Новости за 15.12.2017

Ingalls Shipbuilding employees stood dockside Thursday morning and watched as the amphibious transport dock ship Portland (LPD 27) departed the Pascagoula shipyard en route to commissioning ceremonies and its homeport on the west coast.

North Korea may have short soldiers who look hungry. Their equipment may be antiquated. And some troops have intestinal parasites. But the fourth-largest military in the world still poses a formidable threat, analysts say.

North Korea may have short soldiers who look hungry. Their equipment may be antiquated. And some troops have intestinal parasites. But the fourth-largest military in the world still poses a formidable threat, analysts say.

St. Alphonsus is the only church in Baltimore that offers the traditional Latin Mass, the celebration of the Eucharist that all Catholics observed prior to the sweeping reforms instituted by the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s.

Scientists are hoping to use the genetic information from 1 million American military veterans to study diabetes, cancer and other illnesses and understand how genes affect health.

"Youthquake" is defined as meaning "a significant cultural, political, or social change arising from the actions of influence of young people." It represents the awakening of millennials striving for change during a turbulent 12 months across the world.

As China strengthens its maritime advances, expanding defensive measures for outlying islands has become a pressing matter for Japan's military. But there are many issues to deal with.

A wreck-hunting group announced that it has located the sunken World War II submarine USS S-28 in 8,700 feet of water off Oahu.

Democrats were looking forward to spending the next year wrapping Moore around the necks of Republicans.

The base, which overwhelmingly backed Trump, is impatient with the infuriating combination of insouciance and threadbare slogans offered by Republican elites.

There is a growing, mostly undisputed body of evidence describing contacts between Trump associates and Russia-linked operatives.

When President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel earlier this month, he called it a “long-overdue step to advance the peace process.” Yet the president’s ill-timed Jerusalem speech has had exactly the opposite impact.

Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) paid to 956,000 servicemembers living off base in the United States will climb modestly Jan. 1, an average of only 0.7 percent or $10 a month, as an allowance-dampening formula enters its fourth year.

Some troops are seeing red over plans to cut an allowance that compensates them for the high cost of living in Japan by as much as half.

Christmas came early for the Army’s 2nd Cavalry Regiment when the first of the new, upgunned Strykers arrived this week, with their main guns still waiting to be unwrapped.

The Army general who oversaw the most significant buildup of U.S. troops and infrastructure since the end of the Cold War retired Friday after more than three years in command.

The Army general who oversaw the most significant buildup of U.S. troops and infrastructure since the end of the Cold War retired Friday after more than three years in command.

The Army general who oversaw the most significant buildup of U.S. troops and infrastructure since the end of the Cold War retired Friday after more than three years in command.

Okinawa’s governor has demanded that all U.S. military aircraft be grounded on the island for safety checks after a Marine Corps helicopter lost a window over an elementary school on Wednesday.

The U.S. military is set to end maternal care for women assigned to Aviano and Vicenza this spring, leaving obstetrical and other medical services to local Italian hospitals that officials say are better-equipped to handle American patients than in the past.

Iraq's top Shiite cleric on Friday called on the powerful Shiite militias that helped conquer the Islamic State's territory to choose between politics and arms, backing a key demand of the prime minister.

The Navy has announced it would cancel three early separation programs in order to retain sailors and increase the size of the fleet.

The move of a medical support group from Pirmasens to Kaiserslautern, originally scheduled for this past summer, will now be delayed until the middle of next year because of permitting issues, the Army said Thursday.

Vice President Mike Pence is set to receive a cooler reception from Arab leaders on a Middle East trip next week than he once expected, after pushing President Donald Trump earlier this month to declare Jerusalem the capital of Israel.