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Soldiers and family members await the departure of the James A. Loux, an Army watercraft, from Fort Eustis, Virginia, March 12. It's among several Army and Navy vessels headed to the Mediterranean Sea for a Gaza relief effort.

The U.S. military is going to Gaza, hoping to deliver food from a football-field-sized floating dock

The mobile dock can deliver up to two million meals a day, but key questions about the mission remain unanswered.

Navy veteran Cliff deWolff holds a sign during a protest at Balboa Park in San Diego. deWolff was wounded in combat and receives VA disability benefits.

'A sense of betrayal': Veterans and families speak out against VA cuts

Veterans are skeptical of the VA's claims that patient care won't be affected by more than 70,000 agency layoffs.

Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich says providing more county-funded work opportunities to veterans makes economic sense.

LA County Considers Asking Contractors to Hire More Veterans

The L.A. County Board of Supervisors is considering asking all vendors bidding on major county construction contracts to hire more military veterans.The…

Eric Terashima (right) stands with an interpreter, an Afghan Army Colonel, and some Afghan children in a 2010 photograph.

For veterans trying to help their Afghan allies come to the U.S., it's a slow, frustrating process

Since the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan last year, some American veterans have been scrambling to help their Afghan allies escape the collapsing country. Though some have succeeded, most have not.

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency plans to move into its new St. Louis building in 2025. The Pentagon is spending close to $2 billion on the facility, which will increase the government's capacity to analyze maps and satellite imagery.

As data plays a bigger role in warfare, the military is building a new center to analyze it

The new western headquarters for The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency in St. Louis will mainly deal with mapping and satellite imagery.

A nuclear bomb and its parachute rest in a field near Goldsboro, N.C. after falling from a B-52 bomber in 1961. If it had detonated, it could have instantly killed thousands of people.

Remembering A Near Disaster: U.S. Accidentally Drops Nuclear Bombs On Itself And Its Allies

During the Cold War, U.S. planes accidentally dropped nuclear bombs on the east coast, in Europe, and elsewhere. "Dumb luck" prevented a historic…

Employees at the VA Medical Center in Grand Island, Nebraska take part in a December 2020 employee vaccination event. The VA now is ordering more than 100,000 of its health care workers to get vaccines by mid-September or risk losing their jobs.

The VA Is Mandating Vaccines For Its Health Care Employees, But Enforcement May Be A Challenge

The Department of Veterans Affairs said its frontline health workers must get vaccinated by mid-September or they'll lose their jobs.

Former Marine Marcus Chischilly cares for his daughter at their California home. Chischilly was a member of _______ and lost his left leg in Afghanistan in 2010.

Their Unit Lost Dozens Of Marines In Afghanistan. Now, Survivors Struggle With The War's Legacy.

The Darkhorse Battalion, based at Camp Pendleton, is the Marine unit which suffered the highest percentage of casualties during the 20 year war.

An electric vehicle owned by the Army recharges at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri. The base plans to eventually have hundreds of electric vehicles to comply with a Pentagon mandate that all military branches convert their fleets of non-combat vehicles from gas powered to electric by 2035.

The military is converting to electric vehicles on bases, but charging them remains a challenge

In order to comply with a Pentagon mandate to electrify its non-tactical vehicles, one base in Missouri is outsourcing the charging stations to the local utility co-op.

Midshipmen from the Naval Academy depart the USS Higgins after a recent training exercise.

Navy Proposes New Pacific Training Plan, But Critics Say It Could Harm Whales

The Navy is rolling out its latest plan to manage wildlife in its ocean training grounds from Southern California to Hawaii. But environmentalists worry…

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