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A Southwest Airlines ground operations crew member waits to guide an arriving jet into a gate, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022, at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix.

Airline breakdown upends holiday leave for service members

Active duty military personnel were caught in limbo as thousands of Southwest Airlines travelers got stranded across the U.S. by canceled flights.

16 months ago

‘My Grown-Up Christmas List’ is a military holiday movie monstrosity

A soldier in a Santa suit wins over a journalist.

By Sarah Sicard

16 months ago

Naval Academy to hold annual ‘Giving Tree’ charity ceremony

The Naval Academy is hosting a ceremony tomorrow to launch its annual “Giving Tree” campaign that collects gifts for local children in need.

By Jonathan Lehrfeld

17 months ago

Jared Leto to sell ‘Twentynine Palms’ eye cream for $97

Twentynine Palms. No longer just a Marine base where summer temperatures routinely creep into the 100s.

By Irene Loewenson

18 months ago

Is Juneteenth a federal holiday?

Juneteenth has been celebrated annually around the country since 1865 when a Union General arrived in Galveston, Texas, and informed the enslaved African Americans that the Confederacy had lost the war and that they were free as per the Emancipation Proclamation, which was inked in 1863.

22 months ago

‘Perfect leader’: Woman takes command of USS Constitution

Cmdr. Billie J. Farrell became the 77th commanding officer of the 224-year-old warship that earned the nickname “Old Ironsides.”

2 years ago