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In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, the John Lewis-class replenishment oiler USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO-206) conducts a replenishment at sea in the Atlantic Ocean, Dec. 13, 2024. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Maxwell Orlosky/U.S. Navy via AP))

Hegseth ordena borrar el nombre del activista Harvey Milk del buque de la Armada construido en San Diego

June 4, 2025 at 12:08 p.m.

La medida despojará al buque del nombre de un activista por los derechos de los homosexuales asesinado y que sirvió como marinero durante la Guerra de Corea

Hegseth orders name of gay rights activist Harvey Milk scrubbed from San Diego-built Navy ship

June 3, 2025 at 5:08 p.m.

Milk served as a sailor during the Korean War.

US will send Ukraine another Patriot missile system after Kyiv’s desperate calls for air defenses

June 12, 2024 at 11:28 p.m.

WASHINGTON — The United States will send Ukraine another Patriot missile system, two U.S. officials said Tuesday, answering Kyiv's desperate calls for more air defenses as it battles an intense Russian assault...

FILE - The image provided by U.S, Central Command, shows U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary), U.S. Navy sailors assigned to Amphibious Construction Battalion 1, and Israel Defense Forces placing the Trident Pier on the coast of Gaza Strip on May 16, 2024. A U.S. built temporary pier that had been used to deliver additional humanitarian aid into Gaza was damaged by rough seas and has temporarily suspended operations. That’s according to three U.S. officials who spoke to The Associated Press on Tuesday. (U.S. Central Command via AP)

US-built pier in Gaza is reconnected after repairs, and aid will flow soon, US Central Command says

June 7, 2024 at 11:15 p.m.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. military-built pier designed to carry badly needed aid into Gaza by boat has been reconnected to the beach in the besieged territory after a section broke apart in...

ARCHIVO - La imagen facilitada por el Mando Central de Estados Unidos muestra a soldados del Ejército estadounidense asignados a la 7ª Brigada de Transporte (Expedicionaria), marineros de la Armada estadounidense asignados al Batallón de Construcción Anfibia 1 y Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel colocando el Muelle Trident en la costa de la Franja de Gaza el 16 de mayo de 2024. (U.S. Central Command via AP)

Muelle construido por EEUU en Gaza es reconectado tras reparaciones y permitiria ingreso de ayuda

June 7, 2024 at 3:54 p.m.

WASHINGTON — El muelle construido por el ejército de Estados Unidos diseñado para llevar ayuda muy necesaria a Gaza por barco ha sido reconectado a la playa en el territorio asediado después...

President Joe Biden delivers a speech during a commemorative ceremony to mark D-Day 80th anniversary, Thursday, June 6, 2024 at the US cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy. Normandy is hosting various events to officially commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings that took place on June 6, 1944. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, Pool)

US to send new $225 million military aid package to Ukraine, officials say.

June 6, 2024 at 9:58 p.m.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. will send about $225 million in military aid to Ukraine, U.S. officials said Thursday, in a new package that includes ammunition Kyiv’s forces could use to strike threats...

U.S. Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin, arrives for opening ceremony for the 21st Shangri-La Dialogue summit at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore Friday, May 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Pentagon chief extends deployment of aircraft carrier, ships in the Red Sea as Houthi attacks go on

May 31, 2024 at 9:15 p.m.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier strike group that for months has launched crucial strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen to protect military and commercial ships in the Red Sea and...

FILE - This artist depiction shows Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, right, appearing in U.S. District Court in Boston, April 14, 2023. The Massachusetts Air National Guard member who pleaded guilty to federal crimes for leaking highly classified military documents appeared at a hearing Tuesday, May 14, 2024, on whether he should face a military trial on additional charges. (Margaret Small via AP, File)

Air National Guard unit that was suspended after classified documents leak will restart mission

May 31, 2024 at 6:53 p.m.

WASHINGTON — The Air National Guard intelligence unit involved in the massive classified documents leak by an airman last year has been recertified and will return to its mission on Saturday after...

En esta fotografía sin fecha proporcionada por el Estado Mayor de las Fuerzas Armadas de Francia el jueves 30 de mayo de 2024, se muestra la embarcación Laax, un granelero de propiedad griega y pabellón de las Islas Marshall que fue atacado por combatientes hutíes de Yemen esta semana. (Etat Major des Armees vía AP)

EEUU y Reino Unido bombardean posiciones de huties en Yemen

May 30, 2024 at 10:22 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Estados Unidos y Reino Unido atacaron el jueves 13 posiciones de los hutíes en Yemen en respuesta a un reciente aumento de los ataques perpetrados por los combatientes yemeníes contra...

In this undated photo provided by the Etat Major des Armees on Thursday, May 30, 2024, a view of the Laax, a Greek-owned, Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier that came under attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels earlier this week, carrying cargo of grain bound for Iran, the group's main benefactor, authorities said Thursday. (Etat Major des Armees via AP)

US and Britain strike Houthi rebel targets in Yemen after surge in shipping attacks

May 31, 2024 at 7:30 a.m.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. and Britain struck 13 Houthi targets in several locations in Yemen on Thursday in response to a recent surge in attacks by the Iran-backed militia group on ships...

These images released by Maxar Technologies show the newly completed pier in the Gaza Strip on May 18, 2024, top, and the remaining section of the temporary pier on May 29, 2024. A string of security, logistical and weather problems have battered the plan to deliver desperately needed humanitarian aid to Gaza through a U.S. military-built pier. Broken apart by strong winds and heavy seas just over a week after it became operational, the project faces criticism that it hasn’t lived up to its initial billing or its $320 million price tag. (Satellite images ©2024 Maxar Technologies via AP)

The US-built pier in Gaza broke apart. Here’s how we got here and what might be next

May 30, 2024 at 9:39 a.m.

WASHINGTON — A string of security, logistical and weather problems has battered the plan to deliver desperately needed humanitarian aid to Gaza through a U.S. military-built pier.Broken apart by strong winds and...

El secretario de Defensa de Estados Unidos Lloyd Austin en el Congreso en Washington el 8 de mayo de 2024. (Foto AP/Mark Schiefelbein)

EEUU promete seguir enviando armas a Ucrania

May 20, 2024 at 1:32 p.m.

WASHINGTON — El secretario de Defensa, Lloyd Austin, prometió el lunes que Estados Unidos seguirá enviando armas a Ucrania mientras las fuerzas ucranianas enfrentan uno de sus momentos más difíciles contra una...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, left, and Chairman of the t Chiefs Of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. take part in a press briefing at the Pentagon on Monday, May 20, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Pentagon vows to keep weapons moving to Ukraine as Kyiv faces a renewed assault by Russia

May 20, 2024 at 1:49 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin committed Monday to keeping U.S. weapons moving to Ukraine as Kyiv faces one of its toughest moments against a renewed assault by Russia. Austin and as...

