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Why getting more female troops into Special Operations will take time
As recently released data from the military services has shown, the participation of women in elite special operations roles remains a rarity.
Former Navy SEAL killed in Georgia plane crash, sheriff says
The sheriff told media the pilot who died had been identified as Howard Wasdin, who served in the Navy as a member of the elite SEAL Team 6.
Navy SEAL, Silver Star recipient Mike Day dies
Day suffered 27 gunshots while leading a Naval Special Warfare task unit on a 2007 mission to take down a high-ranking al-Qaida leader in Fallujah, Iraq.
By Diana Stancy
Panel acquits US airman of 2022 insider attack in Syria
A panel of three enlisted troops and five officers deliberated for six hours before issuing their verdict.
Former Marine earns one of Princeton’s highest honors
Former Marine Shaun Cason is the first decorated military veteran to receive the award.
By Connie Mabin
2 Marine Raiders, cleared of homicide, get no punishment for drinking
A jury found that Gunnery Sgts. Josh Negron and Danny Draher had violated a lawful general order by consuming alcohol while deployed to Iraq.
2 Marines found not guilty of homicide in Green Beret veteran’s death
Gunnery Sgts. Josh Negron and Danny Draher were acquitted on charges of involuntary manslaughter and negligent homicide.
Prosecution experts in ‘MARSOC 3′ trial say fistfight killed Army vet
“I found a brain that was severely traumatized,” he said, describing the blood, hemorrhaging, bruising and dead tissue.
In homicide trial, Marine Raiders’ defense seeks other causes of death
Defense lawyers worked to sow doubt about the prosecution’s theory that former Green Beret Rick Rodriguez died because of his head injury.
At Marine Raiders’ homicide trial, questions center on security video
The two sides differed about whether it looked like the contractor or the Marines instigated the violence.
Navy awards Silver Star to Navy SEAL for heroism in Vietnam
Retired Rear Adm. Thomas Richards, who as a lieutenant was nicknamed "The Hulk," carried three platoon mates through enemy fire to safety.
By Diana Stancy