Delta Force/160th SOAR Pilot Team Up To Kill Terrorists After Shootdown
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VA sees record rise in benefits delivery, but promises even more
Veterans Affairs officials on Tuesday announced record-high levels of medical care delivery and disability benefits payouts in fiscal 2024, but also promised to push those marks even further in coming months with efforts to broaden support for veterans. “By nearly every metric, VA is smashing...
‘Made for this’ — Marine Corps drops new ad, motivation intensifies
“Marines are made for this — made for the calling only warriors can answer.” The bellowing narrative establishes a familiar aggressive tone in the Marine Corps’ newest ad, one that comes amid the military’s usual slew of philosophical shifts driving the rest of the Pentagon’s...
Marines continue to make female infantry officers, with little fanfare
Marine 1st Lt. Marina Hierl made national headlines in 2017 when she became the first woman to graduate the Marine Corps’ Infantry Officer Course in Quantico, Virginia, earning the 0302 Infantry Officer military occupational specialty in the process. Not only was Hierl the first woman...
Air Force open to greater B-21 stealth bomber role in strategy revamp
The upcoming B-21 Raider stealth bomber could end up having a larger role in the Air Force’s plans for future air dominance, as the service rethinks its plans for an advanced sixth-generation fighter. “We have not taken that off the table,” Air Force Chief of...
After 142 years, Navy apologizes for destroying Alaska Native village
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Shells fell on the Alaska Native village as winter approached, and then sailors landed and burned what was left of homes, food caches and canoes. Conditions grew so dire in the following months that elders sacrificed their own lives to spare food...
Army veteran sentenced for 2001 murder of pregnant soldier
A former soldier convicted of murdering a pregnant soldier in Germany more than 20 years ago will now spend decades in prison. Shannon Wilkerson, 44, was sentenced Thursday to 30 years in prison for the 2001 murder of Amanda Gonzales, a 19-year-old pregnant soldier, according...
What military families need to know about Tricare open season
As this year’s Tricare open season draws near, some military families may need to act before the end of the year to avoid losing coverage, as new Tricare contracts and regions take effect Jan. 1. Enrolled beneficiaries living in one of the 26 states in...
Marine gender study reveals importance of ‘explosive strength’
Two years after the publication of a wide-ranging independent study on best practices for integrating men and women at Marine Corps boot camp, the service has yet to implement a key recommendation: integrating the genders at the platoon level in training. But researchers say certain...
