Army identifies soldier killed in Apache training accident
The Army has identified the soldier who died in an AH-64 Apache helicopter training accident at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, on June 11 as Chief Warrant Officer 2 Dustin K. Wright. Wright was declared dead on the scene the night of the accident, according to a...
USS Nimitz heading to Middle East, defense official says
The U.S. Navy is moving the aircraft carrier Nimitz from the Indo-Pacific to the Middle East as regional tensions continue to boil between Israel and Iran, a defense official confirmed to Navy Times. The carrier, previously conducting flight operations in the South China Sea, made...
Navy’s preliminary budget undercuts shipbuilding, senator says
The future looks murky for Navy shipbuilding due to budgetary uncertainty amid lagging ship production, Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said at a June 10 hearing. While the Navy is prioritizing the revitalization of the U.S. shipbuilding industry, its...
Navy destroyer transfers 245 kilograms of seized contraband at sea
A U.S. Navy destroyer handed off 245 kilograms of illegal goods recovered by the Royal Canadian Navy to the U.S. Coast Guard on June 11, according to a Navy release. The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer Cole retrieved the illicit materials — approximately 539 pounds —...
Tech execs enlist in Army Reserve for new innovation detachment
Four Silicon Valley technology executives from major companies are joining the U.S Army Reserve as officers to inject the speed and expertise of commercial technology development into military innovation through the newly established Detachment 201, an Executive Innovation Corps, the service announced Friday. The Pentagon...
Hillary Clinton faces backlash over criticism of Trump’s military parade
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s attempt to mock President Donald Trump’s military parade honoring the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army backfired on social media as conservatives and other critics lambasted her for allegedly holding “utter...
US Navy is aggressively telling startups, ‘We want you’
While Silicon Valley executives like those from Palantir, Meta and OpenAI are grabbing headlines for trading their Brunello Cucinelli vests for Army Reserve uniforms, a quieter transformation has been underway in the U.S. Navy. How so? Well, the Navy’s chief technology officer, Justin Fanelli, says...
U.S. redirects USS Nimitz to Middle East as Israel-Iran conflict intensifies
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The USS Nimitz carrier strike group is on its way to the Middle East from the South China Sea, a U.S. official told Fox News. The Nimitz strike group was previously scheduled to replace the USS Carl...
Ex-Syrian official claims Austin Tice was killed in 2013
The U.S. government is investigating claims by a former senior Syrian official that Marine veteran and freelance journalist Austin Tice was killed in Syria in 2013 at the order of then-President Bashar al-Assad. The claim by Bassam al-Hassan, a strategic advisor and member of Assad’s...
SIG Sauer M17/M18/P320 Pistol Just Can’t Seem to Escape Safety Controversies
The Swiss-German firm SIG Sauer (“SIG” as in Schweizerische Industrie-Gesellschaft, e.g. “Swiss Industrial Company”) is one of the world’s most venerable and respected gunmakers, dating back to 1853, and accordingly, has won many law enforcement and military contracts around the world in its proud...
