On May 18, 1917, six weeks after the United States declared war on Germany, Congress passed the Selective Service Act. It was the first national draft since the Civil War, and it changed the daily reality of nearly every young man in the country almost overnight. If you want to…
Most people assume the World War II draft began the day after Pearl Harbor. It didn’t. The United States started conscripting men more than a year before it entered the war, and the rules that governed who got called up changed dramatically once it did. Whether you’d have gone depends…
A Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II crashed Friday morning at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, sending black smoke above the base and igniting a brush fire near the flight line. The pilot ejected before impact and reached a local hospital in stable condition with non-life-threatening injuries. The…
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One of the most consistently underused benefits available to service members and their families is also one of the simplest to access: free, confidential, nonmedical counseling through Military OneSource, up to 12 sessions per issue, with no referral, no diagnosis and no reporting back to anyone’s chain of command. What…
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For all the advancements in weapons technology over the last 100 years, the bolt-action rifle has remained remarkably constant. The design is durable and accurate, and much to the chagrin of gunmakers looking to make a splash, tough to improve upon: the same up-out-in-down motion British Tommies used in World…
On Tuesday, January 20, the Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife (KDFW) announced more than 700 criminal charges for 25 individuals in one of the most eye-catching poaching cases in recent memory. The sprawling investigation, dubbed “Operation River Raid,” involved catfish. A lot of catfish.Operation River Raid was a 10-month…
President Donald Trump has escalated his threats to use military force amid Iran’s violent crackdowns on protests, which have killed as many as 20,000 Iranians. In recent days, he has called for regime change in the Islamic Republic and ordered the Abraham Lincoln carrier group to the Middle East, its arrival expected later this…
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A brief exchange on X between White House adviser Stephen Miller and Star Trek icon William Shatner has ignited yet another culture-war skirmish over the franchise, which has long served as a stand-in for American ideas about leadership, institutions, and hope for the future.What began as a repost of a short…
FORT BENNING, Georgia–U.S. military leaders at the forefront of troops’ training, health, and readiness are shifting their focus from creating “super-athletes” to building and maintaining the ability to wield the weapons and systems of an ever-more-robotified battlefield.“We’re moving away from this kind of antiquated idea of very visceral combat experiences”…
One year after reclaiming the Oval Office, President Donald Trump and his administration is declaring victory on military strength, veterans benefits, and American power abroad—all as his critics warn of the perils of his decisions.President Donald Trump marked the anniversary of his return to office with a sweeping administration-wide directive…
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If lithium-ion batteries are “miraculous,” as one science writer called them, the Energy Department is looking to fund a quadruple miracle. The department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy office is giving six teams up to $15 million to produce prototypes of manufacturable next-generation energy storage within two years. “We want to develop a…
Especially if your military household moved to a new state in 2025, as a military spouse, keep in mind that you’ve received new rights in recent years in terms of where to pay your state income taxes – or not pay, if the state has no income tax.In 2023, military…
