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U.S. forces disable second tanker heading to Iranian port
8+ hour, 18+ min ago (180+ words) A screenshot shows the moment a U.S. strike hits a commercial vessel in the Gulf of Oman. The Mozambique-flagged M/T Lavine ignored warnings before the U.S. disabled it, U.S. Central Command said July 25, on social media. (X) U.S. Forces disabled a ship in the…...
From the archives: A soldier holds a homemade explosive in Afghanistan, 2012 | Stars and Stripes
20+ hour, 42+ min ago (76+ words) From the archives: A soldier holds a homemade explosive in Afghanistan, 2012 stripes.com From the archives: A soldier holds a homemade explosive in Afghanistan, 2012 (Seth Robson/Stars and Stripes) Zabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 7, 2012: Sgt. B-Wesley Sanders, 25, of Corpus Christi, Texas, who…...
BRRRRT Act would delay Air Force attempts to eliminate ‘Warthog’
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (713+ words) An A-10 Thunderbolt II performs aerial demonstrations over Wantagh, N.Y., on May 25, 2024. (Justin Remo/U.S. Coast Guard) The Air Force would be forced to reverse efforts to cut the A-10 Thunderbolt II fleet and delay its retirement under bipartisan legislation introduced this week. The…...
5 things to know in veterans news: Lost wooden cane, lost VA phone calls, promoting jobs for Hire a Veteran Day
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (852+ words) President Donald Trump’s administration launched a multimedia campaign to recruit, train and hire veterans to work in the commercial trucking industry. The campaign includes a YouTube video and website with resources and information. (Screenshot) WASHINGTON — National Hire a Veteran Day…...
National Guard awards $292 million contract to provide ‘apartment-style’ housing for troops in DC
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (336+ words) Members of the West Virginia National Guard patrol around the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on Aug. 26, 2025. (Eric Kayne/Stars and Stripes) WASHINGTON — The National Guard Bureau has awarded a $292 million contract to Placmakr to provide up to 2,000 apartment-style lodging units…...
VA signs $1.6B contract to integrate AI into agency functions
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (477+ words) The Department of Veterans Affairs awarded a contract valued up to $1.6 billion to Salesforce — a global cloud-based software company — to develop and integrate artificial intelligence into existing workflows that support customer communication, patient care coordination and the claims approval process,…...
Pentagon pick for top Army job in Europe is 3-star general surnamed Admiral
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (338+ words) U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Kevin D. Admiral, commanding general of III Armored Corps, speaks at a welcoming ceremony at Fort Hood, Texas, July 10, 2026. Admiral was nominated this week to serve as the next leader of U.S. Army Europe and Africa. (Anthony Heatley/U.S. Army)…...
Study finds sharp rise in suicidal thoughts among US military veterans
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (502+ words) Volunteers display signs expressing encouragement during a suicide prevention campaign at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., on May 20, 2025. Suicidal thoughts in military veterans have increased dramatically over the past five years, according to a national study. (Robert Nichols/U.S. Air Force)…...
Contractor remains eligible for federal contracts despite settlement over shell-company allegations
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (777+ words) A major federal contractor from Florida that paid to settle accusations of using shell companies to snag deals reserved for service-disabled veterans still holds billions of dollars in U.S. government work and remains eligible for more. Loyal Source Government Services reached…...
American culture has infiltrated these European events
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (953+ words) stripes.com American culture has infiltrated these European events Pullman City Bayern in Germany is a theme park modeled to look like an American frontier town from the 1800s. (Pullman City Bayern) While the U.S. men’s soccer team didn’t quite manage to…...