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San Diego-based carrier USS Abraham Lincoln patrolling Arabian Sea awaiting sister flattop

The USS Abraham Lincoln is being escorted by the San Diego-based destroyer USS Spruance, among...
Burned homes sit days after an attack in the village of Woro

US troops arrive in Nigeria to help train its military, Nigerian military says

The deployment follows an easing of tensions that flared between the U.S. and Nigeria
A statue of George Washington on horseback is displayed at the Public Garden in Boston.

No, George Washington didn’t have wooden teeth. Yes, he led the Siege of Boston

The Siege of Boston was his first campaign as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.
FILE – In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the USS Gerald R. Ford embarked on the first of its sea trials to test various state-of-the-art systems on its own power for the first time, April 8, 2017, from Newport News, Va. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ridge Leoni/U.S. Navy via AP, File)

Trump says change in power in Iran ‘would be the best thing that could happen’

Trump told reporters that “in case we don’t make a deal, we’ll need it.”
FILE – Marine Maj. Joshua Mast and his wife, Stephanie, arrive at Circuit Court, Thursday, March 30, 2023 in Charlottesville, Va. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Virginia Supreme Court rules US Marine’s adoption of an Afghan war orphan will stand

The decision likely ends a bitter, yearslong legal battle over the girl’s fate.
Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., speaks during a news conference at Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Judge blocks Pentagon from punishing Sen. Mark Kelly for call to resist unlawful orders

The judge ruled Pentagon officials have violated Kelly’s First Amendment free speech rights.
U.S. warship the USS Truxtun sails in Bosporus Strait en route to the Black Sea.

2 US Navy ships collide in the Caribbean, leaving 2 sailors with minor injuries

Navy ships deployed as part of the Trump administration's military buildup in the Caribbean collided.
The al-Tanf military outpost in southern Syria is seen on Oct. 22, 2018.

Syria says its forces have taken over al-Tanf base after a handover from the US

Syria’s Defense Ministry says the handover happened in coordination with U.S. troops.
Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., and Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., speak during a news conference at Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Democratic senators decry indictment attempt, warning it ‘could break this institution’

Sen. Chris Murphy called it a 'test for the Senate' that 'could break this institution...
Cars cross the “Paso del Norte” International Bridge at the U.S.-Mexico border between Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, bottom, and El Paso, Texas, top, Wednesday Feb. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez)

Pentagon let CBP use anti-drone laser before FAA closed El Paso airspace, AP sources say

The FAA reopened the airspace hours after it announced a 10-day closure.
U.S. Navy ships are docked at Naval Base San Diego on Oct. 7 in San Diego. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Navy interested in expanding shipyard capacity in San Diego to remain battle ready

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle also expressed concern about the impact of extended...
FILE – U.S. Marine Corp Major Joshua Mast, center, talks with his attorneys during a break in the hearing of an ongoing custody battle over an Afghan orphan, March 30, 2023, at the Circuit Courthouse in Charlottesville, Va. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

The US said a Marine could not adopt an Afghan girl. Records show officials helped him get her

High-ranking military and government officials took extraordinary steps to help him.
President Donald Trump listens to a question from a reporter as he speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump’s aggressive tactics force a reckoning between local leaders and Washington

Local leaders feel pressured by federal priorities, affecting trust and stability.
FILE – This photo taken from a video distributed on Dec. 9, 2020 by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, shows a rocket launch as part of a ground-based intercontinental ballistic missile test at the Plesetsk facility in northwestern Russia. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)

Russia says it regrets expiration of last nuclear arms treaty but Trump says he wants a new pact

The end of the treaty would effectively lift the last remaining caps on the two...
FILE – Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., speaks at the Center for American Progress, June 26, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File)
Capt. Royce Williams kept his silence about  shooting down four Soviet MiG-15s during the Korean War. (Courtesy of Bill Price)

Trump tells Escondido war hero he will receive Medal of Honor for courage during Korean War

Royce Williams, 100 years old now, showed courage during an aerial dogfight in which he...
FILE – U.S. President Barack Obama, left, and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev, right, shake hands at a news conference at the Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic,, April 8, 2010, after signing the New START treaty reducing long-range nuclear weapons. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel, File)

