Hooters may soon be a part of history, but it already holds a special spot in military culture.
News broke last week that the restaurant chain known for chicken wings, beer and all-but-exclusively female help staff may soon be in bankruptcy, a development first reported by Bloomberg News. The news was met with dismay — and even hints of bailouts — by singer Kelly Clarkson, NBA players Devin Booker, Kevin Durant and Kevin Love (who called it “an absolute institution!!!!”), and former pro golfer Paige Spiranic.
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Washington has moved to suspend Ukraine aid amid a desire to force a peace agreement in Kyiv’s three-year-old major war with Russia.
Robson, S&S
The Department of the Air Force has tagged an isolated Pacific island as a test site for landing rockets capable of delivering tons of cargo anywhere on the planet at lightning…
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Exercise Bamboo Eagle 25-1
Brian Everstine, Aviation Week
The command last year demonstrated MQ-9s air-launching smaller UAVs, using the Golden Horde autonomy