U.S. military

In the months since a single senator froze military promotions over the Pentagon’s abortion policy, the uniformed officers affected have been largely silent, wary of stepping into a political fray. But as the ramifications of Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s freeze have grown, more of them are speaking out. This week, some of the military’s most senior leaders took the...

The U.S. Marine Corps says at least three Marines have died and five have been critically injured when their Osprey aircraft crashed on a north Australian island during a training exercise.

Amendments authored by Reps. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., and Robert Garcia, D-Calif., would allow past marijuana users to join the military and gain security clearances, respectively.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kory Wade, a medical logistics airman, was found dead Saturday after being reported missing during “training in preparation for supporting jump operations.”

A Chinese fighter jet flew directly in front of the nose of a U.S. reconnaissance plane over the South China Sea on Saturday, the Pentagon said Tuesday, another in a rising number of incidents involving Chinese military aircraft and ships. The “unnecessarily aggressive maneuver” by the Chinese J-16 forced the U.S. RC-125 to fly through the fighter jet’s wake...

Memorial Day is a time to pause and reflect as a nation.

A Navy investigation triggered by a series of suicides is recommending widespread improvements in housing, food, parking and internet for sailors, as well as changes to mental health and other personnel programs.

A retired U.S. Army Special Forces soldier who worked alongside the Ukrainians and died in an artillery barrage in Bakhmut earlier this week told NBC News in a February interview that he felt “compelled to come help.”

The Army’s training hub in Georgia is now officially called Fort Moore. The Army completed a name change Thursday that’s been a year in the making at the base known previously as Fort Benning.

The new rule would affect eight military bases, including three that are tied to the B-21 Raider, the nation’s future stealth bomber.

The military has determined that it poses no threat to aerial traffic or national security, but it’s not clear what it is or who it belongs to, officials said.

Two military helicopters have crashed in Alaska returning from a training flight, the second accident involving U.S. Army helicopters in the state this year. A spokesperson for the U.S. Army Alaska says each helicopter carried two people but could not immediately provide any other information about the condition of those involved. The U.S. Army Alaska says first responders were at...

American and Filipino forces have launched their largest combat exercises in decades in waters across the disputed South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait, where Washington has repeatedly warned China over its increasingly aggressive actions.

Two Blackhawk military helicopters crashed in Kentucky during a training exercise on Wednesday, killing all 9 servicemen aboard.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama is stalling promotions for more than 150 generals and flag officers over a policy that funds travel costs for servicemembers seeking abortions.

The 42-second video shows a Russian Su-27 approaching the back of the MQ-9 drone and dumping fuel on it before striking its propeller.

Reported sexual assaults at U.S. military academies shot up during the 2021-22 school year, and one in five female students told an anonymous survey that they had experienced unwanted sexual contact.

Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staffs Gen. Mark Milley said the first missile fired at the aerial object over Lake Huron missed. The second hit the target.

Four high-altitude objects have been shot down by the U.S. military since Feb 4. Here’s a timeline of those events.

U.S. officials said an “unidentified object” has been shot down Sunday for the third time in as many days, this time over