Fresh Off Commissioning New Aircraft Carrier, China Starts Sea Trials of Amphibious Assault Ship China began sea trials of its most advanced amphibious assault ship, only a week after commissioning its latest aircraft...
Pentagon Sends Carrier After Trump’s Recent Remarks, Mission Unclear The Pentagon sent the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group into the Caribbean after Trump’s "60 Minutes" interview, but...
Donald Trump's Nuclear Weapons Testing Restart Could Provoke China, Russia President Trump wants to restart domestic testing to keep up with adversaries like China and Russia, but nuclear experts...
Lack of Taiwan Talk Between Trump, Xi 'Inconceivable': Expert President Trump said in a new interview that Taiwan wasn't even mentioned during his recent encounter with Chinese leader Xi...
US Urges ASEAN to be Firm in Countering China in the South China Sea U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reiterated U.S. concern over what he called China’s aggression in the disputed waters...
US Defense Chief Vows to ‘Stoutly Defend’ Indo-Pacific Interests in Talks With China The U.S. Secretary of Defense has told his Chinese counterpart that Washington will "stoutly defend" its interests in the...
Hegseth Welcomes Japan’s Arms Spending Increase, Says US-Japan Alliance Key to Deter China U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has welcomed Japan's commitment to accelerate its military buildup and defense spending.
Fleet at Risk as Navy Struggles to Refill Missile Stores Between October 2023 and January 2025, Navy ships fired more defensive missiles at incoming Houthi drones and rockets than...
Army Leaders Embrace AI for Command Decisions as Pentagon Accelerates Technology Race With China The Pentagon is racing to deploy artificial intelligence across military operations before adversaries gain an irreversible...
Microsoft: Russia, China Increasingly Using AI to Escalate Cyberattacks on the US Russia, China, Iran and North Korea have sharply increased their use of artificial intelligence to deceive people online and...
Army Expands Combat Patch Eligibility as Modern Deployments Redefine Combat Service The Army expanded combat patch eligibility, recognizing soldiers in modern deployments where risk is high even without...
You Took Separation Pay Years Ago. Now the VA Wants It Back From Your Disability Check. Under federal law, a veteran cannot receive both separation pay and VA disability compensation for the same period of service...
25 Years: Nephew Remembers P.O.W. Navy Pilot Dieter Dengler Who Escaped Vietnam Dieter Dengler, who died about 25 years ago, was "bigger than life."
Could the US Bring Back the Draft? Who Would Be Called First — and Who Qualifies Could the U.S. bring back the draft? Here’s how Selective Service works today, who would be called first and why only about...
3 Big PCS Changes Are Coming at Once. Here’s What Service Members Need to Know Before Peak Season. In 2026, three major changes are affecting military household goods moves: a new permanent agency to run the system, the end...