Military

At 250, the U.S. Navy is a knife-fighting, carrier-slinging, storm-eating fleet that shows up in the dark, punches holes in tyranny, and sails home grinning when the shooting is done.

Thousands of miles from home like sand in the wind, I moved through Iraq’s villages learning the hearts of its people as Majnun once wandered, yet the constant guiding me through rain and dust was my Leila, the radiant beacon calling me home.

Senate challenges Trump’s war powers as Gaza truce and global shifts unfold. Here’s your Thursday morning rundown, October 9, 2025.

When military families line up by the hundreds for groceries while paychecks stall and aid gets snarled, that is a gut punch to readiness and a broken promise to those who serve.

What rattled the ranks wasn’t haircuts or PT scores but the clear signal that oversight would be trimmed and those who balked should leave, a pressure play dressed up as readiness.

Trump’s October Gaza plan feels like another lap in the same exhausted cycle, where Palestinian leaders refuse statehood, dodge disarmament, and turn ceasefires into reloads while civilians foot the bill.

Real leaders take care of their people; denying back pay while politicians trade blame is a dereliction that should cost those in power, not the men and women who serve.

Shutdown chaos, troop clashes, and global tensions dominate today’s headlines. Here’s your Wednesday morning rundown, October 8, 2025.

Trump threatens Insurrection Act as wars, shutdown, and global tensions deepen. Here’s what’s making headlines this Tuesday evening.

The drop zone was missed by more than a fraction on this training jump by the French Foreign Legion. The urban terrain led to some uneasy landings for many of the members of 2e Rep.

The Insurrection Act is the fire axe behind the glass, meant for the rare blaze when courts and cops cannot hold the line, not a tool for routine patrols.

Two years after 7 October, the Middle East feels like riding around in the desert in a Humvee with a grenade with the pin half-pulled, grinding from Gaza to the Red Sea while diplomats in Cairo try to keep the spoon down and stop hostages, rockets, and headlines from detonating at once.