Two Navy aviators were rescued after the fighter jet they were flying was shot down this week in an apparent “friendly fire” incident were responding to incoming one-way aerial attack drones and anti-ship cruise missiles threatening U.S. forces in the Red Sea.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore received a Bronze Star for his deployment to Afghanistan 18 years ago, several months after a controversy arose when a newspaper reported he had claimed to have received it on a 2006 White House fellowship application when the paperwork had not been fully processed.

More than a hundred sailors assigned to this rural outpost in the Polish countryside help protect Europe against ballistic missile threats much the same as if they were at sea.

The Army can raise the bar on minimum fitness standards for close-combat jobs and also must establish clear consequences for soldiers who fall short, according to the recommendations from a new study on the implications of demanding more from front-line troops.

Reports of drone sightings at this base south of Hiroshima caused the airfield to temporarily halt military and civilian flights on Sunday evening, according to U.S. military and Japanese officials.

Former U.S. Marine Corps pilot Daniel Duggan will be extradited from Australia to the United States over allegations that he illegally trained Chinese aviators.

Soldiers from the U.S. Army’s Camp Humphreys made a familiar trip over the weekend to bring holiday cheer to the children at an orphanage nearby.

Lt. Cmdr. Adam Sandifer was relieved of his duties as commanding officer of Navy Reserve Center in Shreveport, La., on Friday by Rear Adm. Michael Steffen, the commander of Navy Reserve Forces Command, due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command.

The USS Virginia returned to Naval Submarine Base New London, Conn., on Friday after a six-month deployment.

The U.S. military says two U.S. Navy aviators ejected over the Red Sea. Both were recovered alive, with one suffering minor injuries in the incident.

The incident occurred after a CH-53E Super Stallion experienced an engine fire in flight around 4:10 p.m. on Friday, the Marine Corps said in a statement posted to X.

Santa and Mrs. Claus this week took supersized modes of transportation to southeast Alaska, riding in a C17 military cargo plane and a camouflaged Humvee from the airport to Yakutat to deliver Christmas to children in the Tlingit village.

Retired Adm. Karl Schultz told CNN this week that he feared Congress would politicize the information and pointed to Congress’s ongoing investigations as proof that he was right.

As its older sibling branches count centuries of service — the U.S. Army and Navy are older than the country itself — the Space Force’s few birthdays thus far “hold special significance,” a spokesperson for the force said.

Airmen at Aviano Air Base took their final active-duty flight this week in the Pave Hawk helicopter, which the Air Force is phasing out.

The U.S. Coast Guard will join its Japanese and Indian counterparts for first-of-its-kind training in Tokyo Bay early next year in conjunction with an annual summit in Tokyo.

Cmdr. Daniel Ropp is exercising his artistic side with contributions to the Navy and local Japanese communities around Naval Air Facility Atsugi, finding joy in the impact his work has on others.

The Army’s newest soldiers from 21 installations across the country are heading home for a well-deserved break during Holiday Block Leave.

Rotating an Army tank brigade to Europe costs nearly $70 million more per year than basing that unit permanently in either Germany or Poland, according to new research.