Houthi rebels claim they shot down another US MQ-9 Reaper droneBrig. Gen. Yahya Saree, a Houthi military spokesperson, claimed it was the third MQ-9 drone downed by the group in a week.By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press2 hours ago
Nearly $6B in Ukraine aid at risk if Congress doesn’t act by month-endThe Biden administration has asked Congress to include the funding authority in any continuing resolution lawmakers may manage to pass by Sept. 30.By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press2 days ago
Even with aid arriving, training still needed for Ukraine triumph'In six days, we covered all the theories that NATO artillerymen go through in half a year.'By Tom Mutch4 months ago
Gaza aid pier mission involving US troops is off to a chaotic startA U.S.-involved effort to deliver aid to Gaza has begun tumultuously, with aid trucks overrun and at least one person feared dead over the weekend.By Geoff Ziezulewicz4 months ago
Houthi rebels claim shooting down second US drone in past weekThe Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen claimed on Tuesday that they shot down an American drone over the country on the Arabian Peninsula.4 months ago
Bud Anderson, America’s last World War II ‘triple ace,’ dies at 102Bud Anderson, the last American fighter pilot known as a “triple ace” for downing 16 German planes during World War II, died May 17 at 102.By Jon Guttman4 months ago
Trucks are rolling across the US pier into Gaza, but challenges remainTrucks carrying badly needed aid for the Gaza Strip have rolled across a newly built U.S. pier and into the besieged enclave for the first time.4 months ago
Purple Heart awarded to Korean War veteran 73 years after injuryAfter 73 years and a long fight with the Army, a Korean War veteran from Minnesota who was wounded in combat finally got his Purple Heart.4 months ago
Archaeologists believe they’ve uncovered Revolutionary War barracksRecovered artifacts at the Virginia site include chimney bricks and musket balls that were indented with soldiers’ teeth.4 months ago
One of 1st Black Marines to serve in combat honored for 100th birthdayFormer Cpl. Lawrence “Larry” Diggs, a Montford Point Marine and World War II vet, received early 100th birthday wishes from top military officials.By Irene Loewenson4 months ago
A jacket, a coin, a letter: Relics of Omaha Beach tell the D-Day storyEighty years ago, Allied soldiers crossed the choppy waters of the English Channel to land on Normandy beaches to defeat Hitler’s regime.By Frank A. Blazich Jr., Smithsonian Institution, The Conversation4 months ago
Meet the namesake of the Navy’s newest ship, the USS Robert E. SimanekThis Marine threw himself onto a grenade to save his entrenched comrades in Korea. He absorbed the full blast — yet survived.By Jon Guttman4 months ago