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Here's the latest for Thursday, May 6th: U.S. may train Afghan forces in other countries; At least 25 dead during Brazilian ...

Jill Biden thanks military spouses in Colorado for service

First lady Jill Biden extended her gratitude to military spouses for their service on Thursday at an Army base in Colorado.

US sends more warplanes to protect pullout from Afghanistan

The United States has deployed a dozen additional warplanes to bolster protection of American and coalition troops making a ...

Austin: US troop withdrawal going as planned

The U.S. top military leaders say that the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan is going "according to plan" and ...

Army to put civilian in charge of criminal probes, add staff

The Army is putting a civilian in charge of its criminal investigations, adding staff and freeing up more agents to work on ...

General: China's Africa outreach poses threat from Atlantic

The top U.S general for Africa is warning that a growing threat from China may come not just from the waters of the Pacific ...

Officials: Army to put civilian in charge of criminal probes

The Army plans to put a civilian in charge of the command that conducts criminal investigations, a response to widespread ...

Authorities: Man who piloted boat that crashed hit US agent

A man accused of piloting a boat overloaded with migrants that crashed into rocks off San Diego's coast and killed three ...

Top US general urges greater racial diversity in military

The U.S. military must widen opportunity and improve advancement for Black service members, who remain vastly ...

US Navy sailor puts training to work in boat rescue

When a migrant smuggling boat overloaded with 32 people on board capsized and smashed apart as its passengers plunged into ...

Marine inspector general suspended amid tank sinking probe

The Marine Corps inspector general, Major General Robert Castellvi, has been suspended amid the ongoing probes into last ...

San Diego boat wreck kills 3, shows risks of ocean smuggling

A tractor-trailer slams into an SUV at an intersection on a remote California desert highway, killing 13 of 25 people crammed ...

Top general drops opposition to change in sex assault policy

In a potentially significant shift in the debate over combating sexual assault in the military, the nation’s top general says ...

Over Thomas dissent, high court rejects West Point case

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a woman who says she was raped as a West Point cadet, with Justice ...

At least 3 killed, many hurt in boat capsize off San Diego

A packed boat suspected of being used in a human smuggling operation capsized and broke apart in powerful surf along the ...

US general: Afghan forces could face 'bad possible outcomes'

Afghan government forces face an uncertain future and, in a worst-case scenario, some “bad possible outcomes” against Taliban ...

US Air Force flight in Mideast uses call sign 'Pickle Rick'

Someone in the U.S. Air Force apparently watches the cartoon “Rick and Morty.” An Air Force KC-10 Extender that flew out of ...

Formal start of final phase of Afghan pullout by US, NATO

The final phase of ending America's “forever war” in Afghanistan after 20 years formally began Saturday, with the withdrawal ...

Mapping the Afghan war, while murky, points to Taliban gains

Trying to map the long war in Afghanistan has become an increasingly challenging task ahead of the planned withdrawal of all ...

U.S. Army warmly welcomed ahead of NATO exercises in Albania

Albania’s main port of Durres has welcomed a huge influx of containers and big trucks this week ahead of NATO exercises, a ...