Senators introduce bill to abolish military draft agency
A bipartisan group of lawmakers unveiled legislation on Thursday that would dismantle the government agency responsible for maintaining the military draft database of young, eligible men. The bill — advanced by Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo. — would phase...
Army leaders in hot seat over Poland deployment cancellation
Army leaders struggled Friday to respond to congressional furor over the Pentagon’s decision to abruptly cancel a deployment of more than 4,000 soldiers to Poland this month. Acting Army Chief of Staff Gen. Christopher LaNeve said in an Army budget hearing that the order to...
US Army to receive thousands of Barracuda-500M cruise missiles in Anduril deal
HONOLULU — Anduril is slated to deliver at least 3,000 surface-launched cruise missiles to the U.S. Army beginning in 2027, part of an effort to quickly advance affordable munitions procurement at scale. Over the course of the three-year framework agreement, Anduril will supply the Army...
USS Gerald R. Ford to return from 11-month deployment on Saturday
The world’s largest aircraft carrier is finally returning home after etching its name into Navy history books by completing the longest post-Vietnam deployment by a carrier, the service’s top officer confirmed Thursday. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle announced during a House Armed Services...
Future aircraft carrier Doris Miller delayed until 2034
The U.S. Navy’s fourth Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier will be delivered two years late because of limited construction space at the shipyard where it’s being built, according to the Navy. The service’s fiscal 2027 shipbuilding budget estimate, which was released in April, shows that...
US Marines practice seizing remote islands in Philippine exercise
LAOAG, Philippines — At one point during Exercise Balikatan 2026 in the Philippines, one regiment of the U.S. Marine Corps had personnel strewn across 17 locations in the archipelago, giving forces a chance to flex their muscle in dispersed, expeditionary operations. Held from Apr. 20...
DoD faces mounting pressure to pass clean audit for the first time
House lawmakers and government watchdogs expressed skepticism Wednesday about the Defense Department’s ability to produce a clean financial audit by a Dec. 31, 2028, statutory deadline. The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing on the DoD years-long struggle to produce a...
Russia UNLEASHES Horrific Missile Attack – Putin Threatens Nukes
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Near Russian border, NATO grapples with ground robots in combat
RIGA, Latvia — Exercising in Latvia’s dense pine and birch forests this week, local troops found themselves in an unfair fight against a new enemy: unmanned ground vehicles. As NATO tries to keep pace with fast-changing drone warfare, the alliance used Latvia’s Crystal Arrow exercise...
