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Army transitions directed-energy technology to production: $464.8M contract for LOCUST X3 laser systems that integrate into tactical vehicles to counter evolving UAS threats.
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Army successfully tested standard 60mm mortar rounds equipped with MALET clip-on kit dropped from moving drone. Rounds oriented correctly and detonated in target area. Kit keeps munitions ready for conventional firing if mission changes.
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At 105, Nell “Mickey” Bright, the last living WASP pilot from WWII, stands as a testament to courage and perseverance. Despite airlines dismissing her dreams post-war, she's finally getting her due after 80 years.
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TSA officers in Seattle ran an X-ray and saw what looked like Wolverine's claws staring back at them.
Real blades, real carry-on, real problem. The agency called it "not a Marvel-ous idea" and the reminder is worth reading before your next flight.
#TSA
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30 days in a Fulton County jail. A professor, students, and a class roster said he was never there.
Ladavious McNair, Army veteran and PhD student, was arrested after Flock camera data placed his car near a road-rage shooting.
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Young veterans carry a hidden burden: study finds they host 13-24% more "forever chemicals" in their blood than same-aged civilians.
The risk is real. These chemicals, PFAS, linked to health concerns, exceed safe thresholds in many.
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A game-changer for military families at airports: TSA's new Honor Lanes let service members, veterans, and their families move through security faster by simply showing their military ID.
No uniform needed. No extra cost. Available at 34 U.S. airports.
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A drone dispute spirals into an alleged murder-for-hire plot inside a Florida jail. 69-year-old David Butka is accused of offering $5,000 to a fellow inmate to target his neighbor after a rocky confrontation put him behind bars.
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90 sailors returned home to find their cars had vanished. Docking at Naval Station Norfolk after 10 days at sea, the crew of the USS Kearsarge discovered vehicles had been towed from a fenced lot during a base concert.
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$1.17 billion. That's the VA's historic investment to combat Veteran homelessness.
680 organizations nationwide will receive funding, providing urgent support for Veterans at risk and those without a home.
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Iran says it seized a U.S. Dive-LD submarine drone near the Strait of Hormuz. Washington says it had already malfunctioned and held no classified systems.
Both sides are telling very different stories. At one of the world's most contested chokepoints
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153 million driver's licenses, including Pete Hegseth's, listed for sale on a dark-web marketplace called "Nexus."
The FBI is now investigating after researchers found timestamps matching the exact dates people showed their IDs for verification. This
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Marines storm a suspected narco ship in the Pacific, then sink it. In a bold move on Aug 28, U.S. forces intercepted a vessel off Ecuador, suspected of aiding drug operations for the Los Choneros cartel. After escorting the crew safely to shore, they
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What happens when AI ethics clash with military power? Anthropic's stand against its tech being used for autonomous weapons led to a showdown with Pete Hegseth's Pentagon.
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80,000 troops, 4 game-changing options. How much should Europe now stand on its own?
Decades-long pillars of NATO, American forces face a critical Pentagon review, with decisions due by November 6. It's more than numbers, it's about the future of
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A woman lost her life and two men were pulled from a burning, collapsing home on Ocotillo Avenue in Twentynine Palms.
Ten Navy corpsmen and several Marines got there first, before civilian crews had fully arrived.
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Two Phoenix officers, Luis Vasquez Jr. and Antonio Felix, are behind bars on felony charges after allegedly ramming a car, Tasing both occupants, and threatening to count down before firing.
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Trump just said North Korea has 57 "very powerful" nuclear weapons, a number so precise it immediately raised one question.
Where did it come from?
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An entire U.S. armored brigade was "eliminated" by Ukrainian drones in a war exercise in Germany.
3,500 U.S. personnel faced a harsh lesson in modern warfare, as Ukrainian operators used drones to detect and virtually eliminate their forces.
Discover
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A catering truck, elevated to door level on the blind side of Air Force One, was how President Trump slipped away undetected while journalists and staff flew on the presidential jet above an active Iranian missile threat.
The U.S. had resumed strikes on
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