and development and evaluation of directed energy weapons” among other initiatives.
There’s a “tie-in” between ocean and space exploration, and the two frontiers have more in common than you might think, said J.C. Snediker, chief of special events at the world’s largest military aviation museum.
“This is the oldest known site on the east side of Upper Cook Inlet,” said Margan Grover, an archaeologist and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson’s cultural resource manager. “JBER and the surrounding area have been used for a very long time.”
The U.S. Military Academy has banned organizations centered primarily on ethnic and gender affiliation as part of what it says is compliance with the effort to end diversity, equity and inclusion programs in government.
San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle was revealed Wednesday as the recipient of the NFL’s 14th annual Salute to Service award. Kittle was shocked and emotional when he received the award in a private ceremony in December of last year, a marine involved in the event told Stripes.
Next month Navy officials will host a conference in Serbia for businesses to learn about upcoming contracting opportunities. The goodwill created by such projects is an inexpensive way to reach countries that might not be immediately important but collectively would be significant if the U.S. was dealing with a crisis.
Several U.S. Navy aircraft were diverted to other airfields in Japan after an E/A-18G Growler made a precautionary arrested landing at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, the Marine Corps said.
The Air Force has temporarily halted career development courses as part of a broader effort to remove diversity, equity and inclusion-related content from military training and education.