Department of Veterans Affairs reinstates near-total ban on abortions
The Department of Veterans Affairs has reinstated a near-total ban on abortion services for veterans and their dependents after new guidance from the Justice Department concluded that the agency lacks legal authority to provide the procedure — including in cases of rape or incest. A VA spokesperson confirmed to Military Times the restrictions took effect immediately. “The Department of Justice’s o...[Read More]
Department of Veterans Affairs reinstates near-total ban on abortions
The Department of Veterans Affairs has reinstated a near-total ban on abortion services for veterans and their dependents after new guidance from the Justice Department concluded that the agency lacks legal authority to provide the procedure — including in cases of rape or incest. A VA spokesperson confirmed to Military Times the restrictions took effect immediately. “The Department of Justice’s o...[Read More]
Trump says US ‘hit’ facility where alleged drug boats ‘load up’
President Donald Trump has indicated that the U.S. has “hit” a dock facility along a shore as he wages a pressure campaign on Venezuela, but the U.S. offered few details. Trump initially seemed to confirm a strike in what appeared to be an impromptu radio interview Friday, and when questioned Monday by reporters about “an explosion in Venezuela,” he said the U.S. struck a facility where boats accu...[Read More]
Trump says US ‘hit’ facility where alleged drug boats ‘load up’
President Donald Trump has indicated that the U.S. has “hit” a dock facility along a shore as he wages a pressure campaign on Venezuela, but the U.S. offered few details. Trump initially seemed to confirm a strike in what appeared to be an impromptu radio interview Friday, and when questioned Monday by reporters about “an explosion in Venezuela,” he said the U.S. struck a facility where boats accu...[Read More]
This company is rethinking PTSD treatment for veterans — with VR
Neurova Labs began the way many veteran-founded health technologies do, with frustration, loss and a growing belief that the systems designed to help were not addressing the full scope of the problem. Founder and CEO Brenden Borrowman is a retired Army veteran who was medically evacuated after being wounded in Afghanistan in 2011. During his recovery and time in a Warrior Transition Battalion, he ...[Read More]
Soldier became the first Mexican national to earn the Medal of Honor
He landed on the beaches of Normandy and battled through the bitter European winter in the Hürtgen forest and yet, on Aug. 23, 1945, when President Harry S. Truman placed the Medal of Honor around the neck of U.S. Army, Staff Sgt. Marcario García, he was not yet a U.S. citizen. Born on Jan. 2, 1920 in Villa de Castaño, Mexico, Marcario was one of 10 children born to Luciano and Josefa García. The ...[Read More]
USS Annapolis Returns to Guam Following Indo-Pacific Deployment
NAVAL BASE GUAM (Dec. 19, 2025) — Los Angeles–class fast-attack submarine USS Annapolis (SSN 760) returned to its homeport at Naval Base Guam following a routine deployment in the Indo-Pacific, Dec. 19, 2025
Trump Announces New Class of Battleships Despite Century of Evidence Proving the Large Warships Are Obsolete
The ship will displace more than 35,000 tons and be capable of speeds exceeding 30 knots, according to the Navy. The battleship will carry nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missiles, hypersonic weapons, electromagnetic railguns and directed energy weapons. Navy Secretary John Phelan said Trump plans to begin with two ships and eventually build 20 to 25 battleships.
Caribbean ‘Quarantine’: US Forces Take On Trump’s Oil Tanker Crackdown
Escalating interdictions of oil tankers linked to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro occur as part of a sweeping naval buildup that risks diplomatic, legal and regional confrontation.
Soldier regains sense of touch through neural-enabled prosthetic limb
A U.S. soldier participating in a clinical trial at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center is testing a neural-enabled prosthetic arm designed to restore the sense of touch through nerve stimulation, the Maryland hospital recently announced. The concept for the device originated with Drs. Ranu Jung and James Abbas of the University of Arkansas, who are conducting a study and contacted Walter...[Read More]
Soldier regains sense of touch through neural-enabled prosthetic limb
A U.S. soldier participating in a clinical trial at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center is testing a neural-enabled prosthetic arm designed to restore the sense of touch through nerve stimulation, the Maryland hospital recently announced. The concept for the device originated with Drs. Ranu Jung and James Abbas of the University of Arkansas, who are conducting a study and contacted Walter...[Read More]
What to know about the militants targeted by US airstrikes in Nigeria
The United States airstrikes that targeted Islamic State group militants in northwestern Nigeria on Thursday marked a major escalation in an offensive that the West African’s overstretched military has struggled with for years. U.S. President Donald Trump said on social media that the “powerful and deadly” strikes in the state of Sokoto were carried out against IS gunmen who were “targeting and vi...[Read More]