Marines working with DoD to build direct-hire path for civilian jobs
The Marine Corps is scheming up a way for troops to seamlessly land their first civilian jobs, up to a year before their end of active service date arrives. According to Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Carlos Ruiz, the service is in talks with...
Forged by the T: Pentagon launches testosterone screening program for troops
The Pentagon will begin annually screening service members for testosterone deficiency, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Wednesday, citing the need to ensure troops maintain the “biological foundation” to fight. Under the new program, the secretary said service members aged 30 and older will be...
Boker Plus Inarsil is a Middle Earth-themed Folder
The Odyssey may be the epic on everybody’s mind currently, but Boker is getting ready to release a folding knife treat for Lord of the Rings fans out there. The Inarsil is named, and takes its visual inspiration from, a key character in that book’s...
US Air Force turns to cheaper cruise missiles it can buy by the thousands
The Pentagon is moving to buy thousands of affordable cruise missiles, reaching framework agreements with three companies on Wednesday. The deals fall under the U.S. Air Force’s Family of Affordable Mass Missiles program, or FAMM. The Defense Department said it reached agreements with Anduril for...
USS Sampson spills roughly 2,000 gallons of diesel fuel into Seattle harbor
A U.S. Navy vessel that was being serviced inadvertently dumped hazardous material into the surrounding bay on Monday, the service said. The Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer USS Sampson was at the Vigor Shipyard on Harbor Island in Seattle, Washington, undergoing defueling operations when...
Air Force completes first-ever CCA live-fire test with Anduril YFQ-44A
The U.S. Air Force recently conducted its first-ever live-fire test out of the unmanned, semiautonomous aircraft dubbed “loyal wingmen.” The Anduril-made YFQ-44A executed an end-to-end, beyond-line-of-sight strike against a simulated target during a live-fire test at Edwards Air Force Base, California, according to a company...
Panel to study Pentagon’s COVID vaccine mandate, troops dismissal
The Department of Defense plans to convene a panel to study its mid-2021 decision to require the COVID-19 vaccine for all service members and the circumstances that led to the dismissal of more than 8,400 troops who refused the shots. The Pentagon announced Wednesday that...
Top House Democrat calls to split veterans omnibus, advance Major Richard Star Act
As supporters of the Taking Care of America’s Veterans Act defend the legislation as the best chance in years to pass more than 60 veterans bills, the committee’s top Democrat says Congress should be prepared to abandon the omnibus altogether if lawmakers cannot agree on...
US launches new round of strikes against Iran
The U.S. conducted a new wave of strikes against Iran’s coastal defense systems and cruise missile storage and launch sites on Wednesday after reimposing a naval blockade of Iranian ports, while Iran threatened to shut off more regional energy exports. The strikes mark the latest...
First the coast guard, then an ICBM: China tests new, long-term ways to hold off rivals in Asia
NEW TAIPEI CITY, Taiwan — China sent coast guard vessels to patrol the Pacific Ocean east of Taiwan in June and weeks later test-fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile from the South China Sea to the Pacific. While the two maneuvers answered different security-related activities by...
