Marine Raider earned the MOH taking out enemy sniper on Makin Island
On Aug. 17, 1942, a party of 211 United States Marines landed on the Japanese-occupied Makin Atoll in the Gilbert Islands. Their objectives, multiple: destroy local installations, take two or more prisoners for interrogation purposes; gather all the intelligence they could on the Gilberts; and...
Meet the only PBY pilot to be awarded the Medal of Honor
World War II produced numerous airmen awarded the Medal of Honor, the vast majority of whom flew in bombers or fighters. There were, of rare exceptions, of course, and among the rarest was Nathan Green Gordon, the only Medal of Honor recipient to earn it...
Trump’s push for more troops in US cities at odds with crime stats
President Donald Trump has threatened to deploy the National Guard to Chicago, New York, Seattle, Baltimore, San Francisco and Portland, Oregon, to fight what he says is runaway crime. Yet data shows most violent crime in those places and around the country has declined in...
US warships in South America and the reaction in Venezuela
The United States is boosting its maritime force in the waters off Venezuela to combat threats from Latin American drug cartels with the expected arrival of more vessels next week, an action that will undoubtedly fuel more speculation in Venezuela. The U.S. government has not...
Newsom rolls out California crime teams after blasting Trump for ‘militarizing cities’
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., announced on Thursday his plan to deploy California Highway Patrol “crime-suppression teams” across the Golden State to prevent crime and promote public safety. “While the Trump administration undermines cities, California is partnering with...
‘Bad paper’ discharge upgrades are taking too long. Can that be fixed?
It’s been more than a decade since Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel issued a 2014 memo calling for “liberal consideration” of discharge upgrade requests from veterans with symptoms of post-traumatic stress. But today, vets with discharges below honorable are still remaining in limbo for months or...
US offers military funeral honors to Capitol rioter Ashli Babbitt
The U.S. government is offering military funeral honors for Ashli Babbitt, the rioter who was killed at 35 by an officer in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Babbitt was a U.S. Air Force veteran from California who was shot dead while wearing...
Pentagon forms new task force to fast-track counter-drone capabilities
The Pentagon is scrapping its old playbook for defending against small drones, moving beyond years of evaluations and studies toward a model that comes with new money and authority geared to field capability faster, according to a Thursday memo from the defense secretary. The directive...