Esta imagen, distribuida por el Comando Central de Estados Unidos, muestra a soldados de su 7ma Brigada de Transporte, a marinos del Batallón Anfibio de Construcción 1 y a efectivos de las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel, instalando el muelle Trident en la costa de la Franja de Gaza, el 16 de mayo de 2024. (Comando Central de Estados Unidos vía AP)

Gaza recibe primera ayuda humanitaria a traves de muelle construido por EEUU

May 17, 2024 at 6:16 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Camiones cargados con ayuda humanitaria de primera necesidad recorrieron por primera vez el viernes el muelle flotante construido por Estados Unidos hasta el asediado enclave, en un momento en que...

Trucks loaded with humanitarian aid from the United Arab Emirates and the United States Agency for International Development cross the Trident Pier before entering the beach in Gaza, May 17, 2024. (Staff Sgt. Malcolm Cohens-Ashley/U.S. Army Central via AP)

Trucks are rolling across a new US pier into Gaza. But challenges remain to getting enough aid in

May 17, 2024 at 2:13 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Trucks carrying badly needed aid for the Gaza Strip rolled across a newly built U.S. pier and into the besieged enclave for the first time Friday as Israeli restrictions on...

FILE - The Pentagon is seen from Air Force One as it flies over Washington, March 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Sexual assaults are down in the US military. Here’s what to know about the numbers

May 16, 2024 at 10:20 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Pentagon officials are cautiously optimistic that an overall decline in reported sexual assaults among active-duty service and the military academies suggests that leaders are finally getting a handle on...

En esta imagen, distribuida por el ejército de Estados Unidos, soldados de la 7ma Brigada de Transporte y marinos del MV Roy P. Benavidez montan un muelle flotante ante la costa de Gaza, el 26 de abril de 2024. (Ejército de EEUU vía AP)

EEUU termina de construir muelle en Gaza y empieza a enviar ayuda

May 16, 2024 at 6:36 p.m.

WASHINGTON — El ejército de Estados Unidos finalizó el jueves la instalación de un muelle flotante para la Franja de Gaza, y las autoridades se disponen a llevar una ayuda humanitaria crucial...

The image provided by U.S, Central Command, shows U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary), U.S. Navy sailors assigned to Amphibious Construction Battalion 1, and Israel Defense Forces placing the Trident Pier on the coast of Gaza Strip on Thursday, May 16, 2024. The temporary pier is part of the t Logistics Over-the-Shore capability. The U.S. military finished installing the floating pier on Thursday, with officials poised to begin ferrying badly needed humanitarian aid into the enclave besieged over seven months of intense fighting in the Israel-Hamas war. (U.S. Central Command via AP)

Aid for Gaza will soon flow from pier project just finished by US military, Pentagon says

May 16, 2024 at 10:08 p.m.

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon said Thursday that humanitarian aid will soon begin flowing onto the Gaza shore through the new pier that was anchored to the beach and will begin reaching those...

ARCHIVO - El Pentágono visto desde el avión Air Force One mientras vuela sobre Washington, el 2 de marzo de 2022. (AP Foto/Patrick Semansky, Archivo)

Disminuyen agresiones sexuales reportadas en ejercito de EEUU

May 16, 2024 at 1:18 a.m.

WASHINGTON — El número de agresiones sexuales denunciadas en el ejército estadounidense disminuyó el año pasado, y una encuesta confidencial reveló un descenso del 19% en el número de militares que declararon...

Reported sex assaults in the US military have dropped. That reverses what had been a growing problem

May 16, 2024 at 2:24 a.m.

WASHINGTON — The number of reported sexual assaults across the military decreased last year, and a confidential survey found a 19% drop in the number of service who said they had...

FILE - The new Fort Liberty sign is displayed outside the base on Friday, June 2, 2023 in Fort Liberty, N.C. U.S. special operations commanders are having to do more with less and they're learning from the war in Ukraine, That means juggling how to add more high-tech experts to their teams while still cutting their overall forces by about 5,000 troops over the next five years. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker, File)

US special operations leaders are having to do more with less and learning from the war in Ukraine

May 12, 2024 at 5:56 p.m.

FORT LIBERTY, N.C. — Forced to do more with less and learning from the war in Ukraine, U.S. special operations commanders are juggling how to add more high-tech experts to their teams...

En esta imagen de archivo, un agente de policía examina fragmentos de una bomba guiada tras un ataque aéreo ruso sobre Járkiv, Ucrania, el 30 de abril de 2024. (AP Foto/Andrii Marienko, archivo)

EEUU anuncia nuevo paquete por 400 millones de dolares en armamento para Ucrania

May 10, 2024 at 7:32 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Estados Unidos anunció el viernes un nuevo paquete de 400 millones de dólares en ayuda militar para Ucrania, mientras Kiev lucha por mantener a raya los avances de las tropas...

FILE - A police officer examines fragments of a guided bomb after the Russian air raid in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Russia pounded a town in Ukraine’s northeast with artillery, rockets and guided aerial bombs Friday May 10, 2024 before attempting an infantry breach of local defenses, authorities said, in a tactical switch that Kyiv officials have been expecting for weeks as the war stretches into its third year. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko, File)

US announces a new $400 million package of weapons for Ukraine to try to hold off Russian advances

May 10, 2024 at 9:16 p.m.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. announced a new $400 million package of military aid for Ukraine on Friday, as Kyiv struggles to hold off advances by Russian troops in the northeast Kharkiv region.This...

Soldado estadounidense permanecera detenido dos meses en Rusia acusado de robo

May 8, 2024 at 2:26 a.m.

WASHINGTON — El soldado estadounidense arrestado en Rusia la semana pasada se encuentra recluido en un centro de detención preventiva, dijo el ejército el martes. Según reportes rusos, estará detenido durante dos...

Arrested US soldier to be held for two months in Russia on theft charges

May 7, 2024 at 8:13 p.m.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army soldier arrested in Russia last week was being held in a pretrial detention facility, the Army said Tuesday. Russian reports said he would be held for two...

Soldado estadounidense es detenido en Rusia y acusado de robarle a una novia, dicen funcionarios

May 7, 2024 at 1:12 a.m.

WASHINGTON — Un soldado estadounidense que visitaba a una novia en la ciudad portuaria de Vladivostok, en Rusia, fue arrestado acusado de robarle y continúa detenido, según varios funcionarios estadounidenses.Los funcionarios dijeron...

