Military

A command investigation determined that a damper hose failed on the MC-60S Seahawk, causing severe vibrations as the aircraft was landing on a carrier off of San Diego last August.

The Army has scrapped its move to have a physical fitness test that’s gender- and age-neutral, and will now allow women and older soldiers to pass while meeting some reduced standards.

American troops continued to arrive in Romania on Friday, as NATO allies reroute military forces to bolster security on the eastern flank.

U.S. officials say Russia has assembled at least 70 percent of the military firepower it likely intends to have in place by mid-month to give President Vladimir Putin the option of launching a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

A small single-engine plane crashed near Raleigh, North Carolina, injuring the pilot.

President Joe Biden detailed Thursday his administration’s efforts to double its procurement of rapid COVID-19 tests and make high-quality masks available for free as coronavirus cases continue to spike nationwide.

It’s a hidden crisis that’s existed for years inside one of the most well-funded institutions on the planet and has only worsened during the coronavirus pandemic

The ribbons represent branches of the military and are meant to honor service members.

When you drive by the Litchfield Green you might notice the five yellow ribbons tied around trees.

A Navy report has concluded there were sweeping failures by commanders, crew members and others that fueled the July 2020 arson fire that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard

The late Colin Powell was the first Black Secretary of State and deeply studied African American military history, says Brandeis University’s Chad Williams. “We need to remember him as part of that tradition. A tradition that is rife with struggle, with pain, with institutionalized racism, but also with heroic achievement and accomplishment,” Williams said.

The U.S. Marine Corps worked with the Japanese Defense Ministry to test land a U.S. F-35B fighter jet on a Japanese helicopter destroyer converted into an aircraft carrier.

A new military investigation found the coronavirus pandemic curtailed trainings in 2020 and contributed to nine service members drowning off San Diego’s coast

Walking through the State’s Veteran Cemetery in Middletown, there is a sense of honor, bravery and sacrifice. Thousands of veterans have been laid to rest there. Another eight names were added Friday, but for a period, they had all been forgotten. In a solemn ceremony this morning, veterans Victor Herbert Anderson, Orville K. Davis, Stephen Yoder, Joseph P. Galipeau,...

Military academy students are marking the 10th anniversary of the end of “don’t ask, don’t tell” this week.

U.S. officials were aware the Abbey Gate at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul could be targeted. But the gate was kept open to allow British personnel time to evacuate – then a suicide bomber struck Thursday. Politico reporter Lara Seligman talks about her reporting on that bombing and U.S. drone strikes in retaliation, which killed several civilians. Plus, we...

Officials have not confirmed it, but terror group ISIS-K is believed to be behind the explosion that killed more than a dozen U.S. servicemembers and 60 Afghans at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan Thursday. Former CIA analyst and U.S. Army member Matt Zeller explains what he knows about the group.

In this new era of rule in Afghanistan, “we can’t be duped by the spin cycle of what the Taliban is saying that they are,”says Farah Pandith of the Council on Foreign Relations. She doesn’t want the world to forget that women and girls will have a hard time in the new Afghanistan.

Some newcomers to the U.S. will be on SIVs, or Special Immigrant Visas, while others will have refugee status as they flee the Taliban. Ashley Faye from Refugee Services of Texas believes as many as 40,000 people could come to the U.S., including 354 families headed to Texas.

Matt Zeller served in the Army in Afghanistan and says he is only alive because an interpreter saved his life from Taliban fighters. He’s speaking up as the U.S. withdraws from the country and leaving some people behind.