One Family’s Patriotism Is Memorialized in Stirring New Biography, ‘Immortal US: WWII Epic’

"This story is about the immortal people in the United States, where when one person falls, another takes his or her place." Author Robert Broome, Jr. Author Robert Broome, Jr.'s military comrade and friend, Private Michael Davidson, USMC, often spoke about his family's history while the two served together aboard the USS Portland on a NATO exercise in the north seas.

Marines and Special Forces Declare War on Hurricane Irma

The monster storm is so serious that the Pentagon is sending thousands who trained for urban and amphibious operations to Florida. Defense Secretary James Mattis on Wednesday authorized four U.S. Navy ships and Marines to redeploy from recovery efforts for Hurricane Harvey in Texas and sail to the Florida peninsula.

US, South Korea fly bombers over Korean Peninsula

The US and South Korea have staged a joint show of force over the Korean Peninsula, two days after North Korea fired a missile over Japan. Two US B-1B bombers, four South Korean F-15 fighter jets and four US F-35B fighter jets took part in the joint US-South Korean exercise, an official with the South Korean Air Force told CNN.

Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society Responding to Aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in Texas and Louisiana

Arlington, VA, Tuesday, August 29, 2017 - The Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society is providing assistance to active duty and retired Marines and Sailors who are experiencing financial difficulties in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. Every day of the week, around the globe, the Society provides interest-free loans and grants for basic living expenses, emergency travel expenses, and other family emergencies for military members and their families facing financial crisis or need.

Miramar Marine museum marks 75th anniversary of Navajo code talkers

On National Navajo Code Talkers Day, here's a look back at the unique Navajo military team that formed up and trained at Camp Pendleton. Military leaders have said that the United States wouldn't have won the Battle of Iwo Jima without the uncrackable code of the Code Talkers.

Bill and Hillary Clinton relax with Hamptons friends

'Please send help!' Thousands are trapped on their roofs in flooded Houston as cops ask ANYONE with a boat to help rescue them amid warnings Harvey's destruction could be as bad as Katrina REVEALED: New York real estate executive who shot his wife and daughter then killed himself in double murder suicide was being SUED for stealing money from his clients Homeless man who was paid $5 to pour hot coffee on himself in a viral video dies in a New Jersey car crash 'Our country will not pay, under any circumstances, for a wall': Mexico insists it won't fund Trump's border barricade in response to the President's tweet Ready to burn: Thousands flock to Nevada for the annual Burning Man Festival where larger-than-life art installations take over the desert Navy and Marine Corps divers recover the bodies of all ten sailors killed in the USS John S McCain's collision with an oil tanker Forget ... (more)

Services held in NY for Marines killed in Mississippi crash

Hundreds gathered at a memorial service Sunday for nine Marine Corps aviators who were killed when their New York-based transport plane crashed in Mississippi last month. A total of 15 Marines and a sailor died July 10 when a C-130 transport plane crashed on July 10. The victims included nine crewmembers who served in a Marine Forces Reserve transport squadron based at Stewart Air National Guard base in Newburgh in New York's Hudson Valley.

9 victims of Marine plane crash being honored at NY air base

Nine Marine Corps aviators who were killed when their New York-based transport plane crashed in Mississippi last month will be honored during a memorial service at their former air base. The victims of the July 10 crash of the C-130 include nine crewmembers who served in a Marine Forces Reserve transport squadron based at Stewart Air National Guard base in Newburgh in New York's Hudson Valley.

Mattis tells troops to ‘hold the line’ until US is less divided

In an impromptu speech while traveling abroad, Secretary of Defense James Mattis told a group of young troops to "just hold the line until our country gets back to understanding and respecting each other." Footage of Mattis' off-the-cuff remarks was posted to a Facebook page titled "U.S. Army W.T.F! Moments," a group that focuses on Army-related news and entertainment stories.

White House Gives Pentagon Six Months to Create New Trans Military Ban Policy

White House guidance on the transgender military service ban President Trump ordered via tweet July 26 is headed to the Pentagon, as soon as Thursday afternoon or possibly Friday morning, a senior White House source told the Los Angeles Blade. The Guidance has been boiled down to a 21/2-page memo that directs Defense Sec. Mattis to come up with a policy in six months, stop spending money on transgender-related medical treatment for active duty trans servicemembers and gauges fitness for service based on "deployability"--whether the trans individual can ably serve in a war zone and engage in military exercises or function a ship for months, officials told the Wall Street Journal .

General Kelly Commands the White House, But He Can’t Control Trump

Since retired Marine Corps General John Kelly started as White House chief of staff last month, President Donald Trump has added a routine caveat before approving proposals advisers place before him: Check with "The General" before moving ahead. It's a marked departure from Trump's instinct to manage around Kelly's predecessor, Reince Priebus.

Andrew Degrandpre & Alex Horton

President Donald Trump was expected to announce an increase of a few thousand troops in Afghanistan Monday night, taking the reins of a conflict where today 8,500 personnel are mostly focused on buttressing their Afghan counterparts in the face of Taliban and Islamic State gains. The Defense Department, the State Department, the U.S. Agency for International Development and other agencies have spent $714 billion of war and reconstruction funding since the invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001 to bolster education programs, improve infrastructure and increase the competency of Afghan security forces.

Numbers drawn for Powerball jackpot, estimated at $535M

Eclipse mania is building and so is demand for the glasses that make it safe to view the first total solar eclipse to cross the U.S. in 99 years. Eclipse mania is building and so is demand for the glasses that make it safe to view the first total solar eclipse to cross the U.S. in 99 years.

Police hunt for suspected Barcelona van driver

Authorities in Spain and France pressed the search Saturd... . People gather at a memorial tribute of flowers, messages and candles to the victims on Barcelona's historic Las Ramblas, two days after the vehicle attacks, in Barcelona, Spain, Friday Aug. 18, 2017.

A look at Zimbabwe’s first lady, who is accused of assault

South Africa's police minister says the wife of Zimbabwe's president, background image, has h... . FILE - In this Saturday Feb. 27, 2016 file photo, Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, left, and his wife Grace attend his birthday celebrations in Masvingo, Zimbabwe.