The Pentagon will begin screening active-duty service members 30 and older for testosterone deficiency every year, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday, framing the move as a readiness measure while leaving any resulting treatment up to the individual. The screening will be added to the periodic health assessment that troops…

“The science is more than clear: grizzly bears have recovered and far exceeded every federal recovery benchmark. Today, Interior is returning conservation leadership to the Western states instead of Washington bureaucrats,” Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum said.There have been multiple attempts to delist grizz from the Endangered Species Act…

It’s not uncommon for transitioning military members to feel stripped of much of what they relied on in the military to assert their voices. One of my recent clients was a highly decorated military officer who was in the midst of a frustrating transition to running a large team in…

The dog days of summer have arrived, and we’re all dreaming about cool fall mornings filled with rutting bucks and bugling bulls. Instead of daydreaming, get out there and scratch the itch by setting trail cams, prepping stands, and summer scouting. That way, you’re fully prepared and out of excuses…

Elden Ring is the biggest and most popular soulslike game of all time, and many would argue it stands unrivaled as the genre’s crowning achievement. While few projects match the scope, depth, and addictiveness of FromSoftware’s masterpiece, exceptions not only exist, but some are even better than Elden Ring in…

LONDON—The U.S. Space Force’s soon-to-be retired top officer urged support for his service’s programs, the same day as House lawmakers said they would approve only a fraction of the funds the Trump administration requested for major space effortsSpace Force Gen. Chance Saltzman, the chief of space operations, told international military…

Lots of ways exist to get a full-body workout with little to no equipment. The one below only requires a place to run and a pullup bar. In my program, we often do these on an outdoor pullup bar or a playground with monkey bars, or you could build your…

A U.S. Army National Guard pilot has sued United Airlines for allegedly violating his federal rights as a service member after he was denied legally protected family leave and disenfranchised from promotional opportunities and accrued retirement benefits. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Illinois,…

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) plans to reintroduce an amendment removing a provision from the Fiscal Year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would substantially expand military technology cooperation between the United States and Israel. The provision, which was renumbered from Section 224, would establish a United States-Israel Defense Technology…

00:00:01 Speaker 1: The return of gray wolves, Mexican wolves, and red wolves to the West is an unfolding history yet to play out, but it’s a watershed in the Western story. I’m dan Flores, and this is the American West. The wolf returns to the West. Stepping ashore in…

Department of Homeland Security personnel twice dismissed signs of cyber intruders inside the agency’s Homeland Security Information Network as harmless activity, allowing hackers to remain undetected inside for weeks and eventually steal credential files, according to an internal incident readout viewed by Nextgov/FCW.HSIN was breached about two months ago, Nextgov/FCW…

Just two years ago, hackers were tapping into generative artificial intelligence to probe targets, translate technical material and troubleshoot malicious code. The technology sped up some key parts of a cyber operation, but other stages remained solely in human hands.That line is now beginning to blur. In a range of…

Whether you’re just marrying into the military or keeping all of your military-life ducks in a row, you need to keep an eye on one thing regularly: your military spouse ID card. As the spouse of a service member, you are entitled to a dependent ID card. It’s almost a…

The Defense Department has essentially ended the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program by suspending its second phase requirements.The Pentagon will keep in place Phase 1, which requires self-assessments for how companies protect controlled unclassified information in their systems. But the department said Monday it is suspending Phase 2, which was to begin…

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