Shaun Pinner was convicted of being a mercenary and undergoing training to carry out terrorist activities, among other charges. A British Army veteran who went to Ukraine to fight against Russia counts himself lucky to have survived fighting in the war, let alone being held captive by Russian troops. Shaun Pinner …

Donald Raasch is one of the few men alive who fought in the fiercest battle in Marine Corps history. by Lance Cpl. David Brandes and Lance Cpl. Ethan Miller MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. – The corporal dragged his body up the obsidian sheet of sand speckled with other water-logged Marines. He clambered …

by Susan Katz Keating A member of the Air National Guard was hit with criminal charges – but not for leaking classified documents. It has to do with murder-for-hire. A Tennessee man who serves in the Air National Guard agreed to kill someone for a client who actually was an …

The suspected perps have not been fully brought to account. Pre-trial proceeding begin this year for the alleged mastermind, Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri. The USS Cole was attacked in the port of Aden in Yemen on October 12, 2000. The U.S. destroyer, en route to the Persian Gulf, was making a …

As a young second lieutenant in 1943, James Swett embarked on his first combat mission at the age of 22. Within 15 minutes, he was a fighter ace with seven enemy kills to his credit. Swett arrived for duty in February 1943 at Henderson Field on Guadalcanal Island in the …

by Gatimu Juma The last anyone saw of Celestin Bakoyo and Elie Ngouengue, they were stepping into a police station in Bangui, in the Central African Republic. That was on January 24. Since then—nothing. No official charges, no explanations, just silence. And in a country where men vanish and never …

British forces have unveiled a new surface-to-air missile system that is touted for being highly innovative, relatively cheap – and deadly. The new Gravehawk is made in the form of a freight container, and launches Ukrainian-made R-73 missiles. The Gravehawk was developed from scratch in just 18 months, and will …

by Heath Hansen It was 0530 hours the morning our first sergeant kicked open the door to our tent, and told us to “get the fuck outside and form it up!” Late the previous night, we returned to base from a 10-day mission in Afghanistan. I could see through a …

The commanding officer of the USS Harry S Truman was relieved of duty following the collision. The Navy released a first look at exterior damage to the USS Harry S Truman (CVN 75), following a collision at sea near Port Said, Egypt. The Truman collided with merchant vessel Besiktas-M on …

by Petty Officer 1st Class James Hong These Navy Seabees jumped into action to help two motorists who were trapped inside a car that had plunged into muddy waters. Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11 came to the aid of stranded motorists off of Interstate 10 East …