Kyle Rempfer

Staff Reporter

Kyle Rempfer was an editor and reporter who has covered combat operations, criminal cases, foreign military assistance and training accidents. Before entering journalism, Kyle served in U.S. Air Force Special Tactics and deployed in 2014 to Paktika Province, Afghanistan, and Baghdad, Iraq.

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Drowning death spotlights problem with older military dive vests

Investigators said the “primary contributing factor” to the Green Beret's death was the “inadequacy of the Aqualung Scout Swimmer Vest."

21 months ago

New book on Mullah Omar and the Taliban offers hard lessons for the US

U.S. leadership was consistently caught flat-footed, failing to deliver on their perennial promise to “turn the corner” in the war.

23 months ago

This move would end naming bases, ships in honor of the Confederacy and its leaders

The Army operates 10 installations named after Confederate military commanders.

US Forces Korea is lifting its curfew for 90 days to see if troops can behave

Behavior, morale and readiness factors will be assessed at the end of the 90-day period.

Derrick Miller’s supporters say the man he shot was a Taliban scout. Now they are seeking a Trump pardon of his life sentence.

“There’s no photos. No body. No examination of the body. No autopsy. I mean, really no forensic examination whatsoever," said ret. Marine Lt. Col. Colby Vokey.

Medal of Honor announced for soldier who fought through three floors of insurgents in Fallujah

During the battle, Bellavia single-handedly killed multiple insurgents, including one during hand-to-hand combat.

Shanahan closes review of Niger ambush that killed four US soldiers, seeks no further punishments

“I think the bigger point for me is the families don’t feel like they’ve received a consistent story of what happened,” one lawmaker said.

Spec ops’ roles to deter Russia may shift more to conventional soldiers

Congress wants to ensure special operations forces are being used for appropriate missions.

What war with Iran could look like

Military Times interviewed more than a dozen military experts, including current and former U.S. military officials, about how a conflict might begin and how it could play out. This is what they said could happen:

DoD bought phony military gear made in China, including counter-night vision clothing that didn’t actually work

The counterfeits included clothing that used a near-infrared fabric to make the wearer more difficult for enemy forces to detect with night-vision goggles.

Marines, sailors and Coasties play catch-up in Arctic warfare

“You need to start looking at the Arctic as it is, not what you want it to be,” said retired Norwegian Rear Adm. Lars Saunes. “And tension between NATO and Russia is increasing in the Arctic.”

US airstrikes interrupt ISIS and al-Shabaab battleground

The U.S. appears to be stepping up airstrikes in northern Somalia’s Golis Mountains, where the country’s Islamic State affiliate and al-Shabaab have been battling for territorial control.

US, Canadian jets intercept joint Russian-Chinese air patrol

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What is financial literacy, and why is it important? — Money Minute

Meet the little-seen agency creating detailed pictures of precise locations for troops