Military

The U.S. Navy posthumously awarded Wings of Gold to all three sailors killed during the Naval Air Station Pensacola shooting.

The Saudi gunman who killed three people at the Pensacola naval base had apparently gone on Twitter shortly before the shooting to blast U.S. support of Israel and accuse America of being anti-Muslim, a U.S. official said Sunday as the FBI confirmed it is operating on the assumption the attack was an act of terrorism.

Authorities investigating the attack are reportedly focused on finding several unaccounted for Saudi nationals linked to the shooting.

The U.S. Navy has identified the three sailors who died in the shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola on Friday.

The Minnesota National Guard released the names of the three soldiers killed in the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crash Thursday near St. Cloud, Minnesota.

When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, it became one of the worst attacks ever carried out on American soil and changed the course of the country, spurring the United States' entry into WWII.

The wreck of an armored German battlecruiser used during World War I has been discovered off the Falkland Islands, the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust announced on Thursday, calling it “a major breakthrough.” 

Three soldiers are confirmed dead after a Minnesota National Guard Black Hawk helicopter crashed near Kimball Thursday afternoon, according to the Minnesota National Guard. 

The U.S. Postal Service has issued a new fundraiser stamp to benefit veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder.

A Coast Guard crew in southwest Florida rescued a dog they found swimming offshore Wednesday night.

Defense Secretary Mark Esper fired Navy Secretary Richard Spencer over the controversial case of SEAL Edward Gallagher.

Specialized canine auditory gear has been developed to protect military dogs from hearing loss during training, the U.S. Army said Wednesday in a news release. 

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump paid their respects Thursday evening to two U.S. Army officers who were killed this week in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan.

Two Air Force Airmen were killed Thursday morning during an "aircraft mishap" out of Vance Air Force Base in Oklahoma.

“I have no regrets about what I did,” Russell Gackenbach said. “We were at war. The Japanese and the Germans were working on the atomic bomb, just like we were. We just happened to get it first.”