“We will be forever proud of Travis and what he accomplished, yet anguished all was lost to a preventable accident,” 2nd Lt. Travis Wilkie's parents said.
Marines and fans of the Silent Drill Platoon are going to have to wait a couple more weeks to watch the famed unit twirl rifles and conduct drill movements at the evening parade aboard the Washington D.C. barracks, as COVID-19 continues to disrupt U.S. military operations, shows and plans across the globe.
Drinking snake blood at Exercise Cobra Gold, freestyle drill routines, the agreement that may result in all foreign troops leaving Afghanistan, and more of this week's best military photos.
A year after a chaotic “active shooter” false alarm at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base here, a base official says a review of the scare and the response to it has led to improvements.
“We’re at 110 percent every single day,” a military training instructor said. “Coming home after 10-plus hours being out in the heat, drilling, marching trainees ... After three years, the burnout is kind of real.”
Capt. Matthew Heath, a T-38 instructor pilot, was guiding a student during a landing in Amarillo, Texas, on Nov. 18, 2017, when the aircraft suddenly lost thrust in both engines.