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Marriage isn’t easy. And the military can make it even harder. Some military marriages can withstand the strain. Others can’t and end in divorce. Mine was one of those marriages that didn’t make it. After a 13-year marriage, I divorced my then-active duty husband following the one-year legal separation required…
A U.S. Army veteran who self-deported to South Korea last year has been pardoned for the crimes that led him to leave the country. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, on Friday pardoned Sae Joon Park, a 57-year-old who was born in South Korea and had lived in the…
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Graphite is a powerful commercial spyware product capable of entering a smartphone without its owner clicking a link, opening an attachment or knowingly downloading anything. Developed by Paragon Solutions, the technology has been connected to surveillance targeting journalists and immigration activists in Europe. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement also holds…
An 8-ounce butane canister can last about an hour on high heat in many portable butane stoves, although the actual runtime depends on the stove and flame setting. Iwatani rates its VA-30 at about 70 minutes per can and its higher-output 35FW at 55 minutes. A Gas One GS-3700 works…
Maintenance delays have cost the Navy’s attack submarine fleet more than 41 years they could have been in operation—and those waiting to be taken out of service could cost more than $3 billion over the next five years, according to a recent watchdog report.The main problem is that shipyards are…
More than half a century after the F-15 Eagle first took off, the Pentagon is preparing to spend as much as $131.23 billion keeping the legendary fighter in production, upgrading the aircraft in service and supporting flights around the world. The Boeing Co. received the massive contract Monday for the…
The House approved a stopgap spending bill on Tuesday that will keep the federal government funded through early December, taking a government shutdown off the table until after midterm elections this fall. The House voted 370-48 to pass a continuing resolution that will keep the federal government funded through Dec. 11. The continuing…
A shooting between comrades stationed at U.S. Army Fort Carson, Colorado, ended in the death of one soldier and the arrest of another. According to a press release from the Pueblo Police Department, the suspect, 23-year-old Army Private Kalob Deyo, has been charged with manslaughter in the death of his…
Lockheed Martin Corp. agreed to tentatively negotiate the purchase of up to 15 tonnes of scandium oxide a year — roughly 33,000 pounds — for up to 10 years from the southeastern Nebraska mining company NioCorp Developments, according to an Aug. 4, 2026, announcement by NioCorp. A tonne is a…
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Drones have transformed modern warfare, but the way warfighters control them has changed surprisingly little. Most small, unmanned aircraft still rely on handheld controllers, tablets or virtual reality interfaces that force operators to divert attention from the battlefield. PYRRHUS Aeronautics believes that approach creates a critical vulnerability, and the Georgia-based…
For generations, military families have been among the military’s strongest advocates. They understood the sacrifice, accepted the moves and deployments, and often encouraged their children to follow the same path. Today, that confidence has weakened. Only 37% of military families now say they would recommend military service to their children…
As military urban legends go, the Philadelphia Experiment is one of the creepiest and most grotesque ever. It alleges a secret U.S. Navy experiment on the USS Eldridge during World War II, claiming the ship was made invisible or “cloaked” to radar and even teleported or time-traveled. Originating from claims…
Rocket engine startup Venus Aerospace only has one major test flight under its belt, but the company just raised $91 million from investors ready to bet on future production demands.The Series B funding round was led by the venture capital firm Mercury Fund and with participation from other investors, including…
If you work full- or part-time, go to school or even just need a breather from the pressures of parenting, you know that finding affordable, quality child care isn’t just important — it’s absolutely necessary. Add deployments, training and unpredictable work schedules with long hours into the mix, and you…
Jeffrey Dahmer, now best known as the serial killer behind some of the most gruesome murders in American history, served in the United States Army from January 1979 until March 1981 when he received an honorable discharge. How did a man who began his killing spree before his enlistment and…
Brig. Gen. Eric Widmar, senior legal counsel to the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is stepping down from his position roughly a year before his term is over. Widmar told ProPublica, the first outlet to report the retirement, that he did not take his decision to retire lightly…
Military time, also known as the 24-hour clock, is a system the military uses to eliminate confusion between morning and afternoon hours, since the armed forces are in operation around the clock. In military time, the day is divided into 24 hours, beginning at midnight (00:00) and ending at 23:59.…
The Trump administration last week proposed new regulations that would nullify a decades-old legal framework agencies use to mete out and justify federal employee discipline in favor of what critics say will be a vaguer and less fair standard.In a proposed rule published in the Federal Register, the Office of…
Military members have the option to convert their active-duty Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance (SGLI) to Veterans’ Group Life Insurance (VGLI) after leaving the service. What is Veterans’ Group Life Insurance? VGLI is a life insurance program that allows service members to convert their SGLI coverage to term life insurance that…
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