Hegseth directs Army to stand up interagency task force for counter-UAS “We’re moving fast, cutting through bureaucracy, consolidating resources and empowering this task force with the utmost authority,” Secretary Hegseth said. Anastasia Obis August 29, 2025 1:32 pm 3 min read Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll to stand up a task force that will lead …
Read More »A welcome sign at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington. (Abner Guzman/U.S. Air Force) JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — A female military student is the victim of an October 2024 sexual assault in which four male soldiers are accused of attacking her in a barracks at the base, the Army said Tuesday. “She has since commissioned as an officer in the …
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President Donald Trump waves while meeting with members of law enforcement, including National Guard soldiers, in Washington on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. | Jacquelyn Martin / AP Not since the days of Hitler’s S.A.—the “Brownshirt” stormtroopers—has a leader in an advanced capitalist country wielded a private political army outside the regular military and police forces that is answerable only to …
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Legal proceedings for four Army soldiers charged in connection with the sexual assault of a college student in an Army barracks began this month, a spokesperson for the military branch said. The four were charged in April in connection with an Oct. 27 incident in barracks at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, southwest of Tacoma, Washington. The victim, who was not identified, …
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By Corinne BeckingerWhen Artemis astronauts land on the Moon’s South Pole in a commercial human landing system, they will encounter a landscape pockmarked with deep craters, sloped connecting ridges, and harsh lighting conditions. The Moon’s lack of contrast, combined with its rolling terrain, will also pose a challenge, making it difficult for astronauts to overcome visual illusions on the lunar …
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Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will meet on Friday at the remote Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, a US military installation in Anchorage, Alaska. Elmendorf-Richardson combines the Air Force’s Elmendorf base and the US Army’s Fort Richardson. Read more: Zelenskyy and Trump talk ahead of summit It is Alaska’s largest military base and is home to more than 32,000 people – about …
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In brief The SEC officially closed its legal dispute against Ripple Labs Inc. on Thursday. Avid supporters group the XRP Army are now celebrating what they believe is confirmation that they are on the “right side of history.” The mantra comes from a 2020 blog post from Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse. In the wake of the U.S. Securities and Exchange …
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Unarmed soldiers rushed a fellow service member who allegedly opened fire at Fort Stewart in Georgia, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll said Thursday. Five soldiers were wounded in the shooting, and the suspect, a sergeant at the Army base, is in custody. “They were unarmed and ran at and tackled an armed person who they knew was actively shooting their buddies, their …
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Federal authorities have arrested an American soldier who allegedly tried to share classified information about the Army’s M1A2 Abrams tank with Russia, the Justice Department said. Taylor Adam Lee — a 22-year-old active-duty Army member stationed at Fort Bliss in Texas — was arrested Wednesday and charged under the Espionage Act with attempted transmission of national defense information to a …
Read More »US Army soldier accused of attempting to share tank infomation with Russia Reuters Texas soldier with top security clearance charged with attempting to pass sensitive tank data to Russia: DOJ Fox News Army soldier charged with attempting to share sensitive data on US tanks with Russia CNN Fort Bliss soldier arrested for alleged espionage, export violations KTSM 9 News ‘Mission accomplished’: Ft. Bliss soldier …
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