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An Oregon senator has placed a hold on unanimous consent promotions for three military officers, citing behavior — including war zone misconduct allegations and a podcast with extremist language and viewpoints — that he says make the officers “unfit” for higher roles.

Pope warns God 'rejects' prayers of leaders 'who wage war'

In an interview with NBC on Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that satellite images taken by Russia of the Prince Sultan Air Base were shared with Iran just days prior to the attack. Zelensky said he was “100 percent” confident Russia was responsible for providing Iran with intelligence to help them target US forces across the Middle East.

“Give them wisdom in every decision, endurance for the trial ahead, unbreakable unity, and overwhelming violence of action against those who deserve no mercy.” — Secretary of Holy War Pete Hegseth

Pentagon staffers are poking fun at Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth with a brutal nickname, according to a report published Tuesday.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth intervened to stop the promotions of several high-ranking service members including four Army officers, two Black men and two female soldiers, on track to become one-star generals, NPR has confirmed.

Iranian attack on Saudi base wounds at least 10 US troops and damages several planes

A sailor assigned to USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) was injured during flight operations Wednesday, the Navy announced.

The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) management of inventory items with no demand for 5 years or more. An inventory item is an item of supply that includes reparable components, consumable repair parts and subsystems and assemblies of parts. Inventory items that were not requested or issued to customers are considered to have no demand.

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For months now, we’ve been concerned by President Trump’s increasingly erratic decision-making and the clear signs he may be suffering from the early stages of dementia. Now Trump’s impaired judgement has caused him to start — and lose — a foolish war and plunge the world economy into chaos.

A Navy reservist whose arrest led to prosecutions of 15 people in a wedding-fraud ring that illegally helped Chinese immigrants enter American military bases has spent enough time behind bars, a federal judge has decided

Many of Trump’s remaining options in Iran risk heavy casualties with dubious chances of success

Newly released DHS data shows the Trump administration has pursued deportation of hundreds of veterans and their families despite earlier promises of protection. Lawmakers say the shift undermines military recruitment, national security, and the government's moral obligation to service members. The policy change marks a sharp reversal from prior administrations’ practices of shielding noncitizen veterans from immigration enforcement.

Hegseth’s complete revocation of shaving chits offered thousands of Black service members an awful choice: Get clean shaven and suffer or be kicked out of the military. It has nothing to do with readiness or capability. A soldier on a shaving chit is no less effective than one who doesn’t need one. It is simply a matter of Hegseth thinking it looks unprofessional (it’s not; ask the Axis powers how much they liked fighting against Sikhs). It may also have been punishment aimed at Black Americans for consistently voting Democratic.

That’s not true. The president was at his Mar-a-Lago estate earlier this month, as the reporter pointed out.

Presidential butt kissers... Enter the craven careerists of his administration, who in their dear leader’s time of need have elevated their public displays of adulation into new echelons of sycophancy, with little consideration for their own dignity.

Pregnancy can be an exciting time. But it’s also a highly personal experience. Your maternity care choices can make a meaningful difference throughout pregnancy, delivery, and postpartum recovery. TRICARE covers a range of maternity care services and provider types. This coverage gives expecting mothers options while ensuring access to care. “Having access to different types of providers allows expectant mothers to choose the support that best fits their needs,” said Jeannine Pickrell, MS, RN, director, Population Health, TRICARE Health Plan, at the Defense Health Agency. “TRICARE coverage is designed to support safe, informed choices throughout pregnancy and postpartum care.”

It is not VA Secretary Doug Collins maximizing choices, its the courts due diligence. In 2024, the Supreme Court ruled in Rudisill v. McDonough that Veterans with multiple qualifying periods of military service could obtain a combined 48 months of both MGIB and PGIB benefits. In January 2025, VA announced that more than 1 million Veterans potentially qualified for additional benefits under Rudisill. In 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims issued a precedential opinion in Perkins v. Collins. The Perkins ruling said Veterans with a single qualifying period of military service could obtain benefits under both PGIB and MGIB if the time-in-service requirements under both programs are met. VA estimates that the Perkins decision may enable an additional 1 million Veterans to receive up to an additional 12 months of benefits.

Many U.S. Navy officers turn down the opportunity to attend the U.S. Naval War College. The prospect of living in scenic Newport while receiving a world-class education is attractive, but many senior officers do not wish to subject their families to the pain of moving twice within a single year.

Iran Claims It Fired Cruise Missiles At US Aircraft Carrier Abraham Lincoln