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  • Retired Navy SEAL admiral znd former chancellor of the University of Texas system delivered an online address to MIT's graduating class on Friday, May 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
    McRaven tells graduating MIT students that they, not comic book heroes, 'have to save the world’

    Retired Navy SEAL Adm. William McRaven addressed MIT graduates.

    Collin Binkley, Associated Press
    22 hours ago
  • Polish F-16s and MiG-29s escort a B1B Lancer during a training mission for Bomber Task Force Europe, May 29, 2020. (Courtesy photo by Polish Air Force)
    B-1Bs complete Bomber Task Force mission with Ukrainian, Turkish aircraft for the first time

    "Bomber Task Force missions to Europe demonstrate commitment to our allies and partners all while providing a clear deterrence message to any adversary."

    Diana Stancy Correll
    1 day ago
  • Airmen stand at attention during a retreat ceremony March 30, 2018, on Kadena Air Base, Japan. An all-female formation was coordinated in honor of Women’s History Month, which brings attention to the accomplishments and achievements of women throughout history. (Staff Sgt. Micaiah Anthony/Air Force)
    Updating our Air Force song to celebrate all of us

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein says the time is now for change.

    Gen. David Goldfein
    1 day ago
  • Tech. Sgt. Chuck Lawyer plays the drum while marching with the U.S. Air Force Band of the West's Ceremonial Band during the Governor's Inaugural parade Jan. 20, 2015, in Austin, Texas. (Courtesy photo)
    A gender-neutral ‘Wild Blue Yonder’: Air Force finishes changing official song

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Dave Goldfein said it became apparent to him last year that the song was excluding female airmen.

    Stephen Losey
    1 day ago
  • From left: Cpl. John Willans, Team United Kingdom, and Staff Sgt. Brian Biviano celebrate after they won their final match of wheelchair tennis, June 23, 2019, Tampa, Fla. (Staff Sgt. Sahara L. Fales/Air Force)
    2020 Warrior Games scrubbed by Marine Corps over COVID-19 concerns

    There will be no Warrior Games this year thanks to COVID-19.

    Howard Altman
    1 day ago
  • Julius Gines, AAFES barber, shaves the head of Airman Basic Ian Martin, 37th Training Wing, 737th Training Group Detachment 5 trainee, at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, April 8, 2020. Nearly 60 Airmen completed the six-week basic military training course. In order to maximize resources, the Air Force sent new recruits to Keesler to demonstrate a proof of concept to generate the force at multiple locations during contingencies. (Kemberly Groue/Air Force)
    New coronavirus cases decreasing among troops, but deaths are up across DoD

    Total deaths rose to 36 this week, including a third service member.

    Meghann Myers
    1 day ago
  • The aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman underway. (Navy)
    Exercise to unite four combatant commands to test homeland defenses for the first time

    It's going down this week on the east coast.

    Geoff Ziezulewicz
    1 day ago
  • A protester carries the carries a U.S. flag upside, a sign of distress, next to a burning building Thursday, May 28, 2020, in Minneapolis. Protests over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody Monday, broke out in Minneapolis for a third straight night. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
    Trump tweet intimating military will fire on ‘looters’ in Minnesota sparks another warning from Twitter

    Trump tweet over military involvement in Minnesota protests draws Twitter warning

    Tim Sullivan, The Associated Press and Amy Forliti, The Associated Press
    1 day ago
  • Veterans wait outside the Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Medical Center in Seattle on March 30, 2015. The site is one of 20 reopening for some compensation and pension exams in coming days. (Elaine Thompson/AP)
    Veterans disability exams to resume at some sites as backlog hits 114,000, nearly doubling in six months

    Currently 114,000 veterans are waiting for compensation and pension exams to finalize their disability claims.

    Leo Shane III
    1 day ago
  • Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie speaks during a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 28, 2020, on the Department of Veterans Affairs response to COVID-19. (Andrew Harnik/AP)
    VA says it’ll stop almost all use of unproven drug on vets for coronavirus

    Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie said Thursday that his department has all but stopped use of an unproven malaria drug on veterans with COVID-19.

    Hope Yen, The Associated Press
    1 day ago
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