Pentagon creates new military border zone in Arizona
The fourth national defense area created along the US-Mexico border will be an extension of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma in the Sonora Desert.
By Zita Ballinger Fletcher
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Marines save injured motorcyclist stranded in California desert
A man had been stranded for nearly two days after flipping his off-road motorcycle when a Marine helicopter crew spotted him.
By Riley Ceder
Study concludes depleted uranium doesn’t cause Gulf War illness
Researchers suggest another toxin is responsible for Desert Storm veterans' symptoms.
Remember what veterans have sacrificed for the freedoms we enjoy
A Marine Corps veteran recalls painful memories from his service and the loss of his son in an ambush in Niger.
By Hank Black
US Space Force deploys to vast new frontier: Arabian Desert
Space Force now has a squadron of 20 airmen stationed at Qatar’s Al-Udeid Air Base in its first foreign deployment.
‘Desert One’ documentary chronicles challenges, lessons of Operation Eagle Claw
The film is coming to more than 100 theaters across the U.S. starting on Aug. 21.
By Diana Stancy
Navy takes first steps toward rebuilding base rocked by twin earthquakes
Officials estimate the magazine construction project will be completed by August 2022.
By J.D. Simkins
Desert Storm memorial receives $10 million pledge from Kuwait
The memorial has a planned cost of about $40 million, and current law requires that 100 percent of funding be raised prior to initial groundbreaking, according to the National Desert Storm Memorial Association.
By Olivia Vermane
National Desert Storm War Memorial approved concept unveiled
The memorial is planned for completion by 2021.
By Todd South
Inside the historic decision to deep-select the Navy’s top officer
The Senate bestowed a fourth star on Michael Martin Gilday and the son of sailor is prepared to lead the sea service into the 21st century.
By Mark D. Faram
Officials: US putting troops back in Saudi Arabia
With Iranian military threats in mind, the United States is sending American forces, including fighter aircraft, air defense missiles and likely more than 500 troops, to a Saudi air base that became a hub of American air power in the Middle East in the 1990s but was abandoned by Washington after it toppled Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein in 2003.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
Flag-waving man in 1991 photo returns to what’s left of carrier Saratoga
The image has long outlasted that day's news cycle: When Matt Miller meets someone with a connection to the Saratoga, they usually remember that photo.
By Matt Soergel, (Jacksonville) Florida Times-Union via the AP