The last US-Russian nuclear pact is about to expire, ending a half-century of arms control

Many fear it could start an unconstrained nuclear arms race.
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US announces military team sent to Nigeria after recent attacks

It is unclear when the team arrived in Nigeria.
FILE – The Pentagon, the headquarters for the U.S. Department of Defense, is seen from the air, Sept. 20, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, FIle)

US shoots down Iranian drone that ‘aggressively’ approached an aircraft carrier, military says

U.S. Central Command said the drone “aggressively approached” the aircraft carrier.
FILE – U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, left, and General Secretary of Vietnam’s Communist Party To Lam talk during a meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam, Nov. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh, File)

An internal document shows the Vietnamese military preparing for a possible American war

Despite a 2023 strategic partnership with the U.S., Vietnam remains wary of American influence.
The USS Stockdale, a Navy guided missile destroyer, heads out of San Diego Bay as sailboats cruise the channel on Sept. 2. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

San Diego’s BAE Systems gets nearly $100 million to repair two warships

The contract covers work on the USS Stockdale and USS Kansas City, both homeported in...
The USS Boxer (LHD-4) and USS America (LHA-6), amphibious assault ships, are docked at Naval Base San Diego on Oct. 7, 2025 in San Diego, CA.  (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Major security drills could slow traffic at San Diego Navy bases through next week

The Navy says it will be conducting regularly scheduled exercises that are not tied to...
Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd testifies during a Senate Committee on Armed Services hearing on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Trump’s pick to lead the NSA vows to follow the law if confirmed

The NSA has been without a permanent director since Trump fired Gen. Haugh last year.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives at the U.S. Capitol Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, in Washington, to brief top lawmakers after President Donald Trump directed U.S. forces to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Minneapolis attorney Chris Madel speaks at his office in Minneapolis on Dec. 1, 2025. (Leila Navidi/Star Tribune via AP)

Minnesota GOP gubernatorial candidate Chris Madel drops out, faults Trump immigration policy

Madel is the lawyer for the man who shot and killed Renee Good.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, center, greets the audience prior to his address during the Security and Defence Committee at the European Parliament in Brussels, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

NATO chief wishes ‘good luck’ to those who think Europe can defend itself without US help

It comes amid tensions at NATO over Trump's threats to annex Greenland.
This combo image made with photos provided by the U.S. Army Pacific shows, from left to right, University of Hawaii ROTC cadets Jenhatsu Chinen, Daniel Betsui and Howard Urabe, top row, and Hiroichi Tomita, Grover Nagaji, Robert Murata and Akio Nishikawa, bottom row. (U.S. Army Pacific via AP)

Japanese American soldiers once branded ‘enemy aliens’ promoted posthumously

They were University of Hawaii students and cadets in the Reserve Officer Training Corps.
This photo provided by the U.S. Navy shows a Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet landing on the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Indian Ocean on Jan. 22, 2026. (Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Daniel Kimmelman/U.S. Navy via AP)

US aircraft carrier arrives in the Middle East as tensions with Iran remain high

It brings thousands of additional service members to the region.
U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino walks through a Target store

Trump softens tone on Minnesota immigration crackdown as some federal agents prepare to leave

His leadership of highly visible federal crackdowns has drawn fierce criticism.
USS Cincinnati (LCS-20) an Independence-class littoral combat ship (LCS). (Courtesy U.S. Navy)

San Diego warship arrives in Cambodia during rare visit by U.S. Navy

The San Diego-based littoral combat ship USS Cincinnati arrived in Cambodia on Saturday for a...
At a live fire range on Camp Pendleton, Sgt. Jason Hamm launches an intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) drone toward a target located about a mile from his location.  (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Camp Pendleton Marines hustling to add tiny, lethal drones to their warfighting repertoire

Some of the training is being done in the back country of Camp Pendleton, which...
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters aboard Air Force One after leaving the World Economic Forum in Davos for Washington, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

UK’s Starmer slams Trump remarks on non-US NATO troops in Afghanistan as ‘insulting’ and ‘appalling’

Trump provoked outrage and distress among many in the United Kingdom on Friday.
Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., speaks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, in Washington, after a closed-door briefing about President Donald Trump directing U.S. forces to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

House Republicans barely defeat war powers resolution to check Trump’s military action in Venezuela

