Hospital Ship Heads to Puerto Rico as Military Struggles to Direct Aid The hospital ship USNS Comfort and other assets were being sent to Puerto Rico in a ramped up relief effort to the island.
Mattis Allows Foreign-Flagged Ships to Bring Supplies to Puerto Rico BlDefense Secretary Jim Mattis has made relief to Puerto Rico relief a matter of national defense.
Calls for Military to Take Over Puerto Rico Relief as New Storm Looms The National Weather Service issued flash flood warnings for Puerto Rico in heavy rains predicted through the weekend.
Watch a Cadillac Escalade Tow a Military Truck from Harvey Floodwaters A lifted Cadillac Escalade riding on monster-truck-size tires towed a submerged US military medium tactical vehicle.
General Tries to Avoid Political Firestorm over Puerto Rico Relief The Army general in charge in Puerto Rico has been caught up in the political firestorm over the relief effort.
5 Things to Start Your Week Here are five news stories and events to start your week, from the editors at Military.com.
As Trump Tours Puerto Rico, Hospital Ship Arrives to Provide Aid President Donald Trump on Tuesday went to Puerto Rico, where he praised the relief effort and remarked on the low death toll.
Puerto Rico Death Toll Rises to 34 as Wasp Amphib Arrives Blurb: The confirmed death toll in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria has risen to 34.
Amphib Iwo Jima to Back Up FEMA as Tropical Storm Nate Threatens The two ships, with Marines aboard from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, were to leave port in Mayport on Saturday.
2 Navy Ships Ready Off Gulf Coast For Potential Hurricane Nate Relief The Navy had two ships off the Gulf Coast for potential Hurricane Nate relief.
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...
