‘Infrastructure is the weapon’: Inside the race to build portable interceptor factories
As the Iran war drives global demand for interceptor drones, defense startups are betting they can fit a production line into a shipping container.
Veterans
Fewer service members died by suicide in 2024 than year prior, report finds
The report on 2024 suicides found a decrease in the total force suicide rate, though active component rates have steadily increased from 2011 to 2024.
Most Americans don’t know how long the Global War on Terror has lasted: poll
Only about one-third knew the War on Terror has lasted for 20 years.
The Biden administration cannot let our military be a training ground for extremists
This is a threat that demands decisive action, from the executive branch and from Congress.
Vets should be getting fewer disability benefits, more help in post-military life says former SECVA
Robert Wilkie also criticized his old department as resistant to reform and stuck in the past.
How Army special ops can push back against Russian aggression
Special operations forces can make a difference, but their roles need more definition.
Fort Bragg paratrooper’s death moves to cold case status
A California congresswoman and the family of a decapitated Fort Bragg paratrooper are upset that the Army is considering his death a “cold case.”
In Veterans Day message, White House touts improved benefits, services for vets
Presiden Joe Biden also discussed the White House's Joining Forces campaign in the annual holiday proclamation.
Woman cashed dead sister’s VA checks for over a decade, pleads to stealing more than $100k in benefits
Robin Calef, 63 of Brockton, Mass. spent more than $100,000 intended for her deceased sister.
Max Cleland dies; senator and veteran lost limbs in Vietnam
Cleland, who lost three limbs to a Vietnam War hand grenade blast yet went on to serve as a U.S. senator from Georgia, has died.
US Army’s hypersonic supervisor talks tech portfolio
Since Lt. Gen. L. Neil Thurgood took over the U.S. Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office, he’s overseen the Pentagon’s attempt to build the U.S. hypersonic weapons industrial base, begun fielding hypersonic launchers and other equipment to the first unit to receive the capability and has started building out the first battery of a laser-weapon equipped Stryker combat vehicle.
