In January 2019, retired archeologist Dr. Jon Young was found dead in the smoldering ruins of the adobe home he’d built by hand outside Taos, New Mexico. The fire marshal found evidence of accelerants in five locations. The autopsy flagged a suspicious hole in his skull. A neighbor saw unfamiliar…
Before Ian Fleming created James Bond, he helped build an elite commando unit for a harder kind of spy work: seizing codebooks, machines, weapons-site evidence, and German intelligence that could vanish in the chaos of battle. That unit, 30 Assault Unit, moved into France during Operation Overlord with orders to…
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For members on active duty, Tricare covers one basic eye exam every year for all beneficiaries. Tricare for retirees covers less, and how much less depends on which Tricare plan you choose. Retirees who want more vision benefits have to add another vision insurance plan. Tricare Vision Coverage for Retirees…
00:00:00 Speaker 1: I think variety is the spice of life. 00:00:02 Speaker 2: I’m I don’t. I don’t really like the whole measuring contest of you know, well, I’m better because I use a recurve or a bow or you know, whatever it might be, or I can shoot…
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Nearly all of the artists announced for President Donald Trump’s “Freedom 250” concert series have pulled out of the upcoming festivities, turning a National Mall celebration built around America’s 250th birthday into a fight over patriotism, politics and the use of veterans in promoting the event. Bret Michaels, Martina McBride,…
OS ANGELES (AP) — A former Southern California mayor pleaded guilty Friday to acting as an illegal agent of the Chinese government. Eileen Wang, who stepped down as the mayor of Arcadia earlier this month, was charged in April with one count of acting in the United States as an…
A new cyber-focused military service branch would sit under the Army if one senator’s proposal comes to fruition. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., is spearheading a markup amendment to the Senate’s 2027 National Defense Authorization Act that would create a “Cyber Force” as the next armed service branch. The senator’s office confirmed…
In general, Toyota models tend to hold their value better than many other mainstream makes. However, the 4Runner, in particular, manages to stave off depreciation better than even other Toyotas. Does that mean it should actually double in value after thirty years of sitting in a garage? Well, in the…
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The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit has officially assumed the mission as the premier tactical force-in-readiness within the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) Area of Responsibility. The Marine Corps announced Friday that the command, operating under the designation of Littoral Combat Force-24, offers tactical options through an agile Marine Air-Ground Task Force…
Engineers from top defense contractors have spent days behind their laptops at Fort Carson, Colo., coding up ways to enable weapons, sensors, and command-and-control systems developed independently to share information.Dubbed Project Jailbreak, the effort is part of the Army’s first hackathon to integrate its many proprietary software programs. Some of…
At some points during the pandemic, it was easier to buy a Ford F-150 than it was to buy a roll of toilet paper– and for quite a while, pickup truck prices were just the craziest. Suddenly, folks were second-guessing public transit, trading older cars in for newer ones to…
Adversaries have used commercially available location data to target U.S. servicemembers in war zones, a bipartisan group of lawmakers revealed Thursday. In a letter to Pentagon CIO Kirsten Davies, 14 members of Congress — led by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Rep. Pat Harrigan, R-N.C. — warned that the department “has not…
As recently announced by Bungie, Destiny 2 is unfortunately meeting its untimely end on June 9, with a final update that marks a new era for the game with no new content, live-service patches, expansions, or anything of the sort. The final update for Destiny 2 on June 9 seems…
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A Polish businessman wanted on fraud and money laundering charges was arrested by federal authorities while attending Army Basic Combat Training at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri. Marcin Pióro, 46, the chief executive of the Polish financial services platform Cinkciarz.pl, was taken into custody on May 19 during a military…
