Two of the nation’s top military leaders, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley and Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. David Berger, reported a positive test for COVID-19 Sunday, Jan. 16. Milley, who is the highest-ranking ...
As nationwide COVID-19 infections surge, more than 15,600 National Guard members are supporting state and local officials throughout the country. Of those responding, more than 6,000 Guard members are providing direct support to hospitals, care ...
As the Air Force inspector general prepares to investigate the training experience of a female officer in the notoriously difficult Combat Control training pipeline, Coffee or Die Magazine obtained a memo the woman wrote about her experience and ...
In the summer of 2021, Jamie Simic began experiencing tingling lips and limbs, brain fog so severe she could not put sentences together, and heart palpitations. Her weight plummeted from 128 to 98 pounds amid gastrointestinal problems. Doctors had no ...
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian officials have said Russia is likely to blame for a massive cyberattack that struck multiple government websites in the early morning hours of Friday, Jan. 14. “This is not the first time or even the second time that ...
KYIV, Ukraine — The walls are freshly painted inside this Cold War-era fallout shelter located deep underground in Ukraine’s capital city. Even so, the aged wood paneling, as well as an outdated rotary phone, offer evidence that this facility was one ...
The Marine Corps has granted religious exemptions for vaccination for the first time in at least seven years. While 351 Marines have been separated for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine, two out of 3,350 requests for religious accommodation have now been ...
In December 2021, the Navy announced that future sailors would experience a longer boot camp to better prepare them for naval life. On January 3, 2022, this change was put into effect. Navy recruits will now complete 10 weeks of boot camp compared to ...
What would you do with $50,000? If you join the Army this year, you might get to find out. But you'll have to do it soon. As recruits continue to shy away during a pandemic and booming job market, the Army plans to offer an unprecedented series of ...
How much fuel has leaked into the water that Navy families are drinking in Hawaii? A lawyer for military families stationed at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam told Coffee or Die Magazine that the only tool anyone needs to find out is a ...
John Chovanes swore into the Army Reserves in front of the Liberty Bell. It seemed like the right move: He was a Philly kid, his dad was a veteran, and he was as patriotic as the next guy — maybe a little more than the next guy — so joining up ...
KYIV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian military has deployed an anti-aircraft missile unit to guard its southern territory against a Russian air attack from Crimea. Armed with upgraded, Soviet-era S-300PS surface-to-air missiles, the recently repositioned ...
This article was originally published on Military.com Jan. 6, 2022. Follow Military.com on Twitter. Residents of military housing on Oahu have filed a potential class-action lawsuit against their property management companies after fuel was found ...
A British Army officer is believed to have just become the first woman of color to complete a solo crossing of Antarctica, trekking alone for over 700 miles to reach the South Pole. Capt. Preet Chandi, 32, reached the South Pole last week, 40 ...
In 2019, the U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) filed a number of seemingly out-of-this-world patents that could, in theory, revolutionize not only military aviation, but just about everything. Chief among these strange ...
A controversy among the Air Force's elite ground combat troops broke into public view Friday, Jan. 7, when a Texas congressman and a three-star Air Force general publicized a series of accusations surrounding a female airman training to be the first ...
KYIV, Ukraine — Each weekend, on the outskirts of cities and towns across Ukraine, civilian volunteers gather for resistance warfare training. While the prospect of a Russian winter offensive has added urgency to these regular drills, Ukraine’s ...
Two special tactics Airmen assigned to the 24th Special Operations Wing competed together in a major competition for Team USA bobsledding Nov. 28-29 in Park City, Utah. Maj. Chris Walsh, a special tactics officer, and Staff Sgt. Matt Beach, a ...
An Army lieutenant with the 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart recently completed back-to-back graduations of two of the Army's most demanding combat training schools. Amanda Atkinson, a second lieutenant with the 3rd ID's Gila Battalion, ...
This article was originally published on Military.com Dec. 27, 2021. Follow Military.com on Twitter. President Joe Biden signed a bill Monday to build a monument in tribute to recipients of the Medal of Honor in Washington, D.C. In a brief ...
A federal court in Texas told the Pentagon Monday that it could not punish two dozen Navy SEALs and other Naval Special Warfare sailors for their refusal of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate on religious grounds. The order came as a preliminary injunction ...
A Marine Corps panel will meet Tuesday, Jan. 4, to determine whether Lt. Col. Michael J. Regner should be discharged over the deadly sinking of an Assault Amphibious Vehicle, or AAV, off the coast of California in July 2020. Sixteen service ...
KYIV, Ukraine — The window is swiftly closing on Moscow's ability to launch a major offensive against Ukraine without the risk of Russian forces suffering a barrage of retaliatory precision missile strikes — both at sea and on land. In April, the ...
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced Sunday morning that he had tested positive for COVID-19. Lloyd announced in a statement posted on Twitter that he requested a test Sunday, Jan. 2, after he experienced mild symptoms while home on leave. ...
A two-star general waded into a Twitter confrontation this weekend that, within hours, led to a flood of 30 reports of a “non-commissioned officer sending inappropriate pictures” to women, according to the Minnesota National Guard. The account in ...
A New Year’s Day tradition that connects an Air Force B-2 unit with the Rose Bowl game continued this morning, but with a little more personal connection than usual. In what has become an annual tradition for the 393rd Bomb Squadron at Whiteman ...
One dragged a wounded comrade through a trench system in Korea, killing enemy soldiers as he went. Another was a helicopter crew member in Vietnam who was left behind during a rescue mission and spent the next four days fighting on the ground. Four ...
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt lost a legal battle to exempt the state's National Guard soldiers and Air National Guard airmen from the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Federal Judge Stephen Friot denied Oklahoma’s request for an injunction against ...
KYIV, Ukraine — On Christmas Day, multiple Western media outlets reported that Russia had removed some 10,000 soldiers from Ukraine’s borders. On social media, many prominent Russia watchers celebrated the move as a welcome sign that Russia may have ...
In my years as a war reporter covering wars in Afghanistan and across the globe, I’ve spent many nights and days sandwiched behind sandbags on a front line. I’ve had to escape suicide bomb attacks, smuggle myself across borders, interviewed terrorist ...
