Military families and others have the opportunity over the next month to provide input for defense officials on quality of life issues at the state level for service members and their families. Defense officials are specifically interested in issues where state governments are the primary agents for positive change, according to the request for information posted in the Federal Register on Tuesday by the Defense Department’s office of the deputy assistant secretary of defense for military community and family policy. They’re asking for input on what should be considered for 2028.Submissions are due by April 23. Information on how to…

The United States ruling class is considering sending airborne troops into the war in Iran. A brigade of about 3,000 paratroopers could soon be joining the conflict in the Middle East. The U.S. has struck several military targets on Kharg Island, which sits around 25 kilometers (15 miles) from the Iranian coast in the Persian Gulf, in mid-March. So far, the U.S. has refrained from hitting the energy infrastructure. Reports have been circulating since then, claiming that Washington could launch a ground operation to take control of the key oil hub in an attempt to cripple Tehran’s economy after three…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced Iran wants to “make a deal” with the U.S., noting the country’s leadership gave the U.S. a “significant prize” related to the Strait of Hormuz and the flow of oil.While speaking to reporters in the White House Oval Office, Trump said Iranian leadership sent the gift on Monday, and it arrived on Tuesday.”They’re going to make a deal. They did something [Monday] that was amazing, actually. They gave us a present,” Trump said. “The present arrived today, and it was a very big present worth a…

The Pentagon is expected to send thousands of soldiers from the Army’s elite 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday, adding to the massive military buildup even as the Trump administration seeks talks with Iran.The officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, did not specify where in the Middle East the troops would go and when they would arrive in the region. The soldiers are stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.The U.S. military referred questions to the White House, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment.No decision…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE: Despite the ongoing conflict in Iran, President Donald Trump’s “energy czar,” Doug Burgum, is confident the “temporary blip up” in gas and energy prices facing Americans will come back down very soon as the president’s “drill baby drill” agenda takes effect.In an interview with Fox News Digital, Burgum, who leads the Interior Department and chair of Trump’s National Energy Dominance Council, said: “It’s all about supply.””You want prices to go down? Supply has got to go up,” he said. To this end, he said his agency approved a record 6,000-plus drilling…

It was a homecoming of sorts — decades overdue.A dozen Vietnam veterans returned to the Southeast Asian country — with all but one having not been back since their combat boots left the soil of Vietnam for the last time some 50 years ago. “I got back from Vietnam in ‘68 and luckily, I didn’t experience any disrespect,” Jerry Melcher, a combat medic in the U.S. Army told Military Times. “Just experienced nobody wanted to acknowledge or talk about it. So I went home, took off my uniform and kind of stuffed it in my back pocket.”Rudy Dixon, who served…

Sometimes, a knife just looks different, unlike anything else in its class. When such a knife arrives on the scene it is almost automatically up for consideration for coverage here at KnifeNews HQ. Thus we present to you the Boker Plus Fafo, a tactical fixed blade with a style all its own. The Fafo is a collaboration piece, as many Boker Plus releases are; it comes from the mind of Robert Kohut, and according to Boker is one of those knives that originated as a knife forum fantasy before making it all the way to physical objecthood. It’s inspired by…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Senate Republicans have landed on a funding framework for Homeland Security that they hope will end the shutdown.Now, they just need Senate Democrats to agree.The framework, which was developed over the weekend and finalized early this week, would reopen and fund most of the agency, except for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).It follows the first face-to-face meetings between Republicans and Democrats during the shutdown, as well as a last-minute meeting at the White House on Monday after President Donald Trump demanded that the GOP combine DHS funding with his prized Safeguard American…

The Army removed commissioned officers from its credentialing assistance program in a policy update this week.The program, known as credentialing assistance, helps service members pay for professional certifications and licensure that is tied to their military duties or civilian careers. Under the new rules, released March 19, only enlisted soldiers and warrant officers remain eligible. Enlisted soldiers will also have to obtain command approval prior to utilizing benefits under the new update. The move follows a 2024 policy announcement that the Army would cut credentialing assistance funding and remove officers from the program, citing the initiative’s rapid growth and skyrocketing…

While Iran is denying any discussions have taken place, United States ruler Donald Trump claims that the Islamic Republic wants to “make a deal”.  Trump has also extended his deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, saying the U.S. will hold off striking power plants in the country for five days. Trump said that he has already instructed the Department of War to “postpone any and all military strikes against Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure for a five‑day period.” The pause is “subject to the success of the ongoing meetings and discussions,” he claims are taking place. Trump Threatens To “Obliterate” Iran’s Power…