For military families, permanent change of station season (PCS) is in full swing, and along with a laundry list of items to check off before the big move comes some new concerns. Mainly, high gas prices and rising inflation costs. The war with Iran has seen fuel prices skyrocket over the past few months, with Americans paying 30% more at the pump than they did in 2024. As of June 4, the national average was $4.24 per gallon, but prices have swung like a pendulum this spring. Meanwhile, inflation continued to rise between March 2025 and March 2026, currently at…
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It’s hard to imagine a 36-year-old active-duty U.S. Army soldier voluntarily calling himself ‘Viva La Vargas’ as a nickname. But Staff Sgt. Johnny Vargas, stationed at Fort Hood, TX, is more than a soldier. He’s a modern-day, social media Robin Hood, problem-solving, sharing good news and important information for military members and veterans on his TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube feeds under his ‘Viva La Vargas’ brand. “I get messages every day from service members, or veterans kicked out of their home, or those with mounting medical bills, or just running into a roadblock,” said Staff Sgt. Vargas, in an…
A German mine tore open the Navy transport USS Susan B. Anthony off Utah Beach on the morning of June 7, 1944. The ship lost power and went down within a few hours of the blast, the only large troop ship sunk in the entire invasion. Everyone aboard got off alive, including thousands of soldiers from the 90th Infantry Division who came ashore carrying their rifles but stripped of the heavier weapons that went down with the ship. The men of the 90th landed in a supporting role on D-Day and never drew the attention paid to the other divisions.…
Five Jewish service members recently had their headstones altered, and they may be just the beginning. The American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) has partnered with the nonprofit Operation Benjamin to provide funding for the partnership to identify, research and correct burial mistakes for such service members. It comes on the heels of changes made at families’ requests to fix the headstones of five Jewish veterans after they were incorrectly buried at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery in France under Latin crosses. The new headstones feature Stars of David. Officials salute the five fallen service members after their headstones were changed. (Julien NGuyen-Kim/ABMC)…
WASHINGTON (AP) — After Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth cut nine Navy officers, including all the women, from a promotion list, several female officers say they see the unusual intervention as a sign that their careers now have a ceiling and worry for the future generation of female military leaders. The Navy had selected 31 sailors to promote from the rank of captain to one-star admiral, but Hegseth recently intervened to strike nine people from the list, including three women and two Black men, according to a defense official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss information not permitted to…
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As the U.S. military looks for ways to keep bases powered during outages, attacks or fuel disruptions, one nuclear energy executive says small reactors could eventually help solve a problem that diesel reserves alone may not be able to answer. James Walker, a nuclear physicist and CEO of NANO Nuclear Energy, told Military.com that military installations are expected to operate independently of the electrical grid for roughly two weeks, but many bases cannot realistically meet that requirement without enormous fuel stores. “Military bases at the moment have a mandate to be able to be self-sufficient for power for about two…
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As executive director and co-creator of the Veterans Art Institute (VAI), Laura Taylor, a Navy veteran, often thinks of creative ideas to inspire her next art project. And when Captain Morgan decided to relaunch its limited-edition military design bottle to honor veterans and active-duty personnel, one of the world’s leading rum producers reached out to Taylor to craft the perfect image. For this task, she didn’t have to search far and wide for inspiration; she simply thought of her late father, Vietnam War veteran Daniel Meisenhelder. Meisenhelder served in the Army and was a member of C Company, 15th Battalion,…
The Pelican CRATE 45L is not just another tough-looking box for the truck bed. It is a waterproof, dustproof, configurable gear vault that earned its place hauling optics, thermals, night vision, and the expensive kit I do not want turned into paperweights. I’ve owned a lot of gear over the years, and most “rugged” storage falls into one of two camps: cheap totes that crack on the first cold morning, or expensive cases that look the part but never quite fit how I actually pack. Pelican’s new CRATE 45L in Desert Tan has earned a real spot in my truck.…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military is still waiting for clarity from the Pentagon following President Donald Trump’s back-and-forth on troop levels in Europe, upending the lives of military personnel and potentially costing taxpayers millions of dollars, two U.S. defense officials told The Associated Press. NATO allies were bewildered in May when Trump said he would send 5,000 U.S. troops to Poland just weeks after ordering the same number pulled from Europe, following a spat with Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz over the Iran war. The Trump administration says troop reductions in Europe have long been planned and coordinated with allies.…
This article was originally published by Douglas Harrington at Natural News. U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth told the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on May 30, 2026, that the United States will no longer “subsidize” the defense of “wealthy” allies, reviving the long-running dispute between Washington and NATO’s European members over military burden-sharing. According to an official statement by the Department of War, Hegseth said, “The era of the United States subsidizing the defense of wealthy nations is over. We need partners, not protectorates. We seek alliances built on shared responsibility, not dependency.” Hegseth linked the policy shift to the…
