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Politics 2021-03-22T02:21:36Z
Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., speaks as the House reconvenes to debate the objection to confirm the Electoral College vote from Arizona, after protesters stormed into the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021.

Rep. Ruben Gallego pushes for the VA to strip benefits from service members, veterans who stormed Capitol

"Any retiree or service member who stormed the Capitol forfeited their moral entitlement to the support of the people of the US," Gallego said.
Military & Defense 2021-03-21T14:11:22Z
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US Army eases body fat rules for postpartum soldiers after Tucker Carlson mocked pregnant woman in the forces

Postpartum soldiers now have a full year instead of 180 days to meet body fat requirements, it was announced on Friday.
News 2021-03-21T13:07:33Z
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A QAnon supporter drove 800 miles to DC for March 4 and was 'willing to die' to realize his 'crazy stupid' plans

Ian Alan Olson, from Wisconsin, was arrested two weeks later for attempting to shoot soldiers with a paintball gun.
Politics 2021-03-21T11:35:39Z

Hitler-loving Capitol insurrectionist with a history of multiple arrests and Jew-baiting had an Army award for 'exemplary behavior' and secret-level security clearance

Timothy Hale-Cusanelli's neo-Nazi beliefs go back over a decade. The New Jersey Army reservist also has a history of arrests.

AT&T and Cigna are funding Republican groups led by election objectors they had promised to stop supporting

Companies paused their support for 147 GOP lawmakers after the Capitol riots. Now, some are giving to the groups those Republicans oversee.
Military & Defense 2021-03-20T09:31:31Z

US deploys Green Berets to defeat ISIS-linked insurgents accused of beheading children on a new front in southern Africa

The al-Shabab insurgency in Mozambique's mineral-rich northern province of Cabo Delgado has caused 2,000 deaths and displaced 670,000 people.
Politics 2021-03-20T02:25:06Z

13 members of the pro-Trump House Freedom Caucus refused to condemn Myanmar's generals who violently overthrew elected leaders

On Twitter, Caucus chair Rep. Andy Biggs said the violence resulting from the coup is "tragic," but that "there is suffering everywhere in the world."
Politics 2021-03-19T16:43:54Z

An Army lieutenant says New York Rep. Tom Reed sexually harassed her when she was a junior lobbyist

"A drunk congressman is rubbing my back," Nicolette Davis texted a coworker about an interaction with Reed in 2017, adding, "HELP HELP."
Military & Defense 2021-03-19T15:19:12Z

European spies are alarmed after a scientist with top security clearance was caught working for China, sources say

Estonia marine scientists Tarmo Kõuts was sentenced to three years in prison this week. He had spied for China since 2018, prosecutors said.

The Air Force is offering some pilots up to $420,000 to stay in uniform

Some active-duty bomber, fighter, mobility, special operations, and combat search-and-rescue fixed-wing pilots are eligible for big bonuses.
Military & Defense 2021-03-19T13:33:15Z

The Navy is getting closer to relying on pilotless planes to keep its fighters flying

Recent developments with the Navy's unmanned aerial systems reflect the major role those system could play in the future fleet.
Military & Defense 2021-03-18T16:18:40Z

Biden wants the military's footprint to be 'correctly sized,' and it may mean deciding which bases really matter

The Biden administration has started a review of the US military's global posture as calls grow for a change to the US's role in the world.
Military & Defense 2021-03-18T15:13:07Z

Canadian snipers set back-to-back records for longest-range kill during the first major battle in Afghanistan

Operation Anaconda demonstrated the skill and bravery of US special-operations forces, their international partners, and local Afghan fighters.
Military & Defense 2021-03-18T13:28:07Z

How the US considered helping France nuke its way out of an embarrassing military defeat

The West saw France's war in Indochina as essential to stopping the spread of communism, and the US was willing to take extreme action to win.

