Military

With America at war, today, the U.S. Secretary of Defense visited battleground Wisconsin on Monday, Aug. 24. He toured military manufacturing at Oshkosh Corp., which makes combat and military transport vehicles, as well as new robotic combat vehicles.

A Navy sailor deployed aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln revealed in a social media post that he learned of his father’s arrest while at sea.

The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and its 5,000 sailors and Marines are heading home after a record-setting uninterrupted time at sea and reports of crew stress and poor mental health.

The number of U.S. military service members injured since the February 28 start of Operation Epic Fury and Overseas Operations has risen to 757, according to the Pentagon’s Defense Casualty Analysis System. 

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.

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.