The U.S. submarine that sank an Iranian warship last month was trained and dispatched on short notice, the chief of naval operations said Monday, touting the quick turn as an example of the Navy’s efforts to adapt more quickly to the changing needs of war.“Several weeks ago, after the initial…

Ukraine’s success in decimating Russia’s Black Sea Fleet without having a Navy of its own is “case alpha” in finding new ways to employ robots across land, sea, and air, Rear Adm. Doug Sasse said Monday. But the U.S. Navy can’t just copy Ukraine’s homework and apply it to the…

The Air Force’s A-10 Thunderbolt IIs have escaped retirement, again.Air Force Secretary Troy Meink announced in an X post Monday that the Warthogs will keep flying through 2030 to “preserve combat power until the Defense Industrial Base ramps up combat aircraft production.” The announcement comes as the Pentagon continues to…

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HONOLULU—The military balance is “shifting dramatically and rapidly” in the Indo-Pacific, and “provocative military activities are intensifying” in the western and southern Pacific, Japan’s minister of defense said this week.“The boundary lines between peacetime and contingency, between military and non military, between truth and fake news, these are no longer…

Enough Republican U.S. senators flipped to President Donald Trump during a vote on Wednesday that at least in the meantime has handed the White House a major victory as scrutiny over the United States’ direct involvement in Venezuela remains ongoing.The Senate narrowly rejected a war powers resolution on Wednesday that…

MeatEater is proud to introduce Mark Kenyonn as our new Director of Conservation.“As a lifelong hunter, angler, and father of two young boys, I view the future of wildlife and wild places as a very personal issue. So when Steve asked me to join MeatEater, back in 2017, the opportunity…

Ben Gross received quite the surprise recently when letters started arriving at his home that he penned way back in 1952. Gross, 95, is a Korean War veteran. He was shocked and amused recently to be reunited with letters he sent home while in Korea that had been separated and mistakenly…

Crisis at home, crises abroad. As President Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act over protests against aggressive immigration raids in Minnesota, NATO allies are dispatching military reinforcements to Greenland to counter the U.S. president’s threat to invade the Danish island against the wishes of its residents and elected leaders. Germany,…

Sisters Chelsea Kane and Courtney Azar are used to being calm in tense situations. Azar served in the Army for 18 years and was medically discharged in 2023. Kane, a non-commissioned officer, was an infantry soldier serving with Special Forces in Afghanistan between 2010-2011.The combat veterans both served deployments to Iraq…

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