More than a dozen transgender members of the United States Air Force and Space Force are suing the Trump administration, saying they were forced to separate from active duty service without retirement benefits. Separation means a person is leaving active duty but not necessarily the service entirely. Legal advocacy groups including GLAD Law and the…
A World War II sailor who died the day the war officially ended has been accounted for, military officials said Monday. U.S. Navy Reserve Ensign Eugene E. Mandeberg, 23, of Detroit, was a member of Fighting Squadron 88 aboard the USS Yorktown during the summer of 1945, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. He…
Deep in the pine forests of South Carolina, the trees stretch endlessly across the horizon. To the untrained eye, it’s just another patch of wilderness. But beneath the sandy soil of Camden lies something sacred: the long-forgotten remains of Revolutionary War soldiers. “I was completely blown away every time we found one,” said archaeologist Jim…
U.S. military strikes boat in Caribbean allegedly carrying illegal drugs to U.S. – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump said the U.S. attacked a boat allegedly carrying illegal drugs from Venezuela, killing 11 people on board. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the strike took place in the southern Caribbean. Source link
Berlin — An American man who worked at a U.S. military facility in Germany and allegedly offered to supply sensitive information to China has been indicted on espionage charges, German prosecutors said Monday. The suspect, identified only as Martin D. in line with German privacy rules, was arrested in Frankfurt in early November. In an…
Federal authorities have arrested an American soldier who allegedly tried to share classified information about the Army’s M1A2 Abrams tank with Russia, the Justice Department said. Taylor Adam Lee — a 22-year-old active-duty Army member stationed at Fort Bliss in Texas — was arrested Wednesday and charged under the Espionage Act with attempted transmission of…
Afghan translator who saved American soldier now fears deportation – CBS News Watch CBS News Thousands of Afghans living in the United States are no longer protected from deportation after a federal appeals court on Monday refused to freeze the Trump administration’s efforts to end their legal status. Adam Yamaguchi has the story of a…
Pilot makes “aggressive maneuver” to avoid B-52 bomber – CBS News Watch CBS News The pilot of a SkyWest flight told passengers Friday night that he performed an “aggressive maneuver” to avoid an apparent B-52 military aircraft in-flight as he came in for a landing in Minot, North Dakota — then apologized for the sudden…
Eighty years after a U.S. military airman went missing in World War II, his family received a token to remember him by: a Zippo lighter, inscribed with “Musashe 1943” and parts of the service number once assigned to its owner, Army Air Corps Staff Sgt. Michael Musashe. The lighter came into the family’s possession after…
China’s powerful Central Military Commission has shrunk to its smallest size in decades under the leadership of Xi Jinping, a Newsweek analysis shows, with analysts saying it highlights the personalisation of his control – and efforts to make the military combat-ready. The changes come at a critical time for China as it rivals the United…