A U.S. Navy warship had a “safe and professional interaction” with Iranian naval forces on Wednesday, disputing claims in an Iranian state media report, according to a U.S. defense official.“At 10:50 a.m. [Wednesday], USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) had a safe and professional interaction with an Iranian SH-3 ‘Sea King’ helicopter while operating in international waters,” the defense official said in an emailed statement. Iranian state TV reported Wednesday that an Iranian navy helicopter confronted a U.S. warship attempting to approach Iranian territorial waters in the Gulf of Oman, according to The Associated Press.RELATEDThe Iranian report said the helicopter flew over…

In a peak moving season fraught with problems, a new Defense Department task force is trying to proactively identify and correct problems service members may be having with their household goods shipment, the task force commander said Wednesday.About 450 service members’ household goods shipments remain in various stages of transit by the previous contractor HomeSafe Alliance, officials said, down from the 1,100 shipments in play when the HomeSafe contract was terminated on June 18.About 30 members of the task force operations team, including the call center, “have been proactively identifying service members who have PCS moves with HomeSafe who could…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. As soon as Hashbrown launches from his arm, Tyler Sladen starts running. I follow, sprinting through the soft New Mexican sand, dodging cholla cactus and piles of trash, and trying not to lose sight of hawk or hunter. I can mostly keep up with Sladen, a 27-year-old Army veteran accustomed to running at high altitude. But Hashbrown is a different beast. In the time it takes the juvenile northern goshawk to soar half a mile across the hills, we’ve barely covered…

Air Force Global Strike Command has pulled Sig Sauer M18 pistols from use following the July 20 death of an airman at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming. The airman was active-duty and assigned to the 90th Security Forces Squadron at the time of the fatal incident, the 90th Missile Wing confirmed this week. Further details, including the airman’s name and cause of death, are currently being withheld. The service’s decision to withdraw the M18 pistol from use in the immediate aftermath of the airman’s death is pending an investigation by the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, as…

United States ruler Donald Trump has accused his predecessor, Joe Biden, of allowing corruption in Ukraine. Trump said that “Biden gave away $350 billion worth of equipment or cash” to Ukraine, and the U.S. didn’t get anything in return. Trump has repeatedly called the conflict “Biden’s war,” But now he’s questioning Ukraine’s use of equipment during the ongoing strikes with Russia. He blamed Biden, but Trump’s administration has also agreed to arm Ukraine.  Under the Biden administration, the U.S. became Kiev’s top foreign backer, allocating over $170 billion in military and financial aid, according to official data. Trump: The Ukraine…

The foundation of the military superiority of the United States, and therefore of our national security, rests on our investments in science and technology. As the Trump administration has set about slashing federal funding for science, the cuts to the Defense Departments core science and technology accounts are particularly troubling.We are in a long-term strategic competition with China that has diplomatic, economic, and military components. To be effective, diplomacy must be backed up by economic and military strength. In our era of rapidly advancing technology, both economic and military strength are directly dependent on investments in early-stage, enabling technologies.This competition…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics This story, “Mako!” appeared in the March 1978 issue of Outdoor Life. It was published just three years after the blockbuster “Jaws” hit theaters. The mako prowls its shadowy underworld with an arrogant confidence, propelled by languid sweeps of his large tail. All else is motionless, except for the slight tilt of his pectoral fins, lifting and lowering the beast as wing-flaps lift and lower an airplane. His eyes are unblinking and without dimension — flat, black disks, buttons of onyx. His nose is long and…

The comments from John Bartrum, nominee to be Veterans Affairs Under Secretary for Health, at his confirmation hearing Wednesday afternoon, add a new chapter to the ongoing fight over whether efforts to loosen rules regarding taxpayer-funded medical care for veterans represents more choice for patients or privatization of federal responsibilities.Bartrum, a former Air Force major general who currently serves as a senior advisor to VA Secretary Doug Collins, said he sees the current rules regarding community care — situations where veterans can see private-sector doctors for their medical needs and have the department cover the costs — as too complicated…

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The Army has announced six units to deploy to Europe and the Middle East in the fall.Four of the units are headed to Europe to replace units supporting Operation Atlantic Resolve, launched in 2014 following Russia’s initial invasion of Ukraine after it annexed the Crimean Peninsula. The operation has grown since the subsequent 2022 invasion.The 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team of the 1st Infantry Division from Fort Riley, Kansas, is headed to Europe to replace the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team of the 1st Armored Division, out of Fort Bliss, Texas.The 3rd Division Artillery of the 3rd Infantry Division from…

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Very soon, if you want AI (artificial intelligence) (and even if you don’t), you won’t be able to afford AC. Just this morning we warned readers that America’s largest power grid, PJM Interconnect, which serves 65 million people across 13 states and Washington, DC, and more importantly feeds Deep State Central’s Loudoun County, Virginia, also known as ‘Data Center Alley‘ and which is recognized as one of the world’s largest hubs for data centers… … had recently issued multiple ‘Maximum Generation‘ and ‘Load Management‘ alerts this summer, as the heat pushes power demand to the brink with air conditioners running at full blast across the eastern half…

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The Survival Movie Series begins with one of the most well-known survival films: Jeremiah Johnson. It hooks you in the first few minutes with the promise of freedom and adventure, then spends the next two hours grinding the main character, Jeremiah Johnson, down with one hard truth after another: survival can be really difficult. A man heads into the mountains to live free. No plan. No real skills. Just determination and a rifle. What he gets is a relentless series of tests and lessons—about the land, about solitude, and about the cost of learning too late. For anyone who has…

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The State Department said Wednesday that it has approved $322 million in proposed weapons sales to Ukraine to enhance its air defense capabilities and provide armored combat vehicles, coming as the country works to fend off escalating Russian attacks.The potential sales, which the department said were notified to Congress, include $150 million for the supply, maintenance, repair and overhaul of U.S. armored vehicles, and $172 million for surface-to-air missile systems.The approvals come weeks after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed a pause on other weapons shipments to Ukraine to allow the Pentagon to assess its weapons stockpiles, in a move that…

The evasive action an airline pilot took to avoid a B-52 bomber in the skies over North Dakota has focused attention on the way small airport towers are often run by private companies without their own radars.Neither one of the pilots of the bomber or of the Delta Air Lines jet seemed to know the other plane was there before the airline pilot saw the B-52 looming in its path. The incident last Friday is still under investigation. But the Air Force has said the controller at the Minot airport didn’t let the bomber’s crew know about the airliner, and…

For the first time, two letters written by Japanese Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto — the architect behind the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor — have been made public. Donated by the naval officer’s descendants, the two letters are now on display at the Fukushima Museum in Japan to mark the 80th anniversary of V-J Day this year.While once decried as a villain, postwar investigations of Yamamoto have considerably changed the picture of the Japanese admiral.“It was a peculiar tragedy of Japan’s ultranationalist psychodrama,” writes Ian Toll in his trilogy on the Pacific War, “that the men best qualified to…