You’ve found a great condo, your VA loan entitlement is available, and your finances are in order. Then, your lender delivers the news: the condo isn’t on the VA-approved list. For a lot of military families, this is where the homebuying journey stalls, but it doesn’t have to. The VA…

At Dugway Proving Ground in Utah, on ground the Army’s own contracting documents describe as previously used for grazing, a company owned by two of the largest investment firms in the world is preparing to build a data center. That site sits about an hour’s drive from the nearest community,…

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Every year, thousands of Americans consider serving in the military. You can make the military a very rewarding growth experience if you prepare yourself before joining. Here are the top 10 things you need to consider before meeting with a recruiter: 1. Self-Motivation Joining the military is often a life-defining…

CAIRO (AP) — Mediators have achieved progress in efforts to get the United States and Iran back to negotiations and avert an all-out war in the Middle East, two regional officials said Monday, with a pause in attacks coming after a period of rapidly escalating tensions. The comments came after…

A new veteran-founded nonprofit is trying to turn race registrations into a route back to structure, purpose and community. Operation WarriorFit, based in North Carolina, provides free or substantially discounted entries to veterans, active duty service members, National Guard and Reserve members, and first responders. Founder and Executive Director Jonathan…

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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) announcement earlier this month of 11 nations’ support for the procurement of Saab GlobalEye aircraft as NATO’s new Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) is drawing varied reactions, with one former U.S. official warning that the path forward is an “easy button” that puts…

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The Marine Corps has selected Allen Control Systems’ Bullfrog autonomous weapon station for integration into its Light Marine Air Defense Integrated System (L-MADIS) under the Ground-Based Air Defense (GBAD) program, according to a company announcement this week. The move pairs the AI-powered robotic mount with the M240 machine gun already…

00:00:10 Speaker 1: From Meat Eaters World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is Col’s Week in Review with Ryan cow Calahan. Here’s cal as though public land employees don’t have it hard enough these days with staff cuts and slashed budgets. Two seasonal workers with the Forest Service were…

The Department of Defense (DOD) has announced a change in its cybersecurity strategy, suspending a phase of a pre-existing plan to strengthen cybersecurity compliance over concerns about the cost and bureaucracy involved in implementing it. DOD said in a release that it was suspending phase two of the Cybersecurity Maturity…