Military

Members of the U.S. military would be required to have the COVID-19 vaccine under a new plan.

Officials say the Taliban have taken control of two more provincial capitals in Afghanistan, the latest in a weeklong offensive.

The Taliban advances in Afghanistan were the latest in a series of blows to government forces as U.S. troops complete their pullout after nearly two decades in the country.

The U.S. Department of Defense on Thursday said an investigation is underway over the death of an Air Force chief master sergeant who died in a non-combat related incident at a military base in Kuwait.

“We did it! We made history!” read the caption from the video posted Thursday. “We successfully landed and generated an A-10 Thunderbold II from a U.S. Highway today.”

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is expected Friday to announce a mandatory vaccine policy for all active-duty forces in the U.S. military.

The U.S. is expanding its efforts to evacuate at-risk Afghan citizens amid Taliban violence, now including aid workers, journalists and others.

Pentagon officials are scrambling to figure out how to implement the changes across the vast military population and determining which National Guard and Reserve troops would be affected by the orders.

After 75 years, a World War II veteran collected a Bronze Star Medal after he unknowingly won it.

“They were kids, and they were put in a death trap,” said attorney Eric Dubin, who was accompanied by relatives of five of the service members who died on July 30, 2020, and ranged from 18 to 22.

The U.S. Navy says a sailor has been charged with starting a fire in 2020 that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard warship in San Diego.

The first flight evacuating more than 200 Afghans who served as interpreters or other roles alongside the U.S. military arrived in the U.S.

Navy officials declined to say whether either of the two members who died over the past week from COVID-19 had been vaccinated

An internal audit says the Defense Department has dragged its feet on protecting service members from toxic “forever chemicals.”

A U.S. Army 1st lieutenant set an Olympic record on her way to bringing home the gold in skeet shooting.

President Joe Biden and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi are set to announce that they’ve come to an agreement to end the U.S. military’s combat mission in Iraq by the end of the year.