Iran missile strike damages five KC-135 tankers in Saudi Arabia, officials say
An Iranian missile strike damaged five U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker refueling aircraft on the ground at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, two U.S. officials told The Wall Street Journal. The aircraft were parked on the flight line at the time of the...
Norway’s elite Arctic soldiers still dig their own snow caves to hide from drones
SETERMOEN, Norway — Norway’s elite soldiers for Arctic warfare swear by an old-fashioned method for staying hidden from drones’ sophisticated sensors: quinzhees, or snow caves, carefully dug by hand. Deep in Norwegian woods, some 400 kilometers away from the Russian border, an officer of the...
SEAL influencer David Goggins, 51, in Air Force special ops training
If there are any boats in the Air Force special warfare training pipeline, you can bet David Goggins will be carrying them. Goggins, who retired from active duty in the Navy SEALs in 2016 and has gone on to build a brand as a bestselling...
Army general left classified maps on a train in Poland, watchdog finds
The two-star head of the command responsible for coordinating support for Ukraine left a tube of classified maps behind on a train in Europe, losing control of the sensitive material for 24 hours, a new report from the Department of Defense Inspector General’s office has...
Navy unmanned vessel operators are now earning specialized badges
As the Navy builds out new career fields focused on operating drone boats and submarines, it’s repurposing special insignia pins taken from other job fields with similar requirements to recognize the work they do. At the Surface Navy Association’s annual symposium in January, Lt. Miles...
Pentagon identifies six airmen killed in KC-135 crash in Iraq
The Pentagon has identified six service members who were killed on March 12 when a U.S. Air Force KC-135 refueling aircraft crashed during combat operations against Iran. Maj. John “Alex” Klinner, 33, of Auburn, Alabama; Capt. Ariana G. Savino, 31, of Covington, Washington; and Tech....
Trump fundraising email uses photo of March 7 dignified transfer of deceased soldier
A fundraising email distributed Thursday by a political action committee linked to President Donald Trump included a photo of a March 7 dignified transfer of a U.S. soldier killed by an Iranian drone strike in Kuwait. The email, which was signed “President Donald J. Trump“...
US bombs key Iranian island amid oil concerns
President Donald Trump on Friday evening announced the most aggressive U.S. action to date aimed at easing concerns over global oil supply and getting shipping moving in the vital Strait of Hormuz. Writing on Truth Social, Trump said that at his direction, Central Command “executed...
Marine Raider’s remains identified 80 years after being killed in action
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced on March 4 that Marine Raider Pfc. Norton Retzsch, 25, had been accounted for on April 1, 2025 — thanks, in part, to 20-year-old DNA submitted to the military in 2006. Kim Opitz, Retzsch’s great-niece, a freelance writer who...
Pentagon reportedly sending more warships and Marines to Middle East
The U.S. is sending more reinforcements to the Middle East in support of the Iran war. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly approved a request from U.S. Central Command for an element of an amphibious ready group and attached Marine Expeditionary Unit to help combat...
