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U.S. forces in the Middle East conducted the second round of strikes in Syria in as many weeks, killing 12 enemy fighters Monday. Central Command, which oversees the American military in the region, said the targets included “ISIS leaders, operatives and camps,” though it didn’t say how many of each were targeted or what weapons were used. “Inasmuch as CENTCOM sees a potential threat posed by ISIS...[Read More]

Fifty-seven years ago, Paul Critchett was a 20-year-old machinist in the U.S. Navy, stationed in the waters off the coast of Spain and tasked with repairing a stripped pipe fitting inside a reactor compartment on a nuclear submarine.

The Pentagon said Friday that two military C-130 Hercules aircraft equipped with a firefighting system are now flying over Los Angeles and helping with efforts to put out the massive fires that have devastated the area.

The EA-18G Growler jet crashed east of Mount Rainier, according to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island.

The attack on the ships was the latest in months of violence in the region by the Yemen rebels, who are backed by Iran and have targeted commercial shipping as well as the U.S. naval forces deployed to the region.

While the White House publicized the decision, the responsibility and authority to name ships lies squarely in the hands of the Navy secretary.

The USS George Washington aircraft carrier arrived in Japan as part of its home port shift less than two weeks ago, but its brief time in the country has been turbulent and marked by drunkenness, liberty restrictions and the deaths of two sailors.

Twenty years ago, on Nov. 7, 2004, a coalition assault force of more than 15,000 troops, mostly Marines, launched a massive attack on the city of Fallujah, Iraq. Over the next seven weeks they would retake the city, capturing or killing as many as 2,000 insurgents who had controlled the stronghold since April 2004 following the killing and mutilation of four private U.S. security contractors. But ...[Read More]

Three of the four U.S. soldiers who were reported missing at a Lithuanian training site last week were found deceased, Secretary of the Army Daniel Driscoll said Monday. The Army did not immediately release the names of the soldiers, who were all part of the 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division. A fourth soldier remains missing. “We will not rest until the fourth and final soldier is found and broug...[Read More]

The Army and Navy may soon use alternative methods for building barracks, including 3D printing, in an effort to reduce the financial burden, according to a Defense Department release. Top engineers for the respective services met with lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Tuesday to discuss the potential use of 3D printing and mass timber construction as a means of maximizing cost efficiency. Dave Morrow,...[Read More]

24’s “Warfare” has a relatively simple mission: to drop audiences into the chaos of a Navy SEAL mission gone wrong, told in real time and drawn from memory.