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Special Forces soldiers in NW Florida still awaiting child care center
A decision on whether Special Forces families will get a child development center at Camp "Bull" Simons, Florida, may arrive in the coming weeks.
By Karen Jowers
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Camp Lejeune water contamination tied to several cancers, study shows
Military personnel stationed at Camp Lejeune from 1975–1985 had at least a 20% higher risk for a number of cancers than those stationed elsewhere.
Excerpt from ‘The Eagles of Heart Mountain’ by Bradford Pearson
Bradford Pearson's “The Eagles of Heart Mountain: A True Story of Football, Incarceration, and Resistance in World War II America” is a never-before-told tale about a World War II incarceration camp in Wyoming and its extraordinary high school football team.
By Bradford Pearson
Effort underway to identify ‘unknown’ World War II troops who were buried in the Philippines
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency recently conducted an “honorable carry” ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for about 40 sets of unidentified remains.
Special Forces sergeant charged in Illinois bowling alley shooting that killed 3
Investigators are in touch with the U.S. Army about the shooter, Duke Webb, 37.
By Kyle Rempfer
Best photos of the week: Dec. 20, 2020
Soldiers train in Hawaii, sailors conduct night flight ops in the North Arabian Sea, Marines participate in live-fire exercises in Japan and more in this week's Frontline Photos
Best pics of the week: Nov. 29, 2020
Marines conduct cold-weather training in Norway, the 25th ID gives an air assault demonstration in Hawaii, and more in this week's Frontline Photos.
USS Oklahoma sailor killed in Pearl Harbor attack laid to rest in Arkansas
Fireman First Class Samuel Cyrus Steiner's remains were identified in March after the DoD began efforts in 2015 to identify the remains of Oklahoma sailors buried as "unknowns" shortly before 1950.
‘A modern day SS’: Inside the white supremacy allegations of a Marine, veterans charged in illegal weapons case
In addition to communicating with Marines at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, about illegal firearms sales, the group discussed shooting protesters after scouting a Black Lives Matter rally and had participated in live-fire weapons training where participants displayed Nazi symbols, prosecutors allege in court documents unsealed Friday.
By Harm Venhuizen
5 US soldiers among 7 peacekeepers killed in Sinai helicopter crash
Americans among the dead in Sinai helicopter crash.
Pentagon announces random, rapid COVID-19 testing for Patriot Express flights
Now, approximately 10-15 percent of passengers will be tested for COVID-19 using a rapid, on-site laboratory test.
By Diana Stancy
‘I am his family’: How a sisterhood of ‘widowed military fiancées’ is fighting for each other
"In my experience as a widowed fiancée (yes, widowed), you do not receive the same consideration or kindness after your partner dies as a direct family member or spouse, despite going through the same tremendous loss."
By Kathleen Bourque