AUGUST 26, 2025 – The U.S. Coast Guard achieved a historic milestone with the offload of 76,140 pounds of illicit narcotics, valued at $473 million, marking the largest quantity of drugs offloaded in Coast Guard history, in Port Everglades, Monday. Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton's crew offloaded approximately 61,740 pounds of cocaine and approximately 14,400 pounds of … [Read more...]
USS Higgins Completes Expeditionary Missile Reload
AUGUST 26, 2025 – The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) simulated an expeditionary reload of a Standard Missile (SM) 2 while anchored in the vicinity of Townsville, Australia, July 28. The exercise demonstrates enhanced expeditionary logistics capabilities essential for sustained naval operations in the Indo-Pacific region. U.S. Navy’s … [Read more...]
Invest in Space, Secure the Future
AUGUST 26, 2025 - As Russia and China seek to expand their influence in space, Gen. Stephen Whiting, commander of U.S. Space Command, urged greater international cooperation to safeguard the domain at the South American Defense Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 20. The three-day conference was co-hosted by Adm. Alvin Holsey, U.S. Southern Command commander, and … [Read more...]
Paratroopers Make Drone-on-Drone Kill
AUGUST 26, 2025 - For 1st Lt. Francesco La Torre, the Army’s first drone-on-drone kill wasn’t the Hollywood moment most would imagine. “In A New Hope, Luke Skywalker flies an X-Wing through the Death Star trench and blows it up,” La Torre said. “This wasn’t like that. It was way harder. Honestly, it felt more like Darth Vader shooting down rebel pilots. He might be the … [Read more...]
A Veteran’s Perspective on Blast Overpressure and the Future
AUGUST 26, 2025 - When I began to notice lapses in memory and lingering brain fog, I chalked it up to getting older. But those subtle shifts - carrying a notepad everywhere, losing track of time, missing things I should have remembered - were early signs of something more serious. After 20 years in the Army, most of it as a master breacher in the 75th Ranger Regiment, I was … [Read more...]