Military

At least 34 U.S. troops were diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries after an Iranian missile strike hit an Iraqi air base earlier this month, officials at the Pentagon announced Friday.

Florida lawmakers are fast-tracking legislation that would allow service members and veterans to receive college credits for their military training, with the goal of saving time and money.

A new U.S. Navy aircraft carrier will be named in honor of Pearl Harbor hero Doris Miller, the first African American recipient of the Navy Cross, during a ceremony in Pearl Harbor Monday.

Doris Miller was recognized for manning a machine gun and returning fire during the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. An African American was not allowed to man a gun in the Navy at the time.

A man in military garb was caught on camera performing his patriotic duty at a Hope Mills, North Carolina, home after spotting a United States flag torn from its pole during storms and carefully folding it before placing it on the homeowner’s porch.

The U.S. Space Force has shared an image of the branch's new uniforms and patches.

A 104-year-old World War II veteran hopes to receive plenty of Valentine’s Day cards this year, to add to his collection of keepsakes documenting his own incredible life and generation.

The U.S. Air Force said Monday it is investigating the cause of death of two servicemen who died at a base in Germany last week.

Both soldiers were killed when their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan, officials said.

A soldier from Aurora, Miguel Villalon, has been killed in Afghanistan.

U.S. Navy officials said a warship in the Arabian Sea was "aggressively approached" by a Russian Navy vessel.

U.S. officials said the U.S. military tried, but failed, to take out another senior Iranian commander on the same day that an airstrike killed the Revolutionary Guard's top general, Qasem Soleimani.

World War II veteran Peter Fantasia, 103, was finally awarded the long-overdue combat medals he never sought for his military service 75 years ago. 

"More than a dozen" ballistic missiles were launched at two military bases in Iraq that house U.S. troops in retaliation to the killing of a top Iranian general, defense officials confirmed.

Men and women who serve our country are suffering, and some have died due to serious errors in military health care. For years, they could not seek any compensation or remedy from our government. But the story of Richard Stayskal, and his efforts in Washington, drove change. 

Two other Americans, both contractors with the U.S. Department of Defense, were also killed Sunday by al-Shabab extremists at Manda Bay Airfield.

Hundreds of U.S. soldiers deployed Saturday from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to Kuwait to serve as reinforcements in the Middle East amid rising tensions following the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general.

The United States military is sending more troops to the American Embassy in Baghdad in the wake of violent protests.