US Navy recovers helicopter, jet that crashed in South China Sea
The service on Friday salvaged an F/A-18F Super Hornet and MH-60R Seahawk helicopter that crashed in the South China Sea on Oct. 26.
By Riley Ceder
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US military flies 2 fighter jets over Gulf of Venezuela
Public flight tracking websites showed a pair of U.S. Navy F/A-18 fighter jets fly over the Gulf on Tuesday.
Trial by fire in the Coral Sea
The Battle of the Coral Sea was a tactical defeat for the U.S. Navy that also proved to be a significant strategic victory.
By Joseph H. Alexander, Military History Quarterly
Afghan pilot training ends after almost half went AWOL in America
A program to train Afghan attack pilots has been ended after the airmen kept going absent without leave, or AWOL, while training in the United States.
By Kyle Rempfer
Defense Department to make sexual harassment a crime
The move comes amid reports of a spike in sexual assaults in the ranks in recent years.
Frustrations mount over lack of progress on preventing veterans’ suicide
House lawmakers are promising a new push on the issue, including hearings and new legislation to address the topic.
What’s in a name: PODCAST
Political Fallout Shelter podcast for April 29: Patrick Shanahan's nomination, AOC on VA policy, the Harry S. Truman decommissioning.
What the tragedy Antigone can teach us about the dangers of extremism
What happens when a ruler declares that those who resist his dictates are enemies of the state, and that ruler has as many supporters as he has detractors?
By Elizabeth A. Bobrick, Wesleyan University
Marine Corps veteran Moulton joins 2020 presidential race
The Massachusetts lawmaker and Iraq War veteran is the latest Democrat to jump in the race for the White House.
By Steve LeBlanc, The Associated Press
Blue Angels begin the shift to Super Hornets
The move to the Super Hornet will mark the first time the elite Navy and Marine fighter jet demonstration team has changed aircraft since it moved from the A-4F Skyhawk II to the F/A-18 Hornet back in 1986.
By Melissa Nelson Gabriel, Pensacola News Journal
War games shed light on real strategies
In the 1920s and 1930s, the U.S. Navy used war games to design military plans against potential adversaries.
By David Banks, American University School of International Service