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,...
Fort Leonard Wood soldier faces court-martial in soldier’s death
A Fort Leonard Wood soldier faces a court-martial in the death of a fellow soldier whose body was found in a dumpster on the installation last year. Spc. Wooster Rancy, 22, faces charges of murder and obstruction of justice in the death of Sgt. Sarah...
Ibogaine battle: Veterans seek psychedelic treatment illegal in the US
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As desperate veterans crossed into Mexico to try a promising psychedelic drug, a battle over the same substance raged on in Texas. Ibogaine – a plant-based extract that originates from the African iboga shrub – is a...
VA’s #2 leader downplays political strife between Congress, department
“The public perception, I don’t think, is exactly accurate,” he said in an exclusive interview with Military Times this week. “Veterans issues are bipartisan. Even when I met with Democratic senators through my confirmation process, it was, ‘Let’s talk about what we can do to...
