When Ryan Patrick Morris and Troy Allan Nelson appeared in court after violating the terms of their respective (and unrelated) probations last week, Montana’s Cascade County District Judge Greg Pinksi added a unique list of punishments to their sentences — including an order to wear a sign saying “I am …
No reason why not, though both pacifists and the opposition may object In the 1950s Nobusuke Kishi, then Japan’s prime minister, tried to change the constitution that America had imposed on the country in the aftermath of the second world war. He failed. Now his grandson, Shinzo Abe, Japan’s current prime …
‘This looks like it’s becoming much more of a Republican Party event,’ says one retired general. President Donald Trump boasted Tuesday that the nation’s military leaders are “thrilled” that he’s trotting out a dazzling display of troops, tanks, helicopters and fighter jets for his personal Independence Day celebration. But multiple …
The US will deploy 1,000 more troops to Poland, President Donald Trump has said during a press conference with Polish President Andrzej Duda. President Trump said the force would be taken from America’s 52,000-strong contingent in Germany, and include drones and other military hardware. He fell short, however, of committing …
As commander of the coalition forces in Iraq, Maj. Gen. Walter Piatt juggled ruthless pursuit of enemies and delicate diplomacy with tribal leaders, using a trove of modern weaponry and streams of tech-generated data. But his best decisions, he said, relied on a tool as ancient as it is powerful. …
India and Pakistan have once again threatened to descend into war after a recent exchange of hostilities across their mutually disputed border, and the state of their armed forces has captured international attention. Following the suicide bombing two weeks ago that killed more than 40 Indian troops and was claimed …
Nov. 16 (UPI) — In what it calls the largest audit in history, the U.S. Department of Defense on Friday outlined deficiencies within the Pentagon it says will cost roughly $600 million to fix. The audit details inventory discrepancies, financial reporting errors and cybersecurity issues as some of the greatest problems …
Trump once reveled in the 68-year-old retired Marine general’s reputation as a battle-hardened warrior but more recently appears to have wearied of him. When Defense Secretary James N. Mattis declared last month that he had “no plans” to cancel future joint military exercises with South Korean forces, it brought him …
Mayor Muriel Bowser slams the ‘reality star in the White House.’ President Donald Trump announced Friday that he has canceled plans for a military parade in Washington, and ignited a feud with the D.C. mayor after accusing “local politicians” of price gouging. “The local politicians who run Washington, D.C. (poorly) …
Sometimes a high school history project ends up making history. That’s what happened when a 16-year-old Nebraska student decided to participate in the National History Day project in 2015. Partly due to her research, the bodies of two American twin brothers, separated at death during World War II, were finally reunited. On …
“I decided long ago I would do military service,” says Saara Piitulainen, a 22-year-old voluntary servicewoman. “My father was a peacekeeper, and that is what I want to do myself.” She has come to the right place. The Huovinrinne garrison in Sakyla in western Finland is where Finnish peacekeeping forces …
A new, previously suppressed report has grave implications for service members, veterans, and their families. The Trump administration feared it would be a “public relations nightmare”: a major federal study that concluded contaminated groundwater across the country, especially near military bases, was more toxic than the government realized. Political aides …