The United States Coast Guard, charged with the mission of ensuring the nation’s maritime safety, security and stewardship, was established by Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton on this day in history, August 4, 1790. Originally called the Revenue Marine Service, the Coast Guard was founded eight years before the U.S. Navy. “The Coast Guard...
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced Friday that military forces will adjust postures in the Middle East after a strike in Iran which killed Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.In the release, the Pentagon announced they will move a fighter jet squadron to the Middle East as well as continue to maintain their aircraft carrier in the...
Two high-profile assassinations in the Middle East prompted Iran to hold a meeting with representatives from its proxy groups to plan a response to those deaths, for which Iranian officials have blamed Israel. Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, speaking Thursday at a funeral for the group’s “No.2” commander Fuad Shukr, claimed that “Israelis are happy now”...
With the U.S. military mired in a historic recruiting crisis, and global tensions at their highest point since World War II, now would be a good time to keep as many troops in uniform as possible. Unfortunately, the Biden administration’s reckless discharge of more than 75,000 military personnel in the name of compliance with vaccine...
A U.S. military official tells Fox News the American military had “no involvement” in the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. It remains unclear if the U.S. had learned of the operation before Haniyeh died in an airstrike on his residence in Tehran on Wednesday, after attending the inauguration of the country’s new president. U.S....
U.S. forces in Iraq conducted a defensive airstrike in the Musayib in Babil Province on Tuesday evening, a U.S. military official confirmed to Fox News. The strike was carried out at 5 p.m. ET and targeted combatants attempting to launch one-way attack uncrewed aerial systems or OWAUAS, the official said. “Based on recent attacks in...
FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Mike Waltz, R Fla., who represents Florida’s 6th Congressional District, will release a new book this fall called “Hard Truths: Think and Lead Like a Green Beret.” The book will be out from St. Martin’s Press on Oct. 22, 2024. Waltz, a retired colonel, is the first Green Beret to be...
A diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) training in the Pentagon’s education wing recommends a book that claims Thanksgiving “perpetuates the power of White supremacy,” a report from a watchdog group alleged. Government watchdog OpenTheBooks released a July report which alleges the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) is indoctrinating military-connected children with “radical DEI curriculum.”...
FIRST ON FOX: GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz is slamming the United States Air Force over an internal memo his office obtained, calling it a “radical document” that warns airmen about using “micro aggressions.” In a 27-page guidebook that originated with the 552nd Air Control Wing in Oklahoma, the Air Force warns airmen not to use...
A U.S. Marine died on Sunday after a vehicle rollover in Twentynine Palms, California, according to the United States Marine Corps. According to a social media post by the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, a Marine assigned to the Tactical Training Exercise Control Group was pronounced dead on Sunday. He was involved...
