Military

CBS News reports: Workers at a site in South Carolina that once made key parts for nuclear bombs in the U.S. have found a radioactive wasp nest but officials said there is no danger to anyone. Employees who routinely check radiation levels at the Savannah River Site near Aiken found a wasp nest on July 3 on a post near …

Meteorologist Michael Lowry reports: The U.S. Navy will permanently cut its stream of data from three weather satellites essential to hurricane forecasters this Thursday, with the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season just weeks away. As I first reported on June 26th, the U.S. Department of Defense initially gave a five-day notice that the critical satellite data – regularly used …

The Christian site Beliefnet reports: In a bold move to reaffirm tradition and honor faith, Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll has ordered the U.S. Military Academy at West Point to restore the Academy’s historic crest to Bibles housed in the West Point Cadet Chapel. “Since the founding of West Point and before, generations of cadets, officers, and Soldiers have …

Task & Purpose reports: The Pentagon is shifting $200 million in funds previously appropriated to Marine Corps barracks, military-run schools, a jet pilot training site, facilities in Guam and more to pay for 20 miles of a partial border wall at a service testing range on the border, according to official documents. The repurposed funds would pay to replace a …

Military.com reports: The Pentagon says it is reviewing where top military officials can publicly speak as part of a growing move to allow only venues that align with the views of the Trump administration, which could affect attendance at annual military conferences. The announcement comes just more than a week after the Pentagon pulled a host of top military officials …

The Daily Mail reports: An effort is under way among some Pentagon officials to denounce Pete Hegseth as unfit to serve as Defense Secretary. Since May, drafts of a letter have been circulating among high and mid-level military brass and civilian workers to ‘Let the American public know this guy has no clue what he’s doing,’ one of them told …

404 Media reports: Pete Hegseth’s Department of Defense sent the White House an 11-page memo about the steps it has taken to comply with Donald Trump’s anti-trans executive order, according to a copy of the memo obtained by 404 Media using the Freedom of Information Act. The Pentagon said that it not only changed the signs on bathroom doors to …

The New York Times reports: Pentagon officials will begin withdrawing 700 active-duty Marines who were sent to Los Angeles last month, the latest scaling back of the Trump administration’s contentious military deployment in Southern California. The withdrawal of the Marines follows the departure of nearly 2,000 California National Guard soldiers and a smaller contingent of about 150 specialized Guard firefighters. …

NBC News reports: A SkyWest flight had to perform a go-around maneuver after it nearly collided with a second aircraft Friday before it landed in North Dakota. SkyWest said it is investigating the incident. The air traffic control tower had cleared the plane to approach the airport, but the pilot “performed a go-around when another aircraft became visible in their …

CBS News reports: Justin Fulcher, a senior staffer at the Pentagon and adviser to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has been ousted, three sources familiar with the matter told CBS News. Fulcher started at the Defense Department as a member of billionaire Elon Musk’s DOGE. He was then later promoted to a post as senior adviser to Hegseth. In April, a …

Military.com reports: The Department of Homeland Security is planning to house migrants at two new military installations as the Trump administration increasingly turns to the armed forces to bolster its aggressive immigration crackdown. Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, colloquially referred to as “Fort Dix,” in New Jersey and Camp Atterbury in Indiana, both relatively low-profile installations, have been identified as housing sites. …

Military.com reports: The Trump administration has chosen a Marine officer to replace the first woman to lead the U.S. Naval Academy, trading out one history-making officer for another, well short of the typical three-year tenure for the position. Lt. Gen. Michael Borgschulte, who currently oversees the Marine Corps’ personnel directorate, has been nominated to replace Vice Adm. Yvette Davids as …

Ken Klippenstein reports at Substack: Pete Hegseth loves to have his picture taken doing jumping jacks, jogging with the troops, and hanging with buff special ops commandos. In fact, the Secretary of Defense is all about appearances, making a constant show of being more virile than anyone who’s ever preceded him. In the name of warfighting and military readiness, Hegseth …

The Washington Examiner reports: The Department of Defense has withdrawn the scheduled appearances of about a dozen military leaders expected to speak this week at the Aspen Security Forum. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth confirmed the decision not to have senior military leaders attend the forum on Monday. Pentagon press secretary Kingsley Wilson told Just The News the decision was …

The Independent reports: The Department of Defense said it would begin using Grok, the artificial intelligence bot created by Elon Musk, after awarding the tech billionaire’s AI company a $200 million contract. In an announcement, Musk’s company xAI said it was releasing “Grok for Government,” a form of the AI bot that allows federal, state, and local governments to utilize …

USA Today reports: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth blocked a Navy admiral’s recently approved promotion and command assignment amid criticism over drag shows held aboard his aircraft carrier in the last decade. In mid-June, President Donald Trump nominated Rear Adm. Michael Donnelly, a F-14 Tomcat and F/A-18 Super Hornet pilot, for promotion to vice admiral and command of the Navy’s strategically …

USA Today reports: President Donald Trump referred to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth as Secretary of War on a TruthSocial post Friday. “Secretary of War Pete Hegseth was great on FoxNews this morning. Talking about modern weapons and warfare,” Trump posted after Fox News aired a clip of the Pentagon chief talking about a new drone strategy. This is not …

Defense News reports: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday announced sweeping changes to the way the Pentagon buys and fields uncrewed air systems, or UAS, with a goal of establishing “UAS domain dominance” by 2027. Hegseth announced the policy changes in a video recorded on the Pentagon’s front lawn. With Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” playing in the background, a quadcopter delivered …

The Washington Post reports: The Department of Veterans Affairs said Monday that it will no longer be forced to conduct a large reduction in workforce, unlike several other federal agencies that were forced to make mass layoffs because of the Trump administration’s U.S. DOGE Service. In a news release, VA said that it was on pace to reduce its total …

Via press release from the US Northern Command: Approximately 200 Marines from Marine Wing Support Squadron 272, Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina, are conducting a movement to Florida, to augment U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) interior immigration enforcement mission with critical administrative and logistical capabilities at locations as directed by ICE. These Marines are the first …