US Says China’s Taiwan Drills ‘Unnecessarily’ Raised Tensions The PLA simulated a blockade of the global chip hub for two days this week with live-fire exercises encircling the island.
Rubio Fields Questions on Russia-Ukraine, Gaza and Venezuela at Wide-Ranging News Conference Secretary of State Marco Rubio is weighing in on Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas peace efforts and defending the Trump...
Taiwan Plans First Weapons Purchases for T-Dome to Counter China President Lai Ching-te said in October that Taiwan would speed up building a system known as T-Dome to protect the self-run...
Crews Are Safe Following Two Navy Crashes Two Navy aircraft from the USS Nimitz crashed minutes apart in the South China Sea.
Navy Loses Two Aircraft From USS Nimitz Aircraft Carrier Within 30 Minutes The Navy's Pacific Fleet says a fighter jet and a helicopter based off the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz both crashed into the...
Chinese Coast Guard Rams and Damages a Philippine Vessel Off an Island in the South China Sea Chinese coast guard ships used powerful water cannons and rammed and slightly damaged an anchored Philippine government...
Philippines Protests China's Plan for a Nature Reserve at a Hotly Disputed Shoal The Philippines protested a plan by China to establish a nature reserve at one of the most hotly disputed shoals in the South...
Philippine Forces Deliver Supplies and Personnel to Disputed South China Sea Shoal Despite Tensions Filipino forces transported food, fuel and new personnel to a Philippine territorial outpost in a fiercely disputed shoal in...
Australia, Canada and Philippines Stage Air Defense Drills Off Disputed Shoal Guarded by China Australia, Canada and the Philippines deployed three warships and aircraft for drills against simulated aerial threats off a...
US Briefly Deploys 2 Warships to a Disputed South China Sea Shoal After Chinese Collision Both China and the Philippines claim Scarborough Shoal and other outcroppings in the South China Sea. Vietnam, Malaysia...
2026 Military Pay Charts Military service members will receive a 3.8% pay raise in 2026. Some senior officers may receive smaller percentages.
Here’s When VA Benefits Do and Don’t Count as Income, for Taxes and Otherwise VA disability compensation is completely tax-free at both federal and state levels. You don't report it on your tax return...
How Veterans at Grey Bull Rescue Are Bringing Americans Home From the World’s Most Dangerous Places When Americans become trapped in some of the world’s most dangerous places—inside active war zones, under collapsing...
Veteran Writer Says FBI Visit Followed Her Criticism of Student Veterans of America Marine veteran writer Elizabeth Hartman says FBI visited her after she criticized Student Veterans of America leadership...
In UK, Veterans Age 65 Told to Prepare for War As the UK readies for possible military conflict, low numbers in the Armed Forces are pushing the British government to bring...