United States Military

Washington — Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. C.Q. Brown, Jr., and Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass, are both firsts in their roles. Brown is the first Black man to serve as chief of staff, while Bass is the first…

Washington — The nation's top soldier, Sgt. Major Michael Grinston, came to Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C., armed with a new twist on an old recruiting slogan. With the Army falling short of its recruitment goals last year,…

The U.S. Army said Wednesday that it is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a female soldier at Fort Hood in Texas. Pvt. Ana Basalduaruiz, a combat engineer, had served with the 1st Cavalry Division division for…

Sarah Jane Cavanaugh, charged with posing as sick Marine vet, to plead guilty…

Seoul, South Korea — The South Korean and U.S. militaries launched their biggest joint military exercises in years Monday, as North Korea said it tested submarine-launched cruise missiles in an apparent protest of the drills it…

Tiffany Eckert might be America's most unlikely sorority sister. The 41-year-old mom may be older than her compatriots at the Sigma Kappa sorority house at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, but she still feels right at home. …

Army Gen. Laura Richardson flew helicopters in Iraq and led an assault helicopter battalion. She now leads U.S. Southern Command."Where else in the military can you be a helicopter pilot, work at the White House, work at the United…

Delaying gun purchases by service members that take place on military bases could help prevent suicides, an independent panel found, according to a report released Friday.The final findings of the Suicide Prevention and Response…

With the war in Ukraine entering its second year — and the U.S. continuing to provide the embattled country with military aid in the form of rockets, guns and ammunition — the Pentagon is stepping up production of critically-needed…

The 1993 law known as "don't ask, don't tell" — which allowed gay people to serve in the U.S. military, so long as they remained closeted — has been repealed for over a decade, but many of those whose military careers were ended by…