Another wartime wreckage found

The expedition crew of Research Vessel Petrel led by Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul G. Allen has documented the USS Ward in its final resting place near Ponson Island in Camotes, Cebu. The Allen-led expedition released the first underwater footage of the USS Ward - the American destroyer that fired the first shots in World War II at 6:45 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941, just before the attack on Pearl Harbor.

White House Names Trump Loyalist to Iran Policy Job at State Department

The Trump administration plans to install a political appointee at the State Department to a key position managing policy on Iran and Iraq, a move that will replace a career diplomat with a loyal supporter of the president. Andrew L. Peek, a former captain in the U.S. Army Reserve and member of the president's State Department transition team, will become the new deputy assistant secretary of state covering Iran and Iraq, according to three State Department officials familiar with the matter.

Pearl Harbor – Rumors Which Will Live in Infamy

We've compiled a list of fact checks related to the 7 December 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese, the event that launched the United States into World War II. On 7 December 1941, the Japanese air force launched a surprise attack on the United States naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, killing more than 2,400 Americans, sinking or damaging more than a dozen warships, and destroying more than 180 aircraft.

WWII destroyer found

Just days before Thursday's 76th anniversary of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, marine researchers have found and explored the undersea wreckage of the U.S. ship that was the first to fire upon a Japanese vessel that day. On Nov. 30, the crew of the research vessel Petrel sent an underwater drone 650 feet below to explore and document the remnants of the USS Ward, according to a statement by the USS Ward Expedition.

N. Korea says war is inevitable as allies continue war games

In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, U.S. Air Force B-1B bomber, right top, flies over the Korean Peninsula with South Korean fighter jets and U.S. fighter jets during the combined aerial exercise, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. The United States flew a B-1B supersonic bomber over South Korea on Wednesday in part of a massive combined aerial exercise involving hundreds of warplanes, a clear warning after North Korea last week tested its biggest and most powerful missile yet.

CA members urge AFP retirement age up to 60; top man tenure to 3 years

The Senate and House of Representatives contingents to the 25-member Commission on Appointments said Wednesday they would seek to lengthen the retirement age of those in the Armed Forces of the Philippines from 56 years old to at least 60 years old. They would also undertake committee hearings on proposals that the term of an AFP chief of staff should at least be three years, not for a few days after his appointment of an AFP chief of staff is confirmed by the CA.

Ventura glad legal battle against ‘American Sniper’ is over

Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura denounced the late "American Sniper" author Chris Kyle on Monday as an "American Liar" and said he feels vindicated in his five-year legal battle against the former Navy SEAL and his estate, though he declined to say how much his settlement is worth. At a news conference Monday, Ventura would not tell reporters how much money he received for settling his defamation case but noted he was smiling about it.

Stealth jets, other aircraft fly in U.S., South Korean drills

A U.S. Air Force U-2s spy plane prepared to land at the Osan U.S. Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Monday. Hundreds of aircraft including two dozen stealth jets began training Monday as the United States and South Korea launched their combined air force exercise.

US, South Korea begin largest-ever joint air drill

The U.S. and South Korea on Dec. 4 kicked off their largest ever joint air exercise, an operation North Korea has labelled an "all-out provocation," days after Pyongyang fired its most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile. The five-day Vigilant Ace drill -- involving 230 aircraft, including F-22 Raptor stealth jet fighters, and tens of thousands of troops -- began Monday morning, Seoul's air force said.

US stealth jets arrive in South Korea as North Korean rhetoric heats up

Tensions on the Korean Peninsula escalated over the weekend as US stealth fighters moved into the region and official sources from both North Korea and the US said the chances of war are growing. The bellicose rhetoric from North Korea came in two phases: On Saturday, a statement from its Foreign Ministry said US President Donald Trump is "begging for a nuclear war" through what it called an "extremely dangerous nuclear gamble on the Korean Peninsula"; A day later, a commentary from Pyongyang's Rodong Sinmun newspaper, carried by the official Korean Central News Agency, said US-South Korea joint air exercises scheduled for Monday to Friday are a "dangerous provocation" pushing the region "to the brink of a nuclear war."