Epic Fury has Navy rethinking carrier deployment tempo
With the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford en route home from what has become the longest U.S. Navy float since Vietnam, the service is reconsidering how to sustain a wartime fighting force. That’s according to Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy John Perryman,...
We Knife Co. Puts Everything on the Notchline
Yesterday we wrote that Civivi has made fixed blades a major priority this year, with a handful of models on the way for the back half of 2026. Sister brand We Knife Co. doesn’t have a stacked fixie release schedule but it’s definitely getting in...
Makeshift tourniquets saved soldier’s life after Arkansas training accident
Three soldiers with the Arkansas Army National Guard created tourniquets out of belts to save a fellow guardsman’s life after two heavy expanded mobility tactical trucks collided during training. Three tactical trucks were part of a convoy at Fort Chaffee Joint Maneuver Training Center, Arkansas,...
Russia, Ukraine to enter temporary ceasefire with prisoner exchange, Trump says
President Donald Trump said Friday that Russia and Ukraine would temporarily halt fighting for three days beginning Saturday, though Ukraine publicly framed the proposed ceasefire more cautiously as part of negotiations over a large-scale prisoner exchange. In separate statements, Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy...
Trump administration releases first tranche of ‘never-before-seen’ UFO files
The Pentagon on Friday unsealed the first tranche of what it described as “new, never-before-seen” files related to otherworldly encounters, months after President Donald Trump directed the government to begin disclosing intelligence related to alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena, and unidentified flying objects....
Hegseth aims to cut through the bureaucracy with ‘Deal Team Six’
The Department of Defense launched a team of elite private sector businessmen tasked with handling and approving defense contractor negotiations, aimed at fixing the former “broken Pentagon bureaucracy.” Dubbed “Deal Team Six,” the crew is tasked with creating better deals with defense companies to ensure...
US forces disable Iranian-flagged tankers trying to cross blockade
American forces fired on and disabled two Iranian-flagged unladen oil tankers on Friday after the ships attempted to cross a U.S. Navy blockade in the Strait of Hormuz. A U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet from USS George H.W. Bush launched “precision munitions” at the smokestacks...
B-1 returns to flight after restoration, surviving the ‘boneyard’
After time in storage and two years of “intensive” maintenance efforts, a B-1B Lancer is back in action, deemed combat capable. The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex at Tinker Air Force Base regenerated the aircraft following its time in the “boneyard,” according to a Thursday...
Marines to phase out F/A-18 maintenance jobs as Hornet era ends
The U.S. Marine Corps plans to phase out enlisted jobs tied to the F/A-18 Hornet as it transitions to an all-F-35 tactical aircraft fleet. According to Tuesday’s Marine Administrative Message, or MARADMIN, the Corps will deactivate all remaining Hornet squadrons by 2030 and eliminate the...
India to build strategic outpost near key shipping lane in Indo-Pacific
NEW DELHI — India is pressing ahead with a $9 billion infrastructure project to bolster its military footprint on the Great Nicobar Island which sits far from the Indian mainland near one of the world’s most critical shipping arteries. The project is attracting attention as...
