Top General in Mideast Calls for Microwave Weapons for 'Layered' Defense Against Drone Swarms The top general responsible for U.S. troops in the Middle East wants to see a surge of directed-energy weapons in the region...
High-Energy Laser Weapons: A Defense Expert Explains How They Work and What They Are Used For Visions of swarms of small, inexpensive drones filling the skies or skimming across the waves are motivating militaries to...
The Rise and Fall of the Humvee Get into the nuts and bolts of the vehicle that took the U.S. military from World War II holdovers to futuristic tech.
A Moment of Truth for the Army's Chief Laser Weapon Four prototypes reportedly arrived in the U.S. Central Command area of operations in early February, with the Army...
When Will Ospreys Fly Again? That's Still a Question Mark After Defense Secretary Briefing. In addition to the Air Force's November crash off the coast of Japan, there was a deadly Marine Corps Osprey crash in...
The Best Items to Make Your Barracks Room More Comfortable, According to US Service Members and Veterans Living in the barracks as a junior enlisted service member isn’t great. These items can make your life measurably better.
The Best Deals on Shooting Gear on Amazon Right Now You can’t get a ton of great shooting gear on the retail giant, but a few solid options exist for the eagle-eyed marksman.
National Guard Apache Helicopter Crashes in Mississippi Killing Two Crew Members The Mississippi crash is yet another mishap involving military helicopters, with many of those incidents involving the...
Marine Corps F-35 Takes Nosedive in Hangar While Being Used by Navy Top Gun School An image of the jet, an F-35C Lightning II, was posted on social media earlier this month showing it face-planted onto the...
New Navy Robotics Job Aimed at Getting Specialized Sailors to Work on Drones The new rating is called robotics warfare specialist and "will accelerate development of deep expertise in rapidly advancing...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
