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A new cyber-focused military service branch would sit under the Army if one senator’s proposal comes to fruition. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., is spearheading a markup amendment to the Senate’s 2027 National Defense Authorization Act that would create a “Cyber Force” as the next armed service branch. The senator’s office confirmed that the amendment proposes to establish the branch under the Army, just as the Space Force and Marine Corps sit under the Air Force and Navy. Similar provisions are reportedly being floated in the House, according to two people familiar with policy discussions. Earlier this year,  Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, told…

Credit: DefenseFeedsDefense Feeds – London. The Challenger 3 Tank Completes Key NATO Battlefield Trials milestone marks a significant step forward in the British Army’s armored modernization program as the United Kingdom prepares its next-generation main battle tank for future alliance operations.The latest round of battlefield mission trials tested the Challenger 3 under realistic combat conditions designed to evaluate mobility, firepower, survivability and operational effectiveness. The assessments form part of a broader effort to ensure the upgraded tank is ready to meet the demands of modern warfare, particularly within NATO’s evolving defense posture across Europe.As military planners continue studying lessons from…

 National Science Foundation employees recently displaced from their former headquarters building will soon be expected to show up to their new office space — regardless of their disabilities or medical conditions, according to NSF employees and their union. The American Federation of Government Employees says NSF management is insisting all employees try out the new office space without their previously established reasonable accommodations. According to the union, NSF management is asking all employees to return to the office, because the medical necessity of these reasonable accommodations has not yet been “tested” in the new building. Two NSF employees told Federal…

Adam Scherr shot to fame as Braun Strowman in WWE, but away from the ring, “The “Monster Among Men” has been loving life at the dinner table, eating everything on the menu for the USA Network. M&F caught up with the former strongman and world heavyweight wrestling champion to find out why his show is different from other food programs, and why training is just as important as ever. To the millions of pro wrestling fans around the world, Braun Strowman is the 6’8” behemoth who eliminated 13 men to win the “Greatest Royal Rumble” in 2018 and pinned Bill…

Anderson Silva and UFC CEO Dana White’s relationship hasn’t been great since the disappointing end of the legend’s fighting career. UFC Hall of Famer Anderson Silva is arguably one of the greatest fighters to ever compete inside the Octagon after a legendary career of (mostly) dominance. During his prime, Silva was considered the ‘Michael Jordan of MMA’ for his exciting style and dominance inside the cage. After a shocking loss to Chris Weidman by knockout at UFC 162, Silva was never the same, going winless over eight of his final nine UFC fights. A TKO loss to Uriah Hall in…

The U.S. Navy is planning to bring the nuclear power of its largest aircraft carrier from ship to shore at some point this summer, acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao revealed during a May 14 U.S. House Armed Services Committee hearing. Cao stated that Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia will be part of a pilot program exploring the concept of an installation “powered from an aircraft carrier.”“We’re going to export the energy from the aircraft carrier to the base,” he said. The American Nuclear Society first reported the Navy’s initiative.In a statement confirming the plan, a Navy spokesperson told Military Times…

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii — The commanders of Navy Region Hawaii (NRH) and Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH) presented the Navy Ceremonial Duty Ribbon to three Sailors from the USS Arizona Memorial Detachment during a ceremony at JBPHH’s Merry Point Landing on May 26, 2026. The Sailors – Damage Controlman Third Class Paul Esposito; Aviation Machinist’s Mate Third Class Ryan Axtell; and Aviation Electronics Technician Second Class Aidan Morlock – earned the ribbons after successfully completing a year of continuous and honorable service providing safe water transportation for military personnel, dignitaries, and the general public to and from theUSS…

When news broke that North Korea had revised its constitution, analysts in the West and across the Korean Peninsula rushed to declare it the formal death of Korean reunification as a policy objective. The changes were hard to ignore. Pyongyang stripped all references to a unified Korean nation, codified a territorial clause treating the Republic of Korea as a separate foreign state, vested direct nuclear weapons authority in Kim Jong-un personally, and concentrated near-absolute executive power in the supreme leader alone. On the surface, it looked like the official burial of seven decades of unification ideology.That reading is seductive. It’s…

Nearly half a million Russian soldiers have been killed in Ukraine since 2022 — a death toll exceeding total American losses in World War II — the head of Britain’s top intelligence agency said Wednesday, relaying one of the highest fatality figures any Western government has put on Russia’s war in Ukraine yet. Russia is now losing roughly 1,000 troops a day in killed and wounded along the front, according to Ukraine’s General Staff. Western officials are reaching a consensus that Ukraine has gained a serious edge on the battlefield for the first time in years as Russia struggles to…

Ukrainian strike drones hit two Russian Tu-142 maritime patrol aircraft on the ground at Taganrog military airfield on the night of May 29-30, 2026, with video released by Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces showing the aircraft catching fire after multiple direct hits, marking the latest in a sustained campaign to destroy Russian military aviation assets far […]