The Pentagon’s latest report about its implementation of the National Defense Strategy notes progress on accelerating weapons production, cutting red tape, and persuading European governments to boost defense spending—but is light on problems such as Russia’s increasing aggression in Europe and the high cost of U.S. wars in the Middle…

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Military drone and counterdrone demand is booming amid a rush to spend funds before the end of the fiscal year—but the Pentagon’s drone marketplace is making it a little easier, defense officials said. “These contracts are available to everybody. And so what we’ve seen across the department is a surge of…

News broke Tuesday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to order the elimination of one-fifth of the U.S. military’s general and flag billets. There is a legitimate case for examining whether the Armed Forces have have become too top-heavy. There is also a legitimate reason to be concerned about…

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If I’m being honest, the whole idea for this article came from something that is totally understandable but also kind of annoying. People love to ask me what it’s like to hunt with Steve Rinella, and I get it. He’s one of the biggest names in the sphere, and he…

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A jailed veteran has accused a veterans affairs coordinator of stealing approximately $65,000 from her while she was incarcerated. The unnamed victim allegedly hired Jessica McVay, a veterans affairs coordinator at the public defender’s office, to handle financial administration like paying her bills while she was in Manatee County Jail,…

A jury has convicted the owner of a Texas mental health clinic for a $26 million TRICARE fraud, kickback and money laundering scheme. Licensed professional counselor Kevin Curry, 64, of Frisco, Texas, was found guilty Sept. 24 in Fort Worth of health care fraud, kickbacks and money laundering, according to…

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii—Some 300 days after leaving Hawaii, the guided-missile destroyer Frank E. Petersen Jr. was welcomed home Monday with delighted cheers, jangling cowbells, handmade posters, and fresh flower leis.  The ship—part of the Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group—did 40 days of combat operations and spent six months in…

The rush to build the next generation of military technology has drawn startups, Silicon Valley investors and former employees of companies such as SpaceX into the defense industry. One longtime investor says some newcomers are entering a field they barely understand. Van Espahbodi, a former Raytheon employee who was a…