Military

Col. Ryan Smith started by asking the crowd of 308 people something simple: What’s the definition of a warrior?

When Rep. Chrissy Houlahan sits down to question witnesses at a House Armed Services Committee hearing, it can feel like a time machine back to her own military service. For one thing, the officers seated across from her are often mostly male.

Its origin dates to 1919 and the end of World War I. What is now known as Veterans Day will bring lots of closed offices but perks at several other businesses for those who served or continue to wear U.S. military uniforms.

Over the years they have received many monikers, some more irreverent than others: Soldiers of the sea. Teufelhund. Uncle Sam’s Misguided Children. Leatherneck. Jarhead. Crayon eaters. But at the end of 13 grueling weeks of boot camp the most important title remains United States Marine.

The U.S. military will launch an unarmed nuclear missile across the Pacific Ocean overnight Nov. 4, in a pre-planned firing that marks the Pentagon's first weapons test since President Donald Trump demanded immediate nuclear tests.

 President Donald Trump on Thursday morning said he directed the Pentagon to begin testing nuclear weapons “on an equal basis” with Russia and China, an apparent attempt to flex the United States’ military might ahead of a high-stakes trade meeting here with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping.

A U.S. fighter jet and a military helicopter went down in the South China Sea within a short time of each other after taking off from an aircraft carrier, the U.S. Pacific Fleet said on Sunday.

 A statement from the California Highway Patrol issued Sunday afternoon called the recent firing of howitzers over Interstate 5 “unusual,” but the standing operating procedures that govern all artillery fire on Camp Pendleton make no formal provision for firing over one of the busiest roadways in the state. 

 It was supposed to be a boisterous event at Camp Pendleton celebrating 250 years of the U.S. Marine Corps that included a live simulation of a beach assault by sea and air.

Having a foreign military presence inside the United States is nothing new.

WASHINGTON – News that an Air Force base in Idaho will host a training facility for Qatari troops drew criticism from both the left and right over the weekend, with the state’s congressional delegation largely in support of the plan Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Friday.

The US Army plans to shift to a Silicon Valley model as it works to speed up the development, buying and fielding of new equipment - and traditional defense prime contractors shouldn’t expect to continue business as usual.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wants military officers to take risks again – and history may be on his side.

The financial impacts of the government shutdown are set to escalate this week, even as Senate Republicans and Democrats show no signs of breaking the stalemate over health care policies at the heart of the fight.

Oct. 13, 2025 , is a milestone for sailors past and present as the U.S. Navy celebrates its 250th birthday. From battling British ships in the Caribbean, fighting pirates off the Barbary Coast to stopping the Japanese at Midway, the Navy has been an important element in U.S. foreign policy.

United Launch Alliance may have finally got its Vulcan rocket cleared for national security missions, but the Space Force decided to favor SpaceX for the majority of a batch of newly assigned missions.

The Pentagon plans to impose strict nondisclosure agreements and random polygraph testing for scores of people in its headquarters, including many top officials, according to two people familiar with the proposal and documents obtained by The Washington Post, escalating Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s war on leakers and internal dissent.