Mexico's Security Chief Quietly Forms an Elite Force to Take On the Drug Cartels The government has yet to formally announce the new National Operations Unit, known by its Spanish initials UNO, but its...
DoD Trumps State: Smoke Marijuana, Risk Clearance Marijuana may now be legal for most people in Colorado, but the drug is still banned by federal law and the Defense...
Ex-Philippine Leader Duterte Arrested in Drug War Case Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is under police custody after the International Criminal Court ordered his arrest...
Coast Guard Offloads More than 6 Tons of Cocaine — Worth $140M — at Miami Beach Port A U.S. Coast Guard cutter crew offloaded more than 12,000 pounds of narcotics at a Miami Beach port that the agency says is...
Mexico Sends Drug Lord Caro Quintero and 28 Others to the US as Officials Meet with Trump Team Mexico has sent 29 drug cartel figures, including drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, who was behind the killing of a U.S. DEA...
Trump Administration Labels 8 Latin American Cartels as 'Foreign Terrorist Organizations' President Trump has made securing the U.S.-Mexico border among his top priorities, vowing to carry out mass deportations...
Homegrown Trips: Desperate for PTSD Relief, Veterans Turn to Each Other for DIY Psychedelic Treatments The budding DIY psychedelics network is bypassing more traditional or trendy treatments, such as overseas organized retreats...
'You Can't Fix the Problem If You're in Denial:' The Military's Surge of Fentanyl Overdoses Fentanyl is 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine, and tiny amounts can kill.
Trump’s Pause on Mexican Tariffs Hinges on Slowing Fentanyl. Can Mexico’s National Guard Succeed? Nearly all of the fentanyl that arrives in the U.S. from Mexico does so through ports of entry in San Diego County, Imperial...
Defense Secretary Hegseth Says 'All Options Will Be on the Table' When Asked About Military Strikes in Mexico President Donald Trump designated cartels operating in Mexico as foreign terrorist organizations on Jan. 20 during a slew of...
Hegseth Has Ordered a Combat Standards Review. It's Unclear How It Might Apply to All the Services. It's a move that underscores Hegseth's broader push for higher standards in the military, but also one that reflects the long...
'In No Way Incompatible': Service Academy Alums Sign Letter Supporting Transgender Cadets, Midshipmen Alumni representing every academy and a broad spectrum of generations have signed onto an open letter aimed at providing...
Military Retirees Say They Were Denied Extended GI Bill Benefits Despite Supreme Court Ruling The officers had extensive service under the Montgomery and Post-9/11 GI Bills yet were not given an extra 12 months of...
Why You Should Buy a Tank You can buy surplus military vehicles, and yes, that includes tanks. Here's how to get the hottest set of wheels (sorry...
No Deal: White House Says DC's F-16 Transfer to Maryland Is Off the Table A deal last year to transfer an F-16 Fighting Falcon squadron from the District of Columbia Air National Guard to Maryland...
![A drug user prepares heroin, placing a fentanyl test strip into the mixing container to check for contamination](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2023-02/ApNewsroom_Opioid_Epidemic_Test_Strips_97115.jpg?itok=LdzYuaXF "A drug user prepares heroin, placing a fentanyl test strip into the mixing container to check for contamination, Wednesday Aug. 22, 2018, in New York. If the strip registers a "pinkish" to red marker then the heroin is positive for contaminants. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)")
