‘Infrastructure is the weapon’: Inside the race to build portable interceptor factories
As the Iran war drives global demand for interceptor drones, defense startups are betting they can fit a production line into a shipping container.
Veterans
Fewer service members died by suicide in 2024 than year prior, report finds
The report on 2024 suicides found a decrease in the total force suicide rate, though active component rates have steadily increased from 2011 to 2024.
New camera footage from Niger ambush bolsters case for medal upgrades, moms of fallen soldiers say
A roughly 45-minute video filmed by one of the four U.S. soldiers slain in the 2017 Niger ambush was quietly recovered during a French operation.
Green Beret turned playwright hopes for healing with Veterans Day movie release
“Last Out” begins streaming on Veterans Day.
Excerpt: ‘Reign of Terror’ examines the War on Terror and its impact on America
The overwhelming majority of Americans experienced the 9/11 era as a media event.
Former Sentinels visit Tomb of the Unknown Soldier for centennial commemoration
The public was invited to pay respects at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Centennial Commemoration at Arlington National Cemetery.
Excerpt: ‘Steinstuecken’ tells the story of a free village in divided Berlin
The people of Steinstuecken, and the American soldiers and diplomats who protect them, were determined to keep this village, a “little pocket of freedom” in Communist territory, free.
America and its foes remain in the way of a landmine-free future: report
The International Campaign to Ban Landmines has been issuing the report annually since 1999.
Congress has a chance to deliver for vets this Veterans Day
Building a Global War on Terror Memorial now means it will be standing for our veterans and Gold Star families during their lifetimes.
Some veterans struggling following Afghan collapse
While I returned home in July 2020, Afghanistan did not leave me.
The services haven’t been properly handling sexual assault cases, IG finds
Special victims investigators and prosecutors are not being assigned to every sexual assault case, in violation of regulation.