US officials who are ready to fight China over Taiwan don't understand how much is at stake

Opinion: Before we get into a crisis — or a war — over Taiwan, US policymakers and military leaders need to address some hard realities.
Military & Defense 2021-03-17T23:00:00Z

This legendary Marine sniper made the Corps' longest known kill shot more than 50 years ago with a machine gun

Gunnery Sgt. Carlos Hathcock spent his life demonstrating and teaching "that the deadliest thing on the battlefield is one well-aimed shot."

How a Crimea-like crisis could easily unfold on islands in the South China Sea

Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea prompted international outrage but little action. A similar scenario could easily unfold in the South China Sea.

Biden gives Taiwan a boost with submarine technology it can't build on its own

The US has been reluctant to sell advanced defense technology to Taipei, but Biden appears to be continuing Trump's approach.

An F-35 pilot responds to claims the jet is a failure

News outlets may be claiming the F-35 stealth fighter is a failure — or even a dead program — but the sensational headlines aren't all that accurate.
Politics 2021-03-17T14:24:31Z

Boris Johnson's defence plans leave the threat from China 'unchecked' warns Conservative MP

'China will be delighted that yet again they can continue exploiting our weak rules-based order,' said Tobias Ellwood MP.
Politics 2021-03-17T13:58:38Z

US media outlets pushed Russian disinformation about Biden in the 2020 election, intelligence report says

A National Intelligence Council report says that Kremlin-led influence actors sought out prominent US media figures to amplify anti-Biden stories.
Politics 2021-03-17T13:32:23Z

Biden says withdrawing troops from Afghanistan by Trump's May 1 deadline will be 'tough'

Trump and the Taliban agreed to the May 1 deadline, but it wasn't authorized by the Afghan government and came as a surprise to the US's NATO allies.
Military & Defense 2021-03-16T22:00:00Z

Here's what US snipers say they have to think about before they pull the trigger

"We know what a bullet does," a former sniper said, explaining that they know "not just what the bullet's doing but why it's doing it."

China didn't interfere in the 2020 election because it didn't think it could benefit from a Trump or Biden presidency, US report says

The report found that the superpower "did not view either election outcome as being advantageous enough for China to risk getting caught meddling."
Military & Defense 2021-03-16T18:48:33Z

US general says NORAD responded to more Russian military flights near Alaska last year than any year since the Cold War

The general characterized Russia as the "most acute challenge to our homeland defense mission" in written testimony.

Joe Biden is still stuck in the 20th-century world

Opinion: It's past time to give the narratives of the 20th century a decent burial. Our survival may depend on it.

The 8 most painful nonlethal weapons

When the military doesn’t want to kill anyone but really needs to make sure they stay away, they turn to nonlethal weapons.

China is building more underground silos for its ICBMs

Satellite images show at least 16 ICBM launch facilities being built in Inner Mongolia, according to a US think tank report.

Under Trump, the US Navy picked up the pace of its challenges to Beijing in the South China Sea

US Navy challenges to China's efforts to restrict transit in the South China Sea and in the Taiwan Strait increased sharply over the past two years.
Military & Defense 2021-03-16T13:06:00Z

How US special operators use a Vietnam War-era method to get into and out of dangerous spots quickly

The Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction system provides special-operations units with more choices when planning operations in the Pacific theater.
Politics 2021-03-16T11:18:52Z

Ted Cruz backed Tucker Carlson in his fight with the US military, accusing senior officers of a left-wing campaign to 'intimidate' the Fox News host

In a letter to US military chiefs, Cruz said the Pentagon attacked Carlson "for the sake of left-wing ideology and political expediency."
Politics 2021-03-16T02:40:45Z

A Capitol Police officer was suspended after a Hill staffer spotted a printout of anti-Semitic Protocols of the Elders of Zion at a checkpoint

Acting Capitol Police chief Yogananda Pittman told the Washington Post that the officer was suspended pending an investigation.

How an unusual World War II submarine raid may have influenced the Navy SEALs

USS Barb's accomplishments, including a daring raid on Japanese soil in 1945, are still remembered today.

