Every year, thousands of Americans consider serving in the military. You can make the military a very rewarding growth experience if you prepare yourself before joining. Here are the top 10 things you need to consider before meeting with a recruiter: 1. Self-Motivation Joining the military is often a life-defining…
CAIRO (AP) — Mediators have achieved progress in efforts to get the United States and Iran back to negotiations and avert an all-out war in the Middle East, two regional officials said Monday, with a pause in attacks coming after a period of rapidly escalating tensions. The comments came after…
A new veteran-founded nonprofit is trying to turn race registrations into a route back to structure, purpose and community. Operation WarriorFit, based in North Carolina, provides free or substantially discounted entries to veterans, active duty service members, National Guard and Reserve members, and first responders. Founder and Executive Director Jonathan…
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) announcement earlier this month of 11 nations’ support for the procurement of Saab GlobalEye aircraft as NATO’s new Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) is drawing varied reactions, with one former U.S. official warning that the path forward is an “easy button” that puts…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Intelligence Committee has advanced the nomination of Jay Clayton, President Donald Trump’s pick to head the nation’s intelligence agencies, along party lines. The 9-8 vote came after some Democrats had praised Clayton and indicated that they might vote for him. But that shifted after a…
LONDON—Keeping some things local will be key for U.S. weapons makers that want to expand their business in Europe, a top Boeing executive said. That can mean not being a prime on certain contracts, teaming with European defense companies, employing locals, and designing future platforms—like the MQ-28 Ghost Bat—with open architecture…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump pledged to help Lebanon “a lot” during a White House meeting on Tuesday with the country’s leader, Joseph Aoun, who came to push for long-term calm after months of war between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group. The U.S. has championed peace in…
A father and son have been federally charged after allegedly using rifles to kidnap two U.S. Forest Service biologists at gunpoint as part of a 15-hour standoff with law enforcement in a remote Northern California forest. Joseph Charles Henrichsen, 49, and his son, Phoenix Henrichsen, 23, of Siskiyou County, Calif.,…
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These days it seems foolish not to go with a hybrid vehicle and take advantage of returns of 40 miles-per-gallon (MPG) and over. It’s an easy decision for new car buyers looking for fuel economy, as a hybrid vehicle’s battery should last eight to 15 years (100,000 to 150,000 miles),…
FARNBOROUGH, UK—U.S. lawmakers sounded alarms about the fate of this year’s Pentagon budget while attending Europe’s largest airshow and said the Trump administration’s top defense priorities, including the Golden Dome missile defense program, are in peril.A bipartisian congressional delegation at the Farnborough International Airshow told reporters on Monday that the…
Veteran advocacy groups have called for more funding and research into traumatic brain injuries (TBI) after newly released data from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) documented a surge in reported cases. The new VA data shows that the number of cases of TBI reported to the VA grew by…
Published Jul 21, 2026, 12:27 PM EDT Lebanon’s president visits Trump at the White House to push for Israeli troop withdrawal. Read the full article here
A U.S. soldier killed in Iraq during a controlled detonation of an Iranian drone was a 30-year-old father from North Carolina who had served for nearly a decade, according to a military statement Tuesday and his family. Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, of Fayetteville, will receive a Bronze Star, Purple Heart…
Single-player FPS games aren’t as common as they used to be, at least when it comes to AAA releases. We might get 3 or 4 big titles per year, and they tend to be either multiplayer-only or feature a single-player campaign that barely lasts 5 hours. I miss the days…
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