US strikes Venezuela, says Nicolás Maduro has been captured
The United States hit Venezuela with a “large-scale strike” early Saturday and said its president had been captured and flown out of the country after months of intense pressure on Nicolás Maduro’s government — an extraordinary nighttime operation announced by President Donald Trump on social media hours after the attack. The legal authority for the strike — and whether Trump consulted Congress be...[Read More]
This Marine pilot earned ace status as a Wildcat menace in the Pacific
Behind his Louisiana Cajun drawl, Jefferson Joseph DeBlanc harbored the intellect of an academic with the physique of a star athlete. Born on Feb. 15, 1921, in Lockport, Louisiana, he graduated from high school in 1938, but cut college short to try his hand at military aviation. He allegedly claimed that as a loyal Southerner he could not abide joining “the Yankee army,” so he enlisted in the U.S....[Read More]
US Military Strikes 5 More Alleged Drug Boats, Killing 8 and Possibly Leaving Survivors
Southern Command said it immediately notified the U.S. Coast Guard to activate search and rescue efforts.
ROTC students are helping the military defend against AI deepfakes
An image shows a column of fire and billows of deep black smoke in the aftermath of a bomb blast in downtown Kiev. A news story purporting to be from CNN raises alarm about a rash of drone sightings causing community panic in Syracuse, New York. Aside from their plausibility in changing and uncertain times, what these media reports have in common is that they’re totally fake: computer-generated pr...[Read More]
ROTC students are helping the military defend against AI deepfakes
An image shows a column of fire and billows of deep black smoke in the aftermath of a bomb blast in downtown Kiev. A news story purporting to be from CNN raises alarm about a rash of drone sightings causing community panic in Syracuse, New York. Aside from their plausibility in changing and uncertain times, what these media reports have in common is that they’re totally fake: computer-generated pr...[Read More]
A year of strikes: US military operations surge under Trump
President Donald Trump has presided over a rapid surge of U.S. military activity abroad since returning to the Oval Office. In the first year of his second term, he has authorized a series of strikes ranging from the unprecedented use of bunker-buster bombs against Iran’s most fortified nuclear sites to a sustained counternarcotics campaign off the Venezuelan coast. Trump, who has labeled himself ...[Read More]
CMDCM Theodore J Boerner
Master Chief Boerner is a native of New Orleans, Louisiana. He is married to Pamela Boerner of Orlando, Florida.
How wine and champagne helped to defeat the Nazis
“The French like to maintain that the outbreak of war is always marked by a poor vintage, and victory by a gloriously celebratory one. Thus 1945 was a great vintage, 1939 mediocre, 1918 good, 1914 dismal,” writes Julian Barnes. It was as if the ground itself knew of the invasion and then, six long years later, of victory. Alcohol and war have always been intrinsically tied, with a recent study by ...[Read More]
How the Continental Army became the lords of Spanktown
After the American victory over the British on Jan. 3, 1777, Gen. George Washington managed to hang on to his army — but just barely. As both British and American armies settled into their winter quarters both were back to almost the same positions held in mid-November. Except for a small garrison at Paulus Hook across the Hudson from lower Manhattan, all of New Jersey had been abandoned by the Br...[Read More]
CDR Mike Ferrell
Commander Michael Ferrell, a native of Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri, is a 2009 graduate of the United States Naval Academy.
Navy doubles annual PT test requirement, updates failure guidelines
The U.S. Navy announced updates to physical fitness standards for sailors that will go into effect at the beginning of 2026, including aspects that will lead to a sailor’s administrative separation from the service. The service provided a Dec. 30 fact sheet laying out shifts in policy on the NAVADMIN website, after publishing a document that outlined consequences for PFA failure on Dec. 16. Most n...[Read More]
Navy doubles annual PT test requirement, updates failure guidelines
The U.S. Navy announced updates to physical fitness standards for sailors that will go into effect at the beginning of 2026, including aspects that will lead to a sailor’s administrative separation from the service. The service provided a Dec. 30 fact sheet laying out shifts in policy on the NAVADMIN website, after publishing a document that outlined consequences for PFA failure on Dec. 16. Most n...[Read More]