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After 20 years of providing educational resources for young military children, the ageless Elmo has added a new digital game featuring exercises ranging from bunny hopping to catching pretend bubbles.The cuddly red creature and his Sesame Street buddies have teamed up again with the Department of Defense’s Office of Military Community and Family Policy to continue their work for military preschool-aged children. The Muppets address topics and issues such as deployments, relocation, homecomings, transition to civilian life, stress, grief, the “new normal with a parent with physical or mental injuries,” and others. All the resources are free and available at…

Effective Oct. 1, Marines deployed to parts of the world designated as “imminent danger areas” will get a bigger monthly stipend to compensate for the risk.According to a Marine administrative message published Tuesday, the rate for hostile fire pay will double to $450 per month, from the previous ceiling of $225 per month; and the rate for imminent danger pay will rise to $275 per month, prorated at $9.16 per day, up from $225 per month or $7.50 per day.The change follows a move in the Pentagon’s Fiscal Year 2027 budget request to increase the caps on stipends given to…

The Royal Navy successfully launched a U.S. Navy Mk 48 Heavyweight Torpedo from a British Excalibur uncrewed underwater vehicle, or UUV, marking a significant step toward allied operational fleets of uncrewed vehicles.The successful Sept. 13 launch at the British Underwater Test & Evaluation Centre in Scotland highlights a major operational achievement for AUKUS Pillar 2 — a multilateral agreement between the U.S., U.K. and Australia to enable Uncrewed Undersea Vehicle payload systems that can be used across each country’s UUVs, according to the May 2026 agreement. While still just a proof of concept, the successful test, according to the Navy…

The U.S. Navy demonstrated a new information-sharing capability this month that allows it to streamline communication between operators and autonomous aircraft.Service members with the Strike Planning & Execution Systems (PMX-281) successfully integrated the Collaborative Autonomy Mission Planning feature during Gray Flag 2026 at Point Mugu Sea Range, California, using an MQ-20 Avenger surrogate aircraft.“This demonstration showed how we can connect the way operators plan missions today… with the way autonomous aircraft will execute those missions,” said Capt. Todd “Toby” Keith, PMX-281 program manager. “That can reduce the burden on our operators, improve interoperability and help bring collaborative autonomy closer to…

The U.S. Air Force completed goals in the modernization efforts of the B-52 Stratofortress fleet with two acquisition milestones.Meant to keep the aircraft viable through 2050 as a part of the Nuclear Triad with long-range strike capability, these moves advance upgrades for the strategic bombers, according to a recent release.The acquisition decisions include a June 1 Milestone B approval for the B-52J Commercial Engine Replacement Program, allowing the engine upgrade to move into development, as well as an Aug. 21 Milestone C approval for the B-52 Radar Modernization Program, which permits the radar upgrades to begin production.“These programs are delivering…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news from Outdoor Life. For the last twenty-odd years I have hunted, with rifle, longbow, and camera, nearly every species of big game in North America. And I have had my share of narrow squeaks in the pursuit of that game—several times nearly fatal ones! But the most hair-raising experience occurred quite by accident back in the late 1920’s when an old silvertip grizzly … But let me tell you the story from the beginning. All was lightness and mirth that night in the bunkhouse of the old Quartercircle…

For decades, military officers seeking promotion to general or flag officer have been evaluated through their career records, including performance reports, command assignments, education and operational experience.Now, the Pentagon is adding a new measure for advancement: how officers perform when presented with a military problem and required to make decisions under pressure.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Tuesday that eligible Army, Air Force and Marine Corps colonels and Navy captains screening for promotion to one-star will undergo a new Joint Warfighter Evaluation, or JWE. The assessment is intended to measure officers’ operational planning, decision-making and leadership under simulated combat conditions. It…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news from Outdoor Life. It’s no secret that our federal public-land agencies have been chronically underfunded for decades. But the combined strain of slashed budgets, inflation, and major staffing cuts have been weakening agencies like never before. Many conservation organizations and public-land watchdogs have been tracking budgets and staff cuts for years at the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, and National Park Service. They warn that cost-cutting measures have only intensified.  An analysis of federal documents from the last two decades…

U.S. Navy service members who served aboard the Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Georgia over its more than forty years in service spoke to the Navy and paid homage before its decommissioning.Sailors bid a fond farewell to a boat that gave them lifelong memories, camaraderie and lessons about resilience and paying it forward, according to a release.“I take pride in what we did because I could see the effect,” said Electronics Technician (Nuclear) 2nd Class Trenton Maybee, who served aboard the ship and monitored its nuclear reactor. “We answered the call.”The Georgia arrived at its homeport of Naval Submarine Base Kings…

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Navy destroyers are concentrated in the Middle East as U.S. forces conduct operations against Iran, according to U.S. Central Command — a move that puts renewed operational demands on a fleet that has experienced prolonged maintenance periods.As of Sept. 14, two Navy guided-missile destroyers were operating in the Red Sea and another 13 were in the Arabian Sea, according to the U.S. Naval Institute’s fleet tracker, which uses both Navy and public data. The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stout also departed Naval Station Norfolk on Monday to begin deployment operations after months of training, maintenance and certification events, according…

Missing a drone? Call your local fishing charter to see what it’s dragged out of the water recently.Hot Spots Charters in Florida fished out a unique catch while chartering near Eglin Air Force Base on Saturday: a delta-wing unmanned aerial drone.The drone resembles a Low-Cost Uncrewed Combat Attack System, or LUCAS, used by the U.S. military during Operation Epic Fury. The platform, built by SpektreWorks, is a one-way attack drone that was reverse-engineered after the Iranian Shahed-136 and can be launched by catapults, rocket-assisted takeoff and mobile ground systems.LUCAS drones cost the U.S. military $35,000 per platform and are a…