GM, Ford, and Ram aren’t the only truck-builders who are rolling out America 250 special edition pickups to celebrate the country’s 250th anniversary. Nissan has just announced its own Frontier 250th Anniversary Edition, but if you think that a US-centric truck with a Japanese brand on the side is a…
Here are some of the most budget-friendly cars for young service members. For many young service members, buying a vehicle after joining the military is an exciting milestone, but it can also feel overwhelming. Whether you’re commuting to base, tackling a PCS move, or exploring a new duty station on…
The Soulslike genre has evolved significantly since its creation over a decade ago, but one thing that has always been closely associated with it is difficulty. Bosses that take hours to take down, brutal enemies that unleash an array of attacks around every corner, and a world that is more…
The California Fish and Game Commission issued an emergency action that is causing controversy in the Golden State angling community. On June 25, the commission essentially banned shore- and pier-based shark fishing throughout a large swath of its coast to “prevent white shark take and reduce potential interactions between hooked…
Updated Jul 1, 2026, 4:42 PM EDT The following are the Army height, weight and body fat requirements for enlistment. Below is the Army’s weight minimum and maximum allowable for recruits to enlist. It is broken down by height and then further into age groups. Height will be measured in stocking…
Updated Jul 1, 2026, 4:12 PM EDT If you are a USAA customer, you can actually get your money before payday. Here are the USAA military pay dates. While everyone in the military knows that paydays are on the 1st and 15th of every month, the actual payday doesn’t always land…
A dull knife is like a rusty car or a worn out pair of sneakers. It’s almost useless and can be quite dangerous. Your knife will get dull eventually. Rather than replace it, it’s far cheaper to sharpen it. The question is how.You can sharpen a knife on a rock.…
All of us at CarBuzz love the manual transmission, and odds are that if you’re reading this, you probably do, too. Why? It’s just fun! We like being more involved in operating the car and having an extra level of control over the driving experience. Plus, when we do really…
WASHINGTON—The counterdrone industry is booming. So to keep up with—and anticipate—demands, radar-maker Echodyne wants to make 30,000 units a year by early 2027. The company, which is headquartered in Washington state, began building out a new facility near Seattle earlier this year and plans to have it up and running in…
Henry Knox led a 300-mile expedition during the winter of 1775, transporting 59 cannons from Fort Ticonderoga to Cambridge while crossing snow, frozen rivers and mountainous terrain. The successful delivery of that artillery helped force the British evacuation of Boston and marked the Continental Army’s first major victory, ultimately paving…
Making the right car-buying decision can be tough, but we’ll help you figure it out. Buying a vehicle is a major decision for any household, but military families often have additional factors to consider. Frequent PCS moves, changing family needs, and the demands of military life can make choosing the…
Updated Jul 1, 2026, 12:02 PM EDT Two proposals for the 2027 military pay raise are under consideration. The House of Representatives, in its draft of the fiscal 2027 National Defense Authorization Act, advanced a White House proposal for military pay raises ranging from 5 to 7 percent. The Senate separately…
Lawmakers have questions about the Pentagon’s increased keenness to take partial ownership stakes in companies, demanding details from defense officials while they weigh the need for legislation. Government equity investment adds pressure on companies to “stimulate growth” and production without “pursuing control,” Michael Duffey, the Pentagon’s top weapons buyer, said Wednesday…
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U.S. forces destroyed Iran’s military space command, Adm. Brad Cooper, the head of Central Command, announced Thursday, saying the move degraded the regime’s ability to coordinate retaliatory strikes. But experts told Defense One that the country’s nascent space capabilities never posed a significant threat. “We’ve also struck Iran’s equivalent of Space…
President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency privately told stakeholders he left his role in the U.S. Coast Guard to address concerns about his ties to shipbuilding work that led a Republican lawmaker to place a hold on his nomination late last year.Sean Plankey told…
With a timeline for the U.S.’s war with Iran very much up in the air, a task force assigned to improving the U.S.’s ability to down small drones both at home and abroad is eagerly awaiting lessons from the conflict—while moving as quickly as possible to make sure bases around…
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Baiting is one of the biggest hot-button issues in hunting. Regardless of species, everyone has an opinion. This is especially true for deer hunting, where antler inches can make toddlers out of grown men. Opponents of baiting often raise ethical or moral questions about the tactic itself and the risk…
The U.S.’s war with Iran is about to go up a notch, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday during a press briefing at U.S. Central Command headquarters in Tampa, Fla., as the bombing campaign’s sixth day came to a close.Hegseth batted away concerns about U.S. munitions stockpiles, seeming to suggest…
The inaugural deployment of the LUCAS drone, a near-clone of the Iranian Shahed-136, signals a big Pentagon step into the era of affordable mass.For years, Western military doctrine relied on the assumption that superior technology could defeat superior numbers. But the opening salvos of the U.S.-Israel war on Iran have…
