Ukraine Crisis Puts Pacific Pivot in Question Moscow's aggressive push into Ukraine has forced Pentagon leaders to rethink the push to redistribute resources to the...
Search for Missing Plane Costs US Military $11M The long and thus far futile search for Flight 370 has cost the Defense Department $11.4 million.
Locklear: Bombing in Iraq and Syria Won't Slow Pacific Rebalance The head of U.S. Pacific Command said the bombing campaign against ISIL isn't slowing down the plans to shift more equipment...
Navy's New Maritime Strategy Includes More Destroyers to Pacific Navy leaders also plan to rotate an Aegis-capable guided missile cruiser to Japan and base another attack submarine in Guam.
Carter Preaches Pacific Pivot as Mideast Heats Up Defense Secretary Carter began a "full court press" to underline the U.S. commitment to a rebalance of forces to the Pacific.
US Air Force Transports Rescue Teams for Nepal Earthquake Recovery The U.S. sent additional rescue teams to Nepal Monday as the death toll from Saturday's 7.8-magnitude earthquake neared 4,000...
US Ospreys and Hueys Provide Air Support to Nepal Relief Efforts Ospreys and Hueys are flying hundreds of miles east of Kathmandu, Nepal in an effort to bring supplies to earthquake victims.
Airman Returns Home to Nepal after Earthquake When Senior Airman Manoj Khatiwada was asked to join a team of Pacific Air Forces Airmen traveling to Nepal he was filled...
Second Day Search Fails to Find Missing Marine Huey In Nepal The second-day search for a Marine helicopter that went missing while on an aid mission in Nepal failed to find the aircraft...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
