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Trump's new plan to 'guide' merchant ships through Hormuz leaves many questions unanswered 4 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 1 357
US bypasses congressional review for military sales of $8.6 billion to Middle East allies 2 Eugene Saturday Saturday 3 396
Trump threatens to withdraw troops from Italy and Spain 5 nitpicked Friday Friday 9 691
Trump says US is weighing reducing American troop presence in Germany 1 nitpicked Apr 29 Apr 29 4 313
The Trump Battleship Is Becoming the US Navy's Most Reckless Gamble 2 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 28 Apr 28 2 435
Latest US military strike on alleged drug boat kills 3 in eastern Pacific 2 Eugene Apr 27 Apr 27 6 424
US Space Command: Russia is now operationalizing co-orbital ASAT weapons 1 littlemissmartypants Apr 24 Apr 24 8 741
Two Americans sentenced to prison for North Korean tech worker scheme 2 Eugene Apr 18 Apr 18 5 571
FACT FOCUS: Trump says drug trafficking by sea is down 98.2%. The numbers don't show that 1 Eugene Apr 18 Apr 18 5 588
Cameron Hamilton: Less than a year after being fired, former FEMA chief is set to be reinstalled by Trump 0 Eugene Apr 17 Apr 17 0 310
Trump Was Going to Fire Tulsi Gabbard Last Week -- Until Roger Stone Stepped in to Save Her: Axios 2 Eugene Apr 11 Apr 15 1 659
Kristi Noem's first DHS meeting where she entered to 'Hot Momma' was like being in a South Park episode, staffers say 2 Eugene Apr 14 Apr 14 19 918
Zelenskyy vents frustration over U.S. disinterest in evidence of Russia helping Iran 2 ck4829 Apr 12 Apr 13 11 471
Strikes on alleged drug boats kill 5, leave 1 survivor in eastern Pacific, US military says 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 13 Apr 13 5 454
Navy to Inactivate Attack Boat USS Boise After $1.6B Repair Effort 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 11 Apr 11 6 658
Pentagon Awards Lockheed $4.7 Billion Deal for Patriots 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 11 Apr 11 2 456
The New Trump-Class Battleship Is Just Dumb 3 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 11 Apr 11 4 690
Harsh comments following the Trump-Rutte meeting - Top Report - TVP WORLD 0 TexasTowelie Apr 9 Apr 9 3 473
Trump requests $1.5 trillion increase in military funds - ABC News 6 TexasTowelie Apr 8 Apr 9 4 599
Kristi Noem hugely overpaid for a $145 million warehouse in one of her final acts at DHS, report says 5 Eugene Apr 7 Apr 8 6 760
Ukraine says it replaced human soldiers with 'ground robots' in over 21,000 missions for Q1 1 littlemissmartypants Apr 8 Apr 8 4 465
Right to repair: Why the US military can't fix much of its own equipment 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 4 Apr 4 8 628
USS Nimitz visits Panama on grand farewell tour 4 nitpicked Apr 2 Apr 2 3 632
Trump polled advisers about replacing Tulsi Gabbard as intelligence chief 0 Eugene Apr 2 Apr 2 4 510
This War Was Driven By Politics Anchor Watch with Bobby Jones 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 1 Apr 1 0 429
Last Surviving World War II Triple Ace Laid to Rest at Arlington National Cemetery 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 31 Mar 31 15 727
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 31 Mar 31 1 264
Philippines Foreign Ministry: Will meet with Iranian officials to discuss safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 31 Mar 31 2 456
Japan Is Fortifying This String of Islands Close to China 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 31 Mar 31 3 539
Donald Trump says US could 'take the oil in Iran' 7 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 30 Mar 30 4 940

National Security & Defense Continued...

