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These warships are leaving Japan after more than two decades overseas
Both are set to join U.S. 3rd Fleet on the West Coast.
Was Iwo Jima worth the cost?
After a staggering loss of life on the island, American military leaders scrambled to justify the invasion
By Robert S. Burrell, MHQ — The Quarterly Journal of Military History
Military dedicates new headquarters for Strategic Command’s nuclear control unit at Offutt
The new, $1.3 billion headquarters for the command unit that controls the nation’s nuclear-armed forces has been dedicated at an Air Force Base south of Omaha.
Truck crash kills chief
Automotive accidents killed at least 27 sailors during the federal fiscal year that ends Monday.
Inside the MacMillan Arctic Expedition of 1925
It was only peripherally an attempt to reach the pole, and yet, even with its modest goals, the expedition was no more than a nominal success.
US Air Force Gen. Tod Wolters sworn in as NATO commander
U.S. Air Force Gen. Tod D. Wolters has been sworn in as the top military officer of the 29-nation NATO military alliance.
New US European Command leader will take over amid NATO worries and tensions
The United States is installing new military leadership in Europe at a moment of heightened worries about Russian aggression, doubts about the future of arms control and rising tensions among NATO allies.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
The chill in US-Russia relations has some worried about stumbling into a military conflict
The deep chill in U.S.-Russian relations is stirring concern in some quarters that Washington and Moscow are in danger of stumbling into an armed confrontation that, by mistake or miscalculation, could lead to nuclear war.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
Why did a Coast Guard cutter take a jab at China?
The cutter Bertholf had been patrolling the East China Sea to enforce UN sanctions against North Korea.
Russian aggression on the rise in the Balkans, Army four-star says
U.S. military units and allies at their highest readiness rate in years, the U.S. commander in Europe says.
By Todd South
Top US general in Europe seeks more troops, warships to counter Russia
The EUCOM commander says he's “not comfortable yet with the deterrent posture” of America's military presence.
By Joe Gould