US military aircraft fly surveillance and reconnaissance missions along southern border
The U.S. military is flying surveillance aircraft along the southern border with Mexico to collect intelligence and conduct reconnaissance, according to U.S. defense sources familiar with operations at the border. The U-2 spy planes have been joined by P-8A Poseidon aircraft and are flying the...
Hegseth travels to border amid military immigration crackdown
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is traveling to the United States’ southern border with Mexico on Monday, his first trip in the role since his confirmation on Jan. 24. While there, Hegseth will visit Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, where active-duty U.S. troops have been...
Two soldiers die after vehicle training accident near Fort Stewart
Two soldiers with the 3rd Infantry Division died last week after sustaining injuries during a vehicle training exercise near Fort Stewart, Georgia, the Army said. Staff Sgt. Shelbe Butner, 28, and Spc. Jacob Mullen, 25, were conducting a combat training exercise Thursday under blackout conditions...
Apple’s new Vietnam War series captures ‘shards of light’ amid chaos
The dulcet sounds of Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas” could be heard around the city, but it wasn’t to mark the approaching holiday season, it was the American code signaling the start of Operation Frequent Wind — the evacuation of Saigon. Beginning on April 29, 1975,...
Troops arrive at Guantanamo Bay to prepare migrant detention center
Service members arrived over the weekend at Guantanamo Bay, where they’ll work to prepare the Navy base in southeast Cuba for an influx of deported migrants. Marines with the 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division boarded a KC-130J at Cherry Point Air Station...
Texas Guard can make immigration arrests under new Trump agreement
Texas National Guard soldiers now have the authority to make immigration arrests and help detain and deport undocumented people under an agreement between the state and the Trump administration that requires those duties be done under the supervision and direction of a U.S. Customs and...
AI, advanced tech central to new Marine Corps aviation plan
The U.S. Marine Corps released a revised aviation strategy Monday that focuses on using autonomous systems, drones and artificial intelligence-driven software to ensure its aircraft fleet can survive in a fierce war zone. And the Corps is also shifting its procurement plans for the F-35...