Photos: America, Meet Your New National Monuments
On Monday, President Obama unveiled a new class of national monuments — five distinct locations with ties to American history. TIME offers a first glimpse of the new honorees.
Wonder Weapon Sought
The Pentagon is perpetually looking for ways to do things better, especially in the area of aircraft that can take off and land vertically. But, as with battery technology, progress is incremental at best.
Now the Defense …
How Barack Obama Brought Turkey and Israel Back Together
Obama pushed for normalization of relations during his trip to Israel, capping years of work by U.S. diplomats to bring the two U.S. allies back together
Why Not All-Female Combat Units?
The question isn’t should women be in combat — it’s how.
As a male combat veteran of two tours in Iraq with infantry units, the view from here is that women should have their own, separate, combat units.
I fully …
John Kerry Drops Into Iraqi Tumult Ten Years After Invasion
Kerry visits Baghdad to mark the 10th anniversary of the U.S. invasion and to push Baghdad not to help Iran arm Syria’s Assad.
Black Hawk Up
Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Bethany Bump conducts her pre-flight checks in a UH-60 at Jalalabad Airfield March 13.
Law Enforcement Sounds Alarm on Cell Phone Theft Epidemic
The mobile industry teams up with law enforcement agencies to beat back a thriving black market for boosted cell phones
Plumbing the Quantico Killings
As the military community mourns the tragic loss of three Marines, that same community must be stunned by the violence that occurred at one of its most revered military bases.
Quantico Marine Corps Base is located in Virginia …
What You Need to Know As Tax Time Rolls Around
Every year the tax code changes, at least slightly, and last year was no exception. Here are the most significant recent …
From Iraqi Translator…to U.S. Army Trucker
Shortly after the invasion of Iraq in 2003, I started my very first job as a combat linguist for the coalition forces in Iraq, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Able to speak English and Arabic, I thought this would help …
Outbreak of Arson Baffles Police on Virginia Coast
In rural Accomack County, Virginia, at least 70 arsons have been committed in the area since November.
Marines in Mourning: Double-Murder, Suicide at Quantico
The double-murder suicide at the Quantico Marine base 35 miles south of Washington comes as a shock. It stuns, not only because one Marine apparently used a gun to kill two others, and then himself, but because the nation counts …