A seven-year car loan might help you to get those monthly payments nice and low, but think about it, you’re going to spend 84 months paying this thing off. Even if we assume a nice, low interest rate of just 5%, that comes out to total loan interest of more…

A Department of Veterans Affairs study found that taking over-the-counter magnesium supplements was associated with a 19 percent lower risk of hospitalization or death among veterans newly diagnosed with heart failure. Published in November 2025 in the journal Nutrients, the finding raises the possibility that a widely available and inexpensive…

Four U.S. Navy aviators survived a midair collision during an air demonstration Sunday in Idaho after ejecting from two EA-18G Growler aircraft moments before the jets crashed near Mountain Home Air Force Base. The incident occurred during the Gunfighter Skies Air Show, a major public event that drew thousands of…

The Louisiana Legislature passed a bill that makes it a crime to lie about military service or to claim unearned military awards, sending the measure to Republican Gov. Jeff Landry for his signature. Senate Bill 51 earned unanimous support in both chambers, clearing the state House of Representatives last Monday…

Retirement savings can feel like a moving target for military spouses. Careers shift, duty stations change, and employment can be inconsistent or interrupted. But the good news is that multiple ways exist to build long-term financial security, even with those challenges. The key is understanding your options and using what…

For many military families, threat awareness is second nature. Service members are trained to think about risk. Spouses learn to adapt through deployments, permanent change-of-station moves and long stretches of uncertainty. Operational security becomes part of family vocabulary. Trust, urgency and chain of command aren’t abstract ideas. They are part…

The Army has picked at least two finalists to take over the service’s entry-level helicopter training program, despite Congressional pushback on the plan last year. Service officials have said they plan to choose a winner by September.Bell and M1 Support Services both confirmed in press releases this week that they…

Even the simplest naval mines can strike fear into mariners or throttle traffic through a choke point, for no weapon has sunk more warships in the past 75 years. Yet the mines of the future will be far more capable and dangerous. The integration of AI and robotic technologies will produce…

Iran-aligned hackers have exploited and disrupted operational technology control systems embedded in U.S. critical infrastructure, according to a federal advisory issued Tuesday.“The authoring agencies assess a group of Iranian-affiliated advanced persistent threat (APT) actors is conducting this activity to cause disruptive effects within the United States.” the advisory reads. “The group…

Ever since President Donald Trump signed an executive order in September authorizing the Defense Department to go by the “secondary title” of War Department, the Pentagon has been working to change its signage, signature blocks, and as many instances of “Defense” as possible. But that stops with the Defense Criminal Investigative…

Utah legislators are using the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to go after the management plan for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Earlier this month, Senator Mike Lee and Utah’s congressional delegation introduced a joint resolution of approval seeking to overturn the 1.9 million-acre monument’s Resource Management Plan, which was instituted in…

You can’t overlook Wisconsin’s No. 1 ranking when scrolling through the Boone and Crockett Club’s 17,465 record-book entries for white-tailed deer in the Lower 48.According to B&C’s “Big Game Records Live” online listings, hunters have entered 2,132 Wisconsin bucks (typicals and nontypicals combined) in “the book” since its origins in…

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