Updated: 7:50 p.m. ET.Navy Secretary John Phelan, the service’s top civilian leader, is leaving his role, the Pentagon announced Wednesday. His departure was announced as the Navy takes part in an unprecedented blockade of Iranian ports, and the day after Phelan spoke at the nation’s largest naval-themed conference.“Secretary of the…

As private-sector investment in defense-technology research rises, the Navy’s chief science office is refocusing its efforts on areas that companies are ignoring, but that will be relevant 15 years into the future, the head of the Office of Naval Research says.“It’s our goal to actually help folks see not just…

The Navy is getting its turn this year to get an independent assessment on its future with a congressionally-mandated commission on its future. While the commission’s mandate is wide, there’s one overarching question the group will need to answer: What can Congress do to support the aging fleet as the…

00:00:00 Speaker 1: Within a few hours, nineteen men found one leopard. They all blasted away, but a state trooper who was using a submachine gun he got credit for the kill. At dawn the next morning, a local lumberjack stalked the other leopard with a little mongrel pup called…

The Trump administration, which last year stripped the Space Force of 14 percent of its civilian workers, now wants the service to handle a budget more than twice as large.The service’s 2027 budget request of $71.1 billion—way up from the $31.6 billion allocated in the current fiscal year—includes boosts for…

A 27-year-old turkey hunter remains missing after a solo hunt on Mount Shavano in southern Colorado last week, according to the Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office.Kaden Sites was reported missing around 7 p.m. on April 15. He left for a short hunt around 1:30 that afternoon and planned to be back…

In mid-May of 2025, my son Bear Newcomb and I headed to southeast Alaska to hunt with my friend and outfitter David Benitz. I’ve previously hunted for mountain goats and also went wolf trapping with David. He’s an incredible Alaskan bowhunter, trapper, commercial fisherman, and he’s been an outfitter for…

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