‘Shock and awe’: The Iraq War started 20 years ago with a wave of airstrikes
Before ground troops invaded on March 20, coalition forces targeted Iraq's early warning sites from the skies on March 19. It ...
The Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps reflects on his biggest leadership regret and ‘living with guilt’
During a recent interview with Zero Blog Thirty, Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps Troy Black reflected on his biggest leadership ...
The Marine Corps is offloading some of its decades-old amphibious vehicles onto Greece
Greece is set to buy dozens of assault amphibious vehicles in a $268 million arms deal. By Nicholas Slayton | Published Mar ...
Armed Russian ground attack aircraft are increasingly buzzing US troops in Syria
The Russian military is increasingly harassing United States service members in Syria by buzzing their locations with armed ...
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Guards open fire after a car ran the gate at Naval Base Coronado
A sheriff's deputy was taken into custody for driving under the influence. By Nicholas Slayton | Published Mar 18, 2023 4:46 PM EDT Naval Base Coronado went into lockdown last night after a car tried ...
US forces, allies, trained in the jungle and assaulted beaches in Thailand in a massive exercise
Thousands of troops took to Thailand for Cobra Gold 23, a massive joint operation combined jungle survival with live fire ...
Footage captures moment a Russian Su-27 collided with MQ-9 Reaper drone over Black Sea
U.S. European Command (EUCOM) released video footage from the MQ-9 Reaper drone that crashed into the Black Sea following a ...
US airman accused of insider attack in Syria cleared of all charges
Air Force Tech Sgt. David W. Dezwaan Jr.’s defense attorneys argued that someone else set off bombs at the base in Syria.
Everything you need to know about Army Mountain Warfare School
The Army’s Mountain Warfare School teaches basic and advanced military mountaineering at the Camp Ethan Allen Training Site ...
Who is al-Shabaab, the militant group the US is fighting in Somalia?
Since the start of 2023, the U.S. military has conducted at least a half-dozen operations in Somalia, mostly against the ...
How the National Guard is trying to dig out people snowed in on California’s mountains
Members of the California National Guard usually help fight fires. Now they're dealing with flooding and snowed in ...
How the World War I Maxim machine gun became a weapon of choice in Ukraine
It turns out, Ukrainian forces really like the old-school Maxim machine gun. Or at least the Imperial Russian and later ...