South Korean Man Convicted for Deliberately Gaining Weight to Evade Military Service A South Korean man has been sentenced to a suspended prison term for deliberately gaining more than 20 kilograms (44 pounds)...
Southeast Asian Defense Chiefs Discuss Regional Security with US, China and Other Partner Nations Southeast Asian defense chiefs met with their counterparts from China, the United States and other nations in Laos for...
Defense Secretary Austin Regrets China's Decision Not to Meet During Southeast Asian Security Talks U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin expressed regret that his Chinese counterpart chose not to hold talks with him during...
Philippine Defense Secretary Doesn't Expect Trump Will Demand Payment for Protection Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said Tuesday that he didn't expect President-elect Donald Trump’s next...
Satellite Images and Documents Indicate China Working on Nuclear Propulsion for New Aircraft Carrier Adding nuclear-powered carriers to China's naval fleet would be a major step in realizing its ambitions for a true "blue...
Leader of the Free World Has Never Been a Role Trump Has Embraced. The World Has Gotten the Message Based on Donald Trump’s first term and his campaign statements, the United States will become less predictable, more chaotic...
North Korea Fires a Barrage of Ballistic Missiles Toward the Sea Ahead of US Election Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said at least seven North Korean missiles flew as far as 250 miles and landed in the...
China Holds Live-Fire Drills Opposite Taiwan, a Week After Large-Scale Exercise China is holding live-fire drills off the coast of its southern Fujian province that faces Taiwan.
How Marines Took an Airfield in the Philippines in a Show Against China On April 30, three combined littoral reconnaissance teams made up of roughly 30 U.S. and Philippine Marines each, flown by...
US Troop Levels in Pacific Take Center Stage as Defense Secretary Huddles with Allied Defense Leaders Amid a gathering of top defense leaders from across the Pacific in Hawaii, Pentagon officials said Thursday that the U.S. not...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
