US Navy ships repel attack from Houthis in Gulf of Aden
Two U.S. Navy destroyers repelled an attack by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels on American ships over the weekend, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) says. “U.S. Navy destroyers USS Stockdale and the USS O’Kane successfully defeated a range of Houthi-launched weapons while transiting the Gulf of Aden, Nov....
Congress will open next session with more veterans than two years ago
Congress will open next year with 100 members who have prior military experience, three more than last session and the largest total of veteran lawmakers on Capitol Hill in eight years. But it won’t stay that way for long. That’s because two of next session’s...
Pentagon-funded study on extremism in the military relied on old data
Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Defense, sat in front of a screen with the headline: “Study Disproves Military Extremism Problem.” It was Jan. 4 of this year and Hegseth told a Fox News audience the new study proved that the...
Delta Force Has All-Star Teams? Answer FINALLY Revealed
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How the ‘Brush-Off Club’ helped jilted WWII troops cope with Jody
Jody. The mere mention of the name is enough to send shivers down the spine of service members everywhere. It is a foul beast lurking in the shadows, never tiring, ever vigilant, with craned neck vigorously leaning to hear the magic word that unleashes his...
The American woman who sculpted new faces for battle-scarred WWI vets
As the world and its soldiers went over the top and straight into mechanized warfare, the horrors of large-caliber machine guns and artillery warfare ushered in a new age of gruesome deaths and horrific injuries. World War I claimed the lives of 8 million men,...
How one man taught US soldiers to fight dirty in WWII
Lecturing to a group of young U.S. Army Rangers on a field at Fort Meade, Maryland, in May 1942, U.S. Army lieutenant colonel Francois d’Eliscu ordered a trainee to level his rifle and bayonet and charge at him, full bore. “Come on, boy, like you...
Desertion threatens to starve Ukraine’s forces at a crucial time
Desertion is starving the Ukrainian army of desperately needed manpower and crippling its battle plans at a crucial time in its war with Russia, which could put Kyiv at a clear disadvantage in future ceasefire talks. Facing every imaginable shortage, tens of thousands of Ukrainian...
Army seeks 300 ground combat lieutenants to transfer to support jobs
The Army is looking for 300 lieutenants to voluntarily transfer from four ground combat arms branches to five understrength branches: adjutant general, air defense, finance, logistics and signal corps. In January, the service sought 250 infantry or armor lieutenants to move over to adjutant general,...
