Actor Idris Elba and director Shianne Brown spoke to Military Times to discuss their latest collaboration, "Erased: WWII Heroes Of Color." Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a full pardon for a former U.S. Army sergeant convicted of murder for fatally shooting a protester in 2020. The mother of a U.S. soldier being held in Russia on theft charges thinks her son was tricked into traveling to the country. The drills come a year after the Philippines approved a wider U.S. military presence in the archipelago, which China opposed. Current upgrades aim to keep the helicopter flying until 2034. Army Staff Sgt. Gordon Black faces charges of theft after being arrested in Russia on May 2. U.S. Marines and their Filipino counterparts have staged joint combat drills near southern Taiwan, a flashpoint in the Washington-Beijing military rivalry. Fiscal 2023 marked the highest death rate for Army soldiers since the U.S. withdrew from Iraq in 2011, with a total of 14 dead across 10 accidents. American and Filipino forces launched their largest combat exercises in years Monday in a show of allied firepower that has alarmed Beijing. Multiple Navy warships, Air Force fighter jets and a missile defense battery helped take out Iran's attack on Israel. Load More