1+ hour, 13+ min ago  (717+ words) More than 80 years after its sinking, long-buried documents in both the American and Japanese archives held the key to locating the seemingly lost location of the Japanese "Hell ship" H'fuku Maru. Now, explorer Josh Gates, working with the Hellships Memorial…...

6+ hour, 9+ min ago  (582+ words) Relative obscurity notwithstanding, less famous units, often as temporary as the Flying Tigers and Merrill's Marauders, did their share of harassing the enemy and reoccupying Burmese territory. One, the 5332nd Brigade (Provisional), also known as Mars Task Force, was among the…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (692+ words) Jesus, Mary, get me there. Get me there." More than 50 years after then-Capt. John Ripley rhythmically chanted that prayer for three hours as he swung back and forth under a North Vietnamese bridge to rig 500 pounds of explosives, the Marine…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (562+ words) The U. S. Air Force now requires chaplains to wear the chaplain rank insignia and allows pregnant airmen to sport a maternity wrap dress. The service released the chaplain uniform update in accordance with the March Department of Defense guidance on military…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (679+ words) Open this season of the video game "Battlefield 6," and you might find yourself dropping into a firefight as one of the Strix Raiders, the special operations team at the center of the shooter's "Nightfall" update. What most players sprinting across…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (1380+ words) For decades, military spouse employment policy has revolved around a single, stubborn statistic: unemployment. It's the standard that leaders cite, programs are built around and progress is measured against. But a recently published report reveals that the Department of Defense…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (394+ words) Eligible customers will soon have access to doorstep delivery from all 178 commissaries in the United States, commissary officials announced Tuesday. The service, through the Commissary Click2 Go program, has been offered at 70 commissary locations since January. Starting June 22, the Defense Commissary…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (557+ words) Fewer U. S. Air Force tankers are available for aerial refueling missions than official figures suggest, according to a new report. The problem is how the Air Force defines a tanker as mission-capable. A tanker that is available for non-refueling missions such…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (235+ words) Two of the people on board the B-52 Stratofortress that crashed Monday at an Air Force base in California were employees of the defense and aerospace corporation Boeing, the company confirmed. On Monday morning, the bomber aircraft crashed and went into…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago  (55+ words) Air Force Times Video shows aftermath of B-52 Stratofortress crash at Edwards Air Force Base A U. S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress crashed June 15 shortly after taking off from the Edwards Air Force Base in California, the base said....