Water is one of our most basic preparedness supplies. But there are situations where replacing water alone may not be enough. Heavy sweating, prolonged heat, vomiting, and diarrhea can cause the body to lose both water and electrolytes. If those losses become significant, having an electrolyte product on the shelf…
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A Department of Veterans Affairs rating decision letter can run anywhere from three pages to more than 30, written in dense regulatory language and packed with legal citations. Most veterans open it, find the percentage, and stop reading. That’s a mistake. Several other sections of the letter determine how much…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stood on stage this week in front of thousands of U.S. military personnel, quoting Bible scripture while attacking the “woke” and the “weirdos.” His religiosity is now extending to all service members, prompting a new battle involving the government, free speech, and the Constitution. The secretary…
For decades, the relationship between Saudi Arabia and the U.S. has centered on an often-mentioned but rarely tested supposition: If the kingdom were attacked, America would come to its rescue. But recent events have shown that much-vaunted security umbrella to be a leaky one. Last month, Iran-aligned Yemeni rebels blitzed…
The U.S. Navy’s newest destroyer has landed in Whittier, Alaska, marking the first time such a vessel has visited the city in 80 years. The USS Ted Stevens DDG 128 is the US Navy’s newest Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer. It is named after former Republican Alaska senator and…
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday instructing agencies to refer to artificial intelligence as “super intelligence” in official correspondence, public communications, websites, reports, policy documents and other non-statutory documents. The order gives the assistant to the president for science and technology 60 days to submit, in consultation with agency…
The U.S. Army is putting a major price tag on building an advanced missile defense system that will essentially double the capacity to strike moving targets in a military conflict. The Army and defense contractor Lockheed Martin inked a new $1.2 billion contract to start production of the Increment II…
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Chinese hackers impersonated a former senior White House technology official, a former State Department economist and a senior Anthropic employee in attempts to break into the cloud accounts of artificial intelligence policy experts, according to findings from cybersecurity company Proofpoint released Thursday.The campaigns targeted researchers at think tanks, universities and…
A ready-to-eat meal (MRE) is designed to give troops the calories and nutrients they need when a hot meal isn’t available. Each MRE contains about 1,250 calories, enough to provide roughly one-third of a service member’s recommended daily energy and nutritional needs in the field. But that calculation assumes the…
Two former members of the U.S. Air Force have been sentenced to a combined 189 months in federal jail after they participated in a $2.4 million cyber fraud scheme. Chijioke Timothy Odimegwu, 25, and Harafat Mogaji, 26, both Airmen at the time of their offenses, were sentenced Sept. 25 to…
Updated Oct 1, 2026, 11:11 AM EDT Selected Reserve GI Bill Payment Rates for institutional training and on-the-job training are updated every year. The monthly payment rates for the Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserve change each October based on government calculations of higher education costs. Beneficiaries receive different amounts depending on…
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Updated Oct 1, 2026, 11:35 AM EDT A subsistence allowance is paid to veterans each month…