Force Protection Condition Levels (FPCON) Force Protection Condition (FPCON) is a system used by the Department of Defense to help assess and respond to terrorist...
DEFCON Levels DEFCON, short for Defense Readiness Condition or simply Defense Condition, is the U.S. military’s ranking system for defense...
Air Force, Congressional Focus Grows in Ongoing Missileer Cancer Study Investigations into potential toxic exposures of those who work with America's nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles...
North Korean Leader Kim Inspects Nuclear Facility as Pyongyang Pressures Trump Administration North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected a facility that produces nuclear material and called for bolstering the country’s...
China Has Expanded its Nuclear Force and Strengthened Ties to Russia, the Pentagon Says A Pentagon report says China is expanding its nuclear force, has increased military pressure against Taiwan and has...
Senior UK Commander Warns of 'Third Nuclear Age' The head of Britain’s armed forces has warned that the world stands at the cusp of a “third nuclear age,’’ defined by...
Iran Defies International Pressure, Increasing Its Stockpile of Near Weapons-Grade Uranium, UN Says The report by the International Atomic Energy Agency said that as of Oct. 26, Iran has 401.9 pounds of uranium enriched up to...
The Kremlin Has Revised Its Nuclear Policy. Does that Make the Use of Atomic Weapons More Likely? Better known as Russia's nuclear doctrine, the revamped version that was signed by President Vladimir Putin spells out the...
Air Force Commander of Nuclear Missile Maintenance at Malmstrom Fired After Investigation Col. Jeremy Russell, the commander of Malmstrom's 341st Maintenance Group, was removed from his role "due to a loss of trust...
New Air Force Findings Show Risky Chemicals at Nuclear Missile Bases, Though at Levels Deemed Safe Volatile organic compounds were detected in launch control centers, the underground bunkers where missileers monitor the...
How the Government Shutdown Impacts Veterans and the VA While most vets won't be impacted by the ongoing government shutdown, concerns may ramp up the longer it persists.
Hegseth Wants 'Male Standard' for Combat Roles. Many Female Veterans Say That's Already the Case Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in an address to the military’s top leaders waded back into a topic that nearly derailed his...
The Forgotten Military Vehicles of ‘M*A*S*H’ Between all the martini-fueled hijinx and medical drama, “M*A*S*H” featured some pretty special military vehicles.
Hegseth's Decision on Wounded Knee Medals Sparks Outrage in Native American Communities Native American communities that had long wanted the removal of military honors for the soldiers involved in the 1890 Wounded...
Airman Confronts and Shoots Armed Neighbor on Deadly Rampage, Iowa Officials Say Harrison Friar, a senior airman, was with his wife and children at their home in Glenwood on the evening of Aug. 6 when they...
