Independent readers share their views on conscription – from ‘necessary evil’ to ‘waste of time’ - THE INDEPENDENT DEBATE: ...

IT takes most mountaineers at least 70 days to scale the world’s highest peak, as even the fittest athletes have to ...

The Philippine Army (PA), on March 22, 2025, commemorated the 128th anniversary of its founding. In his speech, Roy Galido PA ...

The British defense secretary proposed to allow reservesoldiers to take up to 40 days a year for training. This is the first time Army ReserveSoldiers have been activated for a natural disaster under ...

FORT BELVOIR, Va. – In the spring of 1775, the world order was in question. After decades of onerous taxation by the British, ...

The Army is quietly considering a sweeping reduction of up to 90,000 active-duty troops, a move that underscores mounting fiscal pressures at the Pentagon and a broader shift in military strategy away ...

As a TA weekend warrior, Owain Mulligan didn’t expect to be deployed but, as he says in his first interview, funny things ...

From Lego clubs to floral bookmarks Braunton Library’s bold ideas and deep roots in nature just won it the title of regional library of the year ...

With his final breaths, one of the aviators provided information to give Allied artillery accurate coordinates to target ...

The final U.S. soldier who went missing in Lithuania has been found dead, bringing to an end a massive weeklong search for ...

It's been 30 years since an unexpected discovery on Portland thrust the small island into the national spotlight. An unexploded bomb was ...