Destroyer USS Truxtun deploys amid military buildup near Iran
The destroyer USS Truxtun left its homeport Tuesday for a regularly scheduled deployment, the service announced. Though its exact destination is unknown, the departure from Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, comes as the U.S. Navy ramps up its presence in the Middle East amid rising tensions...
US military conducts strikes on Islamic State members in Syria
The U.S. military has unleashed a new round of strikes against Islamic State members in Syria following the deadly December ambush that killed two U.S. soldiers and one American civilian interpreter. U.S. Central Command said in a statement Wednesday that U.S. aircraft conducted the attacks...
US forces strike ‘multiple ISIS targets’ in Syria to disable ‘terrorist network’
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! U.S. Central Command announced Wednesday that it carried out five strikes against “multiple” Islamic State targets in recent days as part of a joint military effort to “ensure the enduring defeat of the terrorist network.” CENTCOM said,...
Refurbishment causes Air Force base residents to seek off-base housing
A planned full refurbishment of bungalows starting in May at an U.S. Air Force base in England is set to leave some military family housing residents without on-base housing. Royal Air Force Base Croughton in Northamptonshire, England, is renovating 36 bungalows at the base on...
Soldier who died shielding Polish ally to receive Medal of Honor
The last act of Army Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis, 24, was to step between an Afghan suicide bomber and a Polish army officer — taking the force of the blast and sacrificing his own life to save another. Now, 13 years later, he’ll receive the...
The corpsman who gave all on ‘Bunker Hill’ in Korea
Marines, whose primary, universal purpose is to kill, reserve an ungrudging respect for “Doc,” eschewing weapons but ever ready to sacrifice his own life to save those around him. On some occasions, however, a corpsman breaks the Hippocratic Oath by entering to combat. On one...
Iran claims drone shot down by US military was conducting ‘lawful’ surveillance
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Iranian drone shot down by the U.S. military over the Arabian Sea was conducting surveillance as part of a “routine and lawful mission over international waters,” Iranian media is claiming. The Tasnim News Agency, which is affiliated...
Afghan national accused in deadly DC National Guard shooting pleads not guilty, prosecutors seek death penalty
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Afghan national accused of shooting two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., in November has pleaded not guilty, as prosecutors seek the death penalty. Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, is accused of shooting West Virginia National Guard Army...
