How America observed Christmas — at home and abroad — during WWII
Amid shortages, rationing, separation and grief, Americans fought to keep the yuletide spirit alive.
By Stanley Weintraub
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Navy needs to improve fire safety enforcement on ships, watchdog warns
Staffing shortages and ineffective ways of ensuring contractors comply with safety standards threaten to derail fire prevention efforts, GAO found.
By Riley Ceder
Carrier Reagan back in South China Sea following Afghanistan withdrawal
The deployment of the USS Reagan, homeported at Naval Station Yokosuka, Japan, kicked off in May. It entered the 5th Fleet’s area of operations at the end of June to relieve the aircraft carrier Eisenhower.
By Diana Stancy
CENTCOM IDs man it says was ISIS-K facilitator killed in Aug. 27 drone strike
The strike was in response to an attack that killed 13 U.S. service members in the bloodiest single day for Americans since 2011.
By Howard Altman
USS Monterey and USS Mitscher return to Norfolk after nine-month deployment
The cruiser and the destroyer are the last ships deployed with the Dwight. D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group to return home.
By Diana Stancy
Frontline Photos: Sept. 19, 2021
The Air Force Thunderbirds over Cleveland, soldiers firing a Carl Gustav in Alaska, sailors transiting the Taiwan Strait and more in this week's Frontline Photos.
Air Force general to review errant Kabul drone strike, make recommendations for discipline
A general officer will make recommendations about changes to targeting procedures or discipline for those involved.
‘It was a mistake.’ CENTCOM admits Aug. 29 drone strike killed civilians, not ISIS
“The strike was a tragic mistake,” Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie, head of U.S. Central Command, told a Pentagon news conference.
These warships are leaving Japan after more than two decades overseas
Both are set to join U.S. 3rd Fleet on the West Coast.
USS Arlington pays constant tribute to those who died in — and responded to — the Sept. 11 attack on the Pentagon
“We are not a memorial, we are a warship. But we carry the spirit of those 184 people that died that day. We know why we got our name.” said Cmdr. Darren Nelson, the USS Arlington's first skipper.
By Alan De Herrera
Petty officer’s conviction for filing a false sexual assault report is upheld
The sailor, convicted in March 2020, was sentenced to seven months’ confinement, a reduction in rank to E-1 and a bad-conduct discharge.
US Navy launches Mideast drone task force amid Iran tensions
“We want to put more systems out in the maritime domain above, on and below the sea,” said Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, the head of U.S. 5th Fleet.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press