FILE - A view of the bridge connecting the Russky Island and Vladivostok, in Russia's far east, is seen on Aug. 26, 2023. An American soldier has been arrested in Russia and accused of stealing. That's according to two U.S. officials who spoke to The Associated Press. The soldier, who is not being identified, was stationed in South Korea and was in the process of returning home to the United States. Instead, he traveled to Russia. According to the officials, the soldier was arrested late last week in Vladivostok. It was unclear Monday, May 6, 2024, if the soldier is considered absent without leave, or AWOL. (AP Photo/Alexander Khitrov)

American soldier was arrested in Russia and accused of stealing from a girlfriend, US officials say

May 7, 2024 at 12:08 a.m.

WASHINGTON — An American soldier visiting a girlfriend in Russia's port city of Vladivostok was arrested on charges of stealing from her and remains in custody, according to several U.S. officials.U.S. officials...

ARCHIVO - Banderas de Níger y Estados Unidos ondean en el campamento base para de la fuerza aérea y otro personal que ayuda en la construcción de la Base Aérea de Níger 201 en Agadez, Níger, el 16 de abril de 2018. (AP Foto/Carley Petesch, archivo)

Tropas rusas llegan a base aerea de Niger donde aun hay un pequeno numero de soldados de EEUU

May 2, 2024 at 11:12 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Rusia envió algunos soldados a una base aérea en Níger donde aún permanece un pequeño número de fuerzas estadounidenses luego de que la mayoría de las tropas de Estados Unidos...

FILE - ers of Niger's ruling junta gather for a protest called to fight for the country's freedom and push back against foreign interference, in Niamey, Niger, Aug. 3, 2023. Russia has moved some troops onto an airbase in Niger where a small number of U.S. forces remain after most American troops left the base in Niamey, the nation's capital, a U.S. official said Thursday, May 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick, File)

Russian trainers move to a Niger airbase where some US troops remain

May 3, 2024 at 3:19 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Russia has moved some troops onto an airbase in Niger where a small number of U.S. forces remain, but Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said he doesn't see it as a...

FILE - Mohammed Hassan Masto sits next to the grave of his brother Lutfi on May 7, 2023, in the village of Qorqanya, a rural area in northern Idlib province, Syria. Central Command said Thursday, May 2, 2024, an airstrike in Syria that was targeting an al-Qaida leader misidentified the intended target and killed Lutfi Hassan Masto instead. The investigation confirms early reports from residents and family shortly after the attack. (AP Photo/Omar Albam, File)

US airstrike targeting al-Qaida leader in Syria killed a farmer, American military says

May 2, 2024 at 8:01 p.m.

WASHINGTON — A U.S. airstrike in Syria in May 2023 that was targeting an al-Qaida leader killed an innocent civilian instead, U.S. Central Command said Thursday, confirming early reports from residents and...

This image from video released by the U.S. Army, shows a frame from a haunting new video, released on May 2, 2024, in the latest effort by the Army to lure soldiers to some of its more secretive units. Hints of its origin are tucked into the frames as they flash by touting the power of words, ideas and "invisible hands." Army Special Operations Command hopes that those drawn to the video may be interested in ing as one of its psychological warfare soldiers. (U.S. Army via AP)

Faceless people, invisible hands: New Army video aims to lure recruits for psychological operations

May 2, 2024 at 8:36 p.m.

FORT LIBERTY, N.C. — The video is unsettling, with haunting images of faceless people, fire and soldiers. The voiceover is a cascade of recognizable historical voices as the screen pulses cryptic messages...

Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira to face military justice proceeding

May 1, 2024 at 10:26 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira, who pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges for leaking highly classified military documents about the war in Ukraine and other national security secrets,...

This undated photo released early Tuesday, April 30, 2024, by the U.S. military's Central Command shows construction off a floating pier in the Mediterranean Sea off the Gaza Strip. A U.S. Navy ship involved in the American-led effort to bring more aid into the besieged Gaza Strip is off shore from the enclave, slowly building out a floating platform for the operation, satellite photos analyzed Monday, April 29, 2024, by The Associated Press show. (U.S. military's Central Command via AP)

The US is building a pier off Gaza to bring in humanitarian aid. Here’s how it would work

April 30, 2024 at 10:25 p.m.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. and allies are scrambling to pull together a complex system that will move tons of humanitarian aid into Gaza by sea. Nearly two months after President Joe Biden...

ARCHIVO - En esta imagen, publicada por el Departamento de Defensa de Estados Unidos, soldados alemanes asignados al Ala 1 de Defensa Aérea y de Misiles de Superficie disparan el sistema de armas Patriot en la Instalación de Disparo de Misiles de la OTAN en Chania, Grecia, el 8 de noviembre de 2017. (Sebastian Apel/Departamento de Defensa de Estados Unidos, vía AP, Archivo)

EEUU anuncia nuevos misiles Patriot para Ucrania en nuevo paquete de ayuda

April 26, 2024 at 7:09 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Estados Unidos proporcionará a Ucrania misiles Patriot adicionales para sus sistemas de defensa aérea como parte de un enorme paquete adicional de ayuda por 6.000 millones de dólares, anunció el...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a press briefing on Friday, April 26, 2024 at the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

US announces new Patriot missiles for Ukraine as part of new $6 billion aid package

April 26, 2024 at 10:12 p.m.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. will provide Ukraine additional Patriot missiles for its air defense systems as part of a massive $6 billion additional aid package, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced Friday. The...

This satellite picture taken by Planet Labs PBC show the construction of a new aid port near Gaza City, Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. A new port is being built in the Gaza Strip ahead of a U.S. military-led operation to surge needed food and other aid into the besieged enclave as Israel's war on Hamas there grinds on, according to satellite images analyzed by Thursday, April 25, 2024, by The Associated Press. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

A US-led effort to bring aid to Gaza by sea is moving forward. But big concerns remain

April 25, 2024 at 11:30 p.m.

JERUSALEM — The construction of a new port in Gaza and an accompanying U.S. military-built pier offshore are underway, but the complex plan to bring more desperately needed food to Palestinian civilians...

ARCHIVO - Una bandera ucraniana ondea en el centro de Járkiv, la segunda ciudad más poblada de Ucrania, el 16 de febrero de 2022. (AP Foto/Mstyslav Chernov, Archivo)

Ucrania empieza a usar misiles de largo alcance brindados en secreto por EEUU

April 24, 2024 at 5:17 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Por primera vez, Ucrania ha empezado a utilizar misiles balísticos de largo alcance proporcionados en secreto por Estados Unidos, bombardeando un aeródromo militar ruso en Crimea la semana pasada y...

FILE - In this image provided by the U.S. Army, soldiers, from the 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment of the 18th Field Artillery Brigade out of Fort Bragg N.C., conduct live fire testing at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., on Dec. 14, 2021, of early versions of the Army Tactical Missile System. U.S. officials say Ukraine for the first time has begun using long-range ballistic missiles, striking a Russian military airfield in Crimea and Russian troops in another occupied area overnight. The strikes come about a month after the U.S. secretly provided the weapons so that Ukraine could strike targets up to 190 miles away. (John Hamilton/U.S. Army via AP, file)

Ukraine uses long-range missiles secretly provided by US to hit Russian-held areas, officials say

April 24, 2024 at 7:49 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Ukraine for the first time has begun using long-range ballistic missiles provided secretly by the United States, bombing a Russian military airfield in Crimea last week and Russian forces in...

