Boeing gets $71 million U.S. Navy P-8A task order

Boineg has been issued a $71 million U.S. Navy cost-plus-fixed-fee task order against a previously awarded basic ordering agreement for work on the P-8A Poseidon aircraft. They include Link 16, Harpoon II+ missiles, integrated broadcast system receiver and filtering, high-frequency radio system improvements, targeting improvements and narrowband satcom.

Out with the old

Senators John Hoeven, R-ND, and Heidi Heitkamp, D-ND, Thursday joined a bipartisan group of 10 senators, led by Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., in urging the Department of Defense to replace the Vietnam-era UH-1N helicopters as soon as possible. While these helicopters are responsible for protecting the nation's intercontinental ballistic missile fleet, including those located around Minot Air Force Base, the commander of U.S. Strategic Command has deemed them insufficient for addressing current threats to our national security.

Report: Sailors’ Detention by Iran Was Due to Poor Leadership, Training

Iran's detention of 10 U.S. sailors in January was preventable and resulted from bad leadership, poor training, bad planning and little oversight of the sailors during their deployment, the Navy has determined in a report unveiled Thursday. Iran was also faulted by the report for having violated international law by seizing the sailors and their boats after they had strayed into Iranian waters and for taking photos and videos of them while being detained.

The Latest: Trudeau: Collaboration brings growth, benefits

Obama is traveling to Ottawa, Canada for the North America Leaders' Summit with Canadian Prime Minist... . President Barack Obama walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 29, 2016, to board Marine One for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., than onto Ottawa, Canada.

The Latest: Obama arrives for Canada-US-Mexico summit

Obama is traveling to Ottawa, Canada for the North America Leaders' Summit with Canadian Prime Minist... . President Barack Obama walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 29, 2016, to board Marine One for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., than onto Ottawa, Canada.

Russia: US destroyer got too close to its ships in Europe

By striking down tough abortion restrictions in Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court has emboldened abortion-rights activists nationwide and imperiled a range of anti-abortion laws in numerous states. By striking down tough abortion restrictions in Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court has emboldened abortion-rights activists nationwide and imperiled a range of anti-abortion laws in numerous states.

U.S.and China warships to participate in massive Pacific war games

U.S.and China warships to participate in massive Pacific war games 26-nation exercises come amid territorial disputes with China in the South China Sea. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/28XQOVt Crew members wait to service an F/A 18 Super Hornet during flight operations aboard the USS John C. Stennis during a joint US-India-Japan naval exercise in the Philippine Sea.

Coast Guard Academy sets record for female enrollment

U.S. Coast Guard swabs, center, are guided by Coast Guard cadets, left and right, as they recite phrases from the cadet handbook before swearing-in ceremonies, Monday, June 27, 2016, at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, in New London, Conn. Forty years after military service academies opened their doors to women, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy is marking the milestone Monday at its annual reporting-in day, when it welcomes a class with a record 38 percent female cadets.

Clinton White House was den of coke,mistresses: ex-Secret Service officer

Gary J. Byrne has devoted his life, and risked it, to serve his country - as a member of the US Air Force, a uniformed White House Secret Service officer, and a federal air marshal. And he believes it is his patriotic duty to do anything he can to prevent Hillary Clinton from becoming president of the United States.

LETTERS: Readers express opinions on self-defense, drafting women, spiritual needs

Readers express opinions on self-defense, drafting women, spiritual needsThe Senate recently passed S 2943, the National Defense Authorization Act, which currently includes a provision forcing young women to sign up for the Selective Service, making them eligible for a future military draft.Women and men have equal natural rights, but equality ... (more)