Biden's restrictions on drone strikes are about much more than drones

On his first day in office, President Joe Biden quietly implemented new restrictions on US drone strikes.

The Air Force just got its first Eagle in 17 years — here's what's next for the new F-15EX

The F-15EX is seen as a cost-effective and expedient solution to refresh the F‑15C/D fleet and to augment the F-15E fleet.
Military & Defense 2021-03-15T13:07:12Z

Why the Soviet Union's nuclear-powered cruisers spooked the US into bringing back its battleships

With the possible exception of the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, no Russian warships are as imposing as the Kirov-class battlecruisers.

Colombia's intensifying efforts to root out cocaine production threaten to create more problems

A return to aerial fumigation would reflect the Colombian government's ongoing emphasis on eradication, but there's little evidence it will work.

This may be the new B-21 Raider stealth bomber's first outdoor hangar

The Air Force plans to procure at least 100 B-21 Raiders, but the service has said little else about the new bomber.

China is looking for 'a significant breakthrough' by making its next aircraft carrier nuclear-powered

Shipbuilders want to make "a technological leap," but nuclear propulsion "is full of challenges," a source told South China Morning Post.
News 2021-03-14T13:45:29Z

Lawmakers from both sides criticize the Pentagon over its decision to station the National Guard at the Capitol until May

Lawmakers from both parties are asking the Pentagon to prove the validity of its latest decision to keep National Guards at the Capitol.
Politics 2021-03-14T11:55:37Z

The Biden administration has been quietly trying to reach out to North Korea, but keeps getting ignored

Attempts to contact North Korea have been going on since mid-February, with no success, a US official told Reuters, CNN, and the AP.
Politics 2021-03-14T02:53:03Z

The Biden administration is mobilizing FEMA amid record numbers of migrant children and teens at the border

FEMA will assist in a 90-day "government-wide effort" to respond to the thousands of migrant children arriving in the US.
News 2021-03-13T16:35:57Z

US Army reservist charged in Capitol riot was a Nazi sympathizer who sported a 'Hitler mustache' to work, federal prosecutors reveal

Timothy Hale-Cusanelli a US Army reservist, was well-known by co-workers as a "white supremacist," according to new evidence from Capitol riot prosecutors.
Military & Defense 2021-03-13T15:11:29Z

Tucker Carlson mocked 'woke generals' in the Pentagon after receiving criticism over sexist military comments

Tucker Carlson issued his latest attack on the Pentagon on Friday after he was criticized over comments he made about women in the military.
Military & Defense 2021-03-12T21:42:34Z

SEALs, Marines, and Norwegian soldiers teamed up with B-1B bombers to practice dropping bombs on new terrain

US bombers deployed to Norway for the first time ever in late February. This week, they trained with ground troops to conduct close air support.
Politics 2021-03-12T18:33:21Z

Mysterious attacks on at least a dozen tankers carrying Iranian oil are reportedly due to covert Israeli operations

The Trump admin. tacitly supported the Israeli operations, the report said, and the US does not appear to be doing anything to prevent it.

Rare, close-up video shows a B-2 stealth bomber preparing for takeoff

A visit by the B-2 to the UK last year provided a great opportunity for spotters to get cool in-action photos and videos of the tailless aircraft.
Politics 2021-03-12T16:59:36Z

A man broke into the Air Force One base and walked aboard a plane unnoticed until his 'mouse ears' cap gave him away

The trespasser told officials that he came to Joint Andrews Base "because he wanted to see airplanes," an Air Force report said.

The highest-scoring F-14 Tomcat pilot ever set his record while flying for Iran

Jalil Zandi joined the Iranian Air Force when it was still the Imperial Iranian Air Force, under Shah Reza Pahlavi.
Military & Defense 2021-03-12T14:05:37Z

China is scooping up DNA data to target foreign spies — and you, the US government says

China has been stealing data, including DNA files, to advance its economic, security, and foreign-policy goals, the US government says.
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