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President Donald Trump and his cabinet recently travelled to the Hague, Netherlands, for a summit with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The summit concluded with a historic agreement by NATO members to each spend a minimum 5% of their GDP on defense. President Trump, a former critic of NATO members’ unwillingness to adequately finance […]
Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to encourage the employment of service members and veterans in the defense industrial base (DIB) as it has an “urgent need” for skilled labor. The Florida senator is calling on Sec. Austin to emphasize the importance of transition assistance programs […]
US Central Command (CENTCOM) has reported two US Navy ships were targeted by Houthi militant drones in the Red Sea. The Houthis, a Yemeni rebel group partly financed by Iran, have vowed to strike all ships in the Red Sea with any connection to Israel until Israel commits to a ceasefire with Hamas. However, Houthi […]
The Biden administration is now confirming that U.S. military personnel building the ocean pier in Gaza will likely be shot at from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. During a hearing in the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (FL-01) asked Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin if there was a likelihood of U.S. service […]
