Pentagon bans Confederate flag in way to avoid Trump's wrath

The Pentagon is banning displays of the Confederate flag on military installations, using a carefully worded policy that doesn’t mention the word ban or that specific flag.

US Navy says fire has been put out aboard USS Bonhomme Richard in San Diego

Navy officials announced Thursday that the fire on the USS Bonhomme Richard docked at Naval Base San Diego has been extinguished, and investigators will now examine the 840-foot amphibious assault ship to see if it is salvageable.

Fired VA staffer facing 7 murder counts in insulin deaths

Reta Mays, a former nursing assistant at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg, West Virginia, is being charged with second degree murder in the deaths of seven people and assault with the intent to commit murder of an eighth person.

Coast Guard leaders decline to testify on racial incidents at academy

Admiral Karl Schultz, the Coast Guard's commandant, refused to testify, citing an executive branch policy on rules for such hearings. 

57 injured following explosion, fire aboard ship at Naval Base San Diego

Firefighters were still battling a blaze Monday on a Navy combat ship that injured at least 57 people and sent smoke billowing over San Diego.

21 injured in fire aboard ship at Naval Base San Diego

One person was treated for smoke inhalation after a fire broke out Sunday on board a ship at Naval Base San Diego.

Dozens of U.S. Marines get coronavirus in Japan

Dozens of U.S. Marines at two bases on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa have been infected with the coronavirus in what is feared to be a massive outbreak, Okinawa's governor said Saturday, demanding an adequate explanation from the U.S. military.

Army's 'Captain America' dies by suicide after nearly a dozen combat tours

The enemy could never break him, but what this decorated Green Beret eventually found was that his enemy was within. Friends who served with him in the military say he was the real “Captain America.”

Vindman retiring from Army, lawyer blames Trump

Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a national security aide who played a central role in President Donald Trump's impeachment case, announced his retirement from the Army on Wednesday in a scathing statement that accused the president of running a “campaign of bullying, intimidation, and retaliation.”

Marine Corps says Marine shot self on base in Twentynine Palms

A Marine sustained a self-inflicted gunshot wound after a two-hour standoff with military police Tuesday on a sprawling Marine Corps base in the Southern California desert, military officials said.

Fourth of July 'Salute to America' Flyover Passes Over New York City

Aircraft from the Air Force and the Marine Corps flew over the Hudson on the 4th of July as part of an event organized by the Department of Defense.

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Aircraft from the Air Force and the Marine Corps flew over the Hudson on the 4th of July as part of an event organized by the Department of Defense.

Thunderbirds will fly over New York City on July 4

Military planes will conduct flyovers over New York City and a handful of other cities along the East Coast as part of this year's July Fourth celebration amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Democrats say troop threats should be pursued 'relentlessly'

The two top Democrats in Congress are rebuking President Donald Trump after receiving a highly classified briefing about intelligence that Russia offered bounties for killing U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

Attorney: Missing Texas soldier was killed at Fort Hood

The Army said Wednesday that a soldier who was suspected in Guillen’s disappearance had killed himself. The Army also said a civilian suspect had been arrested.