A tied vote on the legislation fell just short of the majority needed for passage.
Former Colonel Soren Knudsen and his wife Gina Schaar pose for a photo during an interview with The Associated Press at their home in Copenhagen, Denmark, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Anders Garde Kongshaug)

Danish veterans of US wars feel betrayed by Trump’s threats against Greenland

They fear Trump's actions could end the NATO alliance and damage their admiration for America.
Syrian government troops stand guard at the entrance to the al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria’s Hasakeh province, Syria, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026, after the withdrawal of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

US military transfers first 150 Islamic State detainees from Syria to Iraq

The situation remains tense, with ongoing security concerns in the region.
Flags flap in the wind outside NATO headquarters in Brussels, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

As faith in the US fades a year into Trump 2.0, Europe tries to end a reliance on American security

European leaders are increasingly concerned about America's commitment to NATO.
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Russian court jails US Navy veteran for 5 years for illegally transporting weapons

Chuck Zimmerman's family rejected the charges.
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Defense contractor sentenced to 4 years in prison in Navy bribery scheme

Philip Flores admitted to providing gifts like expensive meals and tickets to major sporting events...
A person looks out of their vehicle as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents walk away, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Richfield, Minn. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

Justice Department investigating whether Minnesota’s Walz and Frey impeded immigration enforcement

The dramatic arrest of Garrison Gibson was captured on video.
The USS Boxer (LHD-4) and USS America (LHA-6), amphibious assault ships, are docked at Naval Base San Diego on Oct. 7. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Naval Base San Diego named one of the fleet’s best battle stations

Naval Base San Diego, the largest Navy installation on the West Coast, was given the...
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a press conference, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

US seizes sixth sanctioned tanker it says has ties to Venezuela in Trump’s effort to control its oil

The Veronica is the sixth sanctioned vessel seized by U.S. forces as part of Trump's...
Volunteers Stan Levin, left, and Gilbert Field of San Diego Veterans for Peace photographed on Dec. 29, 2017, as they prepared to distribute free sleeping bags to homeless men and women they would find that night sleeping on downtown San Diego streets. Hayne Palmour IV / U-T File

Korean War veteran Stan Levin remembered for his tireless activism

The 96-year-old Serra Mesa resident spent his later years advocating for peace and supporting homeless...
President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine listen as Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump administration lawyers blessed US operation to remove Maduro from power, memo shows

The memo also spells out a muscular view of American presidential power.
Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodriguez, center, smiles flanked by Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello, right, and National Assembly President, her brother, Jorge Rodriguez, as they prepare ot make a statement in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela’s acting president vows to continue releasing prisoners detained under Maduro

The move was seen as an effort to comply with Washington's demands.
A person is detained by federal agents near the scene where Renee Good was fatally shot by an ICE officer last week, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

No decision on request to stop immigration sweeps in Minnesota. Military lawyers may join the effort

Tear gas and chemical irritants have become common on the streets of Minneapolis.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Senate Republicans defeat Venezuela war powers resolution as Trump pressures 2 GOP senators to flip

Under the Constitution, Congress alone has the ability to declare war.
FILE – A person walks into the One Franklin Square Building, home of The Washington Post newspaper, June 21, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

The FBI searches a Washington Post reporter’s home as part of a classified documents investigation

First Amendment groups expressed alarm at the search.
FILE – President Donald Trump, right, meets with Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani aboard Air Force One at Al Udeid Air Base in Doha, Qatar, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Some personnel at key US base in Qatar advised to evacuate as Iran official brings up earlier attack

The base hosts thousands of American service members.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks at Mar-a-Lago, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Plane used in boat strike off Venezuela was painted to look like a civilian aircraft, AP sources say

The plane was carrying munitions in the fuselage, rather than beneath the aircraft.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives for a classified briefing with senators on the situation in Venezuela, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pentagon is embracing Musk’s Grok AI chatbot as it draws global outcry

It follows criticism of Grok for generating sexualized deepfake images of people without their consent.
FILE – Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., refutes efforts by President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to intimidate him and other lawmakers after expressing concerns over U.S. military strikes against vessels suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean, during a news conference at the Capitol, in Washington, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Sen. Kelly sues the Pentagon over attempts to punish him, declaring it unconstitutional

