Doctors question evidence behind Pentagon’s testosterone screening plan
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth this week ordered annual testosterone-deficiency screening for active-duty and reserve service members age 30 and older, which he says will help to maintain military readiness. But many medical professionals warn it might do nothing of the sort and instead could...
Soldier, girlfriend allegedly starved child and dogs to death
Federal prosecutors charged a soldier and his girlfriend with murder after alleging they allowed their baby and three dogs to starve while living in on-base housing at Fort Benning, Georgia. Ladarrion McCray, 23, and Emma Bradshaw, 22, face eight charges, including felony murder by child...
Military spouses can find jobs. Keeping careers is the hard part.
Ninety-six days after arriving at Camp Pendleton, California, for her family’s third permanent change of station, Michelle Pasco is still searching for work. She left behind a teaching career she loved in San Antonio, Texas. Since arriving in California, Pasco has spent months navigating state...
DC National Guard gets its first security vessel
The District of Columbia National Guard has commissioned its first maritime security vessel this week, giving the unit a waterborne capability to support security at major events and overall homeland defense in the nation’s capital. The vessel is assigned to the 260th Special Purpose Brigade,...
Wheels up, instructor down: Army aviation students to fly solo cross-country
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a… lone Army aviation student in the cockpit? For the first time in decades, student pilots are flying solo across the country, the Army announced Thursday, as part of a curriculum change the schoolhouse hopes will create more...
‘Let the AI do it’: Former Air Force secretary pits machine against human operators
As the U.S. Air Force moves to increasingly incorporate artificial intelligence into operations, the force needs to train human operators effectively to use the tools. But the technology might make a better fighter than the human at times, a former Air Force secretary said. At...
Civivi Prepareth to Drop the Carveth
We’ve got another outdoors fixed blade from Civivi to look at today, the Carveth. The name hints at the role of this one, with a marked bent towards the needs of hunters here. Few things say “hunting knife” more than a handsome, classically proportioned drop...
US Navy 2 years behind on hypersonic missile installation on Zumwalt destroyers
The U.S. Navy’s expensive effort to install hypersonic missiles on three Zumwalt-class destroyers is two years behind schedule, according to government auditors. In addition to problems stemming from both the destroyers and the missiles, the Navy and Army are reportedly not coordinating work on the...
Blue Angels won’t be punished after low beach flyover, acting SECNAV says
U.S. Navy leadership announced Thursday that the flight demonstration squadron involved in an abnormally low flyover at Pensacola Beach, Florida, will not face consequences. Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao absolved the Blue Angels of their unorthodox Wednesday flight maneuver, which rattled civilian chairs and umbrellas....
Navy instructs commands to remove portraits, biographies from websites
The U.S. Navy announced that certain commands are no longer authorized to provide photos and biographies of leadership on public-facing websites. The decision was made to enhance security for sailors and their families, the service said. “Adversaries increasingly aggregate publicly available data to track, profile,...
