January 13, 2025

Reports: Biden Beefing up U.S. Military Presence in Kurdish Syria

Multiple reports from northern Syria on Thursday indicated the U.S. military is reinforcing its presence in Syrian Kurdistan, or Rojava, potentially building a new base in the city of Kobani. The regional outlet Kurdistan 24 reported on Thursday that “a convoy of 5src trucks carrying Bremer walls entered Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)-controlled areas in northeastern

Russia Claims Ukrainian Plot to Assassinate Senior Military Officers Foiled

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), successor to the feared KGB of the Soviet Union, said on Thursday it thwarted a Ukrainian plot to assassinate Russian military officers and their families in Moscow using hidden bombs. “The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation has prevented a series of assassination attempts on high-ranking military personnel of

30 businesses offering military discounts and sales for Veteran’s Day 2024

There’s no better time to celebrate service members than Veteran’s Day. And a holiday is great and all but, especially when you don’t get the day off work, we wouldn’t fault Veterans for asking “if I don’t have the option to sleep in, what exactly has Veteran’s Day done for me, lately?” The answer, in […]

4 Years of Biden-Harris ‘Woke’ Military Policies Have Left America Dangerously Weak, Vulnerable, Unprepared

As the Biden-Harris administration’s term ends, its four-year focus on social reforms over combat readiness has left America’s armed forces woke, weak, and dangerously unprepared — with historically low military recruitment numbers, lowered standards, and compromised morale at a time of rising global threats. The administration’s military policies prioritizing social agendas over readiness have resulted

Israeli Military Reveals Slain Hamas Leader Yahya Sinwar’s Luxurious Bunker

AP Photo/Adel Hana The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Monday released footage of the luxuriously appointed bunker where Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was hiding before Israeli ground forces killed him last week. The bunker, located beneath Sinwar’s hometown of Khan Yunis, included a massive stockpile of cash, weapons, and ammunition, plus numerous creature comforts, including

Five Chinese Nationals Charged with Lying About Midnight Visit to U.S. Military Base

Five Chinese nationals were indicted on federal charges on Wednesday for conspiracy, lying to federal investigators, and destroying records pertaining to their strange midnight visit to a Michigan Army National Guard base in August 2023. The defendants, who were University of Michigan students at the time, were caught with cameras near a major National Guard

Israel destroys 1,000 Hezbollah rocket launcher barrels, military says

Israeli fighter jets pounded Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon late on Thursday, striking hundreds of rocket launcher barrels that were set to be used to immediately fire toward Israeli territory, the military said. It said that since the afternoon, fighter jets struck some 100 rocket launchers consisting of about 1,000 barrels. “The IDF (Israel Defense […]

Israeli military says it recovered bodies of 6 hostages in Gaza operation

The Israeli military said Tuesday it recovered the bodies of six hostages taken in Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack that started the war in Gaza. The recovery came as the United States, Egypt and Qatar are trying to mediate a cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas that would see the release of scores of hostages held by […]

JD Vance Hits Tim Walz for Lying About His Military Service: ‘I’d Be Ashamed’

Marine veteran and Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) hit Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) for lying about his military service and claiming he carried guns “in war.” Vance was asked  at a press conference about Walz’s suggestion that Vance’s law degree from Yale University and his Silicon Valley background meant he was part

‘Unacceptable’: Republicans Attempt to Ban Chinese-Owned Tutoring Service from U.S. Military Families

Republican lawmakers are attempting to ban the use of a Chinese-owned tutoring company by U.S. military service members and their families to prevent information from being “exposed to the Chinese Communist Party.” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) unveiled the Ban Chinese Communist Party Access to U.S. Military Students Act on Thursday, specifically targeting the service Tutor.com.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Introduces Amendment to Ukraine Supplemental Bill: Members Who Vote ‘in Favor’ Required to Join Ukrainian Military

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) introduced an amendment to a supplemental funding bill for Ukraine that would require members of Congress who vote “in favor” to enlist in the Ukrainian military. Greene’s amendment comes as House Republicans released the legislative text regarding four bills wrapped into one, according to CBS News. Under the three bills

Republicans Hit Biden for U.S. Military Deaths in Jordan: ‘He Left Our Troops as Sitting Ducks’

Republicans blasted President Joe Biden after the U.S. military announced three American troops were killed and 25 injured in a drone attack in Jordan on Sunday. “Joe Biden emboldened Iran for years by tolerating attacks on our troops, bribing the ayatollahs with billions of dollars, and appeasing them to no end. He left our troops

Democrats in Senate, House discuss conditioning military aid to Israel

Palestinians flee to the southern Gaza Strip along Salah al-Din Street, on the outskirts of Gaza City, during the ongoing Israeli bombardment on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2src23. The talks of conditioning military aid to Israel come as fighting in Gaza intensifies and the civilian death toll rises. | Adel Hana/AP Democrats in the House and

Saudi Arabia Announces Joint Military Exercises with China

The government of Saudi Arabia announced on Tuesday that the Saudi and Chinese navies have commenced a three-week joint exercise known as “Blue Sword.” The first Blue Sword drill was held in 2019, near Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea port city of Jeddah. This year’s exercise was launched from the southern Chinese city of Zhanjiang, with

Tim Scott rolls out bill to protect sensitive military and intel sites, strengthen review process

EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., is introducing a measure that would “protect our bases” by requiring government agencies to ensure that updated information on sensitive military and intelligence sites is provided to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) so that the panel can properly assess the national security risk of certain […]