El líder de la mayoría del Senado Chuck Schumer llega mientras el Senado se prepara para aprobar el paquete de ayuda por 95.000 millones de dólares para Ucrania, Israel y Taiwán, aprobado por la Cámara de Representantes, en el Capitolio, en Washington, el martes 23 de abril de 2024. (AP Foto/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pentagono enviara 1.000 mdd en ayuda militar a Ucrania una vez que la apruebe el Senado y Biden

April 23, 2024 at 8:09 p.m.

WASHINGTON — El Pentágono enviará 1.000 millones de dólares en nueva ayuda militar a Ucrania, anunciaron el martes funcionarios estadounidenses, mientras el Senado comenzaba a debatir el proyecto de ley largamente esperado...

Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder speaks during a press briefing on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Pentagon set to send $1 billion in new military aid to Ukraine once Biden signs bill

April 24, 2024 at 2:01 a.m.

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is poised to send $1 billion in new military aid to Ukraine, U.S. officials said Tuesday as the Senate moved ahead on long-awaited legislation to fund the weapons...

Una de las tres embarcaciones cargadas con ayuda humanitaria destinada a Gaza, fondeada tras regresar a puerto en Larnaca, Chipre, el 4 de abril de 2024. (AP Foto/Lefteris Piterakis)

EEUU: Agencia ONU acepta colaborar en la distribucion de ayuda en Gaza por via maritima

April 20, 2024 at 8:30 a.m.

WASHINGTON — El Programa Mundial de Alimentos de Naciones Unidas ha aceptado colaborar en la distribución de ayuda entre la población hambrienta de Gaza una vez que el ejército de Estados Unidos...

A cargo ship, one of three ships loaded with canned food destined to Gaza, anchored after returning to the Cypriot port of Larnaca, Cyprus, Thursday, April 4, 2024. Cyprus, which has played a key role in setting up the maritime corridor, said the ships that had arrived Monday were returning to the Mediterranean island nation with some 240 tons of undelivered aid, after seven aid workers were killed. (AP Photo/Lefteris Piterakis)

US says a UN agency has agreed to help in distribution of aid to Gaza via sea route

April 20, 2024 at 12:52 a.m.

WASHINGTON — The U.N. World Food Program has agreed to help deliver aid for the starving civilians of Gaza once the U.S. military completes a pier for transporting the humanitarian assistance by...

FILE -A steel worker moves a 155 mm M795 artillery projectile during the manufacturing process at the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant in Scranton, Pa., Thursday, April 13, 2023. The Pentagon could get weapons moving to Ukraine within days if Congress es a long-delayed aid bill. That's because it has a network of storage sites in the U.S. and Europe that already hold the ammunition and air defense components that Kyiv desperately needs. Moving fast is critical, CIA Director Bill Burns said Thursday, April 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

After Congress finally does new funding, this is how the US can rush weapons to Ukraine

April 19, 2024 at 3:13 p.m.

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon could get weapons moving to Ukraine within days once Congress es a long-delayed aid bill. That's because it has a network of storage sites in the U.S. and...

Sec of Defense Lloyd Austin during a House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense budget hearing Fiscal Year 2025 on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, April 17, 2024 in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Pentagon leaders press Congress for Ukraine funding, saying battlefield situation is dire

April 17, 2024 at 7:04 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Ukraine and Israel both desperately need the military weapons that are being held up by Congress' failure to a funding package for the two countries at war, Pentagon leaders...

ARCHIVO - El secretario de Defensa de Estados Unidos Lloyd Austin comparece ante la Comisión del Senado sobre Servicios Armados en una audiencia sobre la solicitud de presupuesto del Departamento de Defensa para el año fiscal 2025 y el Programa de Defensa para Años Futuros en el Capitolio, en Washington, el 9 de abril de 2024. (AP Foto/Jose Luis Magana, Archivo)

Jefe del Pentagono habla con su homologo chino por primera vez desde 2022

April 16, 2024 at 3:03 p.m.

WASHINGTON — El secretario de Defensa de Estados Unidos, Lloyd Austin, habló con el ministro de Defensa de China el martes, en el más reciente de una serie de pasos por parte...

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin testifies before Senate Committee on Armed Services during a hearing on Department of Defense Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2025 and the Future Years Defense Program on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

US Pentagon chief speaks with Chinese counterpart for first time since November 2022

April 16, 2024 at 1:58 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with China's national defense minister Tuesday morning, in the latest in a series of U.S. steps to improve communications with the Chinese military and reduce...

FILE - Airman 1st Class D'elbrah Assamoi, from Cote D'Ivoire, signs her U.S. certificate of citizenship after the Basic Military Training Coin Ceremony at t Base San Antonio-Lackland, in San Antonio, April 26, 2023. The Army and Air Force say they are on track to meet their recruiting goals in 2024, reversing previous shortfalls using a swath of new programs and policy changes. But the Navy, while improving, expects once again to fall short. (Vanessa R. Adame/U.S. Air Force via AP, File)

New recruiting programs put Army, Air Force on track to meet enlistment goals. Navy will fall short

April 16, 2024 at 4:16 a.m.

WASHINGTON — After several difficult years, the Army and Air Force say they are on track to meet their recruiting goals this year, reversing previous shortfalls using a swath of new programs...

The bombing area at Abbey Gate is pictured August 26, 2021, in Kabul, Afghanistan, before the blast. A review released Monday, April 15, 2024, says the suicide bombing at the Kabul airport that killed U.S. troops and Afghans in August 2021 was not preventable, and the “bald man in black” spotted by U.S. service the morning of the attack was not the bomber. (U.S. Central Command via AP)

Review says Abbey Gate bombing wasn’t preventable, refutes claims troops sighted the would-be bomber

April 15, 2024 at 5:44 p.m.

WASHINGTON — The suicide bombing at the Kabul airport that killed U.S. troops and Afghans in August 2021 was not preventable, and the “bald man in black” spotted by U.S. service ...

FILE - A U.S. Army Caisson team carries the remains of Army Pfc. Tramaine J. Billingsley during burial services at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Nov. 2, 2010. The return of horse-drawn caissons at Arlington National Cemetery is being delayed for at least months or a year, the Army said Friday, April 12, 2024, as officials struggle to improve the care of the horses, after two died in 2022 as a result of poor feed and abysmal living conditions. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File)

The return of horse-drawn caissons to Arlington National Cemetery is delayed for at least months

April 12, 2024 at 6:53 p.m.

