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The destroyer Carney transits the Suez Canal, Oct. 18, 2023.

USS Carney shoots down drone launched from Yemen

A U.S. official told the Associated Press that the Navy destroyer deemed the drone to be a threat and shot it down over water.

By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press

5 months ago

Opinion

Don’t believe the hype about Fort Bliss

"Striking is the disparity between what people who’ve never been here presume about the region and what residents recognize as reality."

By Maj. Gen. Jim Isenhower, Oscar Leeser, Ricardo A. Samaniego

8 months ago

Mysterious air base being built on volcanic island off Yemen

The runway on Mayun Island allows whoever controls it to project power into the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and easily launch airstrikes into mainland Yemen.

By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press

3 years ago

Best pics of the week: March 21, 2021

An LC-130 Skibird under the Northern Lights, the Blue Angels train at El Centro, the F-15EX lands at Eglin, paratroopers on the range in Italy, and more in this week's Frontline Photos.

3 years ago

We need veterans treatment courts now more than ever

In this commentary, a former commander of trial judges in the Army Reserve says the problems facing veterans that led to the establishment of veterans treatment court are not going away.

By David L. Shakes

3 years ago

French court convicts ISIS operative over 2015 train attack foiled by 3 American passengers

A French court on Thursday convicted an Islamic State operative over a train attack five years ago that was foiled with the dramatic intervention of three American passengers.

3 years ago

Inside the case against ISIS militants suspected in the deaths of Western hostages

The prosecution is a counterterrorism success in the waning weeks of the Trump administration. But it almost didn't happen.

3 years ago

Petty officer, a 19-year Navy vet, dies in Florida hospital after collapsing in El Salvador

Master-at-Arms 1st Class Patrick X. Gilyard, 38, exhibited “signs of a stroke” on Sept. 28 in the Central American nation and was evacuated to the states on Sept. 30.

By Harm Venhuizen and Geoff Ziezulewicz

4 years ago

Midshipmen will be able to attend home football game against Temple Saturday

Midshipmen will sit by company with small roommate pods allowed to sit together.

4 years ago

US charges British ISIS members in deaths of American hostages

El Shafee Elsheikh and Alexanda Kotey are two of four men who were called “the Beatles” by the hostages because of the captors' British accents.

4 years ago

US won’t seek death penalty against pair of Islamic State militants suspected of beheading hostages

The Justice Department has notified the British government that it will not pursue the death penalty against two Islamic State militants suspected in the beheadings of Western hostages, removing a hurdle in the potential prosecution of the men in the United States.

4 years ago

Best pics of the week: July 26, 2020

Airborne ops at Fort Bragg, the largest C-130J formation flight ever and more in this week's Frontline Photos.

4 years ago