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‘A beans and rice diet’: Government watchdog finds issues with military cost of living pay
For soldiers stationed in some of the world’s most expensive areas, an important financial buffer meant to offset high prices may not always reflect the cost of living, a government watchdog found. The Department of Defense uses location-specific surveys and price and military spending data to set cost-of-living allowances, known as COLAs. In a report released on Thursday, the Government Accountab...[Read More]
‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ finds a new voice
Published in January 1929, “All Quiet on the Western Front” sold a million copies in Germany in its first year and two million around the world. Just a little over a decade after World War I ended, Erich Maria Remarque’s readers found themselves behind the German front lines, empathizing with German soldiers who had once been mortal enemies to the Americans, British and the French. Like the outcro...[Read More]
‘Alpha’ troops and more ships: Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao outlines vision for service
Recently appointed Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao delivered brief remarks Tuesday about his plans for the Navy during one of his first public appearances as the head civilian leader of the service. Cao touched on his vision for the Golden Fleet, modernization efforts for the Navy and Marine Corps and the type of values and military ethos he is looking for in future service members while speaking a...[Read More]
‘Always push forward’: President Trump addresses Coast Guard Academy Class of 2026
President Donald Trump told Coast Guard Academy graduates Wednesday that they inherited the legacy of “some of the most daring and intrepid Americans ever to live” and will “go onto greatness themselves” in service to the country. Speaking in New London, Connecticut, to more than 230 commissioning officers, Trump praised the cadets — some of whom already have saved lives or been involved in major ...[Read More]
‘Department of War’ rebrand could cost up to $125 million, CBO says
The Trump administration’s effort to rename the Department of Defense as the Department of War could cost taxpayers anywhere from $10 million to $125 million, according to an analysis released by the Congressional Budget Office on Wednesday. The 11-page report said a “modest implementation” of the name change would cost about $10 million. But that figure could rise up to $125 million if the new mo...[Read More]
‘Department of War’ rebrand could cost up to $125 million, CBO says
The Trump administration’s effort to rename the Department of Defense as the Department of War could cost taxpayers anywhere from $10 million to $125 million, according to an analysis released by the Congressional Budget Office on Wednesday. The 11-page report said a “modest implementation” of the name change would cost about $10 million. But that figure could rise up to $125 million if the new mo...[Read More]
‘Drone Hunters of Kherson’ takes viewers into a war that blends ‘trench warfare and the Terminator’
For the past century, the weapon of choice for inflicting mass causalities has been artillery. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, however, that has given way to something higher tech and cheaper — drones. Haunting Russian FPV drone footage that they themselves have uploaded to the internet shows the hum of drones as they stalk their human prey — civilians who find themselves caught in the...[Read More]
‘Engineering casualty’ knocks out electricity and propulsion on USS Higgins
An “engineering casualty” broke out on Tuesday on the USS Higgins, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer currently deployed in the Indo-Pacific, Navy officials confirmed to CNN. The incident was immediately contained by the crew, and there are no reported injuries as of Friday, according to the Navy statement. While the Navy did not explicitly use the term fire, CBS News, citing unnamed ...[Read More]
‘Everything costs what it costs’: Navy, Marine, Coast Guard chiefs call for historic funding
SAN DIEGO — Service chiefs from the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard speaking at the WEST Conference in San Diego on Wednesday defended the necessity for continued investment in their respective services while laying out the goals they will set to achieve with present and future infusions of cash. In the wake of the 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill, which allotted roughly $150 billion for defens...[Read More]
‘Flashpoint Campaigns: Cold War’ is the ultimate OODA Loop wargame
Fifty years ago, a U.S. Air Force colonel named John Boyd offered a profound insight into why battles are won or lost. His famous Observe, Orient, Decide, Act — or OODA — Loop described the mental cycle by which combatants, from fighter pilots to generals, assess and react to a constantly changing situation. Those with a faster OODA Loop could exploit opportunities while their befuddled opponents ...[Read More]
‘Gunners!’ revives forgotten chapter of air war over Korea
Thomas Stevens’ first combat mission was memorable — and defied direct orders from the commander in chief. On Nov. 28, 1952, the 19-year-old airman was a tail gunner on a Boeing B-29 Superfortress on a nighttime bombing run over North Korea. After dropping its load of 20 500-pound bombs on a target along the Yalu River, the aircraft was caught in a strong wind and blown over the border into Manchu...[Read More]
‘He can run but he can’t hide’: Joe Louis and the fight of his life
For 12 years — longer than any fighter past or present — Joe Louis would be the undisputed king of boxing. So dominant, in fact, that the “Brown Bomber” transcended the stringent racial barriers of 20th-century America, cheered on by both Black and white citizens. Louis, the grandson of a slave and the great grandson of a slave owner, rose to prominence in 1930s to become the face of freedom and d...[Read More]