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At 8 p.m. on Feb. 10, 1970, the darkness shrouding Fire Support Base Chamberlain in South Vietnam filled with moans, cries and the voice of a dead man. The U.S. Army was responsible for the broadcast. A psychological operations team supporting the 25th Infantry Division positioned loudspeakers around the base…
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Military movies based on true stories already have an advantage over fiction: Sometimes the screenwriter barely needs to embellish anything. Films such as Hacksaw Ridge, Black Hawk Down and The Outpost depict events that seem almost impossible. Look beyond the two-hour versions, though, and the real histories are often bigger,…
Every active and reserve Marine now owes an annual Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) protective mask fit and seal test. The Marine Corps made the requirement service-wide in MARADMIN 384/26, signed Aug. 21 by Lieutenant General Jay M. Bargeron, the deputy commandant for Plans, Policies, and Operations. The change…
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NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.— Cape Canaveral Space Force Station will get new defenses against small drones in coming weeks, part of a “whole-of-government” effort to better protect the nation’s spaceports as the White House pushes for hundreds more launches per year.The new gear will come from Joint Interagency Task Force 401,…
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed leaders and representatives from seven regional countries for talks on deepening cooperation on Friday, as overnight Russian strikes in multiple regions sparked fires and caused several deaths and injuries. The inaugural summit of the so-called “Carpathian Eight” brings together Ukraine, Romania,…
A pilot safely ejected from a crashing F-16 Fighting Falcon on Thursday in Grand Traverse County, Mich. The jet, part of the 149th Fighter Wing of the Texas Air National Guard, was “on a routine training mission from the Air National Guard’s Combat Readiness Training Center, in Alpena” during the…
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A West Virginia man already serving life in prison for murdering his wife pleaded guilty to defrauding the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) of more than $354,000 by falsely claiming he had post-traumatic stress disorder, according to the Justice Department. Zachary Hess Dawson, 39, currently an inmate at the Mount…
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By the Joint Committee on Printing: Archeological digs in northern India, dating around 3,500 B.C., have uncovered a seal, used to sign documents. The seal shows a procession of seven men carrying square standards, held aloft on poles like modem flags. While these ancient flags were rigid, like boards, and…
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Army officials have selected five firms to build nuclear microreactors at U.S. military bases as a bid to create energy independence, though the nation still relies heavily on imported enriched uranium for such projects. The service and the Defense Innovation Unit unveiled the initiative, dubbed “Project Janus,” at last year’s Association…
Fundamentals Series — Part 8In the previous article, we discussed why we introduce movement early in a shooter’s development at Valiance Firearms Training (VFT).Movement is one of the first ways we begin bridging the gap between marksmanship and practical shooting. Once a shooter understands the fundamentals, we want them learning…
The Department of Defense created the Basic Needs Allowance in 2023 to address a problem that had been quietly acknowledged for years: Some active-duty families, particularly larger households at junior enlisted pay grades, were living below the federal poverty line despite a parent serving full-time in the military. The allowance…
If you’ve spent any time around preparedness-minded people, you’ve probably heard some version of this advice: buy it before you need it.It’s not bad advice.In fact, having supplies on hand when everyone else is scrambling can be one of the biggest advantages of being prepared. The problem is that preparedness…
Updated Aug 26, 2026, 11:12 AM EDT These vivid images offer a special glimpse into the events in and around the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. Read the full article here
I started my concealed carry journey about five years ago, and one of the biggest things I have learned is that it is never really a finished process.Life changes. Your body changes. Your job changes. Your wardrobe changes. The places you go and the way you spend your time change…
Deployment and data breaches both raise the odds that a service member’s personal information ends up in the wrong hands. The good news is that military families have access to protections civilians don’t, starting with a free active duty credit alert that requires lenders to verify your identity before opening…
Marksmanship played a critical role in the American Revolutionary War, and Project Appleseed seeks to preserve that tradition which unites us as Americans. Share Project Appleseed™ is a non-partisan, apolitical nonprofit organization composed entirely of volunteers dedicated to liberty, marksmanship, and history. Since 2005, Project Appleseed has conducted rifle and…
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