Kelly, a former Navy pilot, is seeking to block his censure from Defense Secretary Pete...
FILE – Customs and Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino walks with border patrol agents through a neighborhood during an immigration crackdown, in Kenner, La., Dec. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Federal officers are leaving Louisiana immigration crackdown for Minneapolis, documents show

Trump has begun surging thousands of federal officers to Minnesota.
Protesters confront law enforcement outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026.(AP Photo/Adam Bettcher)

New video of fatal Minnesota ICE shooting, from officer’s perspective, brings fresh scrutiny

The Minneapolis killing and a shooting in Portland, Oregon, set off protests in multiple cities.
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., speaks to reporters about a war powers resolution regarding Venezuela on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Senate pushes back on Trump’s military threats against Venezuela with war powers vote

The vote was a disapproval of Trump's expanding ambitions in the Western Hemisphere.
The guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald returned to San Diego Tuesday after a long deployment to the Indo-Pacific and Middle East. (U.S. Navy)

USS Fitzgerald returns to San Diego after long deployment to Indo-Pacific and Middle East

The trip included a brief controversy in which Iran accused the ship of entering its...
FILE – Danish military forces participate in an exercise with hundreds of troops from several European NATO members in the Arctic Ocean in Nuuk, Greenland, Sept. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

Why Greenland is strategically important to Arctic security

Greenland is a self-governing territory of Denmark.
Government supporters demand President Nicolas Maduro’s release from U.S. custody during a protest in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuelan government seeks to show it is operating free from US control

Delcy Rodríguez was sworn in as interim president.
People listen as Venezuela’s U.N. Ambassador Samuel Moncada speaks during a meeting of the Security Council Monday, Jan. 5, 2026 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

US allies and adversaries use UN meeting to blast Venezuela intervention as America defends action

The meeting began with the top U.N. official warning America may have violated international law.
In this photo released by the White House, President Donald Trump monitors U.S. military operations in Venezuela, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. (Molly Riley/The White House via AP)

After Maduro, who’s next? Trump spurs speculation about his plans for Greenland, Cuba and Colombia

Rubio declared the communist government in Cuba is “in a lot of trouble.”
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Hegseth censures Sen. Kelly after Democrats’ video urging troops to resist unlawful orders

Hegseth said it was a step to proceedings that could result in a demotion for...
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Camp Pendleton’s head of history and museums retires after 30 years

Faye Jonason --' innovative, tenacious and forward-thinking' -- was a major figure in telling the...
The remains of Staff Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar and Staff Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard are moved during a dignified transfer.

Nearly 25 Islamic State fighters killed or captured in Syria, US military says

U.S. Central Command said 11 missions were carried out over the past 10 days.
***HOLD FOR STORY BY MOLLY QUELL SLUGGED NETHERLANDS BLACK LIBERATORS*** The sun sets over the graves of more than 8.300 WWII soldiers at the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, where the American Battle Monuments Commission removed two displays honoring Black liberators from the visitors center. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

US removal of panels honoring Black soldiers at WWII cemetery in the Netherlands draws backlash

The American Cemetery in the Dutch village of Margraten has become a flashpoint over the...
President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

US military carries out 30th strike on alleged drug boat

The strike killed two people.
The remains of Staff Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, 25, of Des Moines, and Staff Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, of Marshalltown, the two Iowa National Guard members killed in an attack in the Syrian desert, are moved during a dignified transfer at the Des Moines International Airport in Des Moines, Iowa, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Two Iowa National Guard members killed in Syria return home on Christmas Eve

The soldiers were posthumously promoted to staff sergeant.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks as President Donald Trump looks on, at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

US strikes another alleged drug-smuggling boat in eastern Pacific

At least 105 people have been killed in 29 known strikes since early September.
President Donald Trump speaks, with from left, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of the Navy John Phelan,at his Mar-a-Lago club, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump announces plans for new Navy ‘battleship’

It's part of a larger vision to create a 'Golden Fleet.'
Sailors from the USS America (LHA 6) arrive at Naval Base San Diego from Japan.  (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

$1,776 bonus checks about to arrive for 115,000 sailors and Marines in San Diego County

