Russia and Iran are advancing a $25 billion nuclear power program that would add several Russian-supported reactors to Iran’s electrical grid. Iranian Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali said Wednesday that the countries had agreed on the investment framework and selected land near the Persian Gulf for a new nuclear facility,…
A generation that fought World War II is down to its last few thousand. With each passing year, the country loses another living connection to the men who crossed oceans to fight it. On Sunday, it lost the oldest of the Marines still among them. Roy Henry Drinkard died Aug.…
The Washington, D.C. area is not only home to the federal government and the hundreds of thousands of government workers it employs, there’s a strong military and business community that is in many ways interdependent. That’s exactly what three D.C.-area entrepreneurs found as they took their military experience into an…
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Steve Doocy thought he had a pretty good idea of what life inside one of America’s military service academies looked like. Then he went to see it for himself. Doocy, the longtime co-host of Fox News’ “Fox & Friends,” spent the week visiting the U.S. Air Force Academy, U.S. Naval…
HONOLULU—A new encryption-based app, Kibu, available to U.S. military operators and foreign military partners, could change the way militaries and consumers communicate.Civilian and government officials are accustomed to using their own phones and tend to rely on commercial messaging apps, even when they shouldn’t. For example, U.S. operators in Poland…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is ordering the U.S. Navy to remove the advanced system used to launch fighter jets from its newest type of aircraft carrier and return to using older steam catapults that he has long said he prefers, according to a directive issued Thursday. The new…
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Friday threatened unspecified stern steps against the United States and South Korea ahead of their upcoming military drills, which Pyongyang called a war rehearsal that would be more provocative than last year. The warning is typical of the harsh rhetoric that North…
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — American special operations forces are ready to step up warfighting-readiness exercises with counterparts in the Philippines and other countries in Asia to further strengthen a security alliance and help deter a major conflict in the region, a U.S. military official said Thursday. Adm. Frank Bradley, commander…
Marines in Okinawa can now manufacture a working raiding craft in theater instead of waiting for one to ship across the Pacific. That capability moved from concept to the water on June 29 when Intermediate Repair Company, 3rd Maintenance Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group (MLG) put a 7-meter foam hull…
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00:00:04 Speaker 1: Welcome to this country Life. I’m your host, Brent Reeves from coon hunting to trot lighting and just in general country living. I want you to stay a while as I share my experiences in life lessons. This Country Life is presented by Case Knives from the…
Jefferson Kelley wants his son home and is willing to trade places with the Navy sailor. Kelley, of Cincinatti, Ohio, wrote a letter Aug. 13 addressed to Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) that includes a rather unique proposal: He wants to switch spots with his son, Jackson, 20, due to ongoing…
The Air Force has a vision for the future of aerial warfare. Instead of flying solo, pilots could enter combat accompanied by several drone partners, carrying a variety of weapons, sensors, and electronic systems. Turning these aircraft into effective wingmen goes beyond reliable autonomy. The Air Force must first determine…
In the spring of 1968, six young Black soldiers were preparing to go to Vietnam when the country seemed to be coming apart around them. Ed Emanuel, Thad Givens, Lawton Mackey Jr., Willie Brown, John Willis and Norman Reid were in basic training when Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.…
For some surviving military spouses, getting married again can come with a price few Americans likely realize exists: losing benefits tied to the service and death of their first spouse. A proposal before Congress could change that for tens of thousands of military survivors. Approximately 50,000 surviving spouses under age…
The recent establishment of a organized-crime task force by U.S. Southern Command is the latest expression of the Donroe Doctrine, the administration’s interventionist—some say imperialist—approach to Latin America. But it may also signal a increased desire to work with regional partners—or just to operate inside their countries.Last year’s launch of…
Private cyber firms will be allowed to take action against foreign threats under a new White House policy, another step into a future where tech developers are ever more closely entwined with military operations, which now evolve faster than governments can keep up.Under the policy, announced Wednesday, the U.S. government…
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