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Iran and US hit tankers in biggest wave of attacks on shipping since war began
Recent attacks by the U.S. and Iran have shattered a month of relative calm, with both hitting military, shipping and energy assets.
White House reviews candidates to replace Hegseth deputy, sources say
The White House has reviewed candidates to potentially replace Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve Feinberg, Reuters reports.
Pentagon wants to use AI-generated ‘personalities’ for decoy cellphones
The DoD wants to wield AI-generated "personalities" to mimic real people and fool enemy AI.
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America wants the hero, not the human
If America and the DoD truly want to “support our troops,” they must start acknowledging the human beings inside the uniform, this military spouse writes.
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Trump to travel aboard Qatari-donated Air Force One to Ireland
U.S. President Donald Trump will use the Qatari-donated jet to travel to Ireland next week, the plane's first international trip since the swap in Turkey.
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An Alabama traveler was stopped recently by TSA after checking luggage containing five Civil War-era cannonballs. Roll Tide.
Sailor reportedly finds dead rat in finished energy drink
The sailor said medical personnel informed him, “with the chemicals that are in Monster, that it should be OK.”
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That time the Air Force proposed making a ‘gay bomb’
The Air Force once explored the idea of a chemical weapon that would make enemy soldiers sexually irresistible to one another — striking a blow to morale.
Master Chief actor condemns use of character in White House’s Iran war hype video
“I demand that the producers of this disgusting and juvenile war porn remove my voice immediately,” Steve Downes wrote in a post on X.
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Pentagon orders new interviews on deadly 2021 Afghan airport attack
The interviews are meant to see if service members who were not included in the original investigation, have new or different information.
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Is the truth out there? NASA wants to help build public trust on UFOs
The agency could play a major role in data collection and further research objects of unknown origins in Earth’s atmosphere.
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No, the Taliban are not promoting Western tourism in Afghanistan
Ski season in Afghanistan will have to wait a while.
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Because I was a woman who served, I was stereotyped by a stranger
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House Republicans demand data on VA abortion procedures
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Saving the next Nick: suicide prevention is a moral imperative
A word of encouragement from me wouldn’t have solved his problems, but it just might have given him enough hope to press on for a bit longer.
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