3 NAS Pensacola sailors die in car crash

Three sailors assigned to Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, died early Saturday morning after a car crash, the Navy confirmed. The service members were assigned to Naval Air Technical Training Center and Naval Aviation Schools Command. “The Navy mourns the loss of our shipmates and extends our deepest condolences to the sailors’ families, friends, and fellow sailors during this difficult time,” the Navy said in a statement provided to Military Times. “Grief counseling service and support are available through local Navy chaplains.” Local media affiliates reported that police were notified of the crash at 1:35 a.m. Saturday morning. Police told local reporters…

FIVE HISTORIC EVENTS, ONE GLOBAL TURNING POINT! History does not always move gradually. Sometimes, decades of geopolitical tension, economic experimentation, military confrontation, and political division converge into a handful of extraordinary weeks. WE ARE ENTERING ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS RIGHT NOW! Between Israel’s elections, the Federal Reserve’s next interest-rate decision,…

Pentagon announces first US submarine joining Submarine Rotational Force-West

The Pentagon on Monday announced the first submarine to be assigned to an Australian rotational force comprising four U.S. fast-attack submarines and one UK fast-attack submarine. The USS Colorado will be the first U.S. Navy Virginia-class fast-attack submarine assigned to Submarine Rotational Force-West, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced in conjunction…

The war to save the free world has a price tag — and it’s called inflation! From $121 per ounce to approximately $54, the metal has suffered a staggering 55% collapse. Nearly $67 per ounce has evaporated, leaving investors wondering how an asset with such powerful monetary and industrial fundamentals…

The Arizona sun does not negotiate. By mid-morning at ParaBellum Shooting and Tactical Training Academy, the range was already pushing into the 90s, the mirage was already starting to run hard across the lanes, and the big rattlesnake sculpture that marks the firing line was catching the morning sun.Somewhere out…

Marine Corps Osprey squadrons get AI tool to boost readiness rates

On the heels of scrutiny from lawmakers earlier this year about plummeting readiness rates for the Marine Corps’ multi-capable MV-22 Osprey, the Corps is moving to adopt an AI-based diagnostic and decision-making tool for all its East Coast-based squadrons. That’s according to the maker of the tool, Virtualitics, which initially…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! It’s last-minute garbage time as the midterms are just over a week away, with candidates uncorking their dirtiest ads, their filthiest charges and their ugliest rhetoric. This barrage is fueled as never before by social media, and a surging public interest since any…

US Army expands drone marketplace to 33 nations

The U.S. Army’s online marketplace for rapid drone acquisition is expanding internationally. Representatives of Canada, Croatia, Egypt, Japan, Kuwait, Morocco, Albania and Panama signed a statement of intent to join the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Marketplace during a ceremony Tuesday at the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual meeting in…

US soldiers must train on ‘new basics’ of unmanned systems, officials say

As the U.S. Army trains soldiers for multi-domain operations, like in the multinational exercise Project Flytrap, the service needs to prepare them with “new basics” to establish one standard and baseline, officials said.Within the 2nd Cavalry Regiment, or 2CR, new basics include unmanned aerial systems operation and employment, counter-UAS systems…

Pentagon needs B for mass drone production, Hegseth says

The Pentagon wants to build its stockpile of autonomous weapons from thousands of units to the millions. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth addressed AUSA attendees at the Project Agincourt panel on Wednesday, sharing that the Pentagon is requesting roughly $50 billion in reconciliation funding to support the push to scale autonomous…

Here’s the 2027 cost-of-living increase for retirees, veterans

Social Security beneficiaries, military retirees and people receiving veterans benefits will see a 3.6% cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, in 2027.The Social Security Administration’s COLA announcement Wednesday sets the rate of increase for about 72 million Social Security beneficiaries, but also for military retirees and people receiving veterans benefits. The increase…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Growing tensions between tourists and locals hit a boiling point in Spain recently as hundreds of thousands of residents flooded the streets of Barcelona, Madrid and other Spanish cities to protest skyrocketing housing costs.A housing affordability crisis is at the center of…

Voting by absentee ballot? It’s time.

If you’re a service member, family member or overseas U.S. citizen and plan to vote by absentee ballot in the Nov. 3 election, it’s time to get serious, if you haven’t already.All of the information about your state’s requirements and deadlines for voter registration, ballot requests and ballot returns is…

The October Buck of the Month pays homage to horror movie history: it’s the latest variant of the legendary, enduring, and Ghostface-approved Buck 120. For those of you not in the know (and we would refer you to our goth sister-site HorrorNews), the Buck 120 not only enjoys a sterling…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! MEXICO CITY: Mexican cartels are said to be using commercial and modified drones to watch U.S. security personnel, map patrol routines and support smuggling corridors along the southern border as authorities expand efforts to disable the aircraft.The U.S. military detected 378 drone…

US Army taps 9 companies to build next-gen command and control software

The U.S. Army announced that it is awarding initial contracts to several defense technology companies to build applications for its new battlefield software.The service will pay a one-year total of $93.6 million, spread out across nine companies, to create applications for its Next Generation Command and Control, or NGC2, software.“While…

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