Written by  Jim Stewart Updated on Aug 20, 2026, 11:07 AM EDT If you are interested in joining the nation’s first line of defense against maritime threats, consider the opportunities available to help the US Coast Guard’s 63,000 active-duty and reserve members protect more than 100,000 miles of the nation’s coastline…

The Department of Defense (DOD) must assess the resources needed to monitor its research into military blast exposure.That is the key finding of a U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) study published on Tuesday, which investigated the department’s ability to monitor occupational blast exposure—a condition thataccumulates over time when military personnel…

Question: Should I use a mechanical or fixed blade broadhead, and what brands do you recommend?Answer: If I had a dollar for every time I’ve been asked this question, I could probably start manufacturing my own broadheads. Back when I was more of a fixture on the seminar circuit, I…

Andrii Pidlisnyi has fought nearly every year for the Ukrainian Armed Forces dating back to 2014, telling Military.com that he believes the outcome of the current iteration of the war against Russia will echo previous military conflicts while hoping that the United States will stay by Ukraine’s side. Pidlisnyi spoke…

​A Montana National Guard combat medic has received the Soldier’s Medal for a rescue in which he shielded two critically injured hikers with his own body. He stayed with them on a frozen mountainside for more than 48 hours. Sgt. Adam M. Lee received the medal during a ceremony at…

The Marine Corps is fielding tracked robots that crawl the seabed, transit the surf zone, and hunt mines and unexploded ordnance on the beach itself. The Bayonet Autonomous Underwater Ground Vehicles give explosive ordnance disposal teams a way to survey and clear the most dangerous stretch of the approach without…

Peraton has won a potential 10-year, $953 million contract to continue providing communication infrastructure services to the Defense Information Systems Agency for data centers and hybrid cloud computing environments.DISA received three proposals for this third iteration of its Capacity Services Communications contract, the agency said in an award notice first posted…

President Donald Trump’s new plan to enlist private companies to help disrupt cybercriminals abroad may face a fundamental problem when it comes to Russia: distinguishing criminal hackers and state-backed operatives.Russian intelligence services have long tolerated, protected or intermittently recruited financially-motivated hackers without exercising full control over them. That dynamic gives…

If your family has a teen driver, rents out a home after a PCS move, or hosts frequent gatherings on base, you’re carrying more liability risk than you might realize. To protect yourself financially, a military umbrella insurance policy could be a good investment. An umbrella policy doesn’t pay for…

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