Military

Hundreds of U.S. Marines, sailors, service members and civilians rendered final salutes to the fallen Marines in Norway before the bodies were flown to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.

Authorities in Pennsylvania have identified the remains of a 1978 homicide victim as a missing military service member.

The only all-female, Black unit to serve in Europe during World War II will be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal more than 75 years later.

Authorities say that four U.S. Marines have been killed when their Osprey aircraft crashed in a Norwegian town in the Arctic Circle during a NATO exercise unrelated to Russia's war in Ukraine.

The Pentagon has ordered roughly 12,000 total service members from various U.S. bases to Europe, with a couple of thousand more already stationed abroad shifting to other European countries.

Four West Point cadets on spring break in South Florida overdosed on cocaine laced with fentanyl, with two other cadets becoming exposed to the drug after they began performing CPR on their friends. All had to be hospitalized, with at least one person in critical condition, rescue officials said.

A former beauty queen has clarified that she hasn't traded in her tiara for a rifle to join Ukraine's ongoing resistance to Russia's invasion and that a photo she posted showing her holding a rifle (which was actually an airgun) was meant to "inspire."

Army researchers have developed the Personal Heating Dexterity Device, or PHD2, to help prevent the loss of hand function in the cold.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced a list of resources for veterans who may be feeling emotional distress or reminded of their own deployment experiences, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Veterans exposed to burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan would have a dramatic boost in health care services and disability benefits under the legislation.

Friday, the official Ready.gov website updated its guidance about what to do in the case of a nuclear blast. It was not immediately clear if the update was tied to anything specific with the Russia-Ukraine conflict or just coincidental.

"I am announcing that we will join our allies in closing off American airspace to all Russian flights, further isolating Russia and adding an additional squeeze on their economy," President Joe Biden said.

Famed movie director Spike Lee received a letter in the mail from the United States Army telling him about his relative who was part of the only Black infantry division serving in World War II in Italy which was the focus of a movie Lee directed in 2008.