Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Joseph Dunford praised outgoing Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Monday during a farewell ceremony at JB Myer, Henderson Hall, Va., calling him a “visionary” whose dogged effort to cut through bureaucratic red tape helped...

A US Navy destroyer on Sunday fired warning shots at Iranian vessels during a tense standoff in the Persian Gulf. The USS Mahan fired three shots at four armed attack boats that pestered the ship, approaching at a high speed,...

A Special Forces soldier died Saturday in a non-combat incident in Jordan, the Pentagon announced. Army Spc. Isiah L. Booker, of Cibolo, Texas, died Saturday, and no additional details surrounding his death were announced. Booker was assigned to the 2nd...

Two local British communities on Jan. 7 unveiled a plaque commemorating the crew of Jolly 22, a Pave Hawk that crashed on Jan. 7, 2014, in a marsh near RAF Lakenheath, England. The 56th Rescue Squadron HH-60, part of a...

About 300 marines will deploy to Afghanistan this spring to bolster the US and Afghan fight targeting the Taliban. The marines, assigned to II Marine Expeditionary Force, were requested by US Central Command to help train and advise the Afghan...

The Civil Air Patrol National Radar Analysis Team on Saturday helped locate a Colorado Springs couple after their Cirrus SR22 crashed in a remote area about 32 miles east of Meeker, Colo. Lt. Col. Mark Young, incident commander for the...