Every Dollar The U.S. Throws At Ukraine Zaps Resources From Our Own Depleted Military
The state of U.S. military production should be more concerning to the American public than Ukraine’s corruption. Earlier this week, The New York Times reported on the Ukrainian government’s recent shake-up to fight corruption. “The dismissals appeared to reflect Mr. Zelensky’s goal of reassuring Ukraine’s allies — which are sending billions of dollars in military […]
Russia Jails French Citizen on Charges of Collecting Military Data
MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow court on Friday ordered a French national accused of collecting information on Russian military affairs to be detained pending the conclusion of an investigation and trial. Laurent Vinatier was arrested in the Russian capital on Thursday amid rising tensions between Moscow and Paris after French President Emmanuel Macron’s comments about […]
House Republicans pass VA, military construction funding bill
House Republicans on Wednesday passed their first budget bill for fiscal year 2025, which lays out a blueprint for the Department of Veterans Affairs and military construction and includes partisan riders on areas such as abortion that are unpalatable to Democrats. The House passed the bill 209-197 on Wednesday morning, despite a veto threat from […]
Service dogs helped ease PTSD symptoms in US military veterans, researchers say
A small study has found that specially trained service dogs helped ease PTSD symptoms in US military veterans, and researchers hope the study will help expand options for service members. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs provides talk therapy and medication to veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and is running a pilot program for service […]
South Korea to suspend military agreement with North Korea over trash balloons
South Korea plans to suspend military ties with North Korea following the North’s recent operation to send balloons filled with garbage to its southern neighbor. The country’s Council of Cabinet members on Tuesday approved a proposal to attach the entire 2018 agreement between the two countries, The Associated Press reported. reportIt will be officially suspended […]
Israeli military confirms deaths of four more hostages taken by Hamas
The Israel Defense Forces confirmed the death of four additional hostages Monday. The IDF said the four hostages were killed during an Israeli operation in Khan Younis in southern Gaza. The four men, British-Israeli Nadav Popplewell, 51, Chaim Peri, 79, Yoram Metzger, 80, and Amiram Cooper, 85, were all kidnapped from kibbutzes on Oct. 7. […]
Ukraine military aid: US considers further loosening restrictions
President Joe Biden recently loosened restrictions on how Ukrainian forces use U.S. military aid, and officials are indicating the rules that remain in place could be lifted in the future. Russian forces massed along the border near the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv and were able to attack the city aerially while remaining in a sanctuary […]
Money alone won’t fix our military
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) sounded the alarm from General Headquarters about the perilous state of the U.S. military. “The American military is unprepared for either war or peace,” Wicker declared in a New York Times op-ed last week. In a longer document, Wicker laid out a plan to reverse what he sees as a defense […]
The woke military has created a dangerous recruiting crisis
Pete Hegseth enlisted in the Army in 2001 to fight extremism. He fought in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and was awarded two Bronze Stars. But as the “Fox & Friends Weekend” co-host writes in his new book, “The War on Warriors: The Betrayal of the Men and Women Who Freed Us,” (June 4, Broadside […]
MORGAN MURPHY: The Left Has Stuck Their Claws Into The Military — But House GOP Is Fighting Back
Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee have just shown America what governing under a second Trump administration might look like. On May 22, the committee put hedge pruners to the thicket of new, left-leaning rules put in place by Biden’s Defense Commissioners. The first things to go through the wood chipper were diversity, equity […]