A U.S. soldier killed in Iraq during a controlled detonation of an Iranian drone was a 30-year-old father from North Carolina who had served for nearly a decade, according to a military statement Tuesday and his family. Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, of Fayetteville, will receive a Bronze Star, Purple Heart and Combat Action Badge, and will be promoted posthumously to staff sergeant. The Army said it was investigating the circumstances of his death Sunday at an air base in Irbil. He leaves behind a 6-year-old son and a 4-year-old daughter, his mother said. “I will never recover from this, you…
The Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus that is currently spreading in the Democratic Republic of Congo is continuing to spread, as health care workers struggle to contain the outbreak. At least 930 people have died, although that number is likely larger and expected to continue to increase. This outbreak is spreading faster than any previous outbreak in DRC, with 37 new deaths recorded over 24 hours during the weekend. These new deaths, which were officially declared on Saturday, are one of the highest daily increases recorded since the Ebola outbreak was first declared in the DRC on May 15th.…
One man’s actions in a double shooting in Port St. Lucie, Florida have been deemed a justifiable act of self-defense, with the local police chief heaping praise on the armed citizen for possibly preventing a greater loss of life. The shooting happened early Sunday morning after a woman got locked out of a home and called her boyfriend to bring her a key. Police say when Carl Loubeau showed up at the home, he became enraged over the fact that his girlfriend was with two other men, Juliun Stokes and Dwayne Walker. Police say Loubeau approached…
A man is in custody after a U.S. Army veteran from Alabama and his wife were brutally murdered in their own home. Justin Elrod, 43, and his wife, Lena Elrod, 42, were found dead July 12 inside their home on Langdon Woods Road in Reform, Ala. Deputies and officers from several area departments first responded to a reported burglary in progress on another road shortly after midnight, according to the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office. “He was a very humble guy, and he was the last person I think that something like this would happen to,” Aliceville, Ala., Mayor Terrence Windham…
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s president will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday to wrap up a four-day visit to Washington, in a bid for long-term calm after months of war at home between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group. Joseph Aoun’s first-ever meeting with Trump comes as Lebanon and Israel hold rare direct talks mediated by Washington. Lebanon hopes they will result in Israeli troops withdrawing from large swaths of southern Lebanon that they currently occupy, and the Lebanese military receiving support to assert full control in areas where Hezbollah militants had held sway. Lebanon and Israel…
This article was originally published by Tyler Durden at ZeroHedge. “I’m not living in Communist America… I’ve read the quotes from the DSA platform, from their own mouths. Don’t tell me I’m not seeing what I am seeing,” Bill Maher told ABC News’ Jonathan Karl in an exclusive interview that aired on Sunday. Karl asked Maher, “Could you see yourself voting for JD Vance?” Maher responded: “Yes. If this is the Democratic side, yes.” Establishment Democrats are freaking out over the Democratic Socialists of America’s attempted hijacking of their party because this anti-American, far-left Marxist movement, with possible ties to foreign subversion, risks dooming…
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Jodi Burns has never worn a military uniform though she’s acutely aware of the struggles. Burn is the wife of a special operations Navy SEAL who has spent more than 30 years in military service, deployed to war and other combat zones. She is also the CEO of Special Forces Trust, a nonprofit organization that supports Green Berets and their families with tragedy assistance, scholarships and a life-saving suicide prevention program called ‘Beyond the Battlefield.” “I know the life,” Burns, also a mother of two, told Military.com. “Being a single parent without being single is how I describe being a…
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You get a letter telling you that you are unfit to keep serving. It arrives with a deadline, too, sometimes less than a week, and it sets in motion a process that will decide whether you keep your career or not. Whether you get a severance check, a retirement, health care for your family, or nothing. Somewhere in that packet is a line about your right to consult a lawyer. In the Army, that line has led to the Office of Soldiers’ Counsel, a small unit of attorneys who exist for exactly this type of thing. A growing number of…
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Iran said mediators have been in touch with proposals on how to ease hostilities with the U.S. after several days of clashes, though tensions remain high after a threat by the Tehran-backed Houthi group to blockade Saudi Arabia. Esmail Baghaei, the Islamic Republic’s foreign ministry spokesman, said “ideas from some mediators have been conveyed” to Tehran, without giving further details. Tehran said its interior minister, Eskandar Momeni, is traveling to Pakistan on Monday. Qatar and Pakistan, the main intermediaries in the conflict, see a return to U.S.- Iran positions of pre- July 9 as a first step, according to semi-official…
Remember the First Gulf War? Persian Gulf War? Desert Storm and/or Desert Shield? They’re all the same war. Whatever we call it now, it was the war that expelled Iraqi troops from Kuwait, checked a decade of Saddam Hussein’s aggression toward his neighbors, and broke the specter of Vietnam that loomed over the U.S. military. U.S. troops had seen smaller actions before that time, but nothing like the scale and scope of a real “mother of all battles,” pitting Saddam’s Iraq vs. the United States and its UN-mandated coalition partners. “Yours is a society which cannot accept 10,000 dead in…
Gunsite Academy turns 50 this year and CEO Sheriff Ken Campbell dishes on this monumental period. We talked about custom guns, their charity shoot, and even cigars and rye whiskey. While attending the 2026 National Rifle Association Annual Meeting, Campbell stopped by to discuss Gunsite’s 50th anniversary, the academy, their charity shoot, beginners getting involved at Gunsite, youth camp, and much more. This interview was made possible by Beretta Holding, the sponsor of the Voices of the Second Amendment at the NRAAM.The Gunsite Academy was founded in 1976 by Lt. Col. Jeff Cooper. When the…
Drafts of the fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act have cleared both the House and Senate Armed Services Committees with bipartisan agreement on one thing: Military pay is going up Jan. 1, 2027. What Congress has not agreed on is how much — or whether every service member should get the same rate. The House passed a version of the NDAA that backs the White House’s proposal for a tiered pay raise, with the biggest increases going to junior enlisted personnel. The Senate passed a version that rejects the tiered approach entirely and proposes a flat 3.6 percent raise…
I do not like the Chinese government, and I honestly don’t care what anyone says about it. I’m sure many of the people are absolutely lovely and, from everything I’ve seen, it’s a beautiful country, but it’s run by commies who, I believe, are committed to destabilizing the United States and the West via whatever means they can. Yes, that’s my personal conspiracy theory, but nothing I’ve seen has suggested I’m wrong here.However, I need to be clear that I don’t believe for an instant that China is just focused on us. Oh no, all…
To PMP or not to PMP? That is the question facing many transitioning military members, veterans and military spouses looking for a job as a project manager. Yet passing the test to get the PMP certification is not easy. How do you know if earning your Project Management Professional certification (PMP) is really worth your time and effort during your military transition? One reason getting your PMP might be worth it is the availability of jobs in project management. According to the Talent Gap report by the Project Management Institute, the global economy will need up to 30 million new…
We beat up on Chicago an awful lot, but, in our defense, it’s fun. They make it easy because of a long and storied history of doing stupid things. As a result, it might be low-hanging fruit, but it’s fruit we’re going to smack at just the same because it’s fun. And they deserve it.Still, I firmly believe in giving credit where credit is due. Normally, that doesn’t apply to the Windy City, but in a case of every squirrel finding a nut, Chicago managed to do something right for a change.They lowered the boom…
