The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has said that U.S. military forces have helped Gulf countries export more than 1.5 billion barrels of oil since June.

In an announcement shared on social media on Sunday, October 25, CENTCOM said it had helped more than 3,000 commercial vessels transit through the Strait of Hormuz over the past six months.

(Sept. 16, 2023) – The U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team performs during the 2023 NAS Oceana Air Show.

The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has said that U.S. military forces have helped Gulf countries export more than 1.5 billion barrels of oil since June.

In an announcement shared on social media on Sunday, October 25, CENTCOM said it had helped more than 3,000 commercial vessels transit through the Strait of Hormuz over the past six months.

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) sails alongside Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) on Dec. 8, 2025.

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Smack Technologies will prototype its AI-powered military planning and decision support platform with U.S. Special Operations Command via a new Other Transaction agreement worth up to $7.5 million, the Texas-based startup’s Founder and CEO Andy Markoff told DefenseScoop.
He discussed Smack’s “Omega” offering, which is designed to generate courses of action for joint military campaigning, ahead of the company’s official award announcement on Monday.

Spot, a Boston Dynamics robot dog, on stage at Web Summit 2025 in Lisbon. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

The Association of the United States Army recent meeting in Washington, D.C. was the largest yearly gathering of the U.S. Army Service. On display on the exhibit floor of the meeting were indicators of the direction that the Army is going. A robot dog on four legs sat next to a hand-held system that knocks down drones without firing a shot. A new interceptor was displayed that can chase after the faster and more deadly drones that are expected to hit the battlefield in the future.

Donald Trump’s approval ratings are poor, and they have been for most of his second presidency.

According to RealClear Politics’ polling average, Trump’s approval rating is 38.5 percent, with a 60.2 percent disapproval rating, for a 21.7-point spread.

President Donald J. Trump delivers remarks at a Military Mothers’ Day event, Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in the East Room of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks)

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Just weeks after announcing plans to launch Project Gatekeeper, the Army went live Friday with the new initiative meant to accelerate the software accreditation process for vendors looking to offer their software to the military branch — and soon, frontier artificial intelligence models will be added to further speed up the security testing.

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For most of his life, Ahmed Khalid Noori knew exactly what he was. A soldier. 
Born in war-torn Afghanistan, he followed his father into service after he was killed in 2011. Noori rose through the ranks within the Afghan elite special forces and led a company of Ktah Khas, the country’s National Mission Unit, on counterterrorism operations alongside U.S. Special Operations Forces.
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Noori spent six years working alongside U.S.

Republicans are spending millions to defend congressional districts redrawn to help them win the midterm elections, trying to protect the party’s House majority.

Opinion polls throughout the campaign have pointed to a Democratic win.

White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia holds first press briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Tuesday, October 13, 2026.

Iran says that it is prepared for another major war with the United States and Israel — and the Pentagon is moving closer to being fully ready to launch a new offensive against Iranian nuclear sites and energy infrastructure.

Iranian officials have warned in recent days that another round of strikes would trigger a much broader conflict in the Gulf region, with new Iranian targets including American bases, oil installations, energy infrastructure, and even critical undersea communications cables throughout the Middle East.

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Army secured a last-second victory against Tulsa, while Air Force and Navy sustained conference losses during Week 8 of the 2026 college football season.
Army Nips Tulsa as Time Expires 
Godspower Nwawuihe of Army runs through attempted tackles from University of South Florida defenders on September 12, 2026. The Black Knights lost 28-24. (U.S. Army/Sgt. Cody Williams)
For the second time this season, the Army Black Knights (5-2, 4-1 American) defeated  a conference opponent when Dawson Jones made a last-second field goal.

U.S. Could Strike Iran Within 96 Hours – U.S. forces in the Middle East are ready to mount a large-scale new assault on Iran within four days of a go-ahead from President Donald Trump, U.S. officials close to the military preparations said.

While the Pentagon has put together a plan to attack Iranian nuclear sites, military installations and energy facilities, Trump has yet to give the go-ahead. The White House said it will not authorize new U.S. strikes until after the midterm elections on November 3.

Americans Concerned About Corruption in the White House – Almost seven in ten American voters worry about corruption, conflicts of interest, and potential self-dealing, according to a new poll by the Financial Times and Focaldata.

The survey found that 69% of registered voters expressed concern about ethical issues involving Donald Trump’s administration, including almost half of those who voted for the President in 2024.

President Donald J. Trump hosts a bilateral meeting with President of Lebanon Joseph Aoun in the Oval Office, Tuesday, July 21, 2026.