Many of the sailors and Marines who will receive the $1,776 checks from the Trump...
The guided-missile destroyer USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbeee returned to San Diego on Friday after a long deployment in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy)

Destroyer USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee returns to San Diego after long deployment

The new warship traveled to the Indo-Pacific and Middle East and made a stop at...
Capt. Royce Williams kept his silence about  shooting down four Soviet MiG-15s during the Korean War. (Courtesy of Bill Price)

Escondido war hero Royce Williams becomes eligible to receive the Medal of Honor

Royce Williams shot down four Soviet MiG aircraft over Korea during a dogfight that lasted...
FILE – A sign welcoming people to Fort Stewart in Georgia is seen on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

Army sergeant pleads not guilty to charges that he shot 5 people at a Georgia base

Radford is charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and domestic violence.
FILE – A man holds his immigration paperwork while handcuffed after being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents outside an immigration courtroom, June 17, 2025, at the Jacob K. Javits federal building in New York. (AP Photo/Olga Fedorova, File)

Military lawyer swiftly fired from immigration bench after defying Trump deportation push

The Trump administration has fired almost 100 judges viewed as too liberal.
FILE – Federal law enforcement officers with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) conduct a traffic stop and detain people, Monday, Nov. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

4 months in, activists say Trump’s operation in Washington targets immigrants

Activists describe frequent and frightening arrests. A lawsuit alleges many arrests are unlawful.
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Leonardo Partida, center, a combat engineer with Combat Logistics Battalion 15, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, teaches how to prepare triple-strand concertina wire to Marines with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, assigned to Joint Task Force-Southern Border in Yuma, Ariz., on Dec. 3. (Cpl. Noah Martinez / U.S. Marine Corps)

500 Camp Pendleton Marines sent to support border security in Yuma area

The troops will focus on reinforcing barriers, placing signs, and monitoring and detection, the Marines...
President Donald Trump speaks during an address to the nation from the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, in Washington. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Trump’s new $1,776 ‘Warrior Dividend’ to troops is coming from Pentagon funding, not tariffs

It's not a Christmas bonus made possible by tariff revenues, as the president suggested.
National Guard patrol in the Lincoln Memorial, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, in Washington. The Washington Monument is seen in the background. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Trump’s National Guard deployment in Washington can continue for now, an appeals court says

The decision stays a lower-court ruling that had ordered an end to the troops' presence.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives to brief members of Congress on military strikes near Venezuela, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Senate passes $901 billion defense bill that pushes Hegseth for boat strike video

The legislation is attempting an overhaul of how the Pentagon purchases weapons.
Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz, speaks to reporters near the Senate Subway stakeout, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Sen. Mark Kelly calls Pentagon investigation into his remarks a move to chill military dissent

Kelly said the Defense Department did not notify him of an investigation.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth walks to the auditorium to brief members of congress on military strikes near Venezuela at the Capitol, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Hegseth says he won’t publicly release video of boat strike that killed survivors in the Caribbean

Hegseth and Rubio were on Capitol Hill to defend recent use of military force.
FILE – The USS Gravely destroyer arrives to dock for military exercises in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Robert Taylor, File)

Trinidad and Tobago will open Caribbean nation’s airports to US military as Venezuela tensions grow

Only seven miles separate Venezuela from the twin-island Caribbean nation at their closest point.
This undated combo photo created with images released by the Iowa National Guard shows Sgts. William Nathaniel Howard, left, and Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar. (Iowa National Guard via AP)

US Army names 2 Iowa Guard members killed in attack in Syria

A civilian working as a U.S. interpreter also was killed in the attack Saturday.
Gabriella Zisaruk and her son, Lucas were among the volunteers who attended the Wreaths Across America event at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, in San Diego, CA.  The annual event lays wreaths on the headstones to remember and honor our veterans.  (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Photos: Wreaths Across America

A U.S. Marine Osprey is flown over the border, Jan. 31, 2025, near San Diego. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Navy investigation finds Osprey safety issues were allowed to grow for years

Osprey accidents have claimed the lives of 20 service members in the past four years.
The USS Abraham Lincoln strike group makes her way into San Diego Bay as they return from deployment on Aug. 11, 2022. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

