Soldiers screened for appearance and politics ahead of Trump visit
Trump's partisan comments received cheers or jeers from the crowd, an expression of political views in uniform that would typically result in a reprimand.
By Todd South
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USS Oscar Austin crew accepts combat award for Red Sea deployment
The destroyer provided combat support to the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group in the Red Sea.
By Riley Ceder
U.S. Forces-Afghanistan conducts airstrikes against Taliban attacking ANDSF checkpoint, first since Eid ceasefire
Violence continues in Afghanistan as US Forces-Afghanistan hit Taliban attacking Afghan troops.
Detained US Navy veteran freed by Iran as part of deal
A U.S. Navy veteran whose family said his only crime was falling in love left Iran on Thursday after nearly two years of detention, winning his freedom as part of a deal that spared an American-Iranian physician any more time behind American bars.
I’ve seen the military, and it is us
Don’t demonize our military because you don’t like your political leaders.
By Jason Criss Howk
Active-duty troops deployed to DC region to help with unrest begin to leave
Several hundred active-duty troops brought in to help if needed with the civil unrest in the nation’s capital are leaving Washington, D.C., Thursday, just a day after their initially planned departure was abruptly delayed.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Neller latest military notable to address racism in the US: ‘Things will not go backwards in this country’
"America is great but because we move forward and get better… socially, economically, culturally, educationally …. In all ways."
By Diana Stancy
Hogan: Maryland National Guard members guarding monuments in nation’s capital
Members of Maryland’s National Guard are in the District of Columbia only to patrol monuments and have not been involved in altercations with protesters in the nation’s capital, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said Wednesday.
DC National Guard will investigate actions of its rotary aircraft during George Floyd protest
Demonstrations were mostly peaceful Tuesday night but tensions rose in the early morning with bottles being thrown across the fence and law enforcement shooting pepper spray.
By Kyle Rempfer
SOUND OFF: How do you feel about active-duty military deployments to quell the protests?
Share you opinions about these historic events. We want to hear from servicemembers.
By Military Times staff
Louisville chief: Police and National Guard enforcing curfew fatally shot a man after someone in a group fired at them
Protests in Louisville, Kentucky, turned deadly as police and National Guard fired on a man the city's police chief said.
National Guard civil unrest update: More than 17,000 troops in 23 states and DC activated
Thousands of National Guard troops have been activated across the nation to deal with civil unrest.
By Howard Altman