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‘I Fell For It Three Times’: Trump Voters Are Ditching the Republican Party Going Into the Midterms – The Washington Post interviewed several former supporters of President Donald Trump on Sunday who said they would no longer vote Republican in the midterms after being disappointed by Trump’s second term in the White House.

“I fell for it three times,” said Georgia resident Rick Sebring, who, despite voting Republican in every election since 2015, now plans to vote Democratic in next month’s elections.

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During George E. Dixon’s time in the Confederate army, he fought at the Battle of Shiloh on April 6, 1862.
On the battlefield in Tennessee, Dixon carried a gold coin that he accepted from a girl earlier in the Civil War. He considered it a good-luck charm, and during that engagement, history appears to show that was true. When a Union soldier shot Dixon at Shiloh, the bullet struck the coin in his pants.
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Sam LaGrone Guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG-74) returned Friday to Naval Station Norfolk, Va., after 11 months deployed.

Kris Osborn, Warrior Maven This legendary bomber gets a lethal upgrade, integrating hypersonic weapons for extended reach and enhanced mission capabilities well into the 2040s

Valentine Vena, Proceedings As China emerges as a second nuclear-armed peer, the United States risks losing the ability to deter its pacing threat.

BrDef Space Systems Command officials said the contracts are an initial step for the Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve (CASR) initiative, and don’t address the thornier issues of US rights…

WSJ South Korea’s Hanwha is a key player in Trump’s push to revive an American industry that has ceded ground to China

Brent Ramsey, RCDefense The Navy has a goal of 80% of ships deployable of available ships (i.e.

Guardian This gives the company an advantage in tracking objects in orbit, raising national security concerns and fears of greater control over the space industry

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As the Pentagon races to buy hundreds of thousands of unmanned systems, acquisition professionals have turned to the special operations community to learn about how to buy commercial technologies fast. Cara Teeter, deputy assistant secretary of war for special operations analysis, resources, and capabilities, and chief technology officer for the Special Operations Forces enterprise, and Bonnie Evangelista, who leads acquisition transformation for the direct reporting portfolio manager for unmanned systems, stop by the studio.

Early on the morning of July 16, 1808, Captain-General Francisco Javier Castaños of the Army of Andalusia launched a surprise attack against the divided forces of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte’s Army of the Gironde. After three grueling days of combat, French Gen. Pierre Dupont requested a truce and opened negotiations outside the village of Bailén. Beginning on July 22, 17,000 French soldiers — encircled, exhausted, and out of supplies — surrendered their arms, their flags, and three imperial eagles to the Spanish — men who had first shouldered a musket scarcely eight weeks earlier.

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A newly surfaced photograph of a dark grey Ilyushin Il-78 aerial refuelling tanker has renewed speculation that Russia may be preparing to supply China with a previously reported order for 20 aircraft. The aircraft carries a marking on its tail resembling part of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) insignia, although the marking is only partially visible and its intended customer has not been confirmed. Neither the Russian nor Chinese government has publicly acknowledged a contract for the aircraft.

Trump Casts Doubt on Polls’ Legitimacy Amid Failing Ratings – President Donald Trump tried to cast doubt on the legitimacy of polls amid multiple reports that his approval rating has slumped to its lowest level yet, as Americans continue to grapple with rising costs, which many attribute to the president’s decisions so far in his term.

Speaking in an interview with the Washington Examiner, the president called polls “fake,” insisting his approval rating was closer to 60% than recent RealClearPolitics research, which found only 38.

Russia’s attacks against Ukraine’s capital city have been intensifying for some time and continue to do so. Missile and drone strikes are now more frequently killing civilians and damaging residential buildings, with attacks frequently leaving hundreds of thousands of people without electricity. And the most recent rounds of attacks come as Moscow steps up its campaign against Ukrainian energy infrastructure ahead of the winter — raising concerns that 2026 could become Kyiv’s deadliest year since the full-scale Russian invasion began in February 2022.

Washington Is Arming the USS George Washington – The U.S. Navy is preparing for another round of major military strikes against Iran, with American warships located in the Arabian Sea receiving new supplies of bunker-buster bombs and long-range missiles. Reports of U.S. warships, including the USS George Washington aircraft carrier, being rearmed come as President Donald Trump weighs resuming his military campaign against Tehran, and as Israel works with the Pentagon to finalize plans for an intensive offensive against Iranian nuclear facilities and weapons stockpiles.

Footage circulating online on October 25 has shown the destruction of Ukrainian T-64 main battle tanks during combat operations. The video was reportedly filmed by Russian forces, although details concerning the precise location, circumstances of the engagement and unit responsible for the tank’s destruction have not been independently established. The T-64 has remained a central component of Ukraine’s tank fleet since the country inherited large numbers of the vehicles following the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991.

