TikTok’s beloved WWII veteran ‘Papa Jake’ Larson passes away at 102
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Jake Larson, a World War II veteran who amassed more than 1.2 million followers on TikTok, has died at the age of 102, his granddaughter announced on social media. Known affectionately online as “Papa Jake,” Larson helped...
Top Pentagon advisor to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ‘amicably’ resigns after 6 months
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A top advisor to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has left the Pentagon after six months of service, the Department of Defense (DoD) confirmed to Fox News Digital on Saturday. Justin Fulcher told Fox News Digital he formally...
Hegseth tells lawmakers of plan to detain immigrants at 2 US bases
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says bases in Indiana and New Jersey can house detained immigrants without affecting military readiness — a step toward potentially detaining thousands of people on bases on U.S. soil. Hegseth notified members of Congress from both states this week of the...
Marine general nominated as first non-Navy superintendent at Naval Academy
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! In a landmark nomination that reshapes nearly two centuries of tradition, Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Michael J. Borgschulte has been tapped to serve as the next superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. If confirmed...
Ostap Hel Flick Flies Out the Door in Eight Different Colors
Ostap Hel has graced the Bestechman line with a fresh workhorse folding knife design, the Flick. Like the designer’s previous efforts for Bestechman, the Flick delivers Hel’s signature style at a budget-friendly, entry-level price. Thankfully, the Flick lives up to its name, opening with a...
What combat units and Little League teams have in common
Somewhere between the dugout and the forward operating base, a truth begins to emerge that no one wants to admit out loud: Little League teams and combat units are basically the same thing. Not in terms of stakes, of course. One involves life-or-death decisions under...
White House taps Global Strike head as next Air Force vice chief
The White House has nominated Gen. Thomas Bussiere, head of Air Force Global Strike Command, to be the service’s next vice chief of staff. The Pentagon announced Bussiere’s nomination Friday, and said Lt. Gen. Stephen Davis — now the Air Force’s inspector general — has...
House advances $832 billion military budget plan for next fiscal year
The bill’s passage — by a 221-209 margin, with only five Democrats backing the measure — sends the national security budget debate over to the Senate, where appropriators still have not unveiled the parameters of their spending plans for next year. The Defense Department is...
VA leaders push back deadline for caregiver program changes to 2028
Veterans Affairs officials on Friday announced plans to extend caregiver benefits to legacy participants of department support programs through September 2028, pushing back the potential cutoff of benefits by almost two years. The move comes as department officials continue to review potential changes to the...
How WWII brought about the normalization of tattoos
During his third Pacific voyage beginning in 1776, Capt. James Cook recorded in his journal: “The universality of tattooing is a curious subject for speculation….” Today, however, getting inked as a member of the U.S. military is a borderline rite of passage, so much so,...
