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Apr 27, 2023

Geothermal engineers might have a hot future in the Army

If you need an inexhaustible source of steady power, what’s even better than a nuclear reactor? Well, the military is now targeting geothermal engineers to harness geothermal energy. It’s basically…

BYLogan Nye

Apr 27, 2023

BYTeam Mighty

Apr 25, 2023

Russia used a US military veteran in its propaganda war against Ukraine

John David McIntyre served in the U.S. Army for just over two years, but is a central figure in Russia’s propaganda efforts in support of its war in Ukraine. He…

BYTeam Mighty

Apr 25, 2023

BYTeam Mighty

Apr 19, 2023

The US military is backing Somalia’s war against the al-Shabaab terror group

Somalia has been in trouble for a long time, long before the events depicted in the 2001 film “Black Hawk Down.” It descended into chaos and civil war in the…

BYTeam Mighty

Apr 19, 2023

BYLogan Nye

Apr 13, 2023

DARPA’s robot drivers could lead future raids…maybe

Late last year, DARPA released footage from its RACER program. Or call it the Robotic Autonomy in Complex Environments with Resiliency program, if you’re formal. Yup, it’s time for another…

BYLogan Nye

Apr 13, 2023

BYTeam Mighty

Apr 10, 2023

Everything we know about Ukraine’s upcoming spring counteroffensive

It might seem odd that any country would be touting an upcoming counteroffensive to the world media, but that’s the world we live in today. For Ukraine, announcing its intentions…

BYTeam Mighty

Apr 10, 2023

BYTeam Mighty

Apr 7, 2023

4 ways the Ukraine war is coming home to everyday Russians

We all know how Ukrainians have been affected at home by the Russian invasion. Over the course of more than a year, many Ukrainians, especially those in the east of…

BYTeam Mighty

Apr 7, 2023

BYMiguel Ortiz

Apr 4, 2023

Finland joins NATO as 31st member nation

On April 4, 2023, Finland became the newest member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. As the 31st nation to join the military alliance, Finland effectively doubled NATO’s land border…

BYMiguel Ortiz

Apr 4, 2023

BYMiguel Ortiz

Apr 4, 2023

NASA’s Artemis II crew includes two Naval Aviators

The U.S. Navy has always had a strong affiliation with NASA and space flight, providing some of the most skilled pilots to become astronauts. Fittingly, NASA’s Artemis II crew includes…

BYMiguel Ortiz

Apr 4, 2023

BYPopular Science

Mar 30, 2023

The Navy’s version of a Roomba inspects billion-dollar ships for damage

The machine from Gecko Robotics cruises along on magnetic wheels, gathering data about the hull as it goes. On March 27, Gecko Robotics announced its hull-inspecting robots will be used…

BYPopular Science

Mar 30, 2023

BYTeam Mighty

Mar 28, 2023

North Korea’s new ‘Radioactive Tsunami’ is an underwater drone to target naval fleets

Aside from its nuclear arsenal, there’s not a lot of boasting North Korea can do about its military. We can have faith that North Korea will do it anyway. Yet,…

BYTeam Mighty

Mar 28, 2023

BYTeam Mighty

Mar 27, 2023

An Iranian suicide drone wounded six Americans and killed one in Syria

A suicide drone struck a maintenance installation in Syria on the afternoon of March 23, 2023. The attack wounded five service members and an American contractor. Another American contractor was…

Coalition Forces target ISIS vehicles after the Syrian Democratic Forces provided their location in Deir ez-Zor province, Syria, Nov. 28, 2018. Continued assistance to partner forces is essential to setting conditions for regional stability. The Coalition and its partners remain united and resolved to prevent the resurgence of ISIS and its violent extremist ideology. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Matthew Crane)

BYTeam Mighty

Mar 27, 2023

BYMiguel Ortiz

Mar 27, 2023

The US changed the M1 Abrams tanks going to Ukraine

On January 25, 2023, following the UK’s announcement that it will provide its Challenger 2 main battle tank to Ukraine, the US approved the transfer of 31 M1A2 Abrams main…

