Army restarts religious support staff hiring following criticism
The U.S. Army is resuming the hiring of religious support workers for the chaplain corps after backlash from last year’s move to cancel contracts. The scrapping of contracted support positions, such as religious education coordinators, Catholic pastoral life coordinators and musicians, by the Army Installation...
This gunner is the only sailor buried at sea — inside his plane
It was a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment. In episode 12 of “Victory at Sea,” the 1953 documentary series captured several solemn burials at sea — but one naval burial stood out from the rest. Twenty-three-year-old Loyce Edward Deen, an aviation machinist mate, was the first and only...
Senate advances resolution to limit Trump’s war powers after Venezuela
The Senate advanced a resolution Thursday that would limit President Donald Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks against Venezuela, sounding a note of disapproval for his expanding ambitions in the Western Hemisphere. Democrats and five Republicans voted to advance the war powers resolution on a...
Army unveils a sneak peek of the Abrams tank prototype, M1E3
The Army announced the completion of an Abrams tank prototype, known as the M1E3, this week on social media. Social media accounts posted imagery of the new technology, and one account said that testing would start in early this year. The Army confirmed that the...
Coast Guard adopts service-wide mandatory physical fitness training
Starting this year, able-bodied active and Selected Reserve Coast Guard members will need to work out at least four days a week, no excuses. The goal is to prepare Coasties for mandatory physical fitness tests set to begin July 1. Previously, the service only required...
Jeremy Chambers becomes first Army NCO to commission as FAO captain
In a milestone for the U.S. Army, it has promoted a senior noncommissioned officer directly to captain in the foreign area officer field for the first time, the service said Wednesday. The unusual move allowed Jeremy Chambers, formerly a master sergeant, to commission in a...
Venezuela claims US operation to capture Maduro left 100 dead
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Venezuelan official is claiming that 100 people were killed in the U.S. operation to capture President Nicolás Maduro. Venezuela’s interior minister, Diosdado Cabello, announced the figure late Wednesday, according to Reuters, which added that Venezuela’s army...
Chinese drill near Taiwan seen as test run for blockade, message to US
NEW TAIPEI CITY, Taiwan — China’s two days of military drills in waters surrounding Taiwan last month came closer than ever to the self-ruled island’s coast and were the largest-scale exercises in more than three years of exercises partly aimed at deterring a U.S. role...
Trump’s Venezuela playbook: Remove the dictator, guide the rebuild, avoid chaos
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! “We’re in charge of everything. We’re in charge of everything… We’re going to run it. We’re going to fix it…. Well, we’re gonna run everything. We’re gonna run it, fix it. We’ll have elections at the right time....
Trump proposes massive increase in 2027 defense spending to $1.5T
President Donald Trump on Wednesday proposed setting U.S. military spending at $1.5 trillion in 2027, citing “troubled and dangerous times.” Trump called for the massive surge in spending days after he ordered a U.S. military operation to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and spirit him...
