Nicholas Slayton

In the dense woods of the Ardennes Forest, during a biting and cold winter in December 1944, American troops found themselves facing a sudden large attack from German soldiers. Undersupplied, partially cut off and dealing with the elements and the Nazi bombardments, U.S. soldiers along with forces from the United Kingdom and Canada faced weeks of brutal combat while holding the line.

The air crews of Carrier Air Wing 9 deployed to sea not expecting to end up in dozens of sorties, taking part in the largest naval conflict the United States has been in since World War II. But that's what happened earlier this year when the air wing, assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, was ordered into the 5th Fleet's area of operations in the waters around the Middle East. The wing ended up flying more than 200 sorties in direct combat during the deployment.

Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza’s ‘Civil War’ follow-up movie 'Warfare,' based on real events, follows Navy SEALs under siege in Iraq.

The U.S. military's youngest branch, Space Force, turned five years old on Friday. Like other young institutions it's spent its time rapidly growing, building up the number of guardians, rapidly launching a large array of satellites into orbit and winning Call of Duty tournaments . In its latest move, Space Force is taking aim at enemy space ships and satellites with a new ground-based jamming system, which according to reports, work like endless, loud, annoying screams.

Despite a major push by the military and Department of Veterans Affairs to address and reduce suicide among former service members in 2022, the number of veteran suicides that year did not drop.

The two aviators were able to eject and were recovered safely. A U.S. Navy cruiser shot down a Navy F/A-18 fighter jet over the Red Sea early Sunday morning, U.S.

The approval comes three months after the Pentagon announced pilot programs to test out free broadband Internet across the military branches.

The U.S. Coast Guard has officially increased its fleet of icebreakers by 50%. The service announced this week that it had purchased the 360-foot icebreaker Aiviq. The ship, following some minor modifications, will enter military service as the Coast Guard Cutter Storis.

A soldier with the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) died on Sunday, Dec. 22 at Eglin Air Force Base after being shot in a hunting accident.

A Coast Guard helicopter pilot received the Distinguished Flying Cross this month for his work commanding an hours-long rescue operation in late 2023 to save four people stranded at a canyon.