Refusing evacuation, this Marine packed dirt into his wound and continued to fight
Conducted from March 19 to April 19, 1967, Operation Prairie III was one of a series of movements by the 3rd Marine Division aimed at engaging and eliminating the communist units arriving in South Vietnam’s demilitarized zone. Instead of Viet Cong guerrillas, however, the Marines...
Defense Department proposes splitting military health system budget
The Defense Department wants to change how it pays for the military health system, splitting the account into two programs to safeguard funds for providing medical care to U.S. service members. The Pentagon’s fiscal 2027 budget request calls for dividing defense health program funding into...
Pentagon says Iran ceasefire holds despite exchanges in Strait of Hormuz
The recent exchange of fire between U.S. and Iranian forces in the Strait of Hormuz does not constitute a breach of the fragile four-week ceasefire, Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said on Tuesday. Since the truce took hold, Iran...
Corps overhauls reconnaissance pipeline to better prepare Marines
Freshly minted reconnaissance Marines were showing up to their first units less prepared than expected, service leaders said. To fix that, the Corps is overhauling how it trains them. The changes were first rolled out in April, but Marine Corps officials on Monday offered a...
US, Iran launch new attacks as they wrestle for control of Gulf waters
A fragile truce in the Middle East was under strain on Tuesday after the U.S. and Iran exchanged fire in the Gulf as they wrestled for control of the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, said in a social media post on...
US Army fires Tomahawk missile from new Typhon launcher during Philippines drill
ILOCOS NORTE, Philippines — The U.S. Army Pacific’s 1st Multi-Domain Task Force and the Philippine Army Artillery Regiment have test-fired a Tomahawk cruise missile from the Typhon launcher in the central Philippines — and it successfully hit a target 995 kilometers away in Nueva Ecija....
Lawmakers push to expand gun rights on Army Corps of Engineers-run lands
A group of Republican lawmakers is pressing the Army to loosen longstanding restrictions on firearms at recreation sites run by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, arguing the policy is out of step with other federal land agencies. Led by Rep. Pat Fallon (R-Texas), the...
