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Hiroshima survivor who spent decades investigating American POW deaths dies at 88
Shigeaki Mori, an atomic bomb survivor who spent decades researching the forgotten American prisoners of war killed in the Hiroshima attack, has died at age 88. The historian died on March 14 at a Hiroshima hospital, according to Japanese media reports. Mori was just eight years old when the B-29 carrying the earth shattering “Little Boy” bomb dropped on the city. Less than a mile and a half from ...[Read More]
Historian’s nearly two decade quest to piece together America’s last major offensive in Vietnam
It was in 2007 that James Smither received a call from Jeffrey Wilcox, a West Point grad who served in the 101st Airborne Division. Smither, who recently retired as a professor of history at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan, was also the creator and director of the university’s Veterans History Project. “I got a call from a fellow named Jeff Wilcox,” Smither told Military Ti...[Read More]
Historic U.S. Naval Visit Reinforces U.S.-Côte d’Ivoire Security Partnership
Adm. George M. Wikoff, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Africa (NAVAF), visited Abidjan this week, marking the highest-level U.S. Navy visit to the country and underscoring the growing strength of the U.S.–Côte d’Ivoire defense partnership.
Historic USS Intrepid Digitally Preserved in Unprecedented Detail Using Advanced 3D Laser Scanning Technology
In a unique partnership between the Intrepid Museum and FARO Technologies, one of America’s most historic aircraft carriers has been digitally preserved with millimeter-level precision, creating a 14.7-terabyte archive that captures every corner of the massive warship, including spaces that haven’t been accessed in decades.
Homecoming Grounded: The Blue Angels Show at NAS Pensacola Falls Victim to Budget Strain
The Blue Angels’ 2025 Homecoming Air Show at NAS Pensacola has been cancelled, marking the latest casualty of the federal shutdown and defense budget strain. Base officials cited funding shortfalls and contracting delays, while locals lamented the loss of a beloved tradition that typically draws hundreds of thousands to the Gulf Coast. The cancellation echoes past disruptions in 2013 and 2020, rem...[Read More]
House advances measure to give troops a discount on gas
House lawmakers advanced a measure Thursday to slash gasoline prices at military exchanges in an effort to make fuel cheaper for U.S. service members. The proposal would authorize Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to offer a discount at exchange stores that’s equivalent to the price of the federal gas tax. The tax is 18.4 cents per gallon for regular and 24.4 cents per gallon for diesel. The proposal...[Read More]
House Armed Services Committee backs sweeping aviation safety reforms
The House Armed Services Committee voted Thursday to approve broad aviation safety legislation that includes a myriad of safety recommendations issued after a deadly 2025 midair collision between a regional jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Washington, D.C., that killed 67 people. The legislation, known as the Airspace Location and Enhanced Risk Transparency, or ALERT, Act, would requ...[Read More]
House backs $1.55 billion to revive E-7 Wedgetail, spares Navy Hawkeye
The White House budget office wants to raid a Navy radar-plane account and a classified Air Force line to pull the E-7 Wedgetail back from the dead. The maneuver surfaced in a Wednesday report accompanying the House Appropriations Committee’s fiscal 2027 defense bill, and it runs on money the White House went looking for a week earlier. In a June 17 budget amendment to House Speaker Mike Johnson, ...[Read More]
House narrowly rejects Iran war powers resolution
The House narrowly rejected a war powers resolution Thursday to halt President Donald Trump’s attacks on Iran, an early sign of unease in Congress over the rapidly widening conflict that is reordering U.S. priorities at home and abroad. It’s the second vote in as many days, after the Senate defeated a similar measure along party lines. Lawmakers are confronting the sudden reality of representing w...[Read More]
House narrowly rejects Iran war powers resolution
The House narrowly rejected a war powers resolution Thursday to halt President Donald Trump’s attacks on Iran, an early sign of unease in Congress over the rapidly widening conflict that is reordering U.S. priorities at home and abroad. It’s the second vote in as many days, after the Senate defeated a similar measure along party lines. Lawmakers are confronting the sudden reality of representing w...[Read More]
House Oversight Democrats seek records behind Pentagon changes to Iran war casualty database
Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform are investigating changes made to the Defense Department’s official casualty database, demanding records they say are needed to determine why four U.S. soldiers briefly disappeared from the Pentagon’s public Iran war casualty count before being reclassified under a newly created category. In a letter shared exclusively with Milita...[Read More]
House panel quashes attempt to stop integration of US, Israel defense tech sectors
A House panel advanced a measure to increase cooperation between the U.S. and Israeli defense technology sectors after one lawmaker’s Friday attempt to halt the proposal fell flat. The United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative, part of the House’s version of the fiscal 2027 defense policy bill, would codify and increase military technical cooperation between the U.S. defense i...[Read More]