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...
Shots Fired, Driver Hurt and Held After Truck Rams Into Coast Guard Base Alameda No Coast Guard personnel were hurt.
Man Who Fired on ICE Facility Hated US Government, Sought to Kill Federal Agents, Officials Say The gunman, who fatally shot himself, also left behind a note saying that he hoped the attack would “give ICE agents real...
Veteran Charged with Ramming Car into FBI Gate in Pittsburgh Later Used Latin Phrase About Tyrants A man who rammed a car into an FBI security gate in Pittsburgh and covered it in an American flag Wednesday later said he did...
FBI issues $100,000 reward for allegedly armed protester at Camarillo pot farm raid The FBI is offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of a man believed...
FBI Searches Home and Office of Ex-Trump National Security Adviser John Bolton The FBI is searching the Maryland home and Washington office of ex-Trump national security adviser John Bolton as part of an...
Authorities Seek to File Terrorism and Assault Charges Against Suspect in Walmart Knife Attack The man is expected to be charged with one count of terrorism and 11 counts of assault with intent to murder.
Military Veteran Gets a Life Sentence for Plotting an FBI Attack After His Jan. 6 Arrest Edward Kelley received a pardon from President Trump for his Jan. 6 convictions, but a judge agreed with prosecutors that...
FBI Says 8 Injured in Colorado Attack by Man with Makeshift Flamethrower Who Yelled 'Free Palestine' A man with a makeshift flamethrower yelled “Free Palestine” and hurled an incendiary device into a group that had assembled...
The Medal of Honor Fraud Case that Took Stolen Valor to the Extreme H.L.I. Lordship Industries of Long Island, New York, admitted to selling unauthorized versions of the Medal of Honor, the...
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)")
