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US mulls deploying Marine security team to Haiti amid gang crisis

In 2010, after an earthquake struck Haiti, fleet antiterrorism security team Marines were sent to assist the Marine guards at the embassy there.

By Irene Loewenson

14 months ago

Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten speaks during the Air Force Association Virtual Aerospace Warfare Symposium at the Pentagon, Feb. 17, 2021. (Petty Officer 1st Class Carlos M. Vazquez II/Department of Defense)

Court to decide if Hyten will face trial in civil suit for sexual assault

The appeals court could take three months to a year to decide whether the case against retired Air Force Gen. John Hyten, the former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will proceed.

By Rachel S. Cohen

3 years ago

Sunken aircraft carrier Hornet — best known for Doolittle Raid — located miles below the waves

The members of the research vessel Petrel crew are no strangers to historic underwater archaeological discoveries.

By J.D. Simkins

6 years ago

Valor Friday: The legend of John Basilone

His heroic actions on Guadalcanal would cement his legacy as a Marine legend.

By J.D. Simkins

7 years ago

These quick-thinking airmen helped save a woman’s life

When three airmen, in Panama for a military exercise, saw a crowd peering over the rail of a bridge at a woman who had just jumped off, they sprang into action.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

7 years ago

Researchers mark death of Pearl Harbor mastermind Yamamoto

A group from the U.S. and Japan is trekking to a remote Pacific island jungle to document what is considered one of the most important wreck sites of World War II: where American fighters shot down a Japanese bomber carrying the mastermind of the Pearl Harbor attack.

7 years ago

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