Fewer service members died by suicide in 2024 than year prior, report finds
Editor’s note: This report contains discussion of suicide. Troops, veterans and family members experiencing suicidal thoughts can call the 24-hour Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988 and dial 1, text 838255 or visit VeteransCrisisLine.net. A Department of Defense suicide report found that 471 service members...
Kid you not: Army aviators suspended for helo flyby of musician’s home
Though he’s not entitled to a personal Air Force One, Kid Rock got a glimpse Saturday of another type of military transport from the deck of his Tennessee estate, which he’s dubbed the “Southern White House.” In two videos posted to his X account, Kid...
USS George H.W. Bush deploys amid Iran war
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush and its strike group departed Naval Station Norfolk on Tuesday for a regularly scheduled deployment, the Navy announced. The Navy did not provide details on the destination of the carrier, but with the USS Gerald R. Ford...
Marines warn of ICE presence at Parris Island boot camp events
Citing “increased force protection measures,” visitors to boot camp graduation and family days at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, can expect federal agents checking on their lawful immigration status, according to an announcement posted on the base’s official web page. NBC, which...
Italy turns away Middle East-bound US military aircraft from Sicily stopover
ROME — U.S. military aircraft heading from the United States to the Middle East have been refused permission to stop off at an air base in Italy, an Italian government source has told Defense News. The request to land at Sigonella air base in Sicily...
Hegseth reveals secret trip to Middle East amid escalating Iran war
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday that he made a secret wartime trip to the Middle East to meet with American troops fighting in Operation Epic Fury. Hegseth, speaking during a press briefing at the Pentagon, asserted that morale is high and service members...
Marine charged with stealing and selling Javelin Missile Systems, ammunition
An ammunition technician specialist at the School of Infantry West stationed at Camp Pendleton, California, has been federally indicted for stealing Javelin Missile Systems, AT4 antitank weapons and ammunition “so lethal that the public cannot legally possess it,” the District Court of Arizona charges. Andrew...
The US Navy brought a ‘one-of-a-kind’ laser weapon back from the dead
Editor’s note: This story originally appeared on Laser Wars, a newsletter about military laser weapons and other futuristic defense technology. Subscribe here. The U.S. Navy spent at least six months resurrecting a high-energy laser weapon that previously graced the bow of a warship for a...