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Pentagon reportedly preparing for weeks of ground operations in Iran 5 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 29 Mar 30 4 741
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 30 Mar 30 0 214
At Pentagon Christian service, Hegseth prays for violence 'against those who deserve no mercy' 11 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 26 Mar 29 12 1541
Ukraine schooled NATO in a Wargame: Ukraine's Drone Warfare Exposed NATO's Critical Weakness 0 blue-wave Mar 29 Mar 29 10 606
A group of four C-130s left Dobbins Air Reserve Base between 2:00 and 2:40 p.m. ET. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 28 Mar 28 8 979
Iranian Attack on Prince Sultan Air Base Reportedly Struck U.S. KC-135s - Reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 28 Mar 28 2 640
Amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA-7) is in port in Diego Garcia. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 25 Mar 28 5 629
Flight of Barksdale B52s inbound RAF FAIRFORD now 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 28 Mar 28 3 610
VA executive accused of demanding gifts in the form of cash, casino chips from contractors 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 28 Mar 28 2 558
Special Air Mission departs Homestead AFB at 3:39 a.m. ET headed northeast. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 28 Mar 28 2 623
HEAVILY ARMED B-52s Takeoff from RAF Fairford - Loaded with JDAM Bunker Busters 12 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 25 Mar 27 7 1364
Traumatic brain injury emerging as signature injury in Iran war: US official 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 27 Mar 27 10 591
Is The U.S. Dropping Mines To Stop Iranian Missile Launchers? 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 27 Mar 27 3 585
Sailor Flown Ashore After Flight Operations Injury on Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 27 Mar 27 1 538
More Bombers Arrive at RAF Fairford 4 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 27 Mar 27 1 672
Just about every helicopter the United States owns is flying around in southern Alabama right now. 10 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 26 Mar 27 6 1410
Army raises enlistment age to 42, eases marijuana restrictions 6 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 25 Mar 25 5 896
Finnish President: Trump's actions are making it harder to defeat Russia 5 blue-wave Mar 24 Mar 24 6 696
Pentagon Officials Weigh Deployment of Airborne Troops for Iran War 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 24 Mar 24 0 463
'Multiple waves' of unauthorized drones recently spotted over strategic US Air Force base 4 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 23 Mar 24 4 706
USS Gerald R. Ford docks in Greece for port call after fire 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 23 Mar 23 7 614
'RAF Fairford plane spotters have swamped our village and use fields as toilet' 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 23 Mar 23 4 674
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 23 Mar 23 0 383
Three C-17s just left Ramstein Air Base headed east about five minutes apart. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 22 Mar 22 4 1060
There are nine T-38s flying around in a corridor between Memphis and Montgomery. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 22 Mar 22 3 896
B-52s and B-1 bombers launch for a strike mission as a U-2 spy plane flies overhead 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 22 Mar 22 8 964
Tanker carrying fuel originally bound for Cuba diverts to Trinidad, shipping data shows 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 22 Mar 22 4 592
Flights Are Still Taking Off as Missiles Rain Down in the Middle East 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 22 Mar 22 5 785
Iranian Missiles Strike Far-Off Target, but U.S. Remains Out of Range 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 21 Mar 21 3 540
V-22 Ospreys have two different icons on ADSB Exchange. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 21 Mar 21 0 696

National Security & Defense Continued...

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'StravaLeaks': France's aircraft carrier located in real time by Le Monde through fitness app 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 20 Mar 20 2 513
Father of service member killed in Iran war said he never told Pete Hegseth to 'finish' the job 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 20 Mar 20 4 534
I see two B-1 bombers with their transponders on over the eastern Mediterranean and ... 5 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 5 928
Iran is retaliating against the U.S. with strikes on American sites throughout the Middle East. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 18 Mar 18 3 901
Admiral's Comments Undercut Pentagon's Cluster Munition Policy 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 18 Mar 18 5 530
US can access military data collected by Australian aircraft in Gulf 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 18 Mar 18 1 535
Ali Larijani, Iran's top national security official killed, then Joe Kent resigns. Hummm... 1 suegeo Mar 18 Mar 18 4 701
Democratic lawmaker condemns Hegseth's call for 'no quarter' for US enemies 6 Eugene Mar 14 Mar 18 1 814
B-1 takes the long way around to get to RAF Fairford from the Persian Gulf 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 18 Mar 18 1 768
Military report says 'one in a million' live fire malfunction rained shrapnel on California highway 1 Eugene Mar 18 Mar 18 4 555
Successful trip to RAF Fairford for plane spotting 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 17 Mar 18 1 560
Trump expected at Dover AFB on March 18 for dignified transfer of crewmembers killed in crash of KC-135 4 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 17 Mar 17 3 813
Fire on U.S. Aircraft Carrier Raged for Hours, Sailors Say 9 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 17 Mar 17 14 1231
Three more B-52s have gone from Minot AFB to RAF Fairford. 10 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 16 Mar 16 7 1367
Operations at RAF Mildenhall, 15 March 2026 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 15 Mar 15 3 771
Navy Extends USS Nimitz Service Life to 2027, in Line with Carrier John F. Kennedy's Delivery 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 15 Mar 15 2 586
Operation Lightning takes down SocksEscort proxy network blamed for tens of millions in fraud 2 littlemissmartypants Mar 14 Mar 14 5 740
USS Tripoli, 31st MEU Heading to the Middle East 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 14 Mar 14 5 772
Tracing the US military's learning curve on fighting Iran's drones: What to know 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 13 Mar 13 0 704
Ship fire unrelated to combat injures pair of USS Gerald R. Ford sailors 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 12 Mar 12 4 621
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