US general lays out Niger attack details; questions remain
The U.S. special forces unit ambushed by Islamic militants in Niger didn’t call for help until an hour into their first contact with the enemy, the top U.S. general said Monday, as he tried to clear up some of the murky details of the assault that killed four American troops and has triggered a nasty political brawl.
Evoking slain son, Kelly defends Trump on condolence calls
He started by describing the reverent handling of America’s war dead, bodies packed in ice and shipped home in the dark to an Air Force base in Delaware.
Trump: Lawmaker ‘fabricated’ account of his talk with widow
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said a Florida congresswoman “fabricated” an account of the commander in chief telling the widow of a soldier killed in an ambush in Niger that her husband “knew what he signed up for.”
US Rep: Trump says fallen soldier knew what he signed up for
President Donald Trump told the widow of a slain soldier that he “knew what he signed up for,” according to a Florida congresswoman.
Politics and the fallen: Trump hasn’t called all families
President Donald Trump has pulled bereaved military families into a painful political fight of his own making, going so far Tuesday as to cite the death of his chief of staff’s son in Afghanistan to question whether Barack Obama and other presidents did enough to honor the military dead.
Senate backs bill to pump $700 billion into military
The Senate has overwhelmingly approved a sweeping defense policy bill that would pump $700 billion into the military, putting the U.S. armed forces on track for a budget greater than at any time during the decade-plus wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Services held in NY for Marines killed in Mississippi crash
Hundreds gathered to remember nine Marine Corps aviators who were killed when their New York-based transport plane crashed in Mississippi last month.
Trump tells Mattis to indefinitely ban transgender recruits
President Donald Trump on Friday directed the Pentagon to extend indefinitely a ban on transgender individuals joining the military, but he appeared to leave open the possibility of allowing some already in uniform to remain.
Marine crash inquiry continues, but no answers expected soon
Military investigators are trying to piece together the cause of a crash that killed 15 Marines and a sailor in Mississippi in July, but it could be a year or more until any information becomes public.
US helping clear ‘historic’ amount of explosives in Mosul
The wires protruding from the small, misshapen stuffed animal revealed the deadly booby-trap tucked inside.
Lawsuit opposes Trump’s ban on transgender military service
Two LGBT-rights organizations filed a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday challenging President Donald Trump’s tweets declaring he wants a ban on transgender people serving in the military.
Military scrambles for transgender policy after Trump tweets
President Donald Trump’s tweets declaring transgender people unwelcome in the armed forces have plunged the Pentagon into a legal and moral quagmire, sparking a flurry of meetings to devise a new policy that could lead to hundreds of service members being discharged.
19 attorneys general seek military transgender protections
The top legal officers in 18 states and the District of Columbia have asked Congress to pass legislation prohibiting discrimination against transgender service members.
Transgender troops: A presidential tweet is not an order
Unmoved by President Donald Trump’s proclamation-by-Twitter, top Pentagon leaders declared on Thursday they’ll allow transgender troops to remain in uniform until Defense Secretary Jim Mattis receives an authoritative directive to remove them.
Trump’s order: Bar all transgender troops from military
President Donald Trump abruptly declared a ban Wednesday on transgender troops serving anywhere in the U.S. military, catching the Pentagon flat-footed and unable to explain what it called Trump’s “guidance.”
Trump’s transgender troops ban divides veterans in Congress
President Donald Trump’s decision to ban transgender service in the armed forces drove a wedge through military veterans in Congress, with one camp standing squarely behind the commander in chief and the other decrying his order as an ugly attack on dedicated troops.
Honorably discharged veterans will soon get to shop tax-free
Hey veterans, you can soon shop tax free.
Delta crash response: ‘A somber, purpose-driven’ mood
Of the 16 servicemen killed in a military aircraft crash July 10 in Leflore County, one body had yet to be discovered when Columbus Fire and Rescue personnel arrived at the crash site at 5 a.m. Thursday. Their mission was to help find the fallen Marine.
Bryant orders emergency to protect crash site
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant says he’s declaring an emergency in the area affected by the KC-130 crash that killed 15 Marines and a Navy corpsman this week.
‘This is the job we do’: Columbus firefighters head to Leflore Co. to aid search, recovery at military plane crash site
Before dawn this morning, eight Columbus firefighters were on the road to Leflore County. Their mission: to aid with search and recovery efforts for the military plane that crashed in the Delta Monday.