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AL-OMAR OIL FIELD BASE, Syria (AP) — Islamic State militants are preventing more than 1,000 civilians from leaving a tiny area still held by the extremist group in a village in eastern Syria, a spokesman for the U.S.-backed Syrian militia fighting the group said Sunday.'Regrettably, ...

Under Secretary of the Air Force Matthew Donovan told airmen at Vance Air Force Base to prepare themselves for a new era of superpower competition similar to the Cold War, during a graduation address at the base on Friday. ...

CUCUTA, Colombia (AP) — The U.S. military airlifted tons of humanitarian aid to a Colombian town on the Venezuelan border Saturday as part of an effort meant to undermine socialist President Nicolas Maduro and back his rival for the leadership of the South American nation. ...

D-Day veteran James McCue died a hero. About 500 strangers made sure of it.'It's beautiful,' Army Sgt. Pete Rooney said of the crowd that gathered in the cold and stood on the snow Thursday during McCue's burial. 'I wish it happened for every veteran's funeral.'Rooney, ...

For the past seven years, three Air Force civilians at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., have focused on the mantra of 'reduce, reuse and recycle' when working with equipment and materials for contracts tied to the base's mission. And it's helped the service save -- $1 billion, to be exact. ...

ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. -- Elizabeth City State University, a historically black college with the only four-year aviation degree in North Carolina, could help the Coast Guard increase its number of pilots. ...

AL-OMAR OIL FIELD BASE, Syria (AP) — The offensive on the last enclave held by the Islamic State group in eastern Syria has been blunted by the discovery of hundreds of civilians still living there, a commander with the Kurdish-led force fighting the extremists said Friday.The U.S. ...

A 132-foot-long self-driving ship made history by traveling from San Diego to Hawaii's Pearl Harbor and back again without sailors aboard to guide its way.The Sea Hunter, an autonomous trimaran developed for submarine hunting and counter-mine missions, ...

YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan -- A fourth USS Ronald Reagan sailor on Thursday pleaded guilty to charges related to a drug operation that involved 15 7th Fleet sailors.Petty Officer 2nd Class Sean Gevero, a nuclear electrician's mate, ...

CARACAS, Venezuela -- The Trump administration is sending another large shipment of humanitarian aid to the Venezuelan border in Colombia, for the first time using U.S. military aircraft as it increases pressure on Nicolas Maduro to give up power, ...

This article by Jared Keller originally appeared on Task & Purpose, a digital news and culture publication dedicated to military and veterans issues.Long before Tony Stark took a load of shrapnel to the chest in a distant war zone, ...

President Donald Trump has a long list of military construction projects large and small to take money from in order to cobble together $3.5 billion in funding for his planned border wall. They range from a dog treatment facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, ...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- A federal judge in Virginia has ordered the U.S. Air Force to halt efforts to discharge service members who are HIV-positive.U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema in Alexandria issued the preliminary injunction Friday. ...

The Defense Commissary Agency and the military's three separate exchange services should be consolidated under a single resale enterprise for the purpose of streamlining above-store and back-of-store operations, ...

The U.S. military is eyeing new spots in the Asia-Pacific region where it could forward-deploy troops and equipment to counter China's rise, the top commander overseeing operations in that region said this week. ...

A decorated former Green Beret who has been charged in the death of a suspected Taliban bomber wants the charges dropped, because an investigator in the case is reportedly facing charges of 'stolen valor.'In a memo his lawyer, Phil Stackhouse, filed Wednesday with the U.S. ...

U.S. Transportation Command is moving closer to outsourcing the military's entire system for shipping troops' household goods during permanent change-of-station moves, according to a draft performance work statement released Wednesday. ...

A group of Virginia lawmakers wants F-22 Raptor fighters that were transferred to Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, from Tyndall following Hurricane Michael to be permanently relocated to Joint Base Langley-Eustis.Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, both Democrats, ...

PORTSMOUTH -- Thousands of workers at Norfolk Naval Shipyard were told to shelter in place for hours Thursday after officials received reports of an active shooter, although local police and the Navy later said it was a false alarm.Portsmouth police spokesman Lt. ...

Two members of the U.S. Army Golden Knights parachute team remain in critical condition Wednesday morning following a training exercise in Florida early Tuesday that left them injured, an Army spokesman said.A third member of the team remains in serious condition, said Sgt. 1st Class Robert Dodge, ...