Titan sub disaster caused by weak safety, oversight, Coast Guard says
PORTLAND, Maine — The 2023 Titan submersible disaster could have been prevented, the U.S. Coast Guard said in a report Tuesday, but OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush ignored safety warnings, design flaws and crucial oversight that may have resulted in criminal charges had he survived. Rush...
Army to grow air defense force by 30%
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The U.S. Army is planning to grow its air and missile defense force by 30%, according to the commander of the service’s Space and Missile Defense Command. In addition to adding three Patriot battalions equipped with the Lower-Tier Air-and-Missile Defense Sensor, or...
Future destroyer to be named after Marine Medal of Honor recipient
The Navy contracted a new Arleigh Burke-class destroyer that is set to be named after a Marine who received the Medal of Honor for saving a fellow service member’s life, Navy Secretary John Phelan announced Monday. The destroyer Kyle Carpenter will be named after Cpl....
New MOS, training sees dramatic improvement in Bradley gunnery
The switch to a more focused job for Bradley crew members has already paid off with higher gunnery scores for at least one armored brigade combat team. Last year, the Army announced the creation of a 19C military occupational specialty, or MOS, for a dedicated...
Trump breaks precedent by announcing nuclear submarine repositioning
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump recently broke with decades of strategic silence when he publicly revealed the repositioning of U.S. nuclear-powered submarines in a thinly veiled warning to Russia. The announcement — targeted at Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman...
VA to ease authorization rules for some outside care, raising concerns
Veterans Affairs officials will extend community care authorizations for up to one year for procedures related to 30 separate medical specialties, a move that critics charge could potentially put taxpayers on the hook for expensive and ineffective medical treatments. Department leaders on Monday said the...
One foot in the grave: MOH pilot bombed Nazis despite severed limb
It was June 5, 1944 — one day before Allied landings on the coast of German-occupied Normandy — and the American Eighth Air Force was setting out to bomb enemy coastal defenses from the Cherbourg Peninsula to the Pas de Calais. Among the participating bombers...
Sencut Skelfin Slipping Out This Summer
The recent debut of the Civivi Guile, a knife designed by actor Shawn Ashmore, has been getting a lot of attention, and for good reason. But there’s a new release under parent company We’s Sencut label that deserves some attention too: the Skelfin, a new...
Pentagon awards $7.8 billion in missile contracts for US and allies
The Pentagon awarded $7.8 billion in contracts to Lockheed Martin and RTX Corporation at the end of July to produce thousands of new missiles for the Air Force and Navy, as well as a host of international allies. The contracts include $3.5 billion to RTX...
F-15E lands safely in Japan after wheel falls off
An F-15E Strike Eagle deployed to Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, landed safely despite a missing landing gear wheel, the Air Force’s 18th Wing said Monday morning. The two airmen flying the fighter were uninjured in the emergency landing, the Air Force said in...
