Local police are stockpiling the former tools of war for future climate disasters — but with few checks on how they can be used. (Photo: Illustration: Damon Dahlen/HuffPost; Photos: Getty) When locals ...

Gov. Roy Cooper meets with a Hurricane Helene first responder (Pool photo/Paul Barker-Governor's Office) America’s military is an indispensable part of our country’s response to disasters like ...

Theoretically, even pacificists would probably admit that no one can respond as quickly and efficiently to a major U.S. disaster as the military. But the news that active duty soldiers fresh from a ...

When locals learned that the Johnson County, Iowa, sheriff’s office had gotten hold of a massive, mine-resistant vehicle, Sheriff Lonny Pulkrabek reassured a skeptical public that officers would ...

Navy officials tour the tunnels of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in Hawaii on Dec. 23, 2021, after a leak discovering contamination of military family's drinking water was discovered. (MCS1 ...

Taking to the skies has expanded our mobility in extraordinary ways. Journeys that once took days or months now take a matter of hours. Airplanes and helicopters are amazing machines that serve as a ...

As both local and federal officials assess the problems that occurred in response to Hurricane Katrina, there is renewed discussion about the role the military should play in such disasters. Guests: ...

Anyone who has served in the U.S. military since the early 1980s knows all about the widely reviled food rations called MREs, for "Meals, Ready to Eat." But now those long-lasting plastic pouches, ...