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Navy officer convicted in ‘Dateline’ death gets more time for appeal
The junior officer was convicted for killing his Belgian wife in 2015.
USS Arlington, Navy surgeons, head to Haiti, while a joint task force provides disaster relief
The ship is expected to arrive in Haiti “by the end of the week,” and is equipped with a surgical team along with landing craft capability. Soldiers, Marines also deploy.
By Diana Stancy
Book excerpt: ‘Facing the Mountain’
"Facing the Mountain" portrays the kaleidoscopic journey of four Japanese-American families and their sons, who volunteered for 442nd Regimental Combat Team and were deployed to France, Germany, and Italy, where they were asked to do the near impossible.
By Daniel James Brown
China’s Africa outreach poses threat from Atlantic, says a top US general
U.S. military commanders around the globe caution that China's growing assertiveness isn't simply happening in Asia.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Guard chief wants free health care for all troops, activated or not
Leaders worry that troops who suffer injuries before and after active-duty don't have medical coverage they need.
Presidents refusing advice of generals is nothing new — and often benefits America
President Biden was right to end the Afghanistan War and withdraw our troops, regardless of the advice of generals, says the author of this commentary.
By Lt. Col. (ret.) Daniel L. Davis
Dear Cambridge, help me pay for school. Sincerely, a U.S. Marine veteran
U.S. military veterans are some of the most qualified for top tier programs — but how can they pay?
By Daniel Robb
This week in Congress: Getting back to budget basics
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of March 15, 2021.
Austin approves request to extend National Guard deployment at US Capitol
Nearly 2,300 National Guard troops have been approved to continue supporting U.S. Capitol Police through May 21.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Excerpt from ‘Call Me Commander’ by Jeff Testerman and Daniel M. Freed
"Call Me Commander" shows how reporters revealed the U.S. Navy Veterans Association was a scam, and uncovered how the man who operated it was a Harvard Law School graduate and former U.S. Army intelligence officer who had been wanted since the 1980s.
By Jeff Testerman and Daniel Freed
National Guard inauguration deployment: twice as large as troop levels in Afghanistan and Iraq combined
According to the chief of the National Guard Bureau, the number of troops could increase to six times the size of the respective U.S. contingents in Afghanistan and Iraq.
By Davis Winkie