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Uniformed police are generally not allowed around polling places, and the Pentagon doesn't want to get involved. Still, they're getting ready if things get out of control.

National

How Police, National Guard And Military Are Preparing For Election Day Tensions

12:55pm October 26, 2020

Uniformed police are generally not allowed around polling places, and the Pentagon doesn't want to get involved. Still, they're getting ready if things get out of control.

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Spc. Vanessa Guillen, seen here in a poster released by U.S. Army investigators, was last seen alive at Fort Hood in April. Now a woman is in custody and accused of dismembering her body.

National

FBI Files Charges In Vanessa Guillen Case

9:19pm July 03, 2020

by Matthew S. Schwartz

Spc. Vanessa Guillen went missing in April. Now federal investigators say she was murdered, and buried near a river outside Austin. Her family says the murder came after sexual harassment.

President Trump walking from the White House to St. John's Church on June 1. Gen. Mark Milley (far right), chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was among those walking behind the president. Milley says his presence was "a mistake" that he has learned fr

National

When Political Partisanship And The Military Collide

8:40am June 17, 2020

by Tom Bowman

Gen. Mark Milley's recent apology for walking with President Trump to his church photo-op has prompted discussion about how the military maintains nonpartisanship under a Trump administration.

Active Duty Troops On Standby Outside Washington, D.C., Being Sent Back To Home Bases

6:06pm June 05, 2020

by David Welna

Some 1,600 troops airlifted for possible deployment in the nation's capital are returning to their home bases, after President Trump failed to invoke the law required for using such forces.

Authorities clear Lafayette Park in Washington, D.C., on Monday, while across the street at the White House, President Trump said he would send the military to U.S. cities if local officials don't end unrest.

Don't Send U.S. Military To Protests, Hill Democrats Warn Trump

8:22pm June 02, 2020

by David Welna

Calling out active-duty troops to quell widespread unrest over the death of George Floyd is an option congressional Democrats are warning would only make matters worse.

Aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) arrives in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, April 27, 2018. The Roosevelt, currently docked in Guam, has reported dozens of cases of novel coronavirus infection aboard.

Guam Locals Unhappy With Housing U.S. Sailors From Coronavirus-Hit Aircraft Carrier

6:51pm April 02, 2020

by David Welna

Hundreds of crew members from the USS Theodore Roosevelt are being quarantined at hotels in the U.S. territory. Some residents say that's putting them at risk.

Korean soldiers spray disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus on a shopping street in Seoul, South Korea, last week. U.S. military stationed in South Korea and Italy have been ordered not to travel because of the outbreak.

U.S. Forces In South Korea And Italy Are Told To Stay Put As Coronavirus Spreads

8:27pm March 09, 2020

by David Welna

There are some 45,000 Americans working at U.S. military installations in South Korea and Italy. Both nations have major coronavirus outbreaks and travel to and from them is being restricted.

Armed Special Forces soldiers of the Salvadoran Army, following orders of President Nayib Bukele, enter El Salvador's congress during a vote on a security bill on Feb. 9.

World News

Latin America's Militaries Emerge As Power Brokers, Riot Police And Border Forces

12:19pm February 24, 2020

by John Otis

El Salvador's troops deployed in congress. Bolivia's army advised the president to step down. Brazil's leader surrounds himself with top brass. The armed forces have made a comeback across the region.

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Navy SEAL Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher during a recess in his trial this summer in San Diego, Calif.

Navy Lets Accused SEALs Stay In Elite Unit

11:33pm November 27, 2019

The Navy has decided to allow three SEALs implicated in a war crimes case stay in the elite commando unit. Meanwhile the ousted Secretary of the Navy sharply criticizes President Trump.

Brelahn Wyatt, a Navy ensign and second-year medical student, shares a hug with Shetland. The dog's military commission does not entitle him to salutes.

Health & Safety

High-Ranking Dog Provides Key Training For Military's Medical Students

11:52am November 08, 2019

by Julie Rovner

Service dogs are a common sight at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, near Washington, D.C. But this special canine trains would-be healers how to pick the right dog for a wounded veteran.