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BALTIMORE РІР‚' A Maryland man has pleaded guilty to making a series of bomb threats to a CNN news affiliate and a Pentagon tour office.The plea by George Tomasack of Baltimore was announced Thursday by federal prosecutors and a Secret Service official.According to his agreement, ...

A team of logistic Marines has printed a functional concrete footbridge without having to mix gravel and other heavy materials at the build site.Members of 1st Marine Logistics Group made history last month when they completed the first 3D-printed bridge in the U.S., ...

Senior U.S. Army recruiting officials said Thursday that the service's new recruiting strategy is beginning to show results as they learn how to connect with America's Generation Z. ...

JOHANNESBURG РІР‚' The United States military said Thursday it has killed 24 al-Shabab extremists with an airstrike in Somalia, one of its deadliest in months.The airstrike was carried out on Wednesday near an extremist camp near Shebeeley in the central Hiran region north of the capital, Mogadishu, ...

BEIRUT РІР‚' The United States is seeking to broker an agreement between Syrian Kurdish forces and Turkey to prevent them from going to war in northeastern Syria once American forces withdraw, a senior Kurdish official said.Ilham Ahmed, the co-chair of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Council, ...

ISLAMABAD РІР‚' The Taliban said Wednesday they are not seeking a 'monopoly on power' in a future administration in Afghanistan but are looking for ways to co-exist with Afghan institutions РІР‚' the most conciliatory statement to date from the militants.The statement came amid intensified U.S. ...

WASHINGTON -- Navy Chief Petty Officer Shannon Mary Kent wasn't supposed to be in Syria.Last year, the 35-year-old mother of two was slated to attend a clinical psychology doctoral program near Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. ...

Having spent 17 years conducting counterinsurgency and counterterrorism operations in the deserts and mountains of the Middle East, the Naval Special Warfare community is shifting its focus to threats from China, Russia and aspiring adversaries. ...

The U.S. military finished 2018 with a troubling, sad statistic -- it experienced the highest number of suicides among active-duty personnel in at least six years.Without the Army reporting the number of soldiers who died by suicide in the last quarter of 2018, ...

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba РІР‚' A pretrial hearing in the Sept. 11 terrorism case at the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, ended abruptly ahead of schedule Tuesday because of what an official says is a medical issue involving the military judge.The judge, Marine Col. Keith Parrella, ...

Rosemary Mariner, who was one of the first group of female aviators in the Navy and continued to break barriers throughout her career, died Thursday at the age of 65.Her obituary said that Mariner, who retired as a captain, had ovarian cancer. In 1973, ...

A bipartisan push in Congress on a bill to get Agent Orange benefits for 'Blue Water Navy' veterans of Vietnam gained traction Wednesday from a court ruling that went against opposition from the Department of Veterans Affairs.'I hope they've heard it loud and clear at the VA,' Thomas Snee, ...

It's an arms race for the post-modern age.China has been developing Artificial Intelligence weaponry at a much higher rate than the U.S. and experts say it's something that neither Silicon Valley nor The Pentagon should be turning their backs on. ...

The military experienced a 12-fold increase in the number of troops diagnosed with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, according to a new health report that found the Air Force recording the highest rates. ...

KITTERY, Maine -- The deaths of 129 men that essentially catalyzed modern submarine safety will finally be commemorated at Arlington National Cemetery, following memorial approval by the secretary of the Army.Kevin Galeaz, president of the USS Thresher ANC Memorial Foundation, ...

The U.S. Air Force's air mobility and special operations pilots will see a substantial increase if they choose to take advantage of this year's aviation bonus program. ...

LAS VEGAS -- An Israeli company unveiled its next-generation digital rifle sight, designed to work more like a smartphone than a high-powered hunting scope, at SHOT Show 2019.Sensight US Inc., a subsidiary of Sensight Ltd. in Israel, showed off its new smart scope, which features a wide viewscreen, ...

The chief of the U.S. Army Reserve said Tuesday that his force may not be ready to administer the new Army Combat Fitness Test as a test of record by the mandated October 2020 deadline.The Army's senior leadership announced last July that every soldier in the active duty, ...

The costs of maintaining active-duty and National Guard troops on the southern border have risen to $235 million to date, a Pentagon official said Tuesday.About $132 million has been spent on the active-duty troops who began deploying to Texas, Arizona and California in early November, Vice Adm. ...

WASHINGTON -- A federal court ruled Tuesday that Vietnam veterans who served on ships offshore during the war are eligible for benefits to treat illnesses linked to exposure to the chemical herbicide Agent Orange -- a decision that has the potential to extend help to thousands of veterans. ...