President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday launching the process of establishing a U.S. Space Academy, a new federal institution that could educate future Space Force Guardians alongside NASA engineers, scientists and other federal space professionals. Trump announced the academy Aug. 28 during a visit to NASA’s Johnson Space…
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The National Security Agency wants access to artificial intelligence models across the commercial market and is holding extensive discussions with leading developers as it moves to carry out new White House directives on the technology, the agency’s deputy director said Thursday.“We want access to all the models, and we’re going…
The Navy has announced new bonus schemes of up to $100,000 to keep specialized senior officers in the service. The Navy, in an administrative message posted on Wednesday, said chief warrant officers with between four and 16 years of commissioned service as SEALs and crewmen aboard special warfare combatant-craft should…
HONOLULU—The better the U.S. gets at fighting in conventional ways, the more likely it is that adversaries will avoid a conventional conflict, the head of Special Operations Command Pacific said.But that doesn’t mean they will avoid a fight altogether, Army Brig. Gen. Michael Rose said at the Indo-Pacific Irregular Warfare…
On the fifth anniversary of the Taliban’s capture of Kabul, Afghanistan, in August 2021, Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, shared publicly for the first time, alongside Army Reserve Lt. Col. Marvin “Lee” Chase, the full account of a rescue that unfolded — from Gonzalez’s perspective — almost entirely over the phone,…
Updated Aug 24, 2026, 8:38 AM EDT To help save on the cost of sending service members a little touch of home, the USPS created the Military Care Kit. After years of deployments, military families know one thing for certain: how to make care packages. But what families might not know…
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My birthday falls at the beginning of September, which just so happens to coincide with the dove season opener in North Carolina. As a kid, I assumed dove season was just part of celebrating my birthday. As an adult, I have fully embraced the start of hunting season as a…
Bob Jackson is trying to honor the memory of a local military hero and posthumous Medal of Honor recipient who tragically lost his life. But after four years of efforts, fundraising for a permanent memorial has hit a wall. Jackson, a Summerville, S.C., councilman since 2007, has made it his…
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Every U.S. airline has some kind of frequent flier program that allows flyers to earn miles for every trip they take that can later be redeemed for discounted travel. American Airlines has launched a different kind of program that puts those miles to use for military charities. American Airlines’ new…
00:00:09 Speaker 1: From Meat Eaters World Headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. 00:00:12 Speaker 2: This is Col’s Week in Review with Ryan col Callahan, presented. 00:00:16 Speaker 1: By First Light. 00:00:18 Speaker 2: Here’s Col. 00:00:20 Speaker 1: Down in Alabama. They’ve been having some slow news these days,…
As the Space Force takes on new, multi-billion-dollar national security programs, the service has awarded a new contract to keep those projects on track and on budget, Defense One has learned. The service’s Space Systems Integration Office awarded Integrate, a Seattle-based firm, a multi-million dollar contract for its AI-enabled project management…
Federal immigration officials scheduled the wife of a Fort Bliss Army sergeant for a deportation flight this week but halted her removal after what the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) described as a “legal impediment,” the agency confirmed to Military.com. DHS said Cristy Maryori Villafranca Trejo, a 29-year-old Honduran national,…
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