Haunted by the mine blast outside Da Nang in 1968 and the ringing that never stopped, my father carried survivor’s guilt home ...

In 2024, U.S. President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row. The move would see their sentences converted to life behind bars. It also came ahead of the White ...

The rise of sniper weapons marked a turning point in warfare. No longer could commanders move freely or assume safety behind ...

There’s dead, mostly dead, and then there’s the Navy’s railgun, which appears to have been resurrected along with the battleship.

The Navy announced plans for a new battleship program, though key details including funding, design, and timelines remain ...

Militaries spent decades trying to turn light into a weapon. In 2025, introduction of several lasers show how fast technology ...

While military forces around the world scramble to develop and deploy new drone tech, the U.S. Navy performed an important ...

The Trump-class vessels will be the largest surface combatants in the world — and the most heavily armed warships built by the US since World War II, according to publicly released specs and an ...

Many of the most decisive advantages in modern warfare aren’t loud or dramatic. They’re deliberate, disciplined, and precise. Precision firearms allowed U.S. forces to shape the battlefield before an ...

A U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said design efforts are underway for the new ship and construction is planned to begin in the early 2030s.

The San Diego-based littoral combat ship was in the Arabian Gulf when a new Low-Cost Unmanned Combat Attack System, or LUCAS, ...

From slices of life to 2025’s biggest moments, Stars and Stripes’ journalists documented the military community thoroughly — ...