Israel Punishes a Military Unit That Assaulted a CNN Crew in the West Bank The Israeli military has suspended a battalion whose soldiers assaulted a CNN crew in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, in a...
Americans Urged To Leave Middle East But Struggle With Evacuation Options The State Department urged Americans to leave the Middle East amid escalating war, but limited evacuation logistics, flight...
Operation Washtub: How the Air Force and FBI Recruited Alaskans to Resist a Soviet Invasion From 1951 to 1959, the FBI and Air Force ran Operation Washtub, a covert program that trained bush pilots, trappers, hunters...
Dozens Killed Seeking Aid in Gaza as Israel Weighs Further Military Action The latest deaths came as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was expected to announce further military action — and possibly...
Air Force Investigating After Security Forces Kill Civilian Who Crashed into Arizona Base Gate An airman from the base's Security Forces Squadron "shot and fatally injured" the civilian after several of the troops used...
Dozens Killed as Palestinians in Gaza Scramble for Aid from Air and Land Israel's blockade and military offensive have made it nearly impossible to safely deliver aid, contributing to the territory...
Trinity Test Fallout Victims in New Mexico Finally Get Compensation After 80 Years Congress earlier this month finally got around to making New Mexico fallout victims of the first test of an atomic bomb and...
Organization Denies AP Report that US Contractors at Its Gaza Food Distribution Sites Used Live Ammo An Israeli-backed American organization running a new aid program in Gaza is denying a report by AP that contractors guarding...
Army Secretary Fires Entire Corps of Civilian Advisers from Communities Across US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has ousted his entire slate of civilian advisers in a sweeping move aimed at clearing space for...
67 Killed in Gaza as Israeli Forces Strike a Cafe and Fire on People Seeking Food Videos circulating on social media showed bloodied and disfigured bodies on the ground and the wounded being carried away in...
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...
![](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-10/full_size_6356_x_4673.jpg?itok=prPcSAsU "U.S. Air Force personnel stand guard at an Alaska airbase during the Cold War in this painting by Mort Kunstler. Operation Washtub trained 89 civilian Alaskans as stay-behind agents to gather intelligence if Soviet forces invaded the territory between 1951 and 1959. ("Guardians of the North" by Mort Kunstler, courtesy National Guard Bureau)")
