Danger pay for US troops could double, expand to more regions
The U.S. defense budget request for Fiscal Year 2027 has raised the prospect of an increase in the monthly stipend paid out to troops in dangerous regions.
By Hope Hodge Seck
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US, Iran launch new attacks as they wrestle for control of Gulf waters
It was the first apparent attempt to use military force since last month’s ceasefire announcement.
By Parisa Hafezi, Ahmed Tolba and Phil Stewart, Reuters
Why Russia is swallowing the Black Sea and won’t stop until it has ‘choked out Ukraine’
It’s not going to happen in the next six months, said retired Army Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges. But Russia's aim is to own the Black Sea and isolate Ukraine.
By Kyle Rempfer
A Royal gaffe: UK postal service issues ‘Best of British’ D-Day stamp featuring US troops 8,500 miles away in the Pacific
A commemorative 2019 stamp celebrating British history had a glaring inaccuracy that internet users were quick to point out.
By J.D. Simkins
Trump’s top military and veterans tweets of 2018
Among more than 3,000 tweets this year, the president included a handful of major defense and veterans policy announcements.
This is what happened when an Air Force pilot got assigned to a Navy carrier
Ron Williams remembers his temporary duty assignment flying Douglas A-3B “Whales” from a carrier as the most challenging two years of his career
By Chester Peterson Jr., Aviation History Magazine
Bring it on! New Taliban video shows intense training for cheer squad competition
Taliban training video documentation is the gift that keeps on giving.
By J.D. Simkins
Museum dedicated to WWII homefront opens in Georgia
The exhibits remember the victims of U-boat attacks off the Georgia shore and the Coast Guard cutters and Navy blimps that fought the subs, not to mention the thousands of local shipyard workers who churned out Liberty ships.
Yes, Collman. There is a Santa Claus.
The 7-year-old who spoke to Trump about Santa still believes in the jolly chimney spelunker. And NORAD tracked him, too!
Here’s how veterans have saved at least $4 million shopping at the online exchange
Veterans have spent more than $60 million at one online military exchange.
By Karen Jowers
These Medal of Honor recipients were men of God
Both priests lived and died for the grunts they loved.
By Ray Pezzoli Jr., Vietnam Magazine