Honolulu water agency sues US Navy over Red Hill fuel spill damage
The suit estimates it is costing $1.2 billion for the Board of Water Supply to clean up and protect Oʻahu’s drinking water wells.
By Marcel Honoré, Honolulu Civil Beat
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How the US has shifted military jets and ships in the Middle East
As America’s national security leaders discuss next steps, the Pentagon has moved to ensure that troops and bases in the region are protected.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Gunboats in Hell: Battle at Iwo Jima
Feb. 17, 1945, had dawned clear and bright off Iwo Jima. At 10:45 that morning, Lieutenant (junior grade) Rufus G. Herring, aboard LCI(G)-449, peered through binoculars at the tiny island, still some distance away.
By Mitch Weiss, World War II magazine
The Battle of Iwo Jima: A 36-day bloody slog on a sulfuric island
The Japanese defending Iwo Jima on D-day displayed superb tactical discipline. As Lieutenant Colonel Justus M. ‘Jumpin’ Joe’ Chambers led his 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines, across the first terrace on the right flank of the landing beaches, he encountered interlocking bands of automatic-weapons fire unlike anything he had faced in Tulagi or Saipan. ‘You could’ve held up a cigarette and lit it on the stuff going by,’ he recalled. ‘I knew immediately we were in for one hell of a time.’
By Joseph Alexander, World War II magazine
Trump's infrastructure plan includes new rules for VA property sales
Under current rules, Veterans Affairs officials can't redirect profits from real estate sales into other department priorities.
CMC facing court-martial committed suicide, police say
Command Master Chief Ronald K. Shasky II was found dead in his Chesapeake, Virginia, home on Jan. 31.
US and Afghan forces free Taliban prisoners in Helmand
U.S. and Afghan forces raided a Taliban prison in Helmand province Jan. 20, rescuing more than 60 Afghan security forces, senior Afghan defense officials told Military Times.
By Shawn Snow
Commandos raid ‘Red Unit’ in ongoing campaign against Taliban financial network
Afghan commandos executed a nighttime raid against the Taliban’s “Red Unit” in Helmand province on Monday, seizing over a ton of hashish valued at $3.4 million and freeing five captives.
By Kyle Rempfer
Ted Williams describes Korean War service ... in letters to his mistress
'My plane was burning like hell when I crash landed.'
Mixed news for service members (especially sailors) in recent real estate survey
Two different stories on two coasts for some military movers.
By Kevin Lilley
The underwater superstar of ‘Hunt for Red October’ has retired
No, not Sean Connery, but the Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered attack submarine Dallas.
By J.D. Simkins
US and Afghan forces kill senior Taliban and al-Qaida commanders
U.S. and Afghan forces have killed several senior level al-Qaida and Taliban leaders over the past several days.
By Shawn Snow