WASHINGTON — The return of horse-drawn caissons at Arlington National Cemetery is being delayed for months and maybe longer, the Army said Friday, as it struggles to improve the care of the...

El secretario de Defensa estadounidense Lloyd Austin habla a la prensa en la Base de la Fuerza Aérea Ramstein en Alemania el 19 de marzo de 2024. (Foto AP/Michael Probst)

Jefes del Pentagono responden al Congreso sobre asistencia a Israel y Ucrania

April 9, 2024 at 3:06 p.m.

WASHINGTON — El secretario de Defensa de Estados Unidos, Lloyd Austin, y el jefe del Estado Mayor Conjunto, general CQ Brown Jr., testificaron el martes en el Congreso sobre el presupuesto de...

Austin tells Congress Israel is taking steps to boost aid to Gaza as lawmakers question US

April 9, 2024 at 3:40 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told Congress Tuesday that pressure on Israel to improve humanitarian aid to Gaza appears to be working, but he said more must be done, and it...

Tras larga pausa, EEUU y China reanudan dialogo militar sobre seguridad en mar y aire

April 5, 2024 at 8:21 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Por primera vez en casi dos años, funcionarios de defensa estadounidenses y chinos se reunieron esta semana para discutir incidentes peligrosos y agresivos con barcos y aeronaves entre los dos...

In this photo released by the official Syrian state news agency SANA, emergency service workers clear the rubble at a destroyed building struck by Israeli jets in Damascus, Syria, Monday, April 1, 2024. An Israeli airstrike has destroyed the consular section of Iran's embassy in Syria, killing a senior Iranian military adviser and roughly a handful of other people, Syrian state media said Monday. (SANA via AP)

US braces for retaliation after attack on Iran consulate – even as it says it wasn’t involved

April 3, 2024 at 8:33 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Shortly after an airstrike widely attributed to Israel destroyed an Iranian consulate building in Syria, the United States had an urgent message for Iran: We had nothing to do with...

FILE - Lt. Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, the head of U.S. Air Force Central, speaks at a news conference at the U.S. Embassy in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Sept. 20, 2023. Grynkewich says Houthi rebels in Yemen may be running through their supplies of drone swarms and anti-ship ballistic missiles and the pace of their attacks has slowed a bit. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File)

Houthis may be running low on their weapons stocks as attacks on ships slow, US commander says

April 3, 2024 at 6:38 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Houthi rebels in Yemen may be running through their supplies of drone swarms and anti-ship ballistic missiles as the pace of their attacks has slowed a bit, the top U.S....

El ministro de Defensa israelí Yoav Gallant, extremo izquierdo, habla en su reunión con el secretario de Defensa de EE.UU. Lloyd Austin, al otro lado de la mesa, en el extremo derecho, en el Pentágono, el martes 26 de marzo de 2024, en Washington. (AP Foto/Jacquelyn Martin)

Pentagono pide a Israel proteger a civiles de la Franja de Gaza en reunion de altos mandos militares

March 27, 2024 at 12:49 a.m.

WASHINGTON — Altos funcionarios de defensa de Estados Unidos presionaron a sus contrapartes israelíes el martes para asegurarse de que cualquier operativo militar en la ciudad de Rafah, en el sur de...

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, second from left, meets with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon, Tuesday, March 26, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

US and Israeli defense chiefs to meet today as tensions rise over Gaza

March 26, 2024 at 1:21 p.m.

WASHINGTON — U.S. defense leaders pressed their Israeli counterparts Tuesday to ensure that any military operation in the southern city of Rafah unfold in phases to protect civilians and secure the delivery...

Simpatizantes de los hutíes participan en un mitin contra los bombardeos estadounidenses sobre Yemen y la ofensiva israelí contra los palestinos en la Franja de Gaza, el viernes 8 de marzo de 2024, en Saná, Yemen. (AP Foto/Osamah Abdulrahman)

Cazas de EEUU atacan depositos en areas de Yemen controladas por los huties

March 23, 2024 at 5:38 a.m.

WASHINGTON — Aviones de combate del portaaviones estadounidense USS Dwight D. Eisenhower atacaron el viernes en la noche tres almacenes subterráneos en áreas de Yemen controladas por los rebeldes hutíes, según un...

FILE - The Pentagon is seen in this aerial view made through an airplane window in Washington, Jan. 26, 2020. The Defense Department found $300 million for weapons for Ukraine in March 2024, even though the bill to fund the military aid is stalled in Congress. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Finding money: How the Pentagon dug down and found $300M for Ukraine but is still deep in the red

March 23, 2024 at 4:47 a.m.

WASHINGTON — Even with a budget of more than $800 billion and the ability to buy millions of weapons and pieces of equipment every year, the Pentagon sometimes can find a few...

Army general suspended and under investigation for alleged interference in command selection process

March 22, 2024 at 11:31 p.m.

WASHINGTON — An Army general has been suspended from his job for allegedly trying to use his power to influence the selection of a lower-ranking officer for a command job, according to...

Houthi ers attend a rally against the U.S. airstrikes on Yemen and the Israeli offensive against the Palestinians in Gaza SAtrip, in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)

US fighter jets strike storage facilities in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen

March 23, 2024 at 1:47 a.m.

WASHINGTON — U.S. fighter jets from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier struck three underground storage facilities in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen late Friday, according to a U.S. official. The official,...

El secretario de Defensa de Estados Unidos, Lloyd Austin (izquierda), y el ministro de Defensa de Ucrania, Rustem Umerov, durante una reunión del Grupo de o para la Defensa de Ucrania, en la base aérea Ramstein, en Alemania, el 19 de marzo de 2024. (AP Foto/Michael Probst)

Secretario de Defensa de EEUU promete mantener ayuda a Ucrania pese a estancamiento en el Congreso

March 19, 2024 at 11:44 a.m.

BASE AÉREA RAMSTEIN, Alemania — BASE AÉREA RAMSTEIN, Alemania (AP) — El secretario de Defensa de Estados Unidos, Lloyd Austin, prometió el martes que Washington continuará respaldando el esfuerzo bélico de Ucrania...

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, left, flanked by Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov, speaks at the beginning of the meeting of the 'Ukraine Defense Group' at Ramstein Air Base in Ramstein, , Tuesday, March 19, 2024. Austin vowed Tuesday that the U.S. will continue to Ukraine's war effort against Russia, even as the U.S. Congress remains stalled over funding to send additional weapons to the front. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

US defense chief vows continued aid to Ukraine, even as Congress is stalled on funding bill

March 19, 2024 at 3:24 p.m.

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin vowed Tuesday that the U.S. will continue to Ukraine's war effort against Russia, even as the U.S. Congress remains stalled over funding...

