US Navy rotates last cruiser homeported in Japan to San Diego
The U.S. Navy sent the last Ticonderoga-class cruiser homeported overseas back to the states, the sea service announced Wednesday. The USS Robert Smalls will leave Yokosuka, Japan, for San Diego, California, and be replaced by the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin. “This move will...
Pendleton Marines recognized for vehicle rescue after violent rollover
U.S. Marines were recently recognized for a non-combat rescue on Jan. 15, 2026, when a vehicle lost control and rolled off of a ridge at Camp Pendleton, California. Cpl. Malakai Obed and Cpl. Caden Perez were driving toward the base’s main gate when a nearby...
Price tag for Epic Fury tops $11 billion in first six days, Pentagon tells Congress
Pentagon officials told senators in a classified briefing this week that the first six days of Operation Epic Fury cost American taxpayers an estimated $11.3 billion, according to a person familiar with the session. The figure, however, omitted a range of war-related expenses, indicating the...
Navy to commission ship named after Medal of Honor recipient
Next month, the U.S. Navy will commission the USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr., the first vessel to ever bear the name of the Medal of Honor recipient On April 11, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer 124 will officially become a U.S. warship and enter the...
Facing death 275 feet beneath the sea, this pioneering naval diver earned the Medal of Honor
In March 1915, the Great War was spreading like a plague across Europe, Asia and Africa, but the United States of America was still uninvolved and desperately striving to keep out of it. While the menace of German submarines were becoming a growing threat in...
Four Army drone systems stolen from Kentucky base
Four drone systems were stolen from a Kentucky Army engineer battalion in Kentucky late last year, the Army investigators reported in a social media post this week. The Skydio X10D drone systems were last seen in the 326th Division Engineer Battalion at Fort Campbell on...
Meet the first pilot to receive the Medal of Honor flying the ‘Whistling Death’
World War II in the Pacific produced a remarkable 10 fighter pilots of the United States Marine Corps who were awarded the Medal of Honor. Aside from Captain Henry T. Elrod at Wake Island, they all earned them in or around the Solomon Islands. Among...
