Okinawan bone digger searches for remains from WWII battle
ITOMAN, Japan — Takamatsu Gushiken turns on a headtorch and enters a cave buried in Okinawa’s jungle. He gently runs his fingers through the gravel until two pieces of bone emerge. These are from the skulls, he says, of an infant and possibly an adult. He carefully places them in a ceramic rice bowl and takes a moment to imagine people dying 80 years ago as they hid in this cave during one of the ...[Read More]
Okinawan bone digger searches for remains from WWII battle
ITOMAN, Japan — Takamatsu Gushiken turns on a headtorch and enters a cave buried in Okinawa’s jungle. He gently runs his fingers through the gravel until two pieces of bone emerge. These are from the skulls, he says, of an infant and possibly an adult. He carefully places them in a ceramic rice bowl and takes a moment to imagine people dying 80 years ago as they hid in this cave during one of the ...[Read More]
How a ‘Dauntless’ dive bomber became a WWII ace at Coral Sea
When one thinks of U.S. Navy aircraft carrier operations in the months leading up to the Battle of Midway, one name that readily comes to mind is Lt. Edward “Butch” O’Hare, the F4F-3 Wildcat pilot whose five aerial victories in defense of the carrier Lexington on Feb. 20, 1942, made him both the Navy’s first World War II fighter ace and its first WWII aviator to receive the Medal of Honor. Meanwhi...[Read More]
How a ‘Dauntless’ dive bomber became a WWII ace at Coral Sea
When one thinks of U.S. Navy aircraft carrier operations in the months leading up to the Battle of Midway, one name that readily comes to mind is Lt. Edward “Butch” O’Hare, the F4F-3 Wildcat pilot whose five aerial victories in defense of the carrier Lexington on Feb. 20, 1942, made him both the Navy’s first World War II fighter ace and its first WWII aviator to receive the Medal of Honor. Meanwhi...[Read More]
The 18-year-old World War I corporal behind Fort Benning’s renaming
For more than a century, Fort Benning’s name honored a Confederate general who supported slavery. The military changed the name of the Army base in Georgia two years ago, but now the Trump administration is set on restoring the familiar one — this time for a different Benning. The new namesake is Fred Benning, a Nebraska native awarded the military’s second-highest honor for his battlefield courag...[Read More]
South Korea pauses military drills after accidental bombing
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea suspended the training flights of air force aircraft and all live-fire drills following its fighter jets’ accidental bombing of a civilian area, officials said Friday, posing a potential setback to its upcoming annual military training with the United States. On Thursday, two South Korean KF-16 fighter jets mistakenly released four MK-82 bombs each on a civilian ar...[Read More]
South Korea pauses military drills after accidental bombing
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea suspended the training flights of air force aircraft and all live-fire drills following its fighter jets’ accidental bombing of a civilian area, officials said Friday, posing a potential setback to its upcoming annual military training with the United States. On Thursday, two South Korean KF-16 fighter jets mistakenly released four MK-82 bombs each on a civilian ar...[Read More]
Pentagon investing millions in battlefield rapid disease detection
When the COVID-19 pandemic paralyzed the world, the U.S. military was forced to conduct hundreds of emergency medical evacuations out of combat zones, pause critical training evolutions, and redirect vast amounts of medical and logistics resources toward fighting the mysterious and deadly disease. Today, with COVID-related panic in the rearview, researchers are focused on Pathogen X – a hypothetic...[Read More]
Moving headaches lead military to slow new household shipping program
In an effort to help military families avoid potential issues with their household goods shipments during the upcoming moving season, the services, U.S. Transportation Command and the new contractor in charge of managing those moves are taking steps to “mitigate” any further problems, officials said. Following recent reports of issues with military moves, officials no longer expect to fully transi...[Read More]
Moving headaches lead military to slow new household shipping program
In an effort to help military families avoid potential issues with their household goods shipments during the upcoming moving season, the services, U.S. Transportation Command and the new contractor in charge of managing those moves are taking steps to “mitigate” any further problems, officials said. Following recent reports of issues with military moves, officials no longer expect to fully transi...[Read More]
US military’s mini space shuttle returns to Earth after secret mission
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The U.S. military’s classified mini space shuttle returned to Earth on Friday after circling the world for 434 days. The space plane blasted into orbit from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in December 2023 on a secret mission. Launched by SpaceX, the X-37B vehicle carried no people, just military experiments. Its predawn touchdown at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California was...[Read More]
MARLIN Training Prepares Reserve Sailors for the Fight
Twice a year, Reserve Sailors from the Navy’s numbered fleets and commands at the operational level of war (OLW) meet at the Naval War College (NWC) in Newport, Rhode Island, for MARLIN OLW training — a fast-paced “power drill weekend,” according to Capt. Kyle Powers, commanding officer, Navy Reserve Commander U.S. 5th Fleet Current Operations.