As a veteran, military service member, or eligible military spouse, your VA loan benefits are important for achieving your dream of homeownership. In today’s competitive housing market, you want to close as quickly as possible. If you have heard that VA loans have a reputation for being slow, don’t worry,…
Two Army infantry divisions will soon run the same next-gen command-and-control system, if all goes as planned, bringing the service one step closer to digitally sharing key battle data.That’s the next phase for NGC2, which began as experiments in 2024 and became a program of record in April 2025. In…
Area 51 is back in the public consciousness following a swarm of earthquakes near the classified Nevada military site, stirring more speculation about secret testing, UFOs, and whatever else civilians imagine happens behind the facility’s gates. Reports citing U.S. Geological Survey data identified more than a dozen quakes were recorded…
The United Kingdom will have a new prime minister by the end of summer. While sure to inherit a host of challenges at home, Downing Street’s newest occupant will also have to contend with a troubling reality across the Atlantic: Britain’s special relationship with the United States is on shaky…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that six people have been arrested for damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, as the iconic Washington, D.C. site increasingly becomes a flashpoint over the president’s $14-million-plus rehabilitation project gone awry. In a social media post, Trump claimed without supporting evidence that…
Steve draws a coveted muzzleloader elk tag in the majestic San Juan Mountains of Colorado, but the hunt is harder than expected. More hunters than elk, lung-breaking elevation, and primitive equipment stack the odds against him. Presented by Busch Light Read the full article here
Avoiding injury is something all exercisers should be concerned about — but not so overly concerned that they stop training altogether. Health and wellness outcomes are significantly worse for those who do not exercise. While common aches and pains occur with age and with any physical fitness training, the key…
Fishing a nymph beneath an indicator or stripping a streamer can be an effective way to catch trout, but fishing dry flies during a hatch presents a whole other challenge. For many new fly anglers, trying to “match the hatch” might just make you want to throw your fly rod…
Battlefield 6 spent the opening act of Season 3 making a very loud argument about scale. Railway to Golmud, the season’s first major map, reset expectations for the game’s largest environments as an enormous, vehicle-saturated reimagining of the beloved Battlefield 4 original, with more airspace and flanking routes for flavor.…
Research published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine found that COVID-vaccinated veterans had nearly 24 percent fewer all-cause cardiac events — not just those linked to COVID infections. The result suggests that the vaccines may be broadly cardioprotective, according to the researchers. The large study using VA health data found…
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More than 125,000 veterans have enrolled in VA health care so far in 2026, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced in May. It was the fastest pace of enrollment the system had seen in years, and the number continues to climb as more veterans learn they may now qualify under…
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The Navy’s new 30-year shipbuilding plan outlines an effort to buy 15 battleships by 2055, and reveals details about the 80-plus robot boats it aims to add within five years.“Our success will be measured by one metric: a larger, more capable fleet—manned and unmanned—ready to defend our homeland and project…
Military Permanent Change of Station (PCS) moves always end up costing more than you think they will. While the U.S. government reimburses many moving expenses or gives benefits and allotments, most military members also experience unexpected out-of-pocket costs. Veteran spouse and military life expert Joanna Guldin joined the PCS With…
In a sudden about-face, Pentagon leaders are asking the White House to restore funding for the E-7 Wedgetail, even after the Air Force sought to spend the money on satellites instead of the next-generation radar plane.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told House appropriators on Tuesday that the Pentagon has sent a…
Ford’s plan to spend $1.8 billion to build electric vehicles at a plant near Toronto is now complete. Except that instead of $1.8 billion, the costs have spiraled to $5 billion. And the EV the plant was going to build is now gas and diesel-powered Super Duty pickups. Still, it’s…
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The U.S. Army has reopened an investigation into a Black female U.S. Army captain and Adjutant General (AG) officer who alleged that her supervisor, a chaplain superior, remarked last year about having her “tied to a tree.” In April, Military.com broke the story of the remark purportedly made towards Tatyana…
Confederate Army Lt. Henry S. Farley fired a single 10-inch mortar round from Fort Johnson on James Island, South Carolina, at 4:30 a.m. April 12, 1861. The shell arced across Charleston Harbor and burst over Fort Sumter, signaling 43 Confederate guns and mortars to open fire. The most deadly conflict…
The Golden Dome missile-defense system would cost $1.2 trillion to build out, far more than the White House has budgeted, according to a new estimate by Congressional researchers.The figure is roughly double the Congressional Budget Office’s initial assessment of Golden Dome, based on the expansive yet vague executive order issued…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced tough questions Tuesday from Republican and Democratic lawmakers about the Trump administration’s end game for the Iran war, the conflict’s rising $29 billion cost and its impact on diminishing U.S. weapons stockpiles. While the Pentagon chief softened his tone from hearings before…
A year ago, Pete Hegseth handed the Army a to-do list that has reshaped the service’s capabilities and how it acquires new ones. But now he’s rethinking some of those changes.That includes the makeup of the Army’s aviation assets, the defense secretary suggested Tuesday during a House Armed Services Committee…
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he is more worried about Iran successfully constructing a nuclear weapon than the rising costs being felt by millions of Americans due to the ongoing war in the Middle East. Trump, while preparing to leave Washington D.C. for Beijing and his highly anticipated one-on-one…
