Military

Women and racial diversity are vital to the strength of U.S. armed forces, outgoing Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in an exclusive interview with NBC News.

The discovery, announced Monday, has revealed the resting place of more than 200 servicemen who died three months after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

A U.S. jury has awarded $42 million to three former detainees of Iraq’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison, holding a Virginia-based military contractor responsible for contributing to their torture and mistreatment two decades ago.

Ceremonies across the DMV area honored the sacrifices of those who served. News4’s Walter Morris reports.

Fifty-four years after her husband was killed in the Vietnam War, a widow is grieving and sharing her husband’s story. News4’s Paul Wagner reports.

Harriet Tubman is set to posthumously be made a one-star general by the Maryland National Guard and Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on Monday, which is also Veteran’s Day. The abolitionist, who was known for guiding enslaved people to freedom after escaping from slavery herself, also served in the Union Army. Tubman was born into slavery in 1822 in Dorchester, Maryland…

The U.S. Army awarded a $435 million contract on Friday to build a TNT production plant in western Kentucky that will become the first domestic source for the explosive material in decades, officials said.

The parents of a fallen Marine are getting ready to lace up their running shoes in honor of their son, 21-year-old Corporal Spencer Collart, who was killed in an Osprey crash in Australia in August 2023.. “When I get frustrated I just kind of imagine him running next to me and with me,” said his father, Bart Collart. With every…

Parents of a fallen marine is getting ready to run in the Marine Corps Marathon to honor their son. News4’s Walter Morris sat down with couple ahead of the big weekend. 

Hundreds of veterans who were dismissed from the U.S. military under the now-repealed “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy have been given honorable discharges following a yearlong review, the Pentagon announced Tuesday. 

The 40th Annual Army Ten-Miler is taking place Oct. 13 starting at 8 a.m. where runners start and end at the Pentagon in order to support the Army and enhance community relationships. News4’s Derrick Ward reports live from the scene. 

A military investigation has concluded that two U.S. Navy SEALs drowned as they tried to climb aboard a ship carrying illicit Iranian-made weapons to Yemen because of glaring training failures and a lack of understanding about what to do after a fall into deep, turbulent waters.

Woodson’s 95-year-old widow, Joann, was presented Tuesday with the Distinguished Service Cross he was awarded posthumously for his extraordinary heroism.

The event is aimed at supporting thousands of military families, veterans and people with disabilities in the DMV area. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

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.