Military

The military has said the exercises involving missile strikes, warplanes and ship movements crossing the midline of the Taiwan Strait dividing the sides were a response to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the self-ruled island last week.

Recruiters are offering bigger bonuses and other incentives to those who sign up. And they are seizing on the boost that Hollywood may offer – such as the buzz over the sequel to the 1986 hit “Top Gun.”

More than 70% of Americans ages 17-24 don’t meet the fitness standards to serve in the military, due to a variety of reasons including obesity. That creates a challenge for recruiters and the staff trying to keep personnel fit and healthy.

A Swedish arms watchdog says the world’s stockpiles of nuclear weapons are expected to increase in coming years after declining since the end of the Cold War.

Authorities have released the identities of all five Marines who died in Wednesday’s MV-22B Osprey crash in Imperial County, about 150 miles east of San Diego, according to the U.S. Marine Corps.

Five Marines were killed Wednesday when a Camp Pendleton-based Osprey crashed in Glamis, California, in Imperial County, the U.S. Marine Corps confirmed Thursday.

A military aircraft based out of MCAS Camp Pendleton crashed in rural Imperial County east of San Diego with five Marines onboard, Wednesday afternoon, according to authorities.

Originally established during the Civil War, Memorial Day honors those who have died in military service for the U.S.

A command investigation determined that a damper hose failed on the MC-60S Seahawk, causing severe vibrations as the aircraft was landing on a carrier off of San Diego last August.

The Army has scrapped its move to have a physical fitness test that’s gender- and age-neutral, and will now allow women and older soldiers to pass while meeting some reduced standards.

American troops continued to arrive in Romania on Friday, as NATO allies reroute military forces to bolster security on the eastern flank.

U.S. officials say Russia has assembled at least 70 percent of the military firepower it likely intends to have in place by mid-month to give President Vladimir Putin the option of launching a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Some students were asked to play “privilege bingo” at a school in Fairfax County and one of the criteria listed for privilege was coming from a military family. News4’s Aimee Cho spoke with a local family about why that upset them.

A small single-engine plane crashed near Raleigh, North Carolina, injuring the pilot.

President Joe Biden detailed Thursday his administration’s efforts to double its procurement of rapid COVID-19 tests and make high-quality masks available for free as coronavirus cases continue to spike nationwide.

It’s a hidden crisis that’s existed for years inside one of the most well-funded institutions on the planet and has only worsened during the coronavirus pandemic

A Navy report has concluded there were sweeping failures by commanders, crew members and others that fueled the July 2020 arson fire that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard

The late Colin Powell was the first Black Secretary of State and deeply studied African American military history, says Brandeis University’s Chad Williams. “We need to remember him as part of that tradition. A tradition that is rife with struggle, with pain, with institutionalized racism, but also with heroic achievement and accomplishment,” Williams said.

The U.S. Marine Corps worked with the Japanese Defense Ministry to test land a U.S. F-35B fighter jet on a Japanese helicopter destroyer converted into an aircraft carrier.

A new military investigation found the coronavirus pandemic curtailed trainings in 2020 and contributed to nine service members drowning off San Diego’s coast