In an ongoing standoff over the Defense Department’s abortion policy, the confirmation of 160 military promotions remains on hold, causing concerns among top officials and raising questions about the impact on U.S. national security. Sen. Tommy Tuberville has utilized the promotions as leverage to urge the Defense Department to rescind its policy that utilizes taxpayer…

3,700 Marines were fired due to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Now that the vaccine mandate has been lifted, congressmen are calling on the commander to reinstate the fired Marines. The ask comes as the military branch faces unprecedented recruiting challenges. “I represent over 52,000 Marines and their families who sacrifice so much by their dedicated…

The House Foreign Affairs Committee held a hearing examining the Biden administration’s withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. The witnesses painted a dreadful picture of the operation and its aftermath. “This whole thing has been a gutting experience. I never imagined I would witness the kind of gross abandonment, followed by career-preserving silence of senior…

The U.S. military took down a major ISIS leader, police footage of an arrest in Memphis that led to a man’s death will be released to the public Friday, the Republican national committee is taking up an important leadership vote, and gas prices have taken an unusual turn for this time of year. These stories…

The days of Japan’s checkbook diplomacy are over. The Japanese already said they are upping defense spending to 2% of GDP, which will make it the third largest military budget in the world. Now, the Japanese are finding new ways to strengthen military ties with the West. After World War II, the Japanese relied on…

The U.S. Navy is “weak”, the Air Force is “very weak”, and the Army is only “marginally” strong. In fact, the only U.S. armed service that could be considered “strong” is the Marine Corps. Those ratings came from the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank that studies U.S. military might and threats to the homeland. The…

According to Tasmania’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment, about 230 pilot whales have been stranded on a Tasmanian beach. In a Wednesday news release, officials said about half the animals were still alive. “A team from the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania Marine Conservation Program (MCP) is assembling whale rescue gear and…

A contingent of up to 2,200 U.S. Marines has begun arriving for a six-month rotation to Australia’s northern city of Darwin, the Marine Corps and Australian Defence Department announced. The contingent is part of an ongoing U.S. initiative in the Indo-Pacific region to prepare for a possible Chinese invasion of Taiwan in the coming years. During…

(AP) Washington – A body-worn camera video released by a court shows a Marine Corps veteran and former New York City cop charging at a police officer with a flagpole during the chaos at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Federal judges ordered the videos publicly released after a request by media organizations, including The Associated…

WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) — F. Lee Bailey, the celebrity attorney who defended O.J. Simpson, Patricia Hearst and the alleged Boston Strangler, but whose legal career halted when he was disbarred in two states, has died, a former colleague said Thursday. He was 87. The death was confirmed Thursday by Peter Horstmann, who worked with Bailey…