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An Air Force veteran whose interest in international affairs was kindled by supporting the urgent U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 is now one of fewer than three dozen Americans to be named a Rhodes scholar for 2026. Hadi Kamara, who separated from the Air Force in 2022 and is now a senior at Princeton University, highlighted his military work in his application for the Oxford, UK-based Rh...[Read More]

The Afghan man accused of shooting two National Guard members blocks from the White House had been unraveling for years, unable to hold a job and flipping between long, lightless stretches of isolation and taking sudden weekslong cross-country drives. Rahmanullah Lakanwal’s behavior deteriorated so sharply that a community advocate reached out to a refugee organization for help, fearing he was bec...[Read More]

West Virginia communities and officials were honoring two members of the state’s National Guard who were shot in Washington this week, lauding their dedication to serving their country. U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, 20, died, and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, remains hospitalized after Wednesday afternoon’s shooting. West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey said Friday that Wolfe remain...[Read More]

The United States changed its protocols after Secretary Hegseth told officials to “kill everybody” onboard an a Caribbean vessel in September.

Taffy 3—consisting of six escort carriers, three destroyers, and four destroyer escorts—was there to cover troops storming the Philippine beaches, not to duel a surface fleet that included the Yamato, the largest battleship ever built. But there was no one else between Kurita and the invasion fleet in Leyte Gulf.

President Donald Trump said that one of the two West Virginia National Guard members shot by an Afghan national near the White House had died, calling the suspect, who had worked with the CIA in his native country, a “savage monster.” As part of a Thanksgiving call with U.S. troops, Trump announced that he had just learned that Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, 20, had died, while Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24,...[Read More]

Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, said at a Thursday news briefing that the National Guard members shot were Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24. The guard members were hospitalized in critical condition after Wednesday afternoon’s shooting. Pirro said that the suspect, 29-year-old Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal, drove across the country fro...[Read More]

An Afghan national has been accused of shooting two West Virginia National Guard members just blocks from the White House in a brazen act of violence at a time when the presence of troops in the nation’s capital and other cities around the country has become a political flashpoint. FBI Director Kash Patel and Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser said the guard members were hospitalized in critical condi...[Read More]

For a limited time, the U.S. can refuel aircraft and transport equipment and technical personnel at restricted areas within the San Isidro Air Base.

The yelling, the sweat, the thousand-yard stares — these movies either nailed the chaos or missed it. Every service member has a boot camp story — the sand, the blisters, the broken sleep, the recruit who couldn’t stop laughing during inspection. Hollywood’s chased that chaos for decades, but only a few films get close to what real drill instructors see every cycle.

Among the many late-night, gastrointestinal-wrecking delights within American fast-food culture, Taco Bell stands elite. For decades, Americans have fearlessly and willingly forked over hard-earned cash despite knowing a minute on the lips, forever (or so it would seem)… on the lavatory. Despite these Eric Cartman-esque Stage Four bouts of fecal displeasure, Taco Bell remains one of the top fast f...[Read More]