Military/Defense News

On This Day In 1970 An F-4J Shot Down A North Vietnamese MiG-21. It Was The First Kill Scored By A T

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Pentagon Endorses Shock-Testing Carrier After Navy Backs Down

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Recent Rash of Fatal Aviation Accidents Not a 'Crisis,' Pentagon Says

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Marine Commander in Southwest Afghanistan Strikes Optimistic Tone on Progress in Fight Against Talib

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The Army needs more trained armor units for Europe. This one’s getting ready

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First West Coast gender integrated Marine Combat Training class graduates

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Army soldiers fire new Abrams tanks for first time

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Trump, Kim summit might help bring home the remains of thousands of U.S. military personnel

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NHL team showers military mothers, moms-to-be, families with much-needed gifts for their new babies

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Soldier Swarm: New Ground Combat Tactics for the Era of Multi-Domain Battle

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Army Rolling Ahead With Manned-Unmanned Convoys

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As Trump mulls a pullout, ISIS attempts to re-emerge in Syria

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Air Force inches closer to warrant officers: Could they fix the pilot crisis?

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Army tests new tactical vehicle by throwing it out of perfectly fine aircraft

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Why President Trump Can't Directly Order National Guard Troops To U.S.-Mexico Border

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US Deploys Three Carrier Battle Groups To Face-Off Against Chinese Aircraft Carrier In South China

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Robots replace soldiers in first breaching exercise of its kind

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'Up To 4,000 US Troops Will Guard Mexico Border': Donald Trump

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What Price Victory? What Cost ‘Infinite War’?

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Japan activates first marines since WW2 to bolster defenses against China

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Expanding the Fleet: Navy Charts Course for 355 Ships

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Army shifting to larger-scale exercises on short notice to be less predictable

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Mattis Approves 4,000 Guard Troops for Mexican Border

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US: 16 Military Aviators Dead in Six Crashes in Past Few Weeks

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The military's run of fatal accidents: Coincidence, or crisis?

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The Navy Just Cancelled a Major Military Exercise for a Very Tragic Reason

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The Marine Corps Is Taking Cyber Warfare to the Front Lines

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Two more US soldiers killed in Army helicopter crash at Kentucky military base

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Military Says Work Remains Against ISIS in Syria as Trump Urges Exit

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U.S. Navy Lands Fighter Jet on Aircraft Carrier Via Remote Control

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Childhood friend remembers fallen Austin soldier Master Sgt. Jonathan Dunbar

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Navy’s spike in aviation mishaps is the military’s worst, up 82 percent

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Marine Corps aviation mishaps on the rise, up 80 percent

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Air Force aviation accidents reach seven-year high as low-level mishaps soar

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Some (rare) good news for military aviation: Army helicopter accidents on the decline

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First All-Female C-130 Crew to Fly in Combat Looks Back on Mission

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Flush with cash, the Navy bores in on aviation readiness amid a crisis

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Army missile defense systems Patriot and THAAD talk in test

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How stealthy is Boeing’s new Super Hornet?

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Five big questions for Jim Mattis on Capitol Hill this week

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The risks, and rewards, for giving the counter WMD mission to SOCOM

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Sleep Disorders 6 Times Higher Among Veterans

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this day in u s military history

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Army Unveils Family of Future Vertical Lift Helicopters

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New cyber weapons are here and no one is prepared, experts say

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US military kills senior Islamic State commander in Afghan north

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Air Force "Bomber Vector" Strategy Sees New Attack Weapons, Tactics

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Donald Trump says 'nothing is off the table' for US response to alleged Syria chemical attack

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U.S. Navy Destroyer Armed With Tomahawks Arrives Off Syrian Coast, "Harassed" By Russian Warplanes

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US Warships Reportedly Converging in the Mediterranean As Tensions Shoot Up

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Military Set For Cyber Attacks On Foreign Infrastructure

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New Army Precision-Guided 155m Round Destroys Targets Without GPS

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Remind Us: What Exactly Is the National Guard?

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Marines bringing cyber to the fight, commander says

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This gun shoots drones out of the sky

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Here’s how air and ground robots working together will change infantry tactics

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Syrian forces on high alert as chemical weapons watchdog to send inspectors

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Trump Weighs More Robust Military Strike Against Syria

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Q&A: Chemical Weapons Attack in Syria

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US carrier Roosevelt displays capabilities in disputed South China Sea

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US, Afghan forces target Taliban narcotics-production facilities in western Afghanistan

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Check out the high-tech mortar system US forces set up in Manbij

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From record cocaine seizures to hybrid war, Coast Guard missions on the rise

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Amid rising threats, the Corps flexes to the Pacific

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Army starts search for unexploded ordnance

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Check Out This Cool Video Of Three B-2 Stealth Bombers Contrailing Over Kansas

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'Most Powerful Helicopter Ever Fielded in US' Enters Service Next Year

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Coast Guard, Marines Join Navy in Concerns over Sleep Deprivation

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Forecasting the Future of Warfare

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Revisiting Revisionism: Vietnam, Counterinsurgency, and the Lessons of Edward Lansdale

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Trump appears on the verge of striking Syria — here's a look at US firepower in the region

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Exclusive: Russia doesn't have firepower to retaliate against Trump, says ex-Putin aide

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America Learned Wrong Lessons From Iraq, and Syria Suffers

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Stubby's story: All about the iconic World War I 'war dog' ... and star of an upcoming animated film

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This Mattis-directed task force wants to overhaul the infantry. Here’s how it might do that.

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The military’s stunning fighter pilot shortage: One in four billets is empty

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New Pentagon Robotics Roadmap to Call for More Interoperability

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Building the Hierarchy of Innovation in the Defense Department: A Plan for Action

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Understanding Options for Military Deployments to the U.S. Southwest Border

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Presence Is Not Deterrence

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Army Triples Abrams Tank RPG-Killing Weapons Bound for Europe

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Future Warfare: Protecting the Grid

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Mattis on aviation accidents: ‘We cannot repair our way out’

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April 14: This Day in U.S. Military History

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The Army Wants Bigger Guns and Longer-Range Rockets to Catch up with Russia

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Stop Wasting Infantry’s Time: Mattis Task Force

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Here Are All the Fighting Submarines of the U.S. Navy

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Are MARSOC cyber operators on the horizon?

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Will Milley Replace The Abrams Tank? Futures Command Advances

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Armada of US warships steaming toward Middle East

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Here’s how the Army is trying to catch up to Russia and China on missiles, artillery

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The unlikely tool that’s improving physical security at military bases

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New threats mean new training for the Navy

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A-10 in Jeopardy Again? Air Force May Not Keep All Warthogs Until 2030

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Heritage Foundation says U.S. needs six new icebreakers

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Everything We Know (And No One Has Said So Far) About The First Waves Of Air Strikes On Syria.

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Marines Working with the Army on 5.56mm Rifle Round Replacement

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Haley warns that US forces ‘locked and loaded’ if Syria stages another chemical attack

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America's ‘big stick’ arrives in the Philippines

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A 24 hour hotline ensured superpowers did not clash militarily over Syria air strikes

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