President Trump honors the fallen at Arlington National Cemetery

President Trump visited Arlington National Cemetery on Monday to honor the men and women who have died in service to our country for Memorial Day.  The president delivered a brief speech to the crowd that had gathered after fulfilling the traditional duty of the Commander-in-Chief on Memorial Day; laying a wreath at the Tomb of […]

SECDEF James Mattis on partisan politics and what ‘keeps him awake at night’

Secretary of Defense James Mattis appeared on CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday, where he discussed the military’s ability to bridge social and political differences between service members; and in what serves as a reminder of what first propelled Mattis to star-like popularity among Marines, he even answered a question about what keeps him up […]

Mattis to families of the fallen: ‘You represent the best of our country.’

When President Trump announced his intent to appoint Retired Marine Corps General James Mattis to the coveted position of Secretary of Defense, Marines and service members all over the world rejoiced at the idea, despite the fact that existing regulation would not allow the appointment without a congressional waiver.  Having retired from active duty only […]

Watch: SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Booster landing safely after launch

Yes, you may have seen footage of this before but who can get tired of watching it! It is very surreal watching a rocket booster land itself back on Earth after blasting off just minutes earlier. This is like something you would see in a science fiction movie but SpaceX is doing it in real […]

2018 budget proposal includes $1.6 billion request for border wall

The 2018 budget proposal as presented by the Trump administration today calls for significant cuts to federal spending across the board, and features only a modest request to begin construction on the controversial “Trump border wall” along America’s southern border. The wall, which became a source of controversy during the campaign, has long been a […]

U.S. Generals testify before House Armed Services Committee on space defense

Air Force Gen. John Raymond, commander of Air Force Space Command, and Air Force Lt. Gen. David Buck, commander of the Joint Functional Component-Space for the U.S. Strategic Command, appeared before the House Armed Services Committee earlier this week to testify on the state of national security as it pertains to America’s orbital and space-based […]

Turkey condemns U.S. over ‘aggressive’ acts against Erdogan’s guards during D.C. visit

ISTANBUL — Turkey’s Foreign Ministry lodged a formal protest Monday with the U.S. ambassador over “aggressive” actions by American security personnel during a visit to Washington last week by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that was marred by a violent  clash between Turkish guards and protesters. The summoning of the ambassador, John Bass, sharply escalated a […]

NASA to execute emergency space walk to replace malfunctioning computer

Record setting International Space Station commander Peggy Whitson and rookie American astronaut, U.S. Air Force Colonel Jack Fischer, will undergo an emergency space walk on Tuesday to replace one of the two computers used to control major U.S. systems aboard the spacecraft. The computer, which serves as the primary computing hub for most the U.S. […]