U.S. Navy Probes Suspected Drug Selling, Use Among Sailors in Japan

Military is investigating at least a dozen sailors for suspicion of buying, selling, and using LSD, ecstasy and other drugs WASHINGTON-The U.S. Navy is investigating at least a dozen U.S. sailors based in Japan, some serving aboard the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier, for suspicion of buying, selling, and using LSD, ecstasy and other drugs, U.S. Navy officials said Friday.

Illinois governor denies clemency for veteran facing deportation

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has denied clemency for a Chicago veteran who is facing deportation after serving two tours in Afghanistan with the US Army, CNN affiliate WLS reported. "It's not appropriate to go into detail on reason for a decision, but we take every review of clemency and pardon very seriously," Rauner told WLS.

At boot camp, Marine Corps working to integrate training in the #MeToo era

At one high school in Winnetka, Illinois seeing double is part of their daily routine.That's because the sophomore class at New Trier High School in ... -- Seung Yup Woo has a small go-bag with him at all times.

North Korea says it’s not interested in meeting Us VP Pence

South Korean army's armored vehicles move during a military exercise in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018. Vice President Mike Pence said the U.S. is preparing to announce the "tough... .

Military leaders want Congress to approve budget deal

The Pentagon says it should be able to get more planes into the air, more ships on the seas and more equipment to troops in the field if Congress approves the major budget agreement struck by Senate leaders on Wednesday. Military leaders have said they're confronting a readiness crisis, punctuated by a series of deadly accidents, that they attributed to funding shortages stemming from the "sequester" budget cuts earlier this decade.

News 6 Mins Ago Us adding air power, intelligence gathering in Afghanistan

The U.S. is shifting combat and intelligence-gathering aircraft to Afghanistan as part of an intensified focus on the Taliban, now that the campaign against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria is winding down, the commander of coalition air forces in Afghanistan said Wednesday. Air Force Maj.

Foreign permits in Philippine Rise revoked to give way to Filipino marine research activities

Any foreign entity could still lodge a new application for marine research in the Philippine Rise, formerly known as Benham Rise, but they would now be required to get the prior approval of National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr., MalacaA ang clarified on Tuesday. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made it clear that there was no ban on future foreign exploration in the Philippine Rise, noting that President Rodrigo Duterte only revoked the existing foreign permits in the area to give priority to Filipino researchers.

Surf Passage

Sailors training to serve as SEALs participate in Surf Passage at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, Calif., Feb. 6, 2018. The surf course is one of many evolutions during the first phase of SEAL training.

Why do we monitor everyone in charge of nuclear weapons except presidents?

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists recently moved its Doomsday Clock 30 seconds closer to midnight , citing in part President Trump's rhetoric on nuclear weapons and minimizing of the science on climate change. According to this panel of experts and their symbolic clock, we are now two minutes from a human made global catastrophe - the closest we have come since the Cold War in 1953.