Military

The U.S. military has moved more than 100 soldiers along with mobile rocket launchers to a desolate island in Alaska amid a recent increase in Russian military planes and vessels approaching the state.

A U.S. Navy chief who wanted the internet while deployed had an unauthorized Starlink satellite dish installed on a warship and lied to her commanding officer to keep it secret, according to investigators.

Arlington National Cemetery on Tuesday confirmed an incident took place when former President Donald Trump visited there Monday to commemorate the third anniversary of the Abbey Gate attacks in Afghanistan.

A U.S. Army private who fled to North Korea just over a year ago will plead guilty to desertion and four other charges and take responsibility for his conduct.

Officials at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland say Air Force security guards exchanged gunfire with someone who twice opened fire at an entrance to the base.

The remains of a missing World War II soldier from Oregon have been identified.

Louis Gigliotti just recently got his veteran benefits. They came 78 years after the 103-year-old World War II veteran was discharged from the U.S. Army.

A descendent of a Union soldier getting the Medal of Honor from President Joe Biden for conspicuous gallantry during the Civil War says it’s an opportunity for his ancestor to be remembered as “a brave soldier who did what he thought was right.”

Lawmakers in Virginia have reached a deal on the battle over tuition benefits to military families.

Lawmakers in Virginia reached a deal to grant tuition relief for spouses and children of Gold Star families and severely disabled veterans. News4’s Drew Wilder reports. 

Virginia military families wonder how they will pay for college amid the rollback of a program called the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program. News4’s Drew Wilder reports.

Former U.S. Marine Gerry Brooks died alone at a nursing home in Maine, abandoned and all but forgotten.

The Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation supports children from Marine families with scholarships and other resources. University of Virginia student Adryanna Anez is a recent recipient of a $5,000 scholarship from the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation. News4’s Molette Green reports.

In World War II, millions of women rolled up their sleeves and worked in defense-industry factories, freeing up and equipping men for combat. They had their own icon in “Rosie the Riveter.”

Specially trained service dogs helped ease PTSD symptoms in U.S. military veterans in a small study that the researchers hope will help expand options for service members.

Waverly Woodson Jr., a medic who was part of the only Black combat unit to take part in the D-Day invasion of France, is being posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.

A retired four-star admiral who was once the Navy’s second highest ranking officer has been charged with helping a company secure a government contract in exchange for a lucrative job with the firm.

More than 60 veterans of World War II took off Friday from Dallas to France, where they will take part in ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day.

The lawsuit alleges that the Osprey’s design was flawed and did not meet U.S. safety standards.

A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed the felony convictions of five retired military officers who had admitted to accepting bribes from a Malaysian contractor nicknamed “Fat Leonard” in one of the Navy’s biggest corruption cases.