Sailor found dead at Naval Station Great Lakes
A sailor at the Navy’s Surface Combat Systems Training Command Great Lakes, Illinois, was found dead on Feb. 8, the service confirmed. Seaman Apprentice Joshua Jones was discovered in his barracks at 11:30 a.m., seated on his bed and unresponsive, the Lake County Coroner’s Office...
How commercial drones make the Pentagon’s ‘Blue UAS Select’ list
The Defense Department this week began testing for the initial phase of its Drone Dominance Program, an effort to expand the use of commercial drones across the military. Dubbed “the Gauntlet,” military operators will fly and evaluate uncrewed aerial systems, or UASs, at Fort Benning,...
NORAD launches fighter jets to intercept Russian aircraft near Alaska
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) launched multiple U.S. fighter jets after tracking Russian military aircraft operating in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on Thursday. NORAD says it launched two F-16s, two F-35s, one...
Iran moves military assets during Russia joint drills in Strait of Hormuz: expert
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Iran repositioned strike drones and other military assets under the cover of joint drills with Russia in the Strait of Hormuz Thursday, a defense expert claimed. In what he described as a “calculated escalation” amid rising tensions...
‘We are all Jews’: Soldier who defied his German captors to be awarded Medal of Honor
After more than 80 years — and a decade after he was recognized by Yad Vashem as one of the “Righteous Among the Nations” — Roddie Edmonds will posthumously receive the Medal of Honor, a White House official confirmed to Military Times on Thursday. A...
Hill Air Force Base bids farewell to A-10 depot mission as final Warthog departs
The U.S. Air Force concluded A-10 Thunderbolt II depot-level maintenance at Ogden Air Logistics Complex with a “Hawg Out” ceremony Feb. 12 at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, service officials announced Wednesday. The final Warthog to complete depot work at the facility, tail number 78-0655,...
U.S. military buildup against Iran differs from 2003 Iraq War approach
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As U.S. forces surge into the Middle East amid escalating tensions with Iran, the military posture is drawing comparisons to the 2003 Iraq War buildup. But military experts and former officials say that while the scale of...
GiantMouse Iona Sailor Puts the “Sea” in EDC
We’ve read that there were often rats aboard ships, but evidently there were mice too…giant mice. GiantMouse is back with the Iona Sailor, a folder inspired by some of the design priorities of maritime cutting tools. All GiantMouse knives have a story behind them –...
US Southern Command leader visits Venezuela following Maduro capture
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The head of the U.S. Southern Command traveled to Venezuela to meet with the country’s acting president just weeks after U.S. forces captured former leader Nicolás Maduro. The trip on Wednesday, described as a surprise visit, was...
NATO country warns citizens to flee Iran over ‘very real’ risk of conflict
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! NATO country and U.S. ally Poland warned its citizens Thursday to immediately flee Iran, with its prime minister saying the “possibility of a conflict is very real.” The remarks from Donald Tusk come as the U.S. has...
