Meet the people who mix civilian, military roles at Barnes Air National Guard Base

Roughly 15% of National Guard members in Massachusetts serve as both military personnel in the Air National Guard and as civilian employees under the DOD at Barnes Air National Guard Base.

‘Time to bleed’: Army tank crew grinds out first American win in international meet

Five teams remained in contention heading into the final event of the U.S. Army Europe and Africa International Tank Challenge in Germany to see who would be crowned the best tankers in Europe.

Army used majority of soldiers’ food funds on other expenses, report says

The Army spent nearly 70% of the money it collected from enlisted troops’ food allowances on expenses other than meals, even as it struggles to provide them with a nutritious diet, according to a recent report.

Navy brings interactive experience to Colorado Springs high school students

Neither wind, nor snow, nor freezing temperatures were enough to stop the Navy from sharing “Strike Group,” its new mobile interactive experience, with Colorado Springs high school students.

F-35 fighter jets conduct flight operations aboard USS America in Philippine Sea

F-35B Lightning II fighter aircraft from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 242 conducted flight operations Monday aboard amphibious assault ship USS America sailing in the Philippine Sea.

Before Yakima Training Center, it was a community of homesteaders

More than 100 years ago, the area in and near Yakima Training Center was home to nearly 50 Black homesteaders.

Coast Guard Cutter Waesche offloads $275 million of cocaine

The cocaine was captured in 11 separate drug smuggling vessel interdictions off the coasts of Mexico and Central and South America in December through February.

USS Truman arrives in Greece for repairs following recent collision

The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman arrived at a U.S. naval base in Greece for repairs following last week’s collision near the Suez Canal, the Navy said.

Citing DOD order, Maryland National Guard to skip Frederick Douglass event

The Maryland National Guard has declined to participate in a parade to honor the life and legacy of abolitionist and Maryland native Frederick Douglass in his birthplace, citing recent Trump administration guidance.

Report confirms Navy SEALs sickened while training in polluted waters off San Diego

A government watchdog for the Department of Defense found that Navy SEAL candidates frequently train in sewage-tainted waters where pollution from Tijuana regularly fouls San Diego shorelines, resulting in hundreds of cases of acute gastrointestinal illnesses.

Hegseth hints at reverting Fort Moore to Fort Benning, but Moore family says their name better promotes Army values

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth referred to Fort Liberty, N.C., and Fort Moore, Ga., as Fort Bragg and Fort Benning, respectively, on his first day as defense secretary. But the children of Army Lt. Gen. Hal and Julie Moore urged Hegseth to consider their parents’ legacy before removing their name from the post.

Democratic senators press Hegseth for cost and troop impact of immigration operations

The Pentagon has estimated its southern border operations will cost almost $1 billion in the next eight months and does not yet have an estimate for new operations at Guantanamo, where the government pays contractors over $272,000 per detention bed compared to $57,000 for a bed at a detention facility, according to the letter.

Army helicopter crew in collision with plane may not have heard key instruction from tower

Investigators say the crew of the Army helicopter that collided in midair with an American Airlines jet near Ronald Reagan National Airport may have had inaccurate altitude readings in the moments before the crash, and also may not have heard key instructions from air traffic controllers to move behind the plane.

USS Truman still in Mediterranean following collision with cargo ship near Suez Canal

The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman remains in the eastern Mediterranean Sea as its crew assesses damage from a late-night collision this week with a cargo ship near the Suez Canal.

Advanced fighters gathered over Guam should give pause to potential foes, says retired general

Potential U.S. adversaries will take note of unprecedented air power drills underway over Guam by 33 American, Australian and Japanese fifth-generation fighters, a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general said Friday.

Navy’s newest amphibious assault ship relocating to Japan

The amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli will relieve its sister ship USS America as the lead ship of an amphibious ready group at Sasebo Naval Base, Japan, the Navy announced Friday in a news release.

Airfield repairs delayed as Okinawa protests Kadena parachute training

The Marine Corps may finish runway repair work in the fall at an offshore airfield at the center of a dispute with Okinawa prefecture over parachute training at Kadena Air Base.

Top Pacific commander warns of rising ‘axis of autocracy’ in region

The United States and its allies face an “emerging axis of autocracy” with China, Russia and North Korea assisting each other in their military ambitions, the top U.S. military commander in the Indo-Pacific said Thursday.

Blue Origin, with major Space Coast presence, to lay off 10% of workforce

CEO Dave Limp said much of the workforce reduction is aimed at trimming management to focus on manufacturing and launch cadence. That would include more buildup of its New Glenn rockets that launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Launch Complex 36, but also its smaller suborbital New Shepard rocket from Texas.