Members and staffers from the House Homeland Security Committee and the House China Select Committee were put through a simulated Taiwan crisis Tuesday that tested how U.S. officials might respond to AI-backed cyberattacks targeting transportation and logistics networks needed to deploy American forces.The Center for Strategic and International Studies hosted…
Military pay raises of up to 7%, faster health care for transitioning service members and several reforms affecting the U.S. Air Force Academy are one step closer to becoming law after the House of Representatives approved its version of the Fiscal Year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act on Tuesday. The…
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FARNBOROUGH, UK—The first robot wingman to fly with U.S. aircraft in a major multi-national exercise wasn’t among the ones that the Air Force picked for initial-production contracts last month. Instead, it was the MQ-28 Ghost Bat, which is being developed by Boeing for the Australian Royal Air Force—and a company…
After just a few months of content releases, Marathon is finally taking the plunge and releasing a limited-time PvE mode called Vault Breaker. Trading intense PvP extraction for a more focused roguelite loop, between July 21st and August 4th, we are going to get to see a whole different side…
What Is DEFCON? DEFCON, short for Defense Readiness Condition or simply Defense Condition, is the U.S. military’s ranking system for defense readiness for a potential nuclear attack. The system of ranking the perceived threat to national security originated during the Cold War, when fear of communism was at a high.…
Most transitioning service members treat LinkedIn like a second resume: Upload a headshot, job title, rating, MOS, AFSC, or designator, write the About section, copy-paste the Experience section. Done. Except that’s not how LinkedIn was designed to be used. It’s not a copy of your resume or a billboard for…
A VA research team in Madison, Wisconsin, has identified a protein that plays a central role in driving melanoma growth, finding that genetically silencing it dramatically slows how quickly the cancer spreads and survives. The findings, published in the journal Cancers in February 2026, open a potentially new treatment pathway…
Due to poor air quality from forest fires, much of the United States has been under a Code Red alert this summer. You can find out when your area is affected by the seasonal smoke spreading with the wind at the website AirNow.gov. When the smoke is bad enough to…
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Enlisted Marine Corps ranks are broken down into three levels: Junior enlisted (E-1 through E-3) Noncommissioned officers (E-4 and E-5) Staff noncommissioned officers (E-6 through E-9) As a Marine moves up the ladder, his or her responsibility and contribution to the mission increases. This also means that those who have…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has detailed four major investments that the state of California is making to improve the lives of veterans, in areas including veteran benefits, housing and legal assistance. California, the country’s most populous state, holds one of the largest raw populations of veterans in the U.S. with…
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00:00:07 Speaker 1: This podcast. 00:00:10 Speaker 2: Welcome to Meet Eater Trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. I’m your host, Spencer new Arth and today we’re joined by Brody Seth, Nate, Max Logan, and John. This is a ten round quiz show with questions from meat…
A historian and podcast host drew more than 1.1 million impressions on Instagram after criticizing the White House’s Freedom 250 website over what she described as AI-generated images and historically inaccurate depictions of women connected to the American Revolution. Isabelle Roughol, host of the women’s history podcast “Broad History,” posted…
Tony Ochs might have traded in his Apache helicopter for a monster truck when he left the Army, but he’s always kept military veterans at the top of his mind. This summer, Ochs, a 10-year Army veteran, will be competing in the Monster Jam World Finals, using his spotlight to…
George Washington’s army had the will to fight. It did not always have the powder, weapons or ammunition needed to survive. That shortage, and the covert effort to solve it before France openly backed the American Revolution, is at the center of Liberty, a new graphic novel from Prince of…
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The tactical athlete is always balancing training routines that build a foundation of strength and durability with those that develop endurance and work capacity. Here is a practical workout that puts tactical fitness into practice. This is a classic tactical fitness matrix combining strength, calisthenics and cardiovascular conditioning into a…
The shift from the older Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT), which tested only pushups, situps and a 2-mile run, to the new Army Fitness Test (AFT) reflects a bigger change in what “fit” means for soldiers. The new test is more comprehensive and tests more elements of fitness than just…
While in uniform, some things were clear: who you were, what you were responsible for, and what you’d sacrificed were all displayed on your chest, shoulders and collar. Your uniform and rank noted your seniority, achievements, and influence. Those around you quickly identified how they measured up, whether they should…
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Paul Kim knows what it feels like to pick up the phone to find mental health care and hear nothing back. An Army veteran who served in Iraq with the 506th Infantry Regiment — the unit at the center of the PBS Frontline documentary “The Wounded Platoon” — Kim spent…
