Babysitter sentenced for baby’s death in Hawaii military housing
Dixie Denise Villa's sentencing comes more than six years after Abigail Lobisch died from an overdose in Villa's unlicensed daycare in Hawaii.
By Karen Jowers
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Marine training chief wants to ‘let NCOs loose’ with more drone access
The Marines’ new Attack Drone Team is tackling the challenge of turning drones into weapons. And they want to get more personnel in on the action.
By Hope Hodge Seck
Mail delivery to military bases in Iraq temporarily suspended to clear backlog
Starting today, the Pentagon has temporarily suspended deliveries to Baghdad International Airport to clear a backlog of mail flowing into that country.
By Howard Altman
Appeals court overturns Naval Academy midshipman’s sex assault conviction
The three-judge panel ruled there was not evidence beyond a reasonable doubt to prove the allegation.
Best pics of the week: Jan. 12, 2020
Pave Hawk testing, live-fire exercise at sea aboard the USS Montgomery, securing the Baghdad Embassy Compound and more of the best photos from around the military.
Soldiers killed by bomb blast in Afghanistan identified
The Pentagon has identified two U.S. soldiers killed in Kandahar province on Saturday.
By Kyle Rempfer
Defying police, Iranians protest over plane shootdown
Videos posted online showed protesters shouting anti-government slogans and moving through subway stations and sidewalks, many around Azadi, or Freedom, Square after an earlier call for people to demonstrate there.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press
An inked culture: Sailors discuss the Navy’s longstanding tattoo tradition
Sailors adorning their bodies with tattoos is a well-established Navy tradition
By J.D. Simkins
Two US troops die in combat in Afghanistan
Two U.S. service members were killed and another two were wounded in action Saturday in Afghanistan.
By Kyle Rempfer
Military contractor slain in Iraq buried in California
A U.S. military contractor who was killed in a rocket attack in Iraq last month — an attack that ignited a series of reprisals between the U.S. and Iran that have inflamed tensions in the region — has been buried in Northern California, it was reported Tuesday.
Iran didn’t kill anyone in missile attack, spurring hopes for de-escalation
With no casualties, the strikes may give the U.S. an opportunity to ease tensions with Iran.
Ukrainian airplane crashes near Iran’s capital, killing 176
A Ukrainian airplane carrying 176 people crashed on Wednesday shortly after takeoff from Tehran’s main airport, killing all onboard, state TV reported.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press