Duterte will ‘go to war’ over South China Sea resources, minister says

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has said China will cross a red line if it unilaterally mines the natural resources of the South China Sea, according to the country's Foreign Minister Alan Peter Cayetano. In a speech during a flag-raising celebration at the Department of Foreign Affairs Monday, Cayetano defended the Philippine government from allegations they were taking a soft policy on Chinese militarization of the South China Sea.

Memorial Day 2018

Several organizations took part in the Memorial Day observance held Monday morning at Desert Lawn Memorial Park, including the U.S. Marine Corps, Yuma Police Department, Border Patrol, Vietnam Veterans of America, Yuma County Sheriff's Office, Yuma Young Marines, American Legion Post 802 and Navy League Sea Cadets. Members of the American Legion Ceremonial Team give a gun salute during a Memorial Day observance held Monday morning at Desert Lawn Memorial Park in Yuma.

5th Marines Vietnam War Memorial Dedicated at Camp Pendleton

When the war was over, 2,706 Marines from the 5th and the Navy Corpsman that served beside that regiment had died in Vietnam. At Camp Pendleton's Memorial Garden Monday the 5th Marines Vietnam War Memorial honoring those service members was dedicated in front of a crowd that included Gold Star families and Vietnam Veterans.

‘McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls’ is no eulogy

The HBO documentary "John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls" looks at the Arizona senator's personal and political life over his long political career. HBO's 'John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls' isn't a eulogy The HBO documentary "John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls" looks at the Arizona senator's personal and political life over his long political career.

Flag gardens taking root across country

The solemn display of tens of thousands of U.S. flags that first appeared on Boston Common for Memorial Day nearly a decade ago, honoring service members who died defending the nation, is slowly becoming a national movement. The flag gardens, as they are known, can be seen this weekend in Texas, Louisiana, Ohio and New York, all started by residents inspired by the Massachusetts Military Heroes Fund tribute established in 2010.

US Marines’ bravery celebrated 100 years after French battle

High-ranking military officials from the U.S., France and Germany have taken part in Memorial Day ceremonies at an American cemetery in northern France to mark the centennial of the battle of Belleau Wood, a turning point in World War I and a founding event for the Marine Corps. The ceremony at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in the village of Belleau on Sunday included speeches by military officials, including Gen.

Florida undersea memorial to honor lost U.S. submariners

FILE PHOTO: Some of the 66 Eternal Reef balls with plaques representing each of the submarines and crewmembers lost at sea since 1900, which - Almost exactly 50 years ago, the USS Scorpion became the last U.S. submarine to be lost at sea when it disappeared while on patrol in the North Atlantic in 1968, with the nearly 100 officers and crew lost and presumed killed. This weekend, those who went down with the Scorpion - and nearly 4,000 others lost in dozens of U.S. submarines that have sunk or gone missing since 1900 - will be honored.

Iran denies any of its troops killed in suspected Israeli strike in Syria

Military official dismisses report that 9 Iranians among 21 killed in Thursday raid on alleged Hezbollah weapons depot as 'a sheer lie' Iran on Saturday denied any of its troops were killed in a suspected Israeli airstrike in Syria, after a report said nine Iranians were among the dead. Reports that Iranians were killed in Thursday's strike are "a sheer lie and quite baseless," the official IRNA news agency quoted an unnamed military official as saying.

New push to defend N.J.’s big military base from any efforts to shut it down

Deliveries of new refueling tankers to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst would proceed as planned and the base itself would be protected from any efforts to close military facilities under legislation that passed the House Thursday. The annual National Defense Authorization Act , which sets Congress' defense priorities for the 12 months beginning Oct. 1, passed, 351-66, in the final House vote before the week-long Memorial Day recess.

U.S. Coast Guard’s long history of service in New York

More than a dozen Navy and Coast Guard ships took part in a 30-year tradition this week, parading through New York Harbor for Fleet Week . The nautical display lasts just a few days, but the U.S. Coast Guard patrols the waterways of New York all year long, reports CBS News correspondent Don Dahler.

Evidence Shows President John F. Kennedy Learned to Fly at…

Just in Time for the 101st Anniversary of Kennedy's Birthday on May 29, Flight Logs and Other Data Reveals JFK flew solo in just ten days at an Embry-Riddle seaplane base in Miami during World War II. New documents reveal U.S. President John F. Kennedy, learned to fly at an Embry-Riddle seaplane base in Miami during World War II.

Sen. Schumer voices opposition to proposed waste-to-energy incinerator

U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer said that he's opposed to the planned waste-to-energy incinerator plant in Seneca County. Senator Schumer says the proposed facility by Circular Ener-G would be bad for the regional economy, and it would put the public's health at risk.