U.S. military

In France, a family reckons with World War II Allies' legacy of rape and murder

11:05am November 16, 2024

In 1944, as Allied troops celebrated D-Day victory, a French family experienced a trauma that would be felt for generations: a murder and sexual assault so traumatic they are only now coming to terms with it.

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A brief history of swift boating, from John Kerry to Tim Walz

10:50am August 10, 2024

by Rachel Treisman

Republicans' attacks on Tim Walz's military record mirror a 2004 smear campaign against John Kerry in some key ways. Here's how swift boating played out then — and what's different this time around.

World News

A Russian court has sentenced a U.S. soldier to nearly 4 years in prison

1:57pm June 19, 2024

by Charles Maynes

Staff Sgt. Gordon Black was sentenced to nearly four years in prison on charges of theft and threatening to murder.

Fighters carry the coffin of Abu Baqir al-Saadi during his funeral on Feb. 8. He was a senior commander in Kataib Hezbollah, an Iran-backed Iraqi militia, who was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad.

What fighting in the Middle East means for the U.S. troop presence in Iraq

7:24am February 22, 2024

by Jane Arraf

After the U.S. killed a commander of an Iran-backed militia in Baghdad, pressure is mounting on Iraq's government to expel America's 2,500 military personnel.

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People, rescuers and security forces gather around a vehicle hit by a drone strike, reportedly killing three people, including two leaders of a pro-Iran group, in Baghdad on Wednesday.

U.S. drone strike kills a leader of an Iran-backed militia in Iraq

6:56pm February 07, 2024

by James Hider

A U.S. drone strike in the Iraqi capital has killed at least one leader of an Iran-backed militia, Kataib Hezbollah.

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U.S. Central Command released this undated photo as part of its announcement of renewed airstrikes against Houthi targets on Saturday.

The U.S. targets Iranian proxies for a second day in a row

7:54pm February 03, 2024

by NPR Washington Desk

The new round of U.S. strikes is far more extensive and deadly than those that have been launched since October, when the Israel-Hamas war began and pro-Iranian groups began their attacks.

President Biden and first lady Jill Biden attend the dignified transfer of the remains of three U.S. service members killed in a drone attack on a U.S. military outpost in Jordan, at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Friday.

U.S. hits Iranian proxies in Iraq, Syria in retaliation for deadly strikes

6:18pm February 02, 2024

The strikes are more extensive and deadly than those launched since last October, when the Israeli-Gaza war began and pro-Iranian groups started an uptick of attacks.

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A soldier takes a break during the "Eager Lion" multinational military exercises that the U.S. is part of in Jordan in September 2022.

Biden vows to respond after 3 U.S. troops were killed and 34 wounded in a drone attack

8:25pm January 28, 2024

by Juliana Kim

A coalition of militias backed by Iran claimed credit for the attack on a base in Jordan. It comes amid the conflict in the Middle East that the U.S. has been working to keep from spreading.

U.S Marine Corps Col. Thomas M. Bedell, the commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, poses for a photo at the station's Energy and Water Operations Center on MCAS Miramar.

Politics & Government

The military is turning to microgrids to fight global threats — and global warming

4:19pm October 02, 2023

by Quil Lawrence

The military is among the largest buyers of independent power systems known as microgrids. They make tactical sense; and environmentalists hope they can help the transition from fossil fuels.

U.S. Army soldiers march in a parade as part of the 75th South Korea Armed Forces Day ceremony in Seoul, South Korea on Tuesday.

What a government shutdown would mean for the U.S. military — and national security

2:06pm September 27, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

Service members would work without pay, and many civil servants are likely to be furloughed. Congress has yet to pass a separate bill to guarantee military pay as it did in previous shutdowns.

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