200 Marines deployed to Florida to support ICE immigration enforcement
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) is sending approximately 200 Marines to Florida in support of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) interior immigration enforcement mission. Marines attached to Marine Wing Support Squadron 272 and Marine Corps Air...
Navy to stop sharing satellite weather data with NOAA
As of July 31, the Navy’s Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center will stop sharing satellite weather data with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, according to a NOAA release. “This service change and termination will be permanent,” according to the NOAA release. Data gathered...
House passes Trump megabill with $150 billion in military funding
The House passed President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax, health care, immigration and defense spending law Thursday by a vote of 218-214, securing the first part of the Pentagon’s bank-shot defense budget this year. Among other provisions in the massive spending package, the bill contains $150...
Navy did not document changes to recruitment procedures, watchdog says
The U.S. Navy failed to properly log new recruiting processes that helped the service reach its enlistment goals in fiscal 2024, according to a government watchdog report. The Navy Recruiting Command, or NRC, exceeded its objective of 40,600 recruits in 2024 by streamlining the medical...
USCG offloads 2,220 pounds of cocaine, 3,320 pounds of marijuana in Miami
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) says they have intercepted over $20 million worth of cocaine and marijuana from alleged drug traffickers. Approximately 2,220 pounds of cocaine and 3,320 pounds of marijuana were offloaded Wednesday at Coast Guard...
Pilots who bombed Iran sites invited to White House for July Fourth
U.S. pilots who carried out the mission to bomb key nuclear sites in Iran were invited to mark the Fourth of July at the White House on Friday, multiple news outlets reported. Pilots flew B-2 Spirit stealth bombers, F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft and F-35 Lightning...
US strikes set back Iran’s nuclear program up to 2 years, DOD says
U.S. military strikes on Iran’s three main nuclear facilities in June likely set that program back by 1-2 years, the Pentagon’s top spokesperson said Wednesday. “We’re thinking probably closer to two years — like degraded their program by two years,” said Sean Parnell in his...
Illinois veteran bestowed military honors nearly a decade after death
CHICAGO — Standing near the gravestone for the relative he never met, Mark Bailey accepted the crisply folded American flag from the Army officer, hugged it to his chest and closed his eyes. Though the person he called his aunt — born Reba Caroline Bailey...
Pentagon creates new military border zone in Arizona
The U.S. Navy will control a new national defense area established across 140 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona, the Pentagon announced Wednesday. The new NDA will become an extension of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma and be sited near the Barry M. Goldwater...