Military

A new $1 trillion COVID-19 response package by Senate Republicans is supposed to give the government more weapons to battle the surging coronavirus pandemic. But GOP lawmakers have more than just the “invisible enemy” in mind.

National Guard Spc. Conner Smith returned home on Friday and met his six-month-old daughter for the first time.

A new documentary from Netflix and The New York Times, “Father Soldier Son,” follows a U.S. Army Ranger platoon sergeant and the impact of his deployment to Afghanistan on his family. Directors and Times journalists Catrin Einhorn and Leslye Davis joined LX News to discuss what they learned about how military service affects families.

North Korea says it will send soldiers to now-shuttered inter-Korean tourism and economic sites in its territory, reinstall guard posts and resume military exercises at front-line areas

President Donald Trump has been speaking a lot about the military, law and order.

An NBCLX analysis revealed more than $200 million in surplus military equipment was awarded to boost local law enforcement arsenals in 2019. But why do local police departments in small cities and towns need machine guns?

A large crowd of peaceful protesters stuck around near the White House past the 11 p.m. curfew. News4’s Shomari Stone reports there was a larger military police presence Wednesday and some protesters weren’t expecting it.

After recommending governors deploy more National Guard troops Monday, President Donald Trump said he would take action if states didn’t heed the suggestion. “I will deploy the U.S. military and quickly solve the problem for them,” he said.

The Pentagon says Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz hasn’t asked the federal government to send troops to his state

The 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment has continued their tradition of placing American flags at every grave marker at Arlington National Cemetery for Memorial Day.

A formation of six F16C/D Fighting Falcons performed flyovers above Los Angeles and San Diego Friday in a tribute to hospital workers, first responders and others on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic. See photos of the U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. Cory W. Bush, and video from inside the cockpit.

See a view of Niagara Falls from the sky as a military plane flies over the falls as a salute to service as Western New York combats the coronavirus pandemic.

Take a ride inside the cockpit with the Blue Angels as they fly over Chicago, Detroit and Indianapolis.

The Pentagon says reports of sexual assaults across the military increased slightly last year, with the Air Force showing the biggest jump of all the services

See what the flyover from “Operation America Strong’ looked like from the view of Navy Blue Angel cockpit.

Even under social distancing, traditions continue at Arlington National Cemetery. News4’s Aaron Gilchrist reports on the service members who continue to carry out military funerals and the guard of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

America’s armed services are finding it harder to bring in new recruits as the worsening coronavirus forces families and communities to hunker down, even as the country turns increasingly to the military for help

Applauding sailors chanting “Captain Cro-zier” gave their commanding officer a hero’s send-off from the USS Theodore Roosevelt Thursday after he was relieved of duty for warning about a coronavirus outbreak in a letter leaked to the press. Videos posted on Twitter showed hundreds of his supporters applauding Navy Capt. Brett Crozier as he waved to the crowd, walked down a...

U.S. Navy officials say nearly 3,000 sailors aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier where the coronavirus has spread will be taken off the ship by Friday as military leaders struggle to quarantine crew members in the face of an outbreak.

The Pentagon is already helping combat the coronavirus outbreak in the United States and is considering ways to do more.