Un grupo de soldados de la 7ma Brigada de Transporte se despiden de la tripulación del USAV Monterrey mientras se aleja del muelle y emprende una misión humanitaria hacia la Franja de Gaza, el martes 12 de marzo de 2024, en la Base Conjunta Langley-Eustis en Hampton, Virginia. (AP Foto/John C. Clark)

Barcos del Ejercito de EEUU zarpan en mision para construir muelle flotante frente a costa de Gaza

March 12, 2024 at 11:27 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Cuatro barcos del Ejército de Estados Unidos, cargados con toneladas de material y segmentos de acero para muelles, zarparon de Virginia el martes con destino a la Franja de Gaza...

Soldiers of LLV Monterrey from 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) prepare to deploy to the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, March 12, 2024, at t Base Langley-Eustis in Hampton, Va. (AP Photo/John C. Clark)

US Army boats head out on a mission to build a floating pier off Gaza’s shore for food deliveries

March 12, 2024 at 9:49 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Four U.S. Army boats, loaded with tons of equipment and steel pier segments, left Virginia on Tuesday, heading to Gaza as part of the U.S. effort to expand the delivery...

ARCHIVO - Soldados ucranianos de la 56ta Brigada de Infantería Motorizada de Mariupol se aprestan a lanzar cohetes hacia posiciones rusas cerca de Bajmut, región de Donetsk, Ucrania, 5 de marzo de 2024. (AP Foto/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

EEUU dara $300 millones en armas a Ucrania pese a escasez de fondos

March 12, 2024 at 6:57 p.m.

WASHINGTON — El Pentágono dará de emergencia unos 300 millones de dólares en armas a Ucrania al hallar algunos ahorros en sus contratos, aunque las fuerzas estadounidenses están en grave déficit y...

FILE - Ukrainian soldiers from The 56th Separate Motorized Infantry Mariupol Brigade prepare to fire a multiple launch rocket system based on a pickup truck towards Russian positions at the front line, near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, March 5, 2024. Senior U.S. defense officials said Tuesday, March 12, that the Pentagon will rush about $300 million in weapons to Ukraine after finding some cost savings in its contracts, even though the military remains deeply overdrawn. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

Pentagon to give Ukraine $300 million in weapons even as it lacks funds to replenish US stockpile

March 13, 2024 at 3:20 a.m.

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon will rush about $300 million in weapons to Ukraine after finding some cost savings in its contracts, even though the military remains deeply overdrawn and needs at least...

FILE - Palestinians line up for a free meal in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. President Joe Biden has proposed the delivery of humanitarian assistance to Gaza via a temporary port on the territory’s Mediterranean coast. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)

How the US military is scrambling to build a floating dock for urgently needed aid to Gaza

March 9, 2024 at 5:01 a.m.

WASHINGTON — Even before President Joe Biden announced in his State of the Union address the plans for providing aid to Gaza by sea, the Army’s 7th Transportation Brigade and other units...

FILE - This frame grab image from video shows upper floor windows blown out after a bomb explosion inside a mosque that had all the hallmarks of a deadly Islamic State known as Islamic State in Khorasan, Province, in Mazar-e-Sharif province, Afghanistan, Thursday, April 21, 2022. The top U.S. commander for the Mideast told a Senate committee Thursday, March 7, 2024, that exploding violence in the Middle East, fueled by Iran, presents the most likely threat to the U.S. homeland, and the risk of an attack by violent extremists in Afghanistan on American and Western interests abroad is increasing. (AP Photo, File)

Violence in the Mideast, rising threats from Islamic State group in Afghanistan pressure US, allies

March 7, 2024 at 7:59 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Exploding violence in the Middle East, fueled by Iran, presents the most likely threat to the U.S. homeland, and the risk of an attack by violent extremists in Afghanistan on...

FILE - Acting Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Eric Smith speaks during a relinquishment of office ceremony for U.S. Marine Corps Gen. David Berger on July 10, 2023, at the Marine Barracks in Washington. Defense officials say Gen. Eric Smith is taking steps to return to full duty as commandant of the Marine Corps, about four months after being sidelined due to a heart attack. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Marine general taking steps to return to full duty as commandant several months after heart attack

March 1, 2024 at 10:56 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Gen. Eric Smith is taking steps to return to full duty as commandant of the Marine Corps, about four months after being sidelined due to a heart attack, according to...

FILE - A U.S. military CV-22 Osprey takes off from Iwakuni base, Yamaguchi prefecture, western Japan, on July 4, 2018. Air Force Special Operations Command said Tuesday it knows what failed on its CV-22B Osprey leading to a November crash in Japan that killed eight service . But it still does not know why the failure happened. Because of the crash almost the entire Osprey fleet, hundreds of aircraft across the Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy, has been grounded since Dec. 6. (Kyodo News via AP, File)

Pentagon to lift ban on V-22 Osprey flights, 3 months after fatal crash in Japan

March 1, 2024 at 8:45 p.m.

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon will lift the ban on flights by the grounded V-22 Osprey next week, U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Friday, following a high-level meeting where Defense Secretary...

El secretario de Defensa estadounidense Lloyd Austin habla durante una audiencia de la Comisión de Servicios Armados de la Cámara de Representantes, el jueves 29 de febrero de 2024, en Washington. (AP Foto/Mark Schiefelbein)

Legisladores de EEUU culpan a secretario de Defensa por fallas en hospitalizacion secreta

February 29, 2024 at 7:46 p.m.

WASHINGTON — El secretario de Defensa estadounidense Lloyd Austin enfrentó duras críticas bipartidistas en una audiencia en el Congreso el jueves por no haber notificado con prontitud al presidente Joe Biden y...

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin appears before the House Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Lawmakers fault Defense Secretary Austin for a failure of leadership over his secret hospital stay

February 29, 2024 at 11:21 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin faced pointed bipartisan criticism at a congressional hearing Thursday for his failure to promptly notify President Joe Biden and other U.S. leaders about his hospital stay...

FILE - U.S. MV-22B Osprey transport aircraft are parked at the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, south of Okinawa, southern Japan, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. Air Force Special Operations Command said Tuesday it knows what failed on its CV-22B Osprey leading to a November crash in Japan that killed eight service . But it still does not know why the failure happened. Because of the crash almost the entire Osprey fleet, hundreds of aircraft across the Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy, has been grounded since Dec. 6. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File)

Services prepare to brief Secretary Austin on a plan to get Ospreys flying again

February 27, 2024 at 10:14 p.m.

WASHINGTON — The military services will take a key step toward getting the V-22 Osprey fleet back in the air as they lay out their plans Friday to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin...

Foto tomada el 27 de marzo de 2008 del Pentágono en Washington. (Foto AP/Charles Dharapak)

Ejercito de EEUU reduce su personal en 5% a fin de prepararse para guerras futuras

February 27, 2024 at 4:37 p.m.

