U.S. military

Officials says the COVID-19 pandemic won't affect nuclear preparedness, but military exercises and deployments are being scaled down and canceled, and plans are being put in place to sustain essential operations.

What if all the Constitutional successors are incapacitated? Standby orders were issued more than three weeks ago to protect Washington and also prepare for the possibility of some form of martial law.

Air Force Brigadier General Paul Friedrichs told reporters the Pentagon was trying to avoid "over-promising" regarding what assistance it can offer.

Joint Staff Surgeon Air Force Brigadier General Paul Friedrichs said it was "extraordinary" that no American soldiers were seriously injured in the January attack.

A new report says officials failed to adequately track and store hundreds of millions of dollars worth of weapons sent to support U.S. allies.

One person was killed in the altercation at a checkpoint in the northeastern city of Qamishli on Wednesday.

The two officers were part of a group of U.S. personnel from the 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group and members of the allied Afghan Special Operations Forces.

Rep. Seth Moulton said he walked out of Trump's address when the president began talking about his support for the U.S. military.

Is the Cold War Back? Ninety-three separate military exercises last year weren't held in the Mideast and weren't directed at Tehran. They were directed against Moscow.

Britain's withdrawal from the EU means American industry and military will lose a key ally and advocate within European defense structures.

Special operation forces recovered two sets of remains from the wreckage of a U.S. military aircraft that crashed in Taliban-held territory of Afghanistan, Newsweek has learned.

"The crash is under investigation, there are no indications the crash was caused by enemy fire," said U.S. Army Colonel Sonny Leggett, a spokesman for U.S. Forces-Afghanistan.

U.S. Naval Station Great Lakes in Illinois, the Navy's largest training installation, is on lockdown. U.S. military officials said they are looking for a someone who entered the base without authorization.

According to the book, Trump called his top military advisers "losers" who "don't know how to win anymore."

Exclusive: Now that the U.S. has deployed a new nuclear weapon, the options presented to President Trump to respond to Tehran will automatically include a nuclear option.

What can the president do and who does he have to tell? The killing of Iranian General Soleimani renewed the debate over war powers, the military and the CIA.

American and Iraqi officials reported a battle damage assessment Wednesday after Iran launched 22 ballistic missiles against the U.S. military and coalition forces housed at two bases in Iraq.

In the wake of several high profile incidents within the elite U.S. Navy SEAL community, Newsweek found a startling disconnect between what the teams' service members reported and what seems to have been true.

The Military Times surveyed 1,630 active duty subscribers over a six-week period from October to December.

Defense Department documents about the U.S. southern border have historically been unclassified. That's changed now.

Military officials said they are looking into whether hand gestures made by students on national television just before the 2019 Army-Navy game were symbols of white nationalism.

A bipartisan effort to repeal the so-called "military widow's tax" appears to be headed for success after it was included as a provision of the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act.

Veterans and Gold Star families responded with anger and frustration to a report in The Washington Post which details how presidents, politicians and Pentagon officials misled the American public about the war effort.

U.S. military and intelligence personnel told Newsweek that Iran and its allies have been increasingly conducting reconnaissance and gathering intelligence near U.S. positions, raising major concerns.

Lawmakers hear "daily complaints" and five servicemember families have filed suit, as a new government report shows a failure of oversight.

In an interview for ABC News, former military officers weighed in on Trump firing Navy Secretary Richard Spencer.

As a public dispute plays out between President Donald Trump and senior Pentagon leadership over the fate of Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher, a retired Marine officer's organization says there are other cases that Trump should weigh in on.

A U.S. military veterans advocate criticized President Donald Trump for alleged meddling in military disciplinary affairs.

The Defense Department identified two "heroic" U.S. Army soldiers killed after their helicopter crashed while supporting ground operations in eastern Afghanistan.

Two U.S. service members were killed in a helicopter crash on Wednesday in Afghanistan, however, preliminary reports do not indicate it was caused by enemy fire.