Marines are adding a rotational force to Alaska under the new Campaign Alaska launched May 9. The U.S. Marine Corps is pairing Marine Rotational Force-Alaska (MRF-Alaska) with a permanent Supporting Arms Liaison Team-Alaska (SALT-Alaska) at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to give Marines regular training in extreme cold and complex terrain. This…
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — All four crew members ejected safely after two Navy jets collided and crashed Sunday during an air show at the Mountain Home Air Force Base in western Idaho, officials said. The collision involved two U.S. Navy EA18-G Growlers from the Electronic Attack Squadron 129 in Whidbey…
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A drone strike targeted the United Arab Emirates’ sole nuclear power plant on Sunday, sparking a fire on its perimeter. There were no reports of injuries or radiological release, but it highlighted the risk of renewed war as the Iran ceasefire remains tenuous. No…
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world’s largest aircraft carrier, returned home to Virginia on Saturday after an 11-month deployment, the longest since the Vietnam War, that saw it support the U.S. war with Iran and the capture of Nicolás Maduro when he was Venezuela’s president.…
A Navy veteran’s breakthrough research could make it easier for doctors to detect pneumonia in children. Shereiff Garrett, who recently earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Fayetteville State University (FSU) in Fayetteville, N.C., won first place in a national competition by using artificial intelligence (AI) in pediatric X-rays…
Army veteran Alan Bonnin would be alive today if not for an aggressive three-year fight with asbestos-causing mesothelioma that ultimately took his life. The hardworking husband, father and retired soldier never questioned his work as a longtime mechanic and HVAC technician after leaving the armed forces. His specialty of working…
More than 100 students from Crossroads Elementary and Quantico Middle High School ran, pushed and planked their way through the first Presidential Fitness Test held on a military installation April 12 at Butler Stadium. Fifteen kids earned the top Presidential Fitness Award. Nineteen more took home the National Physical Fitness…
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In 1957, Texas Parks and Wildlife (TPWD) released 31 aoudad, or barbary sheep, a species native to North Africa, in the Texas panhandle to increase hunting opportunities. The species took well to the arid Texas land, and another 40 animals were released by the following year. Today, those few dozen…
00:00:01 Speaker 1: A trip through the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the crown jewel of America’s wildlife preserves, reveals a stunning, prime evil world under constant threat of becoming a national sacrifice. I’m Dan Flores, and this is the American West, where the prime evil West abides. What wakes me…
00:00:01 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Wired to Hunt Foundations podcast, your guide to the fundamentals of better deer hunting, presented by first Light, creating proven versatile hunting apparel for the stand, saddle or blind. First Light, Go Farther, Stay Longer, and now your host Tony Peterson. 00:00:20 Speaker 2:…
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The U.S. submarine that sank an Iranian warship last month was trained and dispatched on short notice, the chief of naval operations said Monday, touting the quick turn as an example of the Navy’s efforts to adapt more quickly to the changing needs of war.“Several weeks ago, after the initial…
Ukraine’s success in decimating Russia’s Black Sea Fleet without having a Navy of its own is “case alpha” in finding new ways to employ robots across land, sea, and air, Rear Adm. Doug Sasse said Monday. But the U.S. Navy can’t just copy Ukraine’s homework and apply it to the…
The Air Force’s A-10 Thunderbolt IIs have escaped retirement, again.Air Force Secretary Troy Meink announced in an X post Monday that the Warthogs will keep flying through 2030 to “preserve combat power until the Defense Industrial Base ramps up combat aircraft production.” The announcement comes as the Pentagon continues to…
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One of the biggest geopolitical consequences of the recent U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Iran is the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Though the exact status of the waterway remains unclear at the time of writing, the daily flow of oil and gas through it has been severely reduced. Even though the United States imports relatively…