WASHINGTON — El Ejército de Estados Unidos reducirá el tamaño de su fuerza en unos 24.000 puestos, o casi 5%, a fin de combatir mejor en las guerras del futuro, luego de...

FILE - This March 27, 2008, file photo, shows the Pentagon in Washington. The U.S. Army is slashing the size of its force by about 24,000, which is nearly 5%. It's also restructuring it to be better able to fight the next major war. The changes come as the Army struggles with recruiting shortfalls that have made it impossible to bring in enough soldiers to fill all the jobs. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

US Army is slashing thousands of posts in major revamp to prepare for future wars

February 27, 2024 at 7:33 p.m.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army is slashing the size of its force by about 24,000, or almost 5%, and restructuring to be better able to fight the next major war, as the...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a Pentagon press briefing at the Pentagon on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Who was to blame for secrecy surrounding Austin’s hospitalization? A Pentagon report says no one

February 26, 2024 at 8:43 p.m.

WASHINGTON — An internal review blames privacy restrictions and staff hesitancy for the Pentagon's failure last month to quickly notify the president and other senior leaders about Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's hospitalization...

En esta foto, proporcionada por el Ministerio de Defensa del Reino Unido, un avión Typhoon de la Real Fuerza Aérea se prepara para despegar con otras aeronaves para atacar blancos hutíes en Yemen, el sábado 24 de febrero de 2024. (Cabo Tim Laurence/RAF/Ministerio de Defensa del R.U. vía AP)

EEUU y Reino Unido atacan sitios huties ante aumento de ataques en mar Rojo

February 25, 2024 at 1:56 a.m.

EL CAIRO, Egipto — Estados Unidos y el Reino Unido atacaron el sábado 18 objetivos hutíes en Yemen en respuesta a un reciente aumento en el número de ataques realizados por el...

In this photo provided by Britain's Ministry of Defense, a Royal Air Force Typhoon aircraft prepares to take off, along with others, to conduct further strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen, Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. The strikes answer a recent surge in attacks by the Iran-backed militia group on ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. (l. Tim Laurence/RAF/UK Ministry of Defense via AP)

US and British strikes on Houthi sites in Yemen answer militants’ surge in Red Sea attacks on ships

February 25, 2024 at 5:28 p.m.

CAIRO — The U.S. and Britain struck 18 Houthi targets in Yemen, answering a recent surge in attacks by the Iran-backed militia group on ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, right, and Kenya's Defense Minister Aden Duale, left, listen during the National Anthem during a ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Pentagon finishes review of Austin’s failure to tell Biden and other leaders about his cancer

February 9, 2024 at 6:41 a.m.

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has completed its review of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin 's failure last month to quickly notify the president and other senior leaders about his hospitalization for complications from...

Un helicóptero CH-53E Super Stallion de la Infantería de Marina vuela en misión de entrenamiento en la base aérea de marines Miramar en San Diego, 6 de febrero de 2024. Las autoridades confirmaron el jueves 8 de febrero de 2024 que los cinco marines que volaban en un helicóptero que se estrelló en las montañas en las afueras de San Diego han muerto. El helicóptero CH-53E Super Stallion había desaparecido el martes en la tarde cuando regresaba a la Base Aérea Miramar de la Infantería de Marina en San Diego tras una misión de entrenamiento en la Base de la Fuerza Aérea Creech al noroeste de Las Vegas.(K.C. Alfred/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP)

Confirman muerte de cinco marines en helicoptero que se estrello fuera de San Diego

February 8, 2024 at 2:06 p.m.

SAN DIEGO — Las autoridades confirmaron el jueves que los cinco marines que volaban en un helicóptero que se estrelló en las montañas en las afueras de San Diego han muerto.El helicóptero...

Civil defense gather at the site of a burned vehicle targeted by a U.S. drone strike in east Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

US drone strike in Baghdad kills high-ranking militia leader linked to attacks on American troops

February 8, 2024 at 2:57 a.m.

BAGHDAD — A U.S. drone strike blew up a car in the Iraqi capital Wednesday night, killing a high-ranking commander of the powerful Kataib Hezbollah militia who is responsible for “directly planning...

ARCHIVO - La Estación Aérea del Cuerpo de Infantería de Marina de EE.UU. en Miramar (MCAS, por sus siglas en inglés) se muestra en esta imagen del 25 de agosto de 2023, en San Diego, California. (Nelvin C. Cepeda/The San Diego Union-Tribune viaa AP, archivo)

Hallan a helicoptero de la Infanteria de Marina de EEUU que habia desaparecido con 5 soldados

February 7, 2024 at 6:45 p.m.

SAN DIEGO — El helicóptero de la Infantería de Marina estadounidense que estaba desaparecido con cinco militares a bordo ha sido hallado en una zona montañosa cerca de San Diego, informó la...

A Marine CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter flies during training at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. A Marine Corps helicopter, like the one pictured, that had been missing with five troops aboard as an historic storm continued drenching California was found Wednesday morning, Feb. 7, 2024, in a mountainous area outside San Diego.(K.C. Alfred/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP)

Rescue of Marine helicopter with 5 aboard is challenged by snowy California mountains

February 8, 2024 at 3:16 a.m.

SAN DIEGO — Rescuers were battling heavy snow Wednesday to reach a Marine Corps helicopter carrying five troops that went down in the mountains outside San Diego.The CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter —...

Esta imagen proporcionada por la Armada de Estados Unidos muestra un caza de combate partiendo del portaaviones USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) durante operaciones aéreas sobre el Mar Rojo, el 22 de enero de 2024. (Kaitlin Watt/U.S. Navy via AP)

EEUU y Reino Unido continuan sus ataques contra objetivos huties en Yemen

February 4, 2024 at 8:41 a.m.

WASHINGTON — Estados Unidos y Reino Unido atacaron el sábado 36 objetivos hutíes en Yemen, en una segunda ola de operativos para incapacitar aún más a los grupos respaldados por Irán que...

In this image provided the Ministry of Defence, an RAF Typhoon aircraft takes off to conduct further strikes against Houthi military targets in Yemen, from RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus, Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024. (AS1 Jake Green/Ministry of Defence via AP)

What to know about the US strikes in Iraq and Syria and its attacks with the UK in Yemen

February 4, 2024 at 12:11 p.m.

BEIRUT — British forces on Saturday ed their American allies in new attacks against militia in Yemen. The U.S. military earlier launched strikes on dozens of sites manned by Iran-backed fighters in...

EEUU y Reino Unido realizan nuevos ataques contra objetivos huties en Yemen

February 3, 2024 at 11:14 p.m.

BAGDAD — Estados Unidos y Reino Unido atacaron el sábado 36 objetivos hutíes en Yemen, en una segunda ola de operativos para incapacitar aún más a los grupos respaldados por Irán que...

