With Drones Changing War, Army Revives a ’20-Year’ Chinook Project at Boeing Plant
In a move that elected officials say could keep the assembly line at the Boeing plant in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, busy for 20 years, the U.S. Army has canceled a proposed attack helicopter by rivals Lockheed Sikorsky and Bell Textron and transferred funds to upgrade Boeing’s Chinook helicopters and smarter drones. The Army said Thursday […]
Funerals Getting Underway in Georgia for 3 Army Reserve Soldiers Killed in Jordan Drone Attack
ATLANTA — Family, friends and military colleagues are gathering in Georgia as funerals begin for three Army Reserve soldiers killed last month in a drone attack on a U.S. base in Jordan. The first funeral service was scheduled Tuesday morning for Staff Sgt. William Jerome Rivers at a Baptist church in Carrollton, west of Atlanta. […]
Fort Carson Soldier’s Murder Unsolved Almost a Year Later
Family, friends and hundreds of strangers lined a Michigan highway last year to welcome home Fort Carson Spc. Braden Peltier, as he made his way from Detroit to West Branch, Mich., for the final time after he was fatally shot in Colorado Springs. Many residents gathered on overpasses with flags to honor the soldier. The […]
Haley Slams Trump Quip on Her Deployed Husband
Former President Donald Trump has apparently taken note of the conspicuous absence of former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley’s husband from the campaign trail and is openly wondering where the man has gotten off to. Trump, during a Saturday rally in South Carolina, asked the audience what had become of Mr. Haley. “What happened to her […]
US Military Drills in Philippines Unaffected by America’s Focus on Ukraine and Gaza, US General Says
MANILA, Philippines — Combat exercises between the United States and the Philippines involving thousands of forces each year will not be affected by America’s focus on the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, a U.S. general said Thursday. The Biden administration has been strengthening an arc of military alliances in the Indo-Pacific region to […]
In Huge Blow for Sikorsky, Army Scraps Armed Scout Helicopter Program
Sikorsky was dealt a blow Thursday as the U.S. Army announced it was scrapping plans for an armed scout helicopter that the Stratford-based manufacturer and its parent company Lockheed Martin hoped to produce. The decision comes a year after Sikorsky lost out on the chance to build a new utility helicopter for the military branch. […]
Super Bowl Sunday: Here’s How Each of the Military Services Will Make a Showing
For the Super Bowl this Sunday, the military service branches are turning toward streaming platforms and social media to get their messages out during the big game, relying less on traditional media in hopes of reaching Gen Z. The push to rely on less traditional media during the game also comes amid a historic recruiting […]
Army’s Idea to Privatize Barracks Has Some Cautious Bipartisan Support on Capitol Hill
The Army’s plans to move toward privatizing its barracks — an idea that the service had repeatedly rejected since the 1990s — has at least some bipartisan support on Capitol Hill. Members of the House Armed Services Committee have said they back the idea, which the Army has now started to embrace as it looks […]
Apple TV+’s ‘Manhunt’ Tracks the Search for Lincoln Assassin John Wilkes Booth
As an Amazon associate, Military.com earns from qualifying purchases. John Wilkes Booth wasn’t originally planning to assassinate Abraham Lincoln. Booth and his allies wanted to abduct the 16th president, but the stage actor and Confederate sympathizer opted to kill Lincoln only after a number of kidnapping attempts failed and the South teetered on the edge […]
Prosecutors Say a Senior Enlisted Leader at Fort Liberty Smuggled Meth, Put Strip Club on Travel Card
A senior noncommissioned officer based out of Fort Liberty, North Carolina, faces numerous charges tied to a yearslong scheme to smuggle methamphetamine across the U.S.-Mexico border. Military prosecutors say Sgt. Maj. Jorge E. Garcia, the career counselor for U.S. Army Forces Command, or FORSCOM, made numerous unauthorized trips abroad between 2021 and 2022, smuggled meth, […]