Marine Corps brings back flu shot mandate for some troops

Under this year’s influenza vaccination guidelines, the Marine Corps will continue to follow Defense Department policy, which requires flu shots for some military personnel while making them optional for most others.The Aug. 21 announcement requires vaccinations for specific groups of Marines, including new recruits, healthcare workers and those deploying or serving on hazardous response teams.The mandates mark a notable change from last year’s guidelines, which required all active-duty service members to receive a vaccination or obtain an approved exemption.In April, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, citing “medical autonomy” and religious freedom, repealed flu vaccine mandates for all branches of the military.“Our…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A former Missouri television news anchor has admitted to fatally stabbing her mother on Halloween last year after apparently believing she was the devil, authorities said last week.Angelynn “Angie” Mock, 48, pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree murder in connection with…

Wife of active-duty Army sergeant deported to Honduras

The wife of an active-duty soldier was deported to Honduras on Monday, her husband confirmed.ICE agents detained Cristy Maryori Villafranca Trejo in July. She spent more than two months detained at Camp East Montana, a detention facility at Fort Bliss, Texas, where her husband, Army Sgt. Hedar Leonel Turcios Juárez,…

Toxic suppressor blowback necessitates military safety reforms, advocates say

In combat, suppressors on a personal weapon can mitigate noise and muzzle flash, offering a critical stealth advantage against the enemy. But for the service member–typically a special operator–behind the weapon, firing suppressed can mean being on the receiving end of a concentrated stream of toxic gases and particulate matter.…

Buck Stealth Run release number 15 is a brand new take on a long-running fixed blade favorite. It’s called the Frontiersman Sport, an updated version of the storied original with modern materials and a super cool aesthetic. Buck’s catalog has diversified considerably over the last decade, but their legacy models…

Marines, corpsmen ‘ran toward’ Twentynine Palms home rocked by explosion

When a house exploded in Twentynine Palms, California, on Aug. 21, off-duty Navy corpsmen left dinner to rush to the scene, teaming up with local Marines to rescue residents.The corpsmen, assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Twentynine Palms, gathered at Kitchen in the Desert that night to honor…

Navy instructs troops, families to scrub social media of personal information

The U.S. Navy directed service members, military families and civilian personnel to remove personal information that reveals their connection with the service in order to protect them and their loved ones from adversaries.Bad actors are utilizing the online presence of individuals tied to the military to gather intelligence and launch…

For those who don’t know, an emergency ration bar is a food designed to keep you alive during some sort of survival scenario. Emergency ration bars have a very long shelf life, but most importantly, they are calorically dense. Typically, one bar has several hundred calories, which makes them ideal…

Air Force officer among those killed in Alaska plane crash

A U.S. Air Force officer and two Army Corps of Engineers civilians were among eight people killed in a plane crash in Western Alaska last week.2nd Lt. Leah R. Borsich, 23, was a project programmer in the 611th Civil Engineer Squadron at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, located in Anchorage, Alaska, according…

Hung Cao taps civilian to stand up Navy industrial base office

Within the Defense Department’s ongoing efforts to revitalize the industrial supply chain across the military branches, the U.S. Navy announced it is standing up a new defense industrial base office to “expand the domestic manufacturing ecosystem, mitigate supply chain vulnerabilities, and integrate dual-use commercial technologies to enhance the lethality of…

Two US tanker aircraft leave Bulgaria a month after deployment upset Iran

Two U.S. tanker aircraft have left Bulgaria’s Bezmer air base, Bulgaria’s defense minister said on Saturday, nearly a month after their deployment in the Balkan country angered Iran.The United States, which has been at war with Iran since Feb. 28, requested their temporary deployment under an agreement governing the joint…

Smith & Wesson .300 BLK M&P15 AXE

Smith & Wesson has just expanded its M&P15 line with the .300 BLK AXE pistol and SBR.Suppressed, short-barrel AR-15s and .300 Blackout are a match made in heaven, and that’s exactly what Smith & Wesson is offering with its new M&P15 AXE models. They’re available as either a factory SBR…

Trump spares no one at WHCA dinner, taking aim at Dems, press and his own Cabinet

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump struck a more conciliatory tone Friday at the rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Dinner, scrapping the combative speech he had prepared before an assassination attempt upended the annual event in April. The rewrite emphasized unity and gratitude, though the president…

Azzi Fudd wins WNBA 3-point contest, becomes first rookie champion

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Azzi Fudd put on a historic shooting display during her first WNBA All-Star weekend. The Dallas Wings guard won Friday night’s 3-point contest, becoming the first rookie in league history to win the event.Fudd finished the first round with 30 points, 10…

Gretchen Whitmer endorses moderate Haley Stevens in tight upcoming Senate primary

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Friday endorsed Rep. Haley Stevens ahead of the state’s U.S. Senate Democratic primary.Stevens, a more centrist candidate, and progressive Dr. Abdul El-Sayed are considered the front-runners in the race as early voting starts on Saturday.Whitmer’s endorsement could…

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