Guard deployments to US cities cost $496 million in 2025, CBO says
President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to American cities cost taxpayers about $496 million in 2025, according to new estimates from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The agency said Wednesday that maintaining current troop levels could add $93 million per month to the...
Coast Guard rescues cruise ship stuck in Antarctic ice
The U.S. Coast Guard dispatched its most powerful ship and heaviest icebreaker to help set free an Australian-owned cruise ship that was wedged in ice in Antarctica on Jan. 17. The Polar Star, which boasts up to 75,000 horsepower, sliced through thick sheets of ice...
FAA, Army failures contributed to fatal DC air collision, report finds
The National Transportation Safety Board said “systemic failures” by multiple agencies, including the U.S. Army, led to the mid-air collision last year between an Army UH-60 Blackhawk and an American Airlines regional jet over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. Following a year-long investigation into...
SWORD training platform key to US space superiority, program head says
The U.S. Space Force is positioning its Space Warfighter Operational Readiness Domain, or SWORD, as a cornerstone for maintaining space superiority in an increasingly contested domain. Col. Corey Klopstein, program executive officer for Operational Test and Training Infrastructure and commander of System Delta 81, described...
Army opens applications for enlisted space operations roles
The Army is now accepting applications for a new enlisted career track focused entirely on space operations, formalizing a role that has until now, relied on soldiers temporarily assigned from other branches. The new military occupational specialty, MOS 40D Tactical Space Operations Specialist, will be...
Philippine Mayor Akmad Ampatuan survives apparent RPG attack on convoy
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Filipino mayor escaped unharmed after an apparent rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) attack on his convoy in broad daylight Sunday in the southern province of Maguindanao del Sur, authorities said. The Philippine News Agency (PNA), the country’s state-run...
Jared Price Signed for Boker Plus Collection 2026 Knife
Naturally, Boker has big plans for 2026 and will be maintaining its usual blistering pace of new releases; but let’s start off the coverage by looking at the Collection 2026 knife, design by custom maker Jared Price. Coming up on 20 years of experience in...
The first soldier awarded the Medal of Honor during the War on Terror
“Mission Accomplished” — the banner behind President George W. Bush while aboard the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln — grandly declared that invasion of Iraq, launched just 26 days prior, on March 20, 2003, was over. The invasion consisting of the armed forces of...
Air Force to build realistic training ranges, continues BMT reshaping
U.S. Air Force Basic Military Training is continuing its transformation this year with the goal of becoming more realistic as officials plan to build two training ranges with mock runways and real aircraft this year at select bases. In an effort to create an identity...
Flags honoring Danish troops at US embassy reinstalled after outcry
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The removal of flags commemorating fallen Danish veterans who fought in Afghanistan by staff at the United States embassy in the country’s capital has caused a public outcry. The move came ahead of a silent march that will take place here on...
