As allies resist US call to help in Strait of Hormuz, Trump says it was a loyalty test
Trump's calls for help to other countries was a loyalty test, rather than a strategic necessity, he said. "We don't need anybody."
By Tanya Noury
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Lawmakers revive push for veterans disability reform bill
The measure would allow medically retired military personnel to receive both their full retirement pay and VA disability compensation.
By Patricia Kime
9/11 conspirator sues Trump, claims 'psychological torture'
The only person convicted in the United States in connection with the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks is suing President Donald Trump over conditions at a federal prison, where he alleges he experiences “psychological torture” while kept in total isolation.
Russia questions US compliance with key nuke accord
Russia challenged U.S. compliance with a key nuclear arms control treaty Monday and warned that the Trump administration’s new nuclear strategy lowers the threshold for using atomic weapons.
US ambassador to Panama, a Marine vet, says he can’t serve under Trump, resigns
“As a junior foreign service officer, I signed an oath to serve faithfully the president and his administration in an apolitical fashion, even when I might not agree with certain policies,” Feeley said, according to an excerpt of a resignation letter read to Reuters on Friday.
By Staff Report
Corker touts ‘progress’ to replace war authorizations
Republicans and Democrats have argued for years that the war authorizations Congress passed after 9/11 have since been overstretched by successive presidents and that Congress must reassert its war-making powers.
By Joe Gould
Tricare lowers some costs for new Select plan
Tricare lowers some costs for active duty, retiree families in new Select plan
By Karen Jowers
New in 2018: What you need to know
Airmen can expect 2018 to bring many critical changes that will impact their lives at home and in uniform. See all the online stories here, plus a preview of more to come.
By Air Force Times staff
What ever happened to the French Foreign Legion?
Conceived in fear and mistrust, this fighting force of unmanageable misfits and deserters survived, thrived and earned its country’s grudging respect.
By Douglash Porch, Military History Magazine
OP-ED: Building a force of foreign-born Marines is key to the Corps' future
A Foreign Legion? A Sangin vet says the Corps should build units of foreign recruits led by U.S. officers and NCOs.
By Maj. Matthew Peterson
Syria, Russia slammed at chemical weapons watchdog meeting
Syria and its close ally Russia faced harsh criticism on Thursday at a meeting of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons following an investigation that blamed Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime for a sarin attack that killed about 100 people in April.
By Mike Corder, The Associated Press
Air Force colonel confines Marine general to quarters in USS Cole trial
Marine general faces confinement after Air Force colonel finds him in contempt for refusing to testify in USS Cole bombing trial.
By Todd South