San Diego-based carrier USS Abraham Lincoln reaches Guam to begin Indo-Pacific patrol

The flattop isn't expected to return to California until next spring.
FILE – A sign welcoming people to Fort Stewart in Georgia is seen on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

Army sergeant to face court-martial in Georgia base shooting that wounded 5

Charges against Sgt. Quornelius Radford are being referred to a general court-martial.
FILE – Danish military forces participate in an exercise with hundreds of troops from several European NATO members in the Arctic Ocean in Nuuk, Greenland, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

Danish intelligence report warns of US military threat under Trump

The report highlights Washington's increased assertiveness under the Trump administration.
Navy Adm. Alvin Holsey salutes as Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, watches from stage during a relinquishment of command and retirement ceremony at U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), Friday, Dec. 12, 2025, in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Leadership of US command in Latin America changes hands amid criticism of boat strikes

Adm. Alvin Holsey retired one year into a posting that typically lasts 3-4 years.
At Camp Pendleton, Navy medical personnel respond to a simulated attack by multiple drones that struck while troops were having chow at their forward base.  The wounded are immediately taken to a field medical unit comprised of medical personnel from the U.S. Navy, where they are treated and stabilized before being airlifted to a hospital.  (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune)
At Camp Pendleton, Navy medical personnel respond to a simulated attack by multiple drones that struck while troops were having chow at their forward base. The wounded are immediately taken to a field medical unit, where they are treated and stabilized before being airlifted to a hospital.  (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Simulated drone attack at Camp Pendleton puts spotlight on little seen, often deadly adversary

Dozens of Marines and Navy corpsmen participated in a drill meant to minimize battlefield losses.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during the House Committee on Homeland Security on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Noem links the seizure of an oil tanker off Venezuela to US antidrug efforts

Venezuela's government called the seizure an act of international piracy.
A plane takes off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport as Roberto Marquez of Dallas places flowers at a memorial of crosses he erected for the 67 victims of a midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines jet, Feb. 1, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Senators seek to change bill that allows military to operate just like before the DC plane crash

The NTSB and senators on the Commerce Committee say it would make skies less safe.
Members of the National Guard patrol in front of the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Senators clash over Trump’s National Guard deployments as military leaders face questioning

Republicans defended them while Democrats called them an abuse of military power.
This photo provided by Japan’s Ministry of Defense shows the Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s F-15 fighters holding a joint military drill with the U.S. B-52 bomber in the vicinity of Japanese airspace on Wednesday Dec. 10, 2025. (Japan’s Ministry of Defense via AP)

US and Japan hold joint flight drills as China ups military activity near Japan

The Japanese air force and U.S. military conducted the exercise, emphasizing their resolve to prevent...
FILE – Concertina wire lines the interior of a border wall separating Tijuana, Mexico, from the United States, June 4, 2025, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Trump administration adds militarized zone in California along southern US border

Since April, large swaths of border have been designated militarized zones.
The seal is seen on a podium at the Pentagon, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, in Washington, before Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

House passes defense bill to raise troop pay and overhaul weapons purchases

The annual National Defense Authorization Act typically gains bipartisan backing.
A makeshift memorial for U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe is seen outside of Farragut West Station, near the site where the two National Guard members were shot, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

West Virginia National Guard member killed in DC shooting is laid to rest

Spc. Sarah Beckstrom’s funeral took place at the West Virginia National Cemetery.
This image from video posted on Attorney General Pam Bondi’s X account, and partially redacted by the source, shows an oil tanker being seized by U.S. forces off the coast of Venezuela, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (U.S. Attorney General’s Office/X via AP)

Trump says the US has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela

The U.S. has built up the largest military presence in the region in decades
FILE – Members of the California National Guard and U.S. Marines guard a federal building on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Judge orders Trump to end California National Guard troop deployment in Los Angeles

The White House suggested the administration will appeal.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listens during news conference with Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles, Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the State Department, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Hegseth tells congressional leaders he is weighing release of boat strike video

Congress is also demanding that the Pentagon turn over unedited video of the strikes.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listens during an event at the State Department, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

What to know about the massive defense bill that seeks release of boat strike videos and more

Traditionally a bipartisan bill, it's coming up for a vote as Hegseth faces mounting scrutiny.
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