Antony Blinken meets with China’s President Xi as US, China spar over bilateral and global issues

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met with Chinese President Xi Jinping and senior Chinese officials in Beijing, where he said he raised concerns about China’s support for Russia and its invasion of Ukraine, as well as other issues including Taiwan and the South China Sea.

Army Guard MP who sprayed police with pepper spray during Jan. 6 riots pleads guilty 

Gregory Yetman, an enlisted military police officer with the Army National Guard in 2021, came to the attention of authorities after he posted on Facebook about being at the Capitol during the Jan. 6 riots, court documents said.

Kim Jong Un tests new rockets to strike Seoul and perhaps sell to Putin

Leader Kim Jong Un oversaw tests of a new North Korean rocket system that could bolster his ability to attack Seoul and it may become a weapon he attempts to sell to Russia for use in its assault on Ukraine.

Tax refund app is adding more US Army users in Germany

A pilot program set up last month to test a value-added tax form consolidation app for US personnel in Germany is about to grow in both numbers and reach.

21 people charged with stealing nearly $7 million from USAA bank and its customers

A federal grand jury in Louisiana has indicted 21 people in connection with stealing millions of dollars from military service members and other customers banking with USAA.

Reading, writing and political ranting

Unfortunately, sometimes the heated political opinions are mightier than the pen.

Teams hope they’re well-armed for success

Pitching, and pitching depth, will likely play a heavy factor in who comes out on top in Far East D-I and D-II baseball tournaments.

Sarah Vaughan in Germany, 1954

Kaiserslautern, Germany, Oct. 12, 1954: Jazz singer Sarah Vaughan, accompanied by famed jazz drummer Roy Haynes onstage in Kaiserslautern.

Upcoming UN report will shed new light on North Korea’s human rights abuses, experts say

An upcoming report will revise the United Nation’s decade-old review of North Korea’s record of human rights abuses, according to experts on the humanitarian crisis at a panel discussion hosted Friday by the South Korea Ministry of Unification.

Alcohol, brain injury contributed to US sailor’s beach rampage in Japan, defense says

Japanese authorities allege Daniel Krieger, 29, slammed into five people in Zushi, a beach town near Yokosuka that’s popular with locals and U.S. service members alike. He pleaded not guilty March 8 to four counts of bodily injury. 

US-French-Filipino armada begins Balikatan exercise in South China Sea

A U.S. Navy amphibious ship, a French frigate and a pair of Philippine vessels have kicked off the at-sea portion of a joint-force exercise taking place throughout the Philippines this month.

First Japanese troops qualify for US Army’s Expert Soldier Badge

A soldier in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force became one of the first Japanese troops to earn the U.S. Army’s Expert Soldier Badge after a five-day test of physical and mental endurance.

Over 100 hidden-camera videos, mostly of Navy sailors, were uploaded to porn site

Scores of nonconsensual pornographic videos depicting U.S. service members on Guam were briefly available on one of the world’s most-visited websites, according to recently unsealed records in Guam federal court.

‘I didn’t care if I got carried out’: US soldier gave his all in Netflix reality competition

Army officer Maj. Gibson Kim was among 100 contestants on the second season of Netflix’s “Physical: 100” reality show battling in theatrical feats of strength and pushed beyond his limits to finish in the top 20.

Chemical quirk in Hawaii tap-water test led to hundreds of false positives for petroleum

The Navy has determined that hundreds of tap water tests taken at Pearl Harbor in recent months produced false positives for low-level petroleum contamination due to the test’s chemical reaction with chlorine in the samples, the service announced Thursday.

Ukraine pulls US-provided Abrams tanks from front lines over Russian drone threats

Ukraine has sidelined U.S.-provided Abrams M1A1 battle tanks for now in its fight against Russia, in part because Russian drone warfare has made it too difficult for them to operate without detection or coming under attack.