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Gerald R. Ford Returns Home After Breaking the Navy’s Longest Deployment Record

As the most advanced aircraft carrier in the world, the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is often a centerpiece of America’s military operations overseas. On...

Congress Moves to Save the Last F-14 Tomcats With the Maverick Act

The F-14 Tomcat is one of the most recognized aircraft in American military history - thirty-two years of carrier service, combat from the Gulf of Sidra to the...

On The Radar: Navy Running Out of Cash, Ford Strike Group Returns Home

Weekly military news roundup covering Navy funding crisis amid Iran conflict costs, USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group's record 322-day deployment...

Troops Can Now Sue Military Contractors for Injuries: How to Know if You Have a Case

For decades, the legal framework for service members injured in the line of duty has been dominated by a single word: immunity. Under the 1950 Feres Doctrine,...

The U.S. and Japan: The Alliance That Shapes the Pacific

Since the end of World War II, the United States and Japan have built one of the most consequential security partnerships in the world. That partnership is now...

What the Army’s New Combat Field Test Means for Your Career

The Army Combat Field Test (CFT) has officially rolled out as of April 2026, and if you’re in a combat MOS, this isn’t another “box to check.” This test is...

Fort Bragg Therapy Dog Named Sapper Wins USO's Top Honor

A Soldier walks into the USO at Fort Bragg and heads straight for the therapy dog without hesitation. There’s no small talk, no need to explain why he came or...

On The Radar: Cost of War in Iran, Trump Contemplates Fewer American Troops in Europe

Pentagon reports $25 billion spent on Iran operations in 60 days as lawmakers demand strategy answers. Trump reviews possible German troop reduction amid NATO...

CONPLAN 8888: The Military's Real Zombie Defense Plan Explained

The U.S. military actually wrote CONPLAN 8888, a real STRATCOM training plan using a fictional zombie apocalypse scenario to teach officers strategic planning...

Pentagon Budgets $57 Billion to Overhaul Substandard Military Barracks

The Pentagon's record-breaking $1.5 trillion fiscal year 2027 budget request, unveiled this week, includes billions for infrastructure upgrades and repairs. In...

U.S. Navy Blockades Strait of Hormuz: What Happens Now and the Stakes

President Donald Trump announced Sunday that the U.S. Navy would begin blockading the Strait of Hormuz after weekend peace talks in Islamabad collapsed. The...

The Army's New XM8: The Long Road to Replacing the M4

The M4 carbine has been the standard-issue weapon for American infantry for more than three decades, a reliable workhorse that saw action from the mountains of...

Trump Issues Iran Ceasefire: What Happens Now?

A two-week ceasefire halted U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran Tuesday night, but the conflicting messages from Tehran, Jerusalem, and Washington on terms of the...

On The Radar: Latest in Iran, Airshows Cancelled Across the U.S., Draft Goes Automatic this December

Weekly military news roundup covering the fragile ceasefire between U.S., Iran, and Israel affecting deployments, U.S. airshow cancellations due to operational...

Lost Behind Enemy Lines: How SERE School Prepares Pilots for the Worst

When U.S. aircraft were shot down over Iran, controlled airspace was gone in an instant. No reset button. No comms. During the span of time that the unknown...

On The Radar: Iran Latest, USS Ford, Military Astronauts

Weekly military news roundup covering Operation Epic Fury developments, President Trump's Iran address projecting 2-3 more weeks of fighting, USS Gerald R....