This image provided by the U.S. Navy shows an aircraft launching from USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) during flight operations in the Red Sea, Jan. 22, 2024. The United States and Britain struck 36 Houthi sites in Yemen on Saturday, Feb. 3, in a second wave of assaults meant to further disable Iran-backed groups in the region. (Kaitlin Watt/U.S. Navy via AP)

US, Britain strike Yemen’s Houthis in a new wave, retaliating for attacks by Iran-backed militants

February 4, 2024 at 9:12 a.m.

BAGHDAD — The United States and Britain struck 36 Houthi targets in Yemen on Saturday in a second wave of assaults meant to further disable Iran-backed groups that have relentlessly attacked American...

Fotografía de satélite de Planet Labs PBC que muestra la base militar conocida como Torre 22 en el noreste de Jordania el lunes 29 de enero de 2024.. (Planet Labs PBC vía AP)

EEUU lanza bombardeos en Irak y Siria en represalia por ataque en el que murieron 3 de sus soldados

February 3, 2024 at 4:00 a.m.

WASHINGTON — El ejército de Estados Unidos lanzó el viernes una ola de bombardeos contra docenas de sitios en Irak y Siria utilizados por milicias respaldadas por Irán y por la Guardia...

A satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows a military base known as Tower 22 in northeastern Jordan on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. A satellite image taken Monday of the Jordanian base targeted by a bomb-carrying drone that killed three U.S. soldiers appears to show damage at the site. The damage can be seen in the center left of the photo. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

US hits hard at militias in Iraq and Syria, retaliating for fatal drone attack

February 6, 2024 at 9:05 p.m.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. military launched an air assault on dozens of sites in Iraq and Syria used by Iranian-backed militias and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Friday, in the opening salvo of...

El secretario de Defensa de Estados Unidos Lloyd Austin participa en una conferencia de prensa en el Pentágono el jueves 1 de febrero de 2024 en Washington. (AP Foto/Kevin Wolf)

Secretario de defensa afirma que nunca pidio a su personal que ocultara su hospitalizacion a Biden

February 1, 2024 at 8:30 p.m.

WASHINGTON — El secretario de Defensa de Estados Unidos Lloyd Austin dijo el jueves que nunca ordenó a ningún miembro del personal que no notificara a la Casa Blanca que había sido...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin takes question from reporter during a Pentagon press briefing at the Pentagon on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Austin says he never told anyone on his staff to keep White House in the dark on hospitalization

February 1, 2024 at 6:51 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday he never told his staff to keep his cancer surgery and hospitalization secret from the White House, but acknowledged he should have handled it...

El secretario de Defensa de EEUU, Lloyd Austin, en conferencia de prensa en el Pentágono el jueves 1 de febrero de 2024, en Washington. (Foto AP/Kevin Wolf)

EEUU insinua que es inminente una gran respuesta a las milicias respaldadas por Iran

February 1, 2024 at 6:46 p.m.

JERUSALÉN — JERUSALÉN (AP) — El secretario estadounidense de Defensa, Lloyd Austin, dijo el jueves que es hora de incapacitar más a las milicias respaldadas por Irán que han atacado a fuerzas...

US hints large response to Iran-backed militias is imminent as Houthi rebels target another ship

February 1, 2024 at 7:38 p.m.

JERUSALEM — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday it's time to further disable Iran-backed militias that have struck at U.S. forces and ships in the Middle East and the U.S. is preparing...

This undated photograph released by the U.S. military's Central Command shows what it is described as the vessel that carried Iranian-made missile components bound for Yemen's Houthi in the Arabian Sea. U.S. Navy SEALs seized Iranian-made missile parts and other weaponry from a ship bound for Yemen's Houthi rebels in a raid that saw two of its commandos go missing, the U.S. military said Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. (U.S. Central Command via AP)

US military revises of what happened to 2 SEALs who died trying to board Yemen-bound ship

January 31, 2024 at 5:59 p.m.

WASHINGTON — U.S. officials are revising their preliminary findings on what happened to two Navy SEALs who died during a mission to board an unflagged ship that was carrying illicit Iranian-made weapons...

President Joe Biden walks towards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024, for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., and then on to Florida for campaign receptions. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

How to strike back after deadly drone attack? US has many options, but must weigh consequences

January 30, 2024 at 11:41 p.m.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has made it clear the U.S. will strike back after a deadly drone attack killed three service and wounded more than 40 at a small base...

El secretario de Defensa Lloyd Austin asiste a una reunión con el secretario general de la OTAN, Jens Stoltenberg, en el Pentágono, en Washington, el lunes 29 de enero de 2024. (AP Foto/Susan Walsh)

Austin regresa al Pentagono tras larga ausencia para tratar cancer de prostata

January 29, 2024 at 7:53 p.m.

WASHINGTON — El secretario de Defensa de Estados Unidos, Lloyd Austin, regresó al trabajo en el Pentágono el lunes después de una ausencia de casi un mes a causa del cáncer de...

Esta imagen satelital de la compañía Planet Labs PBC muestra una base militar estadounidense conocida como Torre 22 en el noreste de Jordania, el 12 de octubre de 2023. (Planet Labs PBC vía AP)

Dron enemigo que mato a soldados de EEUU en Jordania fue confundido con uno de EEUU, dice reporte

January 30, 2024 at 12:09 a.m.

WASHINGTON — Las fuerzas estadounidenses podrían haber confundido a un dron enemigo con uno propio y dejarlo que continuara su trayectoria hacia una base en el desierto de Jordania, donde mató a...

In this image provided by The White House, President Joe Biden receives the Presidential Daily Briefing, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024, in the White House Situation Room at the White House in Washington, as Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin listens. (Adam Schultz/The White House via AP)

Enemy drone that killed US troops in Jordan was mistaken for a US drone, preliminary report suggests

January 30, 2024 at 3:37 p.m.

WASHINGTON — U.S. forces may have mistaken an enemy drone for an American one and let it unchallenged into a desert base in Jordan where it killed three U.S. troops and...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin attends a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the Pentagon in Washington, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin returns to work at the Pentagon after cancer surgery complications

January 29, 2024 at 6:20 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin returned to work at the Pentagon on Monday after nearly a month's absence because of prostate cancer and met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.“At this...

President Biden bows his head in a moment of silence for the three American troops killed Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024, in a drone strike in northeast Jordan, while speaking at the "Sunday Lunch" event at the Brookland Baptist Banquet Center, part of the Brookland Baptist Church, in West Columbia, S.C., on Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Biden says US ‘shall respond’ after drone strike by Iran-backed group kills 3 US troops in Jordan

January 29, 2024 at 11:03 p.m.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — President Joe Biden said Sunday that the U.S. “shall respond” after three American troops were killed and dozens more were injured in an overnight drone strike in northeast Jordan...

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