Military

Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), visited sailors and Marines aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln over the weekend. The visit to the aircraft carrier comes after reports that the 5,000 U.S. Navy sailors and Marines on board are experiencing poor conditions leading to mental health issues.   

President Donald Trump cited his “very good relationship" with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un when revealing the U.S. would scale back its role in military exercises with South Korea.

The U.S. Army temporarily halted all Apache helicopter training missions Friday after a fatal crash in Texas earlier this week killed two soldiers.

The Pentagon is pushing back on reports that the 5,000 U.S. Navy sailors and Marines on board the aircraft carrier the USS Abraham Lincoln are experiencing poor conditions leading to mental health issues.   

The USPS is releasing a commemorative forever stamp to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.

The VA launched a clinical trial testing psilocybin for veterans with treatment-resistant depression.

The Pentagon says the U.S. military killed 153 civilians in 2025, up from two civilians killed in 2024, though independent reports put that number at much higher, Reuters reports. 

A ceremony was held Monday renaming Joint Base Charleston in South Carolina to Joint Base Lindsey Graham in honor of the late senator.

The latest tranche of materials on unidentified aerial phenomenon (UAP) released by the U.S. government includes video of what appears to be an object traversing the skies last year over the Middle East.

The U.S. has nearly depleted its stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles, three sources tell Reuters.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order in the Oval Office Monday, establishing the Military Spouse Commission to advise the president on policies affecting military spouses and families.

To mark the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the delegate’s signing of the Declaration of Independence on August 2, 1776, the Department of Veterans Affairs held ceremonies at 16 cemeteries across the country on Sunday, August 2, to honor 49 Veterans of the Revolutionary War.

An F-35 assigned to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing crashed Friday morning at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, prompting an emergency response and sparking a brush fire.

The Pentagon updated its Defense Casualty Analysis System on Friday which shows there have been 238 U.S. service members injured in Overseas Operations since July 7.  

A new National Military Monument exhibit is now on display on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. that allows visitors to search for loved ones who served in the U.S. military and watch their names appear seconds later across two towering digital American flag displays.

The VA is launching a new clinical trial to test whether blockbuster GLP-1 drugs used for weight loss and type 2 diabetes can treat alcohol use disorder in veterans.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced an initiative designed to recruit veterans, transitional service members, and military spouses into roles to help protect America’s food supply, agriculture security and rural communities. 

The United States Army is expanding real-world testing of its emerging “Hammer of the Gods” electronic-warfare system, moving it to overseas trials with large-scale experimentation. 

Joint Base Charleston in South Carolina will be re-named in honor of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, the White House said Tuesday.