About 300 Defense Department elementary school students got a lesson in soccer from Cal Jennings, a forward for the Okinawa-based FC Ryukyu.

The U.S. military is identifying the six service members who died last week when a KC-135 refueling plane crashed in western ...

Two people, including a 17-year-old high school student, have died after two boats carrying 21 individuals capsized off ...

Destroyer USS Mustin (DDG-89) recently departed San Diego to replace USS Robert Smalls (CG-62), the sea service’s last ...

An American military refueling plane taking part in the operation against Iran has crashed in Iraq and rescue efforts are underway.

The United States and Japan are entering a consequential phase of negotiations over how US forces are stationed, funded, and supported across Japan. These talks rarely draw sustained attention, but ...

NAHA, Okinawa — A Japanese court has awarded about $16.3 million to Okinawans affected by Kadena Air Base aircraft noise, the latest ruling in a long-running series of lawsuits over noise from U.S.

U.S. based F-35A Lightning IIs and EA-18G Growlers are the latest combat jets to head to U.S. Southern Command, while HH-60W Pave Hawks have relocated from Japan to Puerto Rico. Adding to the already ...

The U.S. Marine Corps will field the ATAWS on its F/A-18 Legacy Hornet fleet starting in early 2026. The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division has announced on Nov. 19, 2025, that the U.S. Marine ...

A USAF Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle assigned to the 336th EFS conducts a mission near Diego Garcia atoll (British Indian Ocean Territory) in July 2025. (US Air Force) A maiden deployment of US fighter ...

TOKYO – The U.S. Marine Corps is planning to formally deploy MQ-9 unmanned aerial vehicles for reconnaissance that are currently stationed temporarily at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture, it has ...