A Funeral Is Held for 20 Cambodian Soldiers Killed in an Arms Depot Explosion at an Army Base There has been no public explanation of what caused the blast.
WWII-Era Munitions Found Under Water in Survey of Southern California Industrial Waste Dump Site The US. Navy said the munitions were probably dumped during the World War II era as ships returned to port, at that time...
The State Department Approves the Sale of Tank Ammunition to Israel in a Deal That Bypasses Congress Secretary of State Antony Blinken determined “an emergency exists that requires the immediate sale” of the munitions in the U...
Marine Corps Wants Lighter .50 Caliber Ammunition to Reduce the Burden of Weight on the Battlefield The desire to reduce the .50 caliber ammo's weight is part of the Corps' continuing effort to lighten its infantry and...
Russia Is Turning to Old Ally North Korea to Resupply its Arsenal for the War in Ukraine It would be a remarkable reversal from the Korean War, when the Soviet Union provided the communist North with weapons and...
EU Takes a Major Step in Approving Plans to Boost Its Anemic Ammunition Production to Help Ukraine The EU presidency announced the member states and the EU Parliament reached a deal “to urgently mobilize” half a billion...
'We've Got a Ways to Go': Pentagon Seeks Massive Ammo Boost as War in Ukraine Rages On Right now, the Army produces about 20,000 155mm artillery rounds per month. That's a significant boost from 14,000 produced...
US Military Weighs Sending Ukraine Weapons and Ammo Seized from Gunrunners U.S. and partner forces have regularly intercepted small boats attempting to illegally smuggle guns, ammunition, and...
Russia Is Running Out of Fresh Ammo and May Need to Use 40-Year-Old Shells Moscow is faced with relying more heavily on degraded rockets and shells, which could ratchet up risks to its own troops and...
How the Army Is Getting the Lead Out and Going to 'Green' Ammo The Army is getting the lead out -- of small-caliber ammunition, that is. Tungsten eventually will replace lead in all small...
Army Division Bars Leaders from Bothering Their Soldiers After Work Hours Maj. Gen. David Doyle, commander of the Fort Carson, Colorado-based 4th Infantry Division, issued a memo last week barring...
Marine Corps Creates Billet to Keep Dual-Military Families Together During Stressful Moves The billet, which is called the dual-military coordinator, will act as a liaison between couples and their career monitors in...
Exposed to Agent Orange at US Bases, Veterans Face Cancer Without VA Compensation The Defense Department has publicly acknowledged that during the Vietnam War era it stored Agent Orange at the Naval...
Reports of Mediocre Disability Exams by VA Contractors Prompts Senator's Demand for Answers A prominent Democratic senator is demanding the Department of Veterans Affairs review the quality of its privatized...
A Group Aims to Rebuild Tun Tavern, Birthplace of the Marines, as a Tavern and Restaurant National Park Service rangers in the historic district field questions all day from visitors. One of the most-asked is:...