Brief scandal: Soldier without pants found in German nursing home
Sunday morning breakfast at a German nursing home was interrupted by a surprise none of the residents had ordered: an American soldier, hold the trousers. An employee making morning meal rounds at the Grafenwoehr facility found the heavily intoxicated soldier in an unoccupied room Jan....
DOD ordered to study mental health impacts among military drone pilots
Tucked inside the more than 3,000 pages of the recently passed defense budget for Fiscal Year 2026 is a mandate that the secretary of defense carry out a study focused on the mental health impacts of piloting unmanned aircraft systems in combat. The rise of...
Utilities billing resumes for some military housing residents
Some landlords of privatized military housing are resuming the utilities billing process for military families. The resumption varies across the service branches, and by installation, and starts with mock billing before actual billing begins. The Air Force appears to be further along in restarting its...
101st Airborne soldiers hitch rides aboard Marine Ospreys in exercise
Ahead of the 101st Airborne Division’s receipt of the Bell MV-75, its personnel tested the tiltrotor waters in a training exercise with the Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey. On Jan. 23, the Army’s 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, used aircraft from the North Carolina-based...
US Air Force looking for contractors to train foreign pilots
The U.S. Air Force is looking for contractors who can train foreign pilots receiving American military aid, according to an Air Force Request for Information. Training, which will be conducted at bases in the continental United States, includes instruction in a variety of combat and...
Military families will see slight increases in Tricare dental premiums
Active-duty military families will see minimal increases in their monthly premiums for the Tricare Dental Program, starting March 1, Tricare officials announced Thursday. The costs for the voluntary dental program depend on the sponsor’s military status, as well as how many people are covered in...
Iran puts ‘fingers on trigger’ as US armada arrives in Middle East
Iran has put its rhetorical “fingers on the trigger,” the regime’s foreign minister warned Wednesday, as the United States revives threats to mount an attack on the Islamic Republic “with speed and violence.” Abbas Araghchi, in a post on X, asserted that Iranian armed forces...
Army general tapped to lead NSA vows to follow the law if confirmed
The Army general tapped to lead the U.S. National Security Agency assured lawmakers Thursday that he will follow the Constitution and the law when it comes to using the NSA’s powerful surveillance tools. Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd, if confirmed by the Senate, would also run...
Army redesignates unit for jungle warfare training in Panama
The Army’s focus on the Western Hemisphere is beginning to show in how it’s reorganizing the forces it sends abroad. Earlier this week the Army redesignated a brigade formerly used to advise partner forces in Afghanistan as the Army Security Cooperation Group – South, a...
Kombou’s Latest Bestech Will Release Senu or Later
Grzegorz Grabarski, otherwise known as Kombou, is back at it with a new Bestech collab for the new(ish) year. This is the Senu, a premium offering all about sinuous lines and high-performance slicing. Drop point? Spear point? You be the judge. Some blades toe the...
