Resources for military families as USS Gerald R. Ford faces 11-month deployment

For the thousands of Navy families in Hampton Roads, a long-awaited homecoming has been replaced by a potentially troubling new timeline. The Navy officially announced that ...

Gen. Caine Thanks USS Ford Sailors And Families For Long, Extended Deployment

Gen. Dan Caine gave a special thanks to sailors on the USS Ford aircraft carrier, which has been deployed for 11 months, much longer than originally expected, now exceeding the post-Vietnam record of ...

Navy says USS Gerald R. Ford expected to have extended deployment of 11 months

The USS Gerald R. Ford is not likely to return home until at least May, about 11 months after the carrier left Naval Station Norfolk, a top Navy official told the Senate Armed Services Committee ...

110 years since 'Pancho' Villa’s attack on Columbus, New Mexico

On March 9, 1916, Pancho Villa's forces attacked Columbus, N.M., leading to a deadly raid and a U.S. military response.

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Failure of US-Iran talks was all too predictable — but turning to military strikes creates dangerous unknowns

At least three Americans have been killed. Officers detained the men after they were found trying to return a stolen item to obtain funds from a store, according to police.  Greenwich man killed in ...

‘Significant progress’ made in US-Iran talks: Oman foreign minister

The White House says diplomacy is the goal, but Trump warns military strikes remain possible if no deal is reached.

USS Gerald R. Ford moving to Middle East, but its toilets are clogged

As the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford steams from Venezuela to the Middle East to join the USS Abraham Lincoln, the long deployment is reportedly taking its toll on the sailors aboard. Not only ...

Airspace Shuttered After U.S. Shoots Down Its Own Drone

The Defense Department used a high-energy laser to shoot down a drone belonging to the Department of Homeland Security over a small border town near El Paso Thursday, prompting the Federal Aviation ...
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Iran says it closed Strait of Hormuz for live fire drills as it held nuclear talks with U.S.

GENEVA (AP) — Iran announced the temporary closure of the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday for live fire drills in a rare show of force as its negotiators held another round of indirect talks with the ...
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Here's what we know about the buildup of U.S. military assets in the Middle East

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is sending the largest force of American warships and aircraft to the Middle East in decades, including two aircraft carrier strike groups, as President Donald Trump ...
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A look at the military hardware the US has positioned for potential war with Iran

The US military has assembled a massive collection of weapons systems in the Middle East amid diplomatic negotiations between the US and Iran, flooding ships and aircraft to nearby waters and the ...