One of the few metrics that America ranks first in is military spending. According to the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services, the Department of Defense received $841 billion, which means ...

The attack on Pearl Harbor and other military and naval installations on Oahu, brought the United States into World War II. Today, Hawaii is the headquarters of the United States Pacific Command ...

During the Cold War, the US poured support into Arctic military outposts and climate research amid fears of a Russian ...

Despite recently closing hundreds of bases in Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States still maintains nearly 800 military bases in more than 70 countries and territories abroad—from giant ...

Ecuador Pitches US Military Base and Free Trade Deal to Trump Allies ... environmentally sensitive Galapagos Islands during World War II and a separate base used largely to combat narcotics ...

In 1941, during World War II, the US and Denmark agreed to allow ... German submarines and securing shipping routes. The US maintained a military presence throughout the Cold War, using Greenland ...

The officials also said they were interested in inking a free trade deal with the United States ... a military base on the environmentally sensitive Galapagos Islands during World War II and ...