Longer assignments coming soon for troops heading to South Korea
Longer tours will bring more stability for military forces and improve readiness and service members' quality of life, officials said.
By Karen Jowers
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How Memorial Day has evolved from its Civil War origins
Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen troops. But it’s come to anchor the unofficial start of summer and retail discounts.
After North Korea ICBM test, US Navy tests new missile defense radar
The U.S. Navy successfully tested the missile defense and radar system for the Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers.
By Mackenzie Wolf
US to exempt journalists, aid workers from North Korea travel ban
The Trump administration will allow American journalists, Red Cross employees and other humanitarian workers to apply for exemptions to a ban on travel to North Korea that is set to take effect in early September.
US to test launch unarmed ICBM from California
The U.S. Air Force is planning to test an unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile with a launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the fourth such test this year.
Analysis: North Korea's 2nd ICBM test augurs a new normal
For all its bluster and over-the-top propaganda, North Korea often does just what it says it will do when it comes to its weapons development.
US bombers fly over South Korea after North's 2nd ICBM test
The United States flew two supersonic bombers over the Korean Peninsula on Sunday in a show of force against North Korea following the country’s latest intercontinental ballistic missile test. The U.S. also said it conducted a successful test of a missile defense system located in Alaska.
North Korean ICBM launches dim South's hopes for talks
North Korea’s rapidly accelerating nuclear weapons program is beginning to pose a grave challenge for liberal South Korean President Moon Jae-in, whose dovish proposals for engagement have been met by silence and two intercontinental ballistic missile tests in less than a month.
PACOM commander: 3 major threats challenge the Pacific
U.S. Pacific Command is facing challenges from North Korea, China's aggression in the South China Sea, and the spread of ISIS.
By Charlsy Panzino
North Korea may have just shown a capability to strike the continental US
North Korea launched another ballistic missile Friday morning and experts believe it may have been, for the first time, an intercontinental ballistic missile with the capability to strike the continental United States.
By Tara Copp, AP, Aaron Mehta and Andrew Tilghman
Report: North Korea's missile program farther along than believed
Intelligence officials believe North Korea will have a reliable, intercontinental missile capable of carrying a nuclear weapon as early as next year, according to a report published Tuesday amid a warning from a top Republican lawmaker who says he has grown increasingly alarmed about Pyongyang’s weapons program.
By Deb Riechmann