Friday, September 18

Dan Driscoll resigned as secretary of the Army on Aug. 31, 2026. His departure leaves the Army without a Senate-confirmed civilian leader six months into the war with Iran, its busiest period since the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Driscoll’s resignation was reportedly motivated, at least in part, by his frustration with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Earlier…

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Russia plans to launch “hybrid-style” drone and missile strikes against nations supporting Ukraine, including NATO-member Poland, as the war enters its most crucial phase. The Kremlin’s main goal now, as supported by evidence gathered by intelligence services, is to destroy Ukraine’s economy and logistics…

Two former Navy sailors face years in jail and millions in fines after they pleaded guilty to selling counterfeit oxycodone pills that contained fentanyl to active-duty sailors stationed on the USS Abraham Lincoln. Bailey Szramowski, 29, and Johannese Poomaihealani, 25, who are married and live in Hawaii, pleaded guilty on…

Published Sep 18, 2026, 9:44 AM EDT Indonesia welcomed its first aircraft carrier, a former Italian warship that the government says will strengthen the archipelago nation’s maritime security and disaster response capabilities. Read the full article here

I bought two sets of Walker Razor electronic muffs mainly because I wanted to try the clip-on Walkie Talkie attachment. The idea made sense. You could keep your hearing protection on and talk with someone else without carrying another radio. Walker advertises the radio attachment for communication out to 2…

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After U.S. and Israeli missiles struck Iran’s nuclear sites in June 2025, Tehran responded with a limited attack on the American airbase in Qatar. Five years before that, a U.S. drone strike against Qasem Soleimani, head of the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force, was met with followed by an attack…

President Trump on Friday directed all federal agencies—including the Defense Department—to “immediately cease all use” of frontier AI firm Anthropic’s technology, though he also said there would be a six-month “phase out period.”Trump’s announcement followed a tense back-and-forth between Anthropic and the Pentagon, which widely uses the San Francisco company’s…

A couple weeks ago, my daughters and I made the drive to southern Minnesota for a weekend of shed hunting. Usually by the third week of February, I expect most of the antlers to be on the ground in my neck of the woods, so I figured out timing was…

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