Navy relieves CO of Navy Information Operations Command Colorado
Cmdr. Christopher Johnson was relieved of his duties "due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command," the Navy said.
By Beth Sullivan
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Navy divers, Polish forces to aid in recovery of missing US soldiers
Maj. Gen. Curtis Taylor, commanding general of the 1st Armored Division, said it would be a “long and difficult recovery operation.”
The death toll for rising aviation accidents: 133 troops killed in five years
Amid the latest spike in aviation deaths, a newly published Military Times Crash Database shows manned warplane accidents have jumped 39 percent since the 2013 budget cuts.
By Tara Copp, AP
MISFIRE: DoD shouldn’t have waited so long to approve danger pay for troops in Niger
The Defense Department on March 8 announced that troops deployed to Niger, Mali and northern Cameroon qualify to receive imminent danger pay/hostile fire pay, retroactive to June 7, 2017.
By Military Times Editors
Legacy of Tennessee's greatest war hero may be education
Until he was old enough to buy and trade his own comic books, Gerald York thought his grandfather was just an ordinary man.
By Jake Lowary, The (Nashville) Tennessean via the AP
The omnibus spending bill would add an extra 143 aircraft for the military
The military may be getting a windfall of cash to buy even more new aircraft in fiscal year 2018.
By Valerie Insinna
Coast Guard to upgrade Kodiak C-130H fleet with new model
Officials say Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak is upgrading its fleet of multipurpose airplanes to a new model over the next two years.
Navy identifies aviators killed in Super Hornet crash
The aviators were killed on March 14 when their F/A-18F Super Hornet crashed on final approach to Naval Air Station Key West.
By Mark D. Faram
Two destroyers named for Marine Corps veterans
Two of the newest Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, the Ralph Johnson and the Patrick Gallagher, have been named after Vietnam War Marine Corps veterans.
By Nicole Bauke
Probe finds deadly Niger mission lacked proper approval
A military investigation into the Niger attack that killed four American service members concludes the team didn’t get required senior command approval for their risky mission to capture a high-level Islamic State militant, several U.S. officials familiar with the report said. It doesn’t point to that failure as a cause of the deadly ambush.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Leaked ISIS propaganda video allegedly shows deaths of US troops in Niger ambush
The Islamic State released a propaganda video Sunday that allegedly depicts the Oct. 4 ambush near the village of Tongo Tongo, Niger, that killed four U.S. soldiers.
‘Jack of all trades’: Poignant clip from Nat Geo documentary highlights soldier killed in Niger ambush
In a scene from National Geographic’s documentary series, Chain of Command, Sgt. La David Johnson, one of four soldiers killed in the October ambush in Tongo Tongo, Niger, is shown speaking with a video crew while moonlighting as a barber on base.
By Kyle Rempfer