Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno killed after 30 years in power, military says

Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno, who ruled the central African nation for more than three decades, was killed Tuesday on the battlefield in a fight against rebels.

Guantanamo prisoners now getting COVID-19 vaccine

A senior defense official tells The Associated Press that prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention center can begin getting the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as Monday.

Military drone launches its own drone

The Air Force and a defense contractor say they have successfully tested launching a drone from a flying drone.

51 West Point cadets forced to repeat a year after being caught cheating

Most of the 73 West Point cadets accused in the biggest cheating scandal in decades at the U.S. Military Academy are being required to repeat a year, and eight were expelled.

National World War I Memorial unveiled in nation’s capital

Friday marks the official opening of the newly constructed National World War I Memorial site in Washington, D.C.

Secretary Blinken arrives in Afghanistan to sell Biden's troop withdrawal

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is making an unannounced visit to Afghanistan to sell Afghan leaders and a wary public on President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw all American troops from the country.

‘Time to end America’s longest war’: Biden to pull remaining troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11

President Biden is speaking Wednesday afternoon on his plans to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan. An excerpt released shows he plans to say the Sept. 11 attacks “cannot explain” why U.S. forces should remain in Afghanistan 20 years later.

Biden to pull US troops from Afghanistan, end 'forever war'

President Joe Biden says he will withdraw the remaining U.S. troops from Afghanistan and end America's longest war.

Biden to leave troops in Afghanistan beyond May 1 deadline, sets 9/11 as new target, official says

President Joe Biden has decided to leave American troops in Afghanistan beyond the May 1 deadline negotiated with the Taliban by the Trump administration, and has set the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks as the new goal, a U.S. official said Tuesday.

At 100, Bay Area veteran looks back on driving for Gen. Patton, stealing sauerkraut from Nazis

A Bay Area veteran had a front seat to history and sometimes that seat was driving alongside General George Patton. On his 100th birthday, Walter Tuglus reveals his advice to living a long life.

Reversing Trump policies, Pentagon to release new rules for transgender troops

The Pentagon on Wednesday will sweep away Trump-era policies that largely banned transgender people from serving in the military, issuing new rules that offer them wider access to medical care and assistance with gender transition, defense officials told The Associated Press.

Arizona Border Patrol K-9 Officer retires after 7 years of service

An Arizona Border Patrol K-9 Officer is getting a well-deserved retirement after serving his community for more than seven years. Now, he gets to live out his life as a spoiled indoor dog.

Human errors, mechanical woes caused Marine tank sinking that killed 9 off San Clemente coast

Inadequate training, shabby maintenance and poor judgment by leaders led to the sinking of a seafaring tank last year off Southern California that killed nine service members, according to findings of a Marine Corps investigation released Thursday.

New brewery in Brooklyn with women, veteran at the helm

Talea Beer Co. co-founders LeAnn Darland and Tara Hankinson opened a brewery, taproom, and coffee shop in Brooklyn. They built the business around inclusivity.

National Guard caravan transporting COVID-19 vaccine ambushed by gunman

A man is in custody in Texas after police say he ran National Guard troops off the road as they were carrying a shipment of COVID-19 vaccines.

Iran made threats against US Army base Fort McNair and a top general: AP sources

Iran has made threats against an Army base in the nation's capital and against the Army’s vice chief of staff, according to two senior U.S. intelligence officials.