Author: Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY

Russian pilots harassed U.S. spy planes over Syria for second day in a row. The Pentagon blasted the Kremlin for “reckless” behavior.

Suicide among soldiers posted to Alaska has abated from “horrifically high rates.” A surge of counselors might have stemmed the tide.

Chinese citizens posing as tourists have been trying to access military bases in Alaska, according to U.S. officials. They are suspected of spying.

An F-16 shot down the object Sunday afternoon at the direction of President Biden, the Pentagon’s press secretary said.

Ashton Carter, who served as Defense secretary in the final two years of the Obama administration, died on Monday after a ‘sudden cardiac event.’

The Department of Defense estimates sexual assaults among women service members surged 35% from 2018 to 2021, despite promises to curb the problem.

The retired officer, Gary Volesky, responded to a tweet Jill Biden sent about abortion. “Glad to see you finally know what a woman is,” he wrote.

The Pentagon will send 3,000 troops to Germany, Romania and Poland this week, as tensions over a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine escalate.