Mark Kinsler reflects on a cardboard tube that was a case for a mortar round and is reminded that the WWII generation didn't always tell their stories ...

HAWTHORNE, Nev. — A mortar shell explosion killed seven Marines and injured a half-dozen more during mountain warfare training in Nevada's high desert, prompting the Pentagon to immediately halt the ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Japanese troops removed a second piece of unexploded, World War II-era ordnance in less than a week from Okinawa’s capital city, this time at the airport. The 60-mm mortar shell ...

October 8, 2022: The U.S. Army has been using Israeli and British technology to improve its mortars. The M224A1 60mm mortar has been steadily improved since 1978. It weighs 17kg (37.5 pounds) and has ...

HAWTHORNE, Nev. -- A mortar shell explosion killed seven Marines and injured a half-dozen more during mountain warfare training in Nevada's high desert, prompting the Pentagon to immediately halt the ...