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Why Ukraine’s spring offensive still hasn’t begun
Officials believe the campaign will now finally launch, and the initial shaping operations for the next stage have already begun.
By Tara Copp, AP
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Student veterans worry about GI Bill benefits when returning to college classes this fall
VA officials say they're working with colleges and Congress to watch for potential problems when veterans return to classes next year.
How the United States can ensure American weapons aren’t used for human rights abuses
The United States must ensure that arms sold to its allies aren't used to enable abuses or significant humanitarian harm, says the author of this commentary.
By Shannon Dick
US-led coalition continues withdrawal as Syrian forces enter key border town, blocking Turkish plans
Syrian forces on Wednesday night rolled into the strategic border town of Kobani, blocking one path for the Turkish military to establish a “safe zone” free of Syrian Kurdish fighters along the frontier as part of its week-old offensive.
Turkey begins offensive aimed at Kurdish fighters in Syria
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the start of the campaign, which followed an announcement Sunday by U.S. President Donald Trump that American troops would step aside in a shift in U.S. policy that essentially abandoned the Syrian Kurds. They were longtime U.S. allies in the fight against the Islamic State group.
Coast Guard officer pleads guilty to drug, gun charges
He was accused of stockpiling weapons and targeting Supreme Court justices, prominent Democrats and TV journalists.
By Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press
Coastie accused of plotting terror attacks wants gun charges dropped
But a federal prosecutor contends other courts already have held that the Second Amendment doesn't cover silencers.
By Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press
No, Lyme disease is not an escaped bioweapon
An op-ed from one of the world's top experts on tick-borne diseases demolishes a conspiracy theory.
By Sam Telford, Tufts University
Ex-Navy employee pleads guilty to child porn offenses
Federal investigators identified at least 10 victims.
Did you make the spring petty officer list?
Navy Times has the list of everyone who made the cut!
By Mark D. Faram
How the armed forces inadvertently helped to decimate, then save, the osprey (feathery kind)
Along the shores of the Chesapeake Bay, nearly 20,000 Ospreys now arrive to nest each spring — the largest concentration of breeding pairs in the world. Two-thirds of them nest on buoys and channel markers maintained by the U.S. Coast Guard, who have become de facto Osprey guardians.
By Alan Poole, Cornell University
Trump gets briefing on Coast Guard lieutenant accused of having hit list
The president called it a "very sad thing."
By Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press