China Ramped up Harassment of the U.S. Military After Joe Biden’s Botched Afghanistan Withdrawal

China’s military dramatically increased its harassment of U.S. aircraft in the Asia-Pacific region after the Biden administration’s botched Afghanistan withdrawal, a newly released Pentagon report indicates. The yearly report on China’s military said that between the fall of 2021 and the fall of 2023, the United States tracked more than 180 instances of People’s Liberation Army

Biden Administration Sending Weapons to Israel After Dipping into Its Military Stockpile for Ukraine

The Biden administration is sending munitions to Israel months after it dipped into an Israel-based U.S. military stockpile to aid Ukraine. President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a call Sunday that military assistance was on the way, with more to follow over the coming days. That assistance will include munitions, according to

Pro-Israel Columnist: Time for Israel to Stop Taking U.S. Military Aid

Caroline Glick, one of the most staunch pro-Israel voices in the media, has written a column arguing that Israel should stop taking U.S. military aid because it has corrupted the leadership and policy choices of her country. U.S. aid to Israel is about roughly $3 billion per year, as part of security guarantees made by

Niger: Coup Leader Says Military Junta Will Not Last More than Three Years

General Abdourahamane Tchiani, the leader of the military junta that seized power in Niger in July, announced in a speech this weekend that he had ordered his offers to draft a detailed plan to transition towards democracy, vowing not to remain in power for more than three years. Tchiani’s nationally televised address on Saturday followed a

Putin Claims over 270,000 ‘Voluntary’ Russian Military Recruits After Wagner Leadership Collapse

Russian President Vladimir Putin boasted on Tuesday that hundreds of thousands of volunteers are rushing to join the Russian military and fight in Ukraine. He portrayed the partial mobilization order he signed in September 2022 as one of the most successful recruiting drives in history, bringing a quarter of a million fresh troops into the

Michael Caine says every male should serve in the military: ‘It truly makes a man of you’

Sir Michael Caine believes every young man should be required to serve in the military.  The “Going in Style” actor fought in the Korean War after entering National Service with the British Army in 1952. Before his wartime service, he was stationed in West Germany.  “I think every young man should be made to do […]

U.S., South Korea, Japan Announce ‘Regular’ Trilateral Military Exercises in Biden Summit

The trilateral summit between the United States, South Korea, and Japan at Camp David, Maryland, on Friday produced several joint statements reaffirming the commitment of the three free nations to stand for Taiwan’s freedom, denuclearize North Korea, keep the Indo-Pacific free, and support human rights. The statement issued on Friday by President Joe Biden, South

If Trump indictment is true, he could have put our military in danger: Nikki Haley

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said if the charges  in the indictment against former President Donald Trump are true, he was “reckless” with the nation’s national security. Haley said her husband, Maj. Michael Haley, is about to deploy to Africa with the Army National Guard, so the indictment hits home somewhat. “If this indictment is […]

Americans’ confidence in the U.S. military lowest in 2 decades, poll finds

The results of the Gallup poll mark the lowest level of public confidence in the U.S. military since 1997 and the steepest decline in the past five years. | John Moore/Getty Images Public confidence in the U.S. military continues to decline, reaching its lowest point in over two decades, according to a new poll. Only

Haley criticizes Tuberville’s military hold

Nikki Haley, a former ambassador to the U.N., did not explicitly call for Sen. Tommy Tuberville to lift his blockade. | Charlie Neibergall/AP Photo GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley criticized Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s monthslong hold on military promotions Tuesday, questioning whether it represents a distressing low point in the nation’s commitment to its armed forces.

WATCH: CUNY Law Valedictorian Blasts ‘White Supremacy’, ‘Israel’, ‘Fascist NYPD’, ‘Military’

Andrew Lichtenstein / Corbis via Getty Fatima Mousa Mohammed, the valedictorian of the Class of 2023 at the City University of New York’s (CUNY) law school, used her speech to attack the law as a tool of “white supremacy,” and to attack Israel and the police. In a video released late last week by the publicly-funded

Exclusive: Gaetz Asks Austin and Milley Why Drag Queen Shows are Still Happening on Military Bases

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is demanding to know from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark Milley why drag queen shows and story hours are still happening on military bases — something they both testified they do not support. Gaetz wrote in a letter to Austin and

Zelensky Arrives in Hiroshima to Lobby G7 Nations for More Military Aid

HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived Saturday in Japan for talks with the leaders of the world’s most powerful democracies, a personal appearance meant to galvanize global attention as the nations ratcheted up pressure on Moscow for its 15-month invasion of Ukraine. Bolstering international support is a key priority as Ukraine prepares

US, Irish military experts train 2 groups of Ukrainian personnel in clearing unmarked minefields

Cyprus is working together with Irish and U.S. military experts to help train two groups of Ukrainian personnel in clearing an untold number of unmarked minefields in their homeland, the island nation’s defense minister said Friday. Replying to an Associated Press query, Minister Michalis Georgallas said a first group of 24 Ukrainians was currently undergoing […]

‘I Hire For Diversity’: Pentagon Nominees Blocked By GOP Senator Are Pushing Left-Wing Initiatives To Reshape Military

Several of the military officers whose promotions are held up due to a senator’s fight with the Pentagon have supported left-wing cultural stances and diversity initiatives, according to a Daily Caller News Foundation review of social media posts, Pentagon materials and public footage. Republican Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville has single-handedly blocked numerous officers’ confirmations in

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