Author: Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY

The Pentagon didn’t shoot down the Chinese balloon as it approached Alaska in January because it did not pose a military threat , a top commander said.

A Chinese spy balloon is drifting over the northern United States. Pentagon officials have considered shooting it down.

The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee supports sending advanced, long-range missiles to Ukraine.

The photos, which have appeared on social media, show male soldiers in uniform, or parts of uniforms, wearing dog masks, leather and chains.

Ashton Carter, who served as Defense secretary in the final two years of the Obama administration, died on Monday after a ‘sudden cardiac event.’

Sexual assaults in the military surged 35% among women service members from 2018 to 2021, despite attempts to curb the problem, the Pentagon reports.

The retired officer, Gary Volesky, responded to a tweet Jill Biden sent about abortion. “Glad to see you finally know what a woman is,” he wrote.

Members of Congress demanded answers for the Army’s shortage lack of mental health counselors in Alaska, a key finding of USA TODAY investigation.

The Russian assault in Ukraine is spread too thin and hindered by poor equipment and low troop morale, current and former military officials say.