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USS George H.W. Bush completes pre-deployment exercise

Mar 09th: Composite Training Unit Exercise, or COMPTUEX, readies naval task forces for sustained combat and results in recommendations for deployment. Read more ▸

Master Chief actor condemns use of character in White House’s Iran war hype video

Mar 09th: “I demand that the producers of this disgusting and juvenile war porn remove my voice immediately,” Steve Downes wrote in a post on X. Read more ▸

US, Iran spar over status of Iranian warship sunk by submarine

Mar 09th: The United States and Iran have offered sharply different accounts of the sinking of an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean last week. Read more ▸

Coast Guard breaks 18-year record with $250 million drug bust

Mar 09th: A Coast Guard crew seized a record 22,052 pounds of cocaine from one vessel. Read more ▸

US B-1B Lancers arrive at RAF Fairford as strikes on Iran intensify

Mar 09th: The U.K. Ministry of Defence confirmed Saturday that U.S. forces had begun using the British base for “specific defensive operations." Read more ▸

Prewar US intel found intervention in Iran wasn’t likely to change leadership

Mar 09th: A February intelligence assessment determined that American military intervention was not likely to lead to regime change in the Islamic Republic. Read more ▸

Hegseth downplays risk to US troops from Iran-Russia cooperation

Mar 09th: "No one is putting us in danger,” Hegseth said during a Sunday interview. “We’re putting their guys in danger.” Read more ▸

Anthropic sues Trump administration seeking to undo ‘supply chain risk’ designation

Mar 09th: The Pentagon last week formally designated the AI company a supply chain risk after an unusually public dispute over its AI chatbot Claude. Read more ▸

The ‘Old Guard’ marks centennial of watching over Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Mar 09th: Concern over the lack of respect for the gravesite led Army Maj. Gen. Fox Conner to order an armed military guard on March 24, 1926. Read more ▸

NATO defenses shoot down ballistic missile in Turkey

Mar 09th: The ballistic missile was downed by NATO units stationed in the eastern Mediterranean. Read more ▸

Pentagon identifies seventh soldier killed in action during Operation Epic Fury

Mar 09th: Sgt. Benjamin N. Pennington succumbed to his injuries on Sunday after a March 1 Iranian attack on Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia. Read more ▸

European NATO nations reduce reliance on US arms imports: SIPRI data

Mar 09th: European governments are spending more defense money in South Korea, France and Israel, according to a new analysis. Read more ▸

Guardsman who served as NYPD officer dies in Kuwait in non-combat incident

Mar 08th: In a social media post, the New York City Police Department stated that Davius died following a “medical episode while deployed to Kuwait.” Read more ▸

Seventh US service member killed in action during Operation Epic Fury

Mar 08th: A service member seriously wounded during an Iranian attack on U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia has succumbed to their injuries, U.S. Central Command announced. Read more ▸

Pentagon and FAA agree to conduct anti-drone laser tests in New Mexico

Mar 08th: The agreement comes after the deployment of lasers led the FAA to suddenly close airspace in Texas twice in the last month. Read more ▸

First US casualties of Operation Epic Fury return as Trump vows escalation

Mar 07th: The service members were killed when an Iranian drone evaded American air defenses and struck a makeshift operations center in Port Shuabia, Kuwait. Read more ▸

Trump encourages Latin American leaders to use military action to help US fight cartels

Mar 07th: The gathering came just two months after Trump ordered an audacious U.S. military operation to capture Venezuela’s then-president, Nicolás Maduro. Read more ▸

Trump to join grieving families for return of soldiers killed in Iran war

Mar 07th: The president is joining families at Dover Air Force Base at the dignified transfer for the six U.S. troops killed in the war in the Middle East. Read more ▸

‘War Machine’ review: Finally, a training scenario with aliens

Mar 06th: The sci-fi flick raises the premise: What if the final phase of U.S. Army Ranger selection suddenly involved fighting a giant alien robot? Read more ▸

US to send anti-drone system to Mideast after successful use in Ukraine, officials say

Mar 06th: The system that is being sent, known as Merops, flies drones against drones. It is small enough to fit in the back of a midsize pickup truck. Read more ▸

Pentagon task force to conduct laser test against drones

Mar 06th: The Pentagon’s counter-drone task force is set to test a high-energy laser system against drones at White Sands Missile Range over the weekend. Read more ▸

Pentagon acknowledges tough quest to counter Iranian drones

Mar 06th: Pete Hegseth and other military leaders warned lawmakers that gaps in counter-drone technology could leave U.S. forces and assets increasingly vulnerable. Read more ▸

Coast Guard rescue swimmer dies from injuries sustained during maritime mission

Mar 06th: Petty Officer Tyler Jaggers died Thursday from injuries he sustained while responding to a distressed mariner. Read more ▸

Veterans buck trend as jobless rates dip below national average

Mar 06th: The development comes despite a cratering labor market for blue-collar jobs. Read more ▸

Russia provided Iran with information that can help Tehran strike US military, sources say

Mar 06th: The information could help Tehran strike American warships, aircraft and other assets in the region. Read more ▸

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