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To mark the anniversary of the day Russian forces first poured into Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, Washington Times correspondents Guy Taylor and Ben Wolfgang analyze the state of the war and go inside the mindset of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is pumping more troops and equipment into the war while attempting to break Ukraine’s morale with increased attacks on civil targets. → Read More
Fears that the war with Ukraine could spill over into a clash between Russia and NATO eased slightly Wednesday as Western officials said it was likely an errant Ukrainian defensive shell — not a deliberate salvo from Russian forces — that hit a grain facility inside Poland and killed two citizens of the NATO country. → Read More
The United States will provide almost $55 million in humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan following a devastating earthquake on June 22 killed at least 1,000 people, injured countless more and destroyed an estimated 10,000 homes. → Read More
The latest USS New Jersey is back on the high seas, a nuclear-powered, cruise missile-armed fast attack submarine, designed to take on new adversaries like China and Russia in both littoral and deep water missions. → Read More
A female soldier in the Montana Army National Guard has become the first woman to join an elite cadre of snipers following her graduation from the Army’s grueling training course. → Read More
China has constructed giant targets of U.S. warships, including an aircraft carrier, at a desert range site in the country's central region, apparently as an aid for practicing attack missions. → Read More
The U.S. Army on Monday formally reactivated a two-star level command in Germany to direct all artillery operations in Europe, another response to rising tensions between the NATO alliance and an increasingly assertive Russia. → Read More
The U.S. is keeping mum about Iran’s seizure of a Vietnamese-flagged oil tanker, other than to push back against Tehran’s claims that it was actually American forces who attempted to detain the vessel. → Read More
The Navy on Saturday will christen a ship in honor of Harvey Milk, the slain San Francisco city board member who was the first openly gay elected official in California. → Read More
The senior leaders of a nuclear-powered U.S. Navy submarine were fired following the investigation into an underwater collision in the South China Sea, Navy officials said Thursday. → Read More
For decades, the Marine Corps personnel system has treated every Marine as a round peg and every assignment as a round hole. But It’s time to realize that Marines and assignments come in different shapes and sizes, Marine Corps Commandant David Berger said this week. → Read More
U.S. military officials made mistakes but were not guilty of criminal negligence in a mistargeted drone strike that killed 10 Afghan civilians and served as a grim capstone to the chaotic American withdrawal from the country in late August, the Air Force's top internal watchdog told reporters Wednesday. → Read More
Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, confirmed Wednesday that China conducted a recent test of a hypersonic missile that circled the globe from pole to pole to test the potential delivery of a nuclear weapon. → Read More
President Biden has nominated a Navy four-star admiral to be the country’s next No. 2 military officer, only weeks before the general he is replacing is scheduled to retire. → Read More
The Pentagon removed thousands of Afghan War-related photographs and videos from a Department of Defense website over concerns they could expose Afghans who face possible reprisals because they worked with U.S. troops. → Read More
Thousands of Air Force personnel could face dismissal from the ranks for defying an order to get fully vaccinated against the coronavirus by Nov. 2, a first test of the Pentagon’s vaccination mandate that is being closely watched by the nation’s other military services. → Read More
A key Republican senator is stepping up his campaign to block a sweeping revision of military draft laws that would require women for the first time ever to register for the military draft. → Read More
China and Russia have dramatically accelerated their naval shipbuilding and modernization programs in recent years, while the U.S. has struggled to improve its own capacity for warfighting missions and been tagged with a poor readiness rating from national security analysts. → Read More
Army Lt. Gen. Laura J. Richardson is picking up a fourth star just before she takes over as head of the Latin America-focused U.S. Southern Command on Friday. → Read More
Pentagon officials say countering enemy drone attacks is now one of their highest priorities, and defense contractors are lining up to meet the demand. → Read More