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Army plans ‘dramatic’ ammo production boost as Ukraine drains stocks
But its plan for a ramp up in production hinges on Congress.
By Joe Gould
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Labor shortage still pinching aerospace and defense sector
A new study found 70% of companies in the aerospace and defense sector saw increased turnover in the last 12 months.
Defense firms face worker losses as companies impose federal vaccine mandate
Defense firms are sounding the alarm that they expect to lose employees who refuse to comply with a federal COVID vaccination requirement for contractors, due to take effect in December.
Lawmakers favor white candidates over minorities in service academy nominations: report
About 74 percent of congressional nominations went to white students, in contrast to the country's racial makeup.
8 female soldiers who changed the course of US military history
March 8 is International Women’s Day, and a celebration of women would be incomplete if the female trailblazers of the United States Army were not recognized. From breaking barriers in combat to challenging the status quo across eras, here are 8 female soldiers who changed the course of history for the U.S. military.
By Dylan Gresik
Coast Guard officer appeals prison sentence
He pleaded guilty in October to possessing unregistered and unserialized silencers, being a drug addict in possession of firearms and illegal possession of tramadol, an opioid painkiller.
By Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press
Judge: Coast Guard officer plotted mass murder ‘to act out his white nationalist views’
The pill-popping ex-Marine drew a stiff sentence.
Coast Guard officer pleads guilty to drug, gun charges
He was accused of stockpiling weapons and targeting Supreme Court justices, prominent Democrats and TV journalists.
By Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press
Judge refuses to toss Coast Guard officer’s gun charges
The judge ruled a silencer is a firearm accessory, not a weapon in and of itself, and therefore isn't a "bearable arm" protected by the Second Amendment.
By Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press
Sailor pleads guilty to hiring a hit man to kill wife
But the hit man was an undercover federal agent.
By Mark D. Faram
John Paul Jones: Sea power visionary
John Paul Jones pioneered the idea of global sea power a century before the rise of the modern U.S. Navy.
By Joseph F. Callo, Military History Magazine
Trump gets briefing on Coast Guard lieutenant accused of having hit list
The president called it a "very sad thing."
By Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press