Military

After a Navy sailor from Shelton took his own life, Connecticut’s senators are pushing for legislation to provide better mental health care for all military members.

The U.S. Army has grounded aviation units for training after 12 soldiers died within the last month in helicopter crashes in Alaska and Kentucky, the military branch announced Friday. The suspension of air operations was effective immediately, with units grounded until they complete the training, said Lt. Col. Terence Kelley, an Army spokesperson. For active-duty units, the training is to…

The mastermind of the deadly August 2021 attack at Kabul International Airport, which claimed the lives of 13 U.S. service members and more than 150 Afghans seeking to flee the country, has been killed, according to three U.S. officials. 

While in Dublin, Ireland, President Joe Biden was asked about the investigation into who may have leaked secret military documents online.

The military says “black boxes” have been recovered from two U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters that crashed last week in Kentucky, killing all nine soldiers aboard.

The military on Friday released the names of the nine soldiers killed in the crash involving two Black Hawk helicopters in southwestern Kentucky.

Two Blackhawk military helicopters crashed in Kentucky during a training exercise on Wednesday, killing all 9 servicemen aboard.

The U.S. military is investigating the death of a soldier at a Texas Army post that in recent years has struggled with homicide, suicide and sexual assault among its troops.

More than 8,000 active-duty service members were discharged for failure to obey a lawful order when they refused the vaccine.

Four brothers and sisters are united by the desire to serve their country; they are all either joining or already serving in the U.S. Coast Guard. The Walkers will all reunite for the first time in years Friday at a Coast Guard Academy graduation ceremony. Graduation is imminent for Officer Candidate Nicholas Walker. “Couple hours, just counting down. I’m...

War is hell — and so is leaving for football, according to the NFL quarterback.

They protect our country, but too often, members of the armed forces are defenseless when it comes to military sexual trauma. Reports of sexual assaults across all branches jumped 13% last year.

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A military aide was arrested Thursday after he brought a loaded gun to an entrance of the White House, the United States Secret Service confirms to News4. Patrick Tansey, 54, was charged with carrying a pistol without a license, The Washington Post was first to report. Tansey works at the White House military office as a civilian military staffer for…

The escape of the Malaysian defense contractor at the center of one of the Navy’s biggest corruption scandals is as stunning and brazen as the case itself. U-Haul trucks were seen at his home in a tony San Diego neighborhood before Leonard Glenn Francis, known as “Fat Leonard,” snipped off his ankle monitor and disappeared.

Mexico’s president has begun exploring plans to sidestep congress to hand formal control of the National Guard to the army. That could extend the military’s control over policing in a country with high levels of violence.

The military has said the exercises involving missile strikes, warplanes and ship movements crossing the midline of the Taiwan Strait dividing the sides were a response to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the self-ruled island last week.

Recruiters are offering bigger bonuses and other incentives to those who sign up. And they are seizing on the boost that Hollywood may offer – such as the buzz over the sequel to the 1986 hit “Top Gun.”

Every individual has their own personal reasons for joining the military. Now that former Petty Officer Second Class Matthew Clunan is back home in Connecticut after serving in the Navy for nearly seven years, five of which were active duty, he says he came back a better man. “I wanted to go experience something, I wanted to go learn some…

Every branch of the U.S. Military is struggling to recruit.