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The ABCs of the military’s highly classified Area 51

You’re not allowed to visit the part of Nevada known as Area 51, but that's because the top-secret facility has to do with spy planes, not space aliens.

VA plans new cancer research center with Stanford medical experts

The new facility would also serve as a major care and training hub for veterans and non-veterans.

Research team studies threats to military bases from electric vehicles

Researchers are plotting a new defense for military bases — one that can withstand a misused electric vehicle.

Watchdog: Nuclear states modernize weapons, Chinese arsenal growing

Swedish think tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said that “we are drifting into one of the most dangerous periods in human history."

Air Force two-star to retire as colonel after sex crime conviction

Maj. Gen. Bill Cooley was found guilty of one of three counts of abusive sexual contact in an April 2022 court-martial.

Global military spending up to an all-time high

A Sweden-based watchdog says global military spending grew for the eighth consecutive year in 2022 to an all-time high of $2.24 trillion.

Military still mismanaging troops’ traumatic brain injury care

The Pentagon Inspector General found inconsistent tracking and followup care for up to half a million traumatic brain injured troops.

Congress calls for more funding of Pentagon UFO office

Austin pledged to fully fund the office in the future.

Wars in Iraq and Syria cost half a million lives, nearly $3T: report

The report comes days ahead of the Iraq war's anniversary.

Polls show support for Iraq War drop in 20 years post invasion

In the two decades after the U.S. invasion of Iraq began, public support for the drawn-out war dwindled, according to think tanks and research groups.