Armed Forces Day falls on the third Saturday of May every year, and it is the one day on the American calendar specifically set aside to honor the men and women currently serving in uniform — not veterans who have come home, not the fallen who gave everything, but the…

You don’t have to be a scent-control junkie to appreciate a good pair of rubber hunting boots. They’re perfect for those late-season whitetail hunts when you need to layer extra socks, run some toe warmers, and keep your scent to a minimum. But, they’re also necessary if you spend a…

Tommy Ballard refused to let his daughter’s disappearance fade away. After Crystal Rogers vanished in 2015, Ballard became the face of the search. He organized volunteers, worked with investigators, and publicly called out the man he believed was responsible.A year later, while hunting with his grandson, Ballard was shot and…

On April 30, the House of Representatives passed an update to Farm Bill (HR 7567)—a package of conservation and agriculture programs renewed by Congress on an approximately five-year cycle—to send it to the Senate for consideration. The Farm Bill provides critical resources for multiple agricultural and conservation programs that conserve…

Seven leading AI developers have deals to install tools in classified Defense Department networks, a wide spread meant to prevent “vendor lock,” Pentagon officials said Friday.Amazon Web Services, Google, Microsoft, NVIDIA, OpenAI, Reflection, and SpaceX are cleared for Impact Level 6 and Impact Level 7 network environments, part of a bid to streamline data synthesis,…

For many video game characters, the threat of death lends some tension to the events of a story. While it is often assumed that the main character must survive to the end of the game, this is not always the case, and the character’s vulnerability drives the events forward. What…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — After decades of development, a rocket switch in March, and a last-minute weather delay, the U.S. Space Force finally launched the last satellite of the world’s most modern GPS system into orbit.The final GPS III space vehicle, known as SV-10, broke through the Florida skies and…

A record-long Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown ended Thursday but still does not fund U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The 76-day political squabble between Republicans and Democrats concluded Thursday when President Donald Trump signed a bill restoring funding to the Coast…

The United States has “a tight time window to adapt” to the “civilizational” challenge of adapting to AI, the former head of the Defense Department’s Office of Net Assessment, often referred to as the “Pentagon’s Think Tank,” told Defense One. He’s joining AI company Anthropic as a “strategist-in-residence” to lead…

Retired U.S. Army specialist turned Detroit-area supermarket cashier Ed Bambas has seen it all, including what he says is the remarkable kindness and generosity of strangers. At 88 years old, Bambas can’t believe he has nearly $2 million dollars in the bank thanks to a GoFundMe page that was set…

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