Uzbekistan’s newly acquired Chinese J-10C fighters are confirmed to have operated closely alongside Kazakhstan Air Defence Forces Su-30SM fighters, with the two serving as the principle types of combat jets in the two respective services. Uzbekistan publicly unveiled its J-10Cs in August 2026, becoming the second confirmed foreign operator, and providing it with what is now by far the most advanced fighter type in Central Asia.

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Space Force intends to send more guardians to support combatant commands in frontline roles, the service’s new leader said.
In a message to the force, Chief of Space Operations Gen. Douglas Schiess outlined several of his mission priorities for Space Force. Alongside growing the size of the force — Space Force is currently the smallest branch of the military but has goals to double its personnel size — Schiess called for better integrating guardians into the wider force “at scale.

Chinese and Russian military intelligence aircraft conducted five flights near Japan over four consecutive days from October 20 to 23, prompting the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) to scramble fighter aircraft in response. According to Japan’s Joint Staff, the activity involved three flights by Chinese Y-9 aircraft and two by Russian Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft. No violations of Japanese airspace were reported.

Iran is on the verge of losing all new revenue from seaborne crude oil exports, and analysts now expect its revenues to collapse by December. New reports describe how Tehran has exhausted the enormous volumes it kept stored aboard tankers in Asian waters before the U.S. naval blockade against its ports was implemented.

Energy intelligence firm Kpler now estimates that Iran’s remaining trackable oil reserves kept outside the Strait of Hormuz have fallen to zero.

Former President Barack Obama tore into President Donald Trump during a rally in Ohio on Saturday, accusing the Trump administration of engaging in open “corruption.” And, judging by the crowd’s reaction, Obama gave the world a clear sign that Team Trump and the GOP are in big trouble in the midterms.

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Consumer prices in Canada are up several percent, while Canadian exports have fallen because of U.S. President Donald Trump’s ongoing trade war with Canada.

Steel and Lumber Exports Diminished While Groceries Continue to Rise
Canada’s steel, lumber, aluminum, and automobile industries have all been severely impacted by Trump’s tariffs on Canadian goods into the U.S., according to Fox News, which reported on Saturday that steel exports had been cut roughly in half, while lumber exports had declined by around 20% since 2024.

President Donald J.

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This story celebrates a nonprofit that works with military and veteran survivors of sexual assault. Survivors can access resources through their website or by calling 920-951-1244 for immediate support. Their website includes a red button that closes the site near the top of every page for survivors who may need information while still in an unsafe situation.
Like the leaders of other nonprofits selected for the 2026 MIC Impact Awards grants, Shannon Hough runs an organization that serves the military or veterans and can prove its impact with hard data.

The collapse of U.S. support for Ukraine under President Donald Trump could prove “devastating” for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as Europe is incapable of providing the same level of technology and intel, CNN was warned on Saturday.

In an article analyzing what Ukraine’s defensive war against Russia might look like going forward without U.S. support to back it up, CNN senior news reporter Lauren Kent acknowledged that while the United Kingdom and the European Union had stepped up financially since Trump paused all U.S.

The U.S. is further cracking down on alcohol consumption by American troops in Japan, following a prohibition enacted this month in Okinawa.
This last week, tens of thousands of troops from the U.S., Japan and other nations launched the latest edition of the biennial Keen Sword exercise. The large-scale drills involve more than 50,000 participating troops and focus on repairing bases and infrastructure, maritime combat operations and air defense. Personnel taking part in the exercise are barred from consuming alcohol, on or off base, through the duration of the drills.

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Participants salute the American flag during the Veterans Day Parade in Fullerton, Calif., Nov. 12, 2012. Photo: Sgt. 1st Class Walter Talens, U.S. Army / Public Domain

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Iran has warned that U.S.-linked data centres, artificial intelligence facilities and undersea communications cables across the Gulf region could become targets if the United States launches another attack against the country. Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, warned that these assets could be destroyed in a renewed conflict, claiming that American interests in the region included infrastructure worth more than $2 trillion.

Russia’s Latest Salvo Against Ukraine Kills 4, Injures Dozens – The latest round of attacks and drone strikes by Russia against Ukraine has left four people dead and more than 70 people injured across the country, according to reports from local authorities.

The latest attack saw a drone strike a residential building in the district of Obolon in the country’s capital of Kyiv, which caused a fire and injured two people.

Tu-160 Bomber Russian Air Force. Image Credit: Russian State Media.

Tu-160 Bomber from Russia.