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A 101st Airborne soldier will be posthumously awarded the nation’s highest valor award for actions that took place in Cambodia during the Vietnam War, more than 40 years ago
The Navy quietly has asked defense contractors for "candidate[s]" for "strike fighter aircraft" in the future—a little weird, considering the Pentagon already is spending a trillion dollars on the troubled Joint Strike Fighter.
The Navy can meet global defense needs, including the increased emphasis in the Pacific, with a 300-ship fleet, down from the 313 previously planned, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus said Monday.
The fleet’s pace of operations is surging and unsustainable as high demand for ships and submarines continues, the Navy’s top officer reiterated at a panel Monday alongside two fellow service chiefs.
The Coast Guard officially brought the new fast-response cutter to operational status as the first ship in that class was commissioned Saturday in Miami, Fla.
The findings undercut the idea that NATO could effectively carry out a more complicated campaign in Syria without relying disproportionately on the United States military.
New North Korean leader Kim Jong un spoke publicly for the first time Sunday, saying he’d honor the legacy of his father and grandfather and prioritize the country’s military strength.
With reports of China and Russia trying to slip into the Pentagon’s information networks on a daily basis, U.S. security experts now rank the military threat from cyberspace just behind terrorism and nuclear proliferation.