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US strikes Iran after Trump blames Tehran for downing Army helicopter

Trump says Iran shot down U.S. helicopter near Strait of Hormuz, vows response

Protests over a US Ebola facility in Kenya highlight Africa’s growing resistance to Trump-era deals

Veterans Benefits Newsletter | June 2026 VET TEC 2.0, Intent to File (ITF) for VA benefits & More...

It’s June 4, which marks the 500th day of President Donald Trump’s second term. Here at The War Horse, we’ve tracked every twist and turn related to the military and veterans since the president returned to office through Operation Timeline, an interactive tool covering everything from the president’s first executive orders to the United States’ ongoing war with Iran.

PERTH, Australia – As of May 30, the U.S. Navy has established a new naval support activity in Perth, Western Australia as part of AUKUS, the enhanced trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. This move follows the trilateral Joint Statement on May 30 confirming that key milestones continue to be met for Submarine Rotational Force – West (SRF-West).

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UPDATED: Navy IDs Sailor Killed in Saturday Shooting Aboard Carrier JFK

Pentagon updates list of recognized religious affiliations after backlash from Mormon lawmakers

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SAN DIEGO — No injuries were reported after a fire broke out this weekend on board a U.S. Navy ship under construction at a San Diego shipyard. Firefighters from the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department, Chula Vista Fire Department, National City Fire Department and Coronado Fire Department responded at about 8:30 p.m. Saturday to the General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard at 2798 Harbor Drive, according to SDFRD officials. Future USNS Harriet Tubman

A three-star admiral and the former Chief of the Navy Reserve may have no place in our current administration’s increasingly anti-woman military—but, luckily, women haven’t been barred from running for Congress…at least not yet.

The Navy is considering changing the homeport of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln from San Diego to Bremerton, Wash., which would leave only two flattops based in Southern California.

Terrifying arsenal of rockets ex-Navy sailor tried to buy for mass murder of Special Forces operatives

The FBI arrested three men Friday, including a former U.S. Navy sailor, for allegedly conspiring to support ISIS, including providing money they believed would be used in a plot to kill U.S. service members overseas, according to a Department of Justice statement.

Just for our edification, the U.S. military was already strong. What has been needed, going back decades, is for the government to stop over-using/ over-extending our personnel and equipment. And in that sense, our military is now weaker than before because of some short-sighted political decisions... President Trump, who campaigned on a central promise to keep the United States out of overseas wars, denied in an interview aired on Sunday that he’d ever made the pledge. “I didn’t guarantee no war,” Mr. Trump said in a lengthy interview with Kristen Welker, the host of NBC’s “Meet the Press,” taped during his trip to Wisconsin on Friday. “Why would I have built the strongest military in the world?”

The Navy provided the following statement to 10 On Your Side: We are aware of a situation onboard PCU John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) that involved a Sailor’s death with a firearm. The situation is currently under investigation and further information will be provided once available.

LDS groups and Utah Republicans rage as military no longer counts church as Christian under Hegseth religion list shake-up

Matthew Horn was at the home with his friend Aesdr, an online streamer, when the violence erupted in the early morning hours of April 18. "Matthew, no!" someone can be heard screaming in the stream footage moments before gunshots rang out.

The Army is preparing to carry out the executions of the military's four death-row inmates if ordered to do so by the president, according to an internal planning document reviewed by ABC News. If carried out, it would mark the first time the military executed convicted American inmates in more than a half-century.

The Associated Press spoke with eight female Navy officers of varying ranks and time in service after Hegseth’s cuts, which were reported earlier by The New York Times, became public. They spoke on condition of anonymity out of fear of retribution from their superiors.

The U.S. military has killed more than 200 people in strikes on boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific in the last nine months in what legal experts and former military lawyers broadly agree constitute illegal military orders that service members should refuse to follow.

U.S. Forces from USS John L. Canley (ESB-6) Interdict Ship Connected to Iran in Indian Ocean