Новости за 31.07.2017

Days after North Korea fired a rocket into the Sea of Japan, the U.S. Air Force is planning to test launch an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile Wednesday from Vandenberg Air Force Base.

The U.S. Coast Guard has rescued two fishermen from Tampa Bay as Tropical Storm Emily hit Florida's Gulf Coast.

As a 23-year-old Army medic, James C. McCloughan ran repeatedly through fields of flying bullets to retrieve and treat wounded comrades in the midst of a deadly two-day battle. More than 48 years later, at 71, McCloughan was presented the United States’ top military honor on Monday.

An ex-Marine has been convicted of murder in the New Year's Day 2016 shooting of a University of North Texas student that happened after people in two vehicles argued following a party.

I received my PlayStation 4 as a Christmas gift in 2013. For at least a year, until “Bloodborne” came out, my go-to game was “Resogun” a side-scrolling, spaceship shooter that was available for free to PlayStation Plus subscribers. Developed by Housemarque, Finland’s oldest video game studio, “Resogun” was a love letter to my favorite game as a little kid, “Defender” (another Christmas gift) for the Atari 2600.

Capt. Nicolas Dienna took over as commanding officer of the USS Harry S. Truman from Capt. Ryan B. Scholl during a ceremony Friday, the Navy said in a news release.

Anthony Scaramucci is out as White House communications director after just 11 days on the job — and just hours after former Gen. John Kelly took over as President Donald Trump's new chief of staff.

North Korea has nuclear weapons and — if its ever-advancing ballistic missile program is any indication — it wants to keep open the possibility of using them against adversaries. So why shouldn't South Korea have nuclear weapons, too? The question was reignited this week in Seoul.

The U.S. Air Force says it is committing another $30 million this year to help deal with water contamination at the former Pease Air Force Base in New Hampshire.

The second of five public hearings regarding the U.S. Navy’s potential environmental effects from training and testing activities conducted within the Navy’s Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing Study Area took place in Morehead City, N.C., recently.

The United States and North Korea hold "the primary responsibility" for de-escalating tensions and negotiating peace on the Korean Peninsula — not China, Beijing's U.N. ambassador said Monday.

Dedicated before a crowd of more than 30,000 just 18 months after the peace at Appomattox, Peoria's Civil War monument should have had a long life reminding citizens of the cost in a war that pitted brother against brother.

New research underway with soldiers and spouses at Fort Drum, N.Y., could help them find ways to focus on the current moment, which advocates say helps reduce stress and improve mental resiliency.

A Vietnam War memorial in Alabama that spells Vietnam as “VIEINAM” and excludes the names of four fallen servicemen will be replaced Friday.

“I’m gonna go as long as I can go,” says World War II veteran and career Army man Charles Carroll, 104, who for the last decade has spent 4 hours, twice a week, as a volunteer at Delray Medical Center.

We have 755 diplomats in Russia for Vladimir Putin to expel? Doesn't that seem like a lot? The answer is yes, that does seem like a lot. Because no, we don't have 755 diplomats in Russia.

Officials say a scuba diver appears to have breached a barrier at the country's largest naval base and they have stepped up security as a result.

The Trump administration says a Pennsylvania-based coal company has won a contract to supply coal used for heating to Ukraine's state-owned power company.

In a fiery ruling on Friday, an appeals court judge in Washington ordered the Federal Aviation Administration to look into it what she called "the Case of the Incredible Shrinking Airline Seat."

The April 13 email to more than 200 fellow troops officially ended the secret that burned inside Capt. Jennifer Sims, who was known as Jonathan Sims. But the feeling of relief swiftly turned to unease last week after President Donald Trump tweeted that transgender people were no longer welcome in the U.S. military.

Jose Rivera, 57, of Potomac, Md., pleaded guilty in Alexandria federal court to conspiracy to defraud the United States, acknowledging that he helped convince his bosses to rent a camp at Baghdad International Airport for a grossly inflated price. He agreed to cooperate against the other defendants in the scheme.

The U.S. military said Monday it carried out a drone strike in Somalia that killed a member of the al-Shabab extremist group, while Somalia's government said it believes the strike killed a high-level al-Shabab commander responsible for several deadly bombings in the capital.

Enlisted airmen from 106 career fields may be granted up to an additional two years to get promoted before being involuntarily separated from the Air Force, according to a service memo released last week.

Thirty-one-year-old Ciaran Maxwell lived a double life as a member of the military and as a bombmaker for dissident Irish republicans. He pleaded guilty to preparation of terrorist acts between January 2011 and August 2016, possessing images of bank cards for fraud and possessing marijuana.

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Monday strongly pledged America's commitment to protecting NATO allies against attacks, including the Baltic states, which have anxiously watched a growing Russian military presence in the region.