Military

Army identifies 3 soldiers killed in helicopter crash en route to Alaska base

By Martha Bellisle, Associated Press

The U.S. Army identified on Saturday the three soldiers who were killed when two helicopters collided in Alaska while returning from a training mission.

U.S. Army grounds aviators until units complete training after fatal crashes

By Becky Bohrer, Associated Press

The U.S. Army has grounded aviation units for training after 12 soldiers died within the last month in helicopter crashes in Alaska and Kentucky, the military branch announced Friday.

3 soldiers killed when Army helicopters crashed in Alaska

By Associated Press

The Army said the cause of the crash was under investigation and more details would be released when they become available.

U.S. armed forces returning to Philippines to counter China threats

By Jim Gomez, Associated Press

Washington has been reinforcing an arc of military alliances in Asia in a starkly different post-Cold War era in which the perceived new regional threat is an increasingly belligerent China.

U.S., Japan plan to boost defense cooperation

By Lolita C. Baldor, Matthew Lee, Associated Press

The United States and Japan are boosting military and security cooperation as their top national security officials hold talks in Washington.

GOP elections committee chair in Wisconsin sues to sequester military ballots

By Scott Bauer, Associated Press

The Republican chair of the Wisconsin Assembly’s elections committee along with a veterans group and other voters have filed a lawsuit seeking a court order requiring the sequestering of military absentee ballots in the battleground state.

Bolsonaro supporters call on Brazil's military to keep him in power

By Diane Jeantet, Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press

Thousands of people who back the far-right president gathered outside one of the army's eight regional headquarters a day after Bolsonaro stopped short of conceding the election but authorized his chief of staff to begin the transition process.

Members of Korean pop group BTS face possible military enrollment

By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press

South Korea's military appears to want to conscript members of the K-pop supergroup BTS for mandatory military duties, as the public remains sharply divided over whether they should be given exemptions.

Mexico's Senate votes to shift National Guard from civilian to military control

By Associated Press

Mexico's Senate has approved handing control of the country's recently created National Guard over to the military. When the National Guard was created by a Constitutional reform in 2019, it was placed under civilian control.

Russian military ordered to increase size of forces by 137,000 by Putin

By Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian military to increase the size of the country's armed forces by 137,000 amid Moscow's military action in Ukraine.