Wars in Iraq and Syria cost half a million lives, nearly $3T: report
The U.S. military is about to surpass 20 years since invading Iraq, a war that has cost more than 550,000 lives, and nearly $1.8 trillion, according to a report released…
Get the score, skip the tape: This fitness score waives body fat test
Army Sgt. Jared Simmons, a public affairs mass communications non-commissioned officer, with the 19th Public Affairs Detachment, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, Division Artillery, 1st Infantry Division, performs the hand-release pushup…
Military moves to cut suicides, but defers action on guns
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered a number of improvements in access to mental health care on Thursday to reduce suicides in the military, but held off on endorsing more controversial…
Demand exploding for Tomahawk missiles as US backs latest foreign sale
The guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90) launches a new Block V Tomahawk during a missile exercise on Dec. 1, 2020, marking the first time a Block V Tomahawk missile…
In Bovine Fields the Poppies Blow
Sylvia Shawcross In the ghastly world where the mooing herds furiously and fulsomely flatulate in the forever future fields of Blackrock the murmurs of discontent are rippling and snippling and…
Behold, the Strangest March Madness Promotion You’ll See This Year
March Madness is a time for brackets, snacks, beer, and balls—usually basketballs, but oddly enough, food and beverage brands have made it an annual tradition to zero in on the…
American legacy of ‘forever wars’ lives on in its casualties
Editors Note: This commentary first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service. Subscribe to their newsletter. My stepfather, brother, and I…
Pentagon to phase out firefighting foam with ‘forever chemicals’
Editor’s note: This article was first published in the Colorado Newsline. Battered by years of criticism from U.S. lawmakers and environmental advocates, the Department of Defense will stop purchasing PFAS-containing…
Military groups call on lawmakers to give Texas troops death benefits
This article was shared as part of an ongoing project between Military Times and the The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit newsroom that informs Texans about state policy and politics. Sign up for…
Soldier from Army’s Golden Knights dies in training accident
Your Army By The Associated Press Mar 16, 06:30 PM This photo provided by the U.S. Army Parachute Team shows Sgt. 1st Class Michael Ty Kettenhofen. (U.S. Army Parachute Team via AP) HOMESTEAD, Florida…