11+ min ago  (716+ 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…...

4+ hour, 1+ min ago  (581+ 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…...

4+ hour, 48+ min ago  (46+ words) Military Times President awards Medal of Honor to three recipients at White House Two Marines and a soldier received the nation's highest military award for valor for actions in Vietnam and the war in Afghanistan....

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (287+ words) The U. S. Coast Guard announced that its drug interdiction effort Operation Pacific Viper, which began in August 2025, has prevented 225, 000 pounds of cocaine in the eastern Pacific from reaching American shores. The U. S. Coast Guard Cutter Bear seized 7, 707 pounds of cocaine in the…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (691+ 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…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago  (489+ words) A U. S. Air Force investigation found that incorrect manual control inputs by a KC-46 A's boom operator, as well as a F-22 A Raptor pilot not accounting for the other aircraft's "stiff boom characteristics," led to last year's mishap in which the…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (234+ 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, 1+ hour ago  (556+ 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  (410+ words) Military families who homeschool their children would have an easier time moving from state to state under proposed legislation introduced by lawmakers this week. Under the proposal, families would not have to start over in order to comply with the…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago  (215+ words) Navy Lt. Cmdr. David Westenberg knows how to grin and bear it. After a successful 38-year career in dentistry in Southern California, Westenberg wasn't quite ready to put down his scalers. Watching his son graduate as a U. S. Navy officer inspired…...