First military deportation flights from US take off for Guantanamo as sailors help Marines prep for incoming migrants

The first military flights to deport migrants from the United States to Naval Base Guantanamo Bay were slated to take off Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said.

New 90K-square-foot center at Army’s special warfare school brings holistic health under one roof at Fort Liberty

New gym at Fort Liberty, N.C., is part of the new $43 million, 90,000-square-foot John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School’s new Human Performance Force Generation building. It’s designed to help soldiers with diet, health and fitness.

USS Fort Worth sailors honor WWII Navy veteran on her 101st birthday

The crew of the USS Fort Worth gathered Monday to celebrate the milestone birthday of Elsie “Kitty” Rippin, a World War II Navy veteran, who turned 101 years old Friday.

Buckley Space Force Base won’t house immigrant detainees, US rep says — but ICE is mum

Buckley Space Force Base in Colorado will not process and house detained immigrants after all, U.S. Rep. Jason Crow said.

Army drones buzz Bavarian ranges as drill showcases new fighting strategy

Various new drones in the Army’s arsenal are being tested during an exercise at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany.

One of the last Tuskegee Airmen dies at age 100 in Michigan

Harry S. Stewart Jr., a fighter pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen who earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for three kills in a single mission, died Sunday in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. He was 100.

Navy asks sailors for feedback on housing, child care and gyms

The Navy wants to hear recommendations from sailors and their families regarding unaccompanied and family housing, fleet and family support centers, child and youth programs, and morale, welfare, and recreation facilities and activities.

2 Marines plead guilty in fatal fentanyl case of a fellow Marine

Two Marines pleaded guilty in federal court for their role in the fatal fentanyl overdose of a fellow Marine, according to federal officials.

US Army battalion hands over Patriot mission in Poland to Germany, eyes modernization

The U.S. military formally transferred its Patriot missile defense mission in Poland to German forces Monday, marking the first such handover to happen in Europe.

Aviano confirms hospitalization of 2 US airmen involved in reported spousal stabbing in Italy

An American service member is being accused by Italian authorities of stabbing her active-duty spouse following a roadside argument, according to a local news report.

Air base on Okinawa inspecting another 263 homes for failing concrete

The 18th Civil Engineer group is conducting “deliberate inspections” of the quadplex units in Kadena’s Washington Heights neighborhood, an 18th Wing spokeswoman said.

US Army welcomes guests to new $46 million lodge in South Korea

The U.S. Army opened a new $46 million hotel Monday to provide accommodations for service members and their families traveling to Daegu, about 150 miles south of Seoul.

USS Carl Vinson strike group departs Thailand following hull-scrape incident

The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson and its strike group recently steamed out of Thailand, where two of the carrier’s escorts scraped hulls.

Pennsylvania National Guard soldiers prepare to depart for yearlong deployment to the Middle East

More than 140 soldiers with the Pennsylvania National Guard will leave for a yearlong deployment to Kuwait as part of Task Force Spartan.

‘Bright star in all our lives’: Army captain from North Carolina was the third soldier killed in Army helicopter’s midair crash over DC

An Army captain from North Carolina was the third crew member killed when a Black Hawk helicopter collided in midair with a commercial jet over the Potomac River in Washington, the service announced Saturday.

Army helicopter was alerted to plane’s presence 2 minutes before collision

Air traffic controllers twice alerted the crew of a U.S. Army helicopter to the presence of an inbound American Airlines jet, with the first warning issued two minutes before the aircraft collided Wednesday night near Reagan National Airport, radio transmissions show.

Sailor who survived 1941 Pearl Harbor attack in battleship’s belly dies at age 103

William Henry Pratt, who survived both the 1941 surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and a series of dangerous patrols aboard a submarine during World War II, died last week in Fresno, Calif. He was 103.

2 soldiers killed in training accident at Fort Stewart

Two soldiers at Fort Stewart were killed Thursday night in a single-vehicle incident during night training at the base in Georgia, Army officials said.

Afghanistan veteran, pilot who served in the Navy were 2 of 3 soldiers killed in Army helicopter’s midair crash over DC

Staff Sgt. Ryan O’Hara, 28, of Lilburn, Ga., served as a Black Hawk repairer in the Army from July 2014 until his death Wednesday night. The remains of another soldier, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Eaves, 39, of Great Mills, Md., have not yet been recovered.