BYMiguel Ortiz

Mar 27, 2023

BYThe Conversation

Mar 21, 2023

A string of assassinations in Afghanistan point to ISIS-K resurgence – and US officials warn of possible attacks on American interests in next 6 months

Since returning to power in Afghanistan in 2021, the Taliban have struggled to contain the Islamic State Khorasan province, or ISIS-K – the official Islamic State group affiliate operating in…

BYThe Conversation

Mar 21, 2023

BYTeam Mighty

Mar 17, 2023

Why Russia likely won’t use North Korean troops in Ukraine

It’s no secret Russia is taking extraordinary casualties in the war in Ukraine. As of this writing, the Ukraine Ministry of Defence estimates it eliminated more than 162,500 Russian personnel…

BYTeam Mighty

Mar 17, 2023

BYTeam Mighty

Mar 16, 2023

A new medicine is so deadly to fungi that researchers named it after Keanu Reeves

It’s not that Keanu Reeves is particularly deadly to fungal infections, but his characters like John Wick are so deadly in general that medical researchers decided it was a proper…

BYTeam Mighty

Mar 16, 2023

BYMiguel Ortiz

Mar 15, 2023

The 1st Marine Division deployed to Korea for the first time in over 20 years

In early March 2023, the 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force deployed to the Republic of Korea. The sailors and Marines from Camp Pendleton, California are set to participate…

BYMiguel Ortiz

Mar 15, 2023

BYMiguel Ortiz

Mar 14, 2023

Australia is getting nuclear submarines from the US and UK

On March 13, 2023, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, US President Joe Biden announced a joint plan to equip Australia with conventionally-armed, nuclear-powered submarines (SSNs)….

BYMiguel Ortiz

Mar 14, 2023

BYTeam Mighty

Mar 16, 2023

Russian soldiers in Ukraine are being hunted using social media

Loose lips sink ships. OPSEC. No matter what era you’re from or how you remember to keep troop placements a secret, the goal is to prevent the enemy from knowing…

BYTeam Mighty

Mar 16, 2023

BYJessica Manfre

Mar 10, 2023

From Wings of Gold to winemaking, this Navy couple continues to serve

Waters Edge Winery is more than a place to gather over delicious wine and food in military-town Norfolk, Virginia. The walls are filled with a new future for a family…

BYJessica Manfre

Mar 10, 2023

BYTeam Mighty

Mar 8, 2023

India and China may have prevented a nuclear attack on Ukraine

It’s safe to say that the Ukraine War isn’t going the way Vladimir Putin and the Russian military expected it would. From the moment his war plan began to unravel,…

BYTeam Mighty

Mar 8, 2023

BYTeam Mighty

Feb 26, 2023

Kim Jong Un may be showing off North Korea’s next leader

In North Korea, everything happens for a reason. North Korean propaganda is carefully controlled by those closest to the current leader and his plans for the near future, whatever those…

BYTeam Mighty

Feb 26, 2023

BYLogan Nye

Feb 24, 2023

How Russians are getting weapon parts despite sanctions

Remember when the bulk of modern economies joined together to create massive, punishing Russian sanctions? Yeah, we do too. Has Russia surrendered yet? No? But they’ve at least been unable…

BYLogan Nye

Feb 24, 2023

BYTeam Mighty

Feb 16, 2023

A Russian Wagner Group mercenary defected to a founding member of NATO

Andrey Medvedev, a 26-year-old former commander for the Russian paramilitary company the Wagner Group illegally crossed into Norway sometime in January 2023. He had been hiding out in Russia for…

BYTeam Mighty

Feb 16, 2023

BYTeam Mighty

Feb 10, 2023

A Russian graveyard is filling up with bodies of Wagner Group mercenaries

The deal put forward to Russian criminals is pretty simple: If you join the Wagner Group to fight in Ukraine and survive at least six months, you get a pardon,…

BYTeam Mighty

Feb 10, 2023

BYMiguel Ortiz

Feb 9, 2023

The Navy released the first close-up images of the Chinese spy balloon

On February 4, 2023, an Air Force F-22 Raptor fighter shot down an alleged Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina. After falling from an altitude of over…

BYMiguel Ortiz

Feb 9, 2023