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US Navy wants more visible role for drone boats as one deploys for the first time
The U.S. Navy’s No. 2 officer shed new light on the value that medium unmanned surface vessels could bring to the fleet.
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Record deployment for destroyer USS Spruance casts doubt over US Navy maintenance
The Arleigh-Burke class destroyer USS Spruance has set a post-World War II record for a U.S. Navy destroyer deployment and is raising questions about the maintenance work that could follow its eventual return.
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US Navy reports highest number of Class A aviation, afloat mishaps in 10 years
The U.S. Navy reported a decade-high number of unplanned catastrophic events involving aircraft and vessels.
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Pentagon announces first US submarine joining Submarine Rotational Force-West
The Pentagon announced that the USS Colorado will be the first submarine to join Submarine Rotational Force-West in Australia.
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Pentagon cautions personnel against betting using insider information
Hostile foreign intelligence services can track bets made by U.S. military personnel on prediction markets to anticipate American movements, targets and timing, Hegseth warned.
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3 NAS Pensacola sailors die in car crash
Three sailors assigned to Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, died after a car crash early Saturday morning, the Navy announced.
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A ‘super’ rebrand: Navy mandates dropping ‘artificial intelligence’
The U.S. Navy this week became one of the first services to mandate changing terminology from “artificial intelligence” to “super intelligence.”
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US costs of Iran war rise to over $47 billion, according to Pentagon estimate
The U.S. military has spent over $47 billion so far to prosecute the war in Iran, more than 25% higher than the Defense Department’s estimate in July.
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Military childcare staffing shortages leave families struggling to find care
Low wages, lengthy hiring processes and limited availability are leaving some military parents unable to work and making it difficult for childcare centers to recruit and retain staff.
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A shipwreck, two Nazi spies and the Boy Scout who noticed
Author Sara Vladic tells the tale of how an alert Boy Scout and an observant local mother thwarted Nazi spies — and how one recently discovered shipwreck weaves it all together.
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Pentagon creates advisory council on human performance, health
After creating a new directorate on warfighter optimization within the Department of Defense, the Pentagon announced it will form a federal advisory committee to weigh in on issues affecting troop performance and health.
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Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest, famously captured by ‘Band of Brothers,’ deliberately set ablaze
A 33-year-old German citizen was arrested over the weekend after a fire tore through one of the last architectural relics of Nazism.
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Supreme Court to hear case on division of retirement, disability pay in military divorces
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Defense startup wants to make genetically enhanced military dogs
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US military needs ‘urgent revolutionary institutional change’ to prepare for modern war, Petraeus says
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Military takeover of New Mexico borderlands challenged in court
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Big deals in European defense and American fighters | Defense Dollars
International weapons makers step forward with new interceptors and deals for armored vehicles, while an American company secures a fighter contract.
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Congressmen launch bipartisan military range, test facility caucus
A bipartisan group of U.S. representatives launched the Congressional Military Range and Test Facility Caucus in an effort to highlight the role of those ranges in advancing research and test missions for the military.
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Supreme Court to hear case on division of retirement, disability pay in military divorces
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider a case that challenges whether divorce settlements are enforceable if they agree to protect a former spouse’s share of military retirement pay and the amount is later affected by disability compensation.
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US military needs ‘urgent revolutionary institutional change’ to prepare for modern war, Petraeus says
Ret. Army Gen. David Petraeus praised the Pentagon’s new Autonomous Warfare Command but said the U.S. must rapidly prepare for modern autonomous war.
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Military takeover of New Mexico borderlands challenged in court
The lawsuit argues that the government unlawfully expanded the scope and duration of its “national defense area” designation.
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Errors in disability cases for ‘painful scars’ resulted in overpayment: VA watchdog
During a review period from June 1, 2024, through May 31, 2025, the VA made at least one error in 17,900 cases regarding disability decisions.
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The Pentagon wants ketamine wafers as a battlefield medicine option
The Pentagon awarded a multi-million-dollar contract to the Singapore-based iX Biopharma to develop a small, ketamine-packed wafer.
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Pentagon ignored cybersecurity flaws before data breach, Marines’ lawsuit says
A pair of Marines filed a class-action lawsuit Tuesday against the Pentagon over a data breach at the Defense Manpower Data Center.
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Navy offers explosive ordnance disposal warfare officers up to $100,000 in bonuses
Eligable lieutenants and lieutenant commanders in the explosive ordnance disposal field are eligible for up to $100,000 in retention bonuses.
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Military spouse commission weighs expanding employment programs across services
The President’s Military Spouse Commission is examining how to expand existing employment programs across the military services and federal agencies.
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Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer tapped as Barracks Task Force senior advisor
Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer was selected as Secretary Hegseth’s senior advisor and will visit military installations across the country.
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China built more than twice naval tonnage of US in 2024-25: Euronaval
China built more than twice the naval tonnage of the U.S. in the 2024-25 period, narrowing the gap between the two countries’ navies, a new report says.
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Hegseth discusses Iran with Netanyahu in unannounced visit to Israel, officials say
Netanyahu and Hegseth discussed “the threats in the region” and the U.S.-Israel partnership in dealing both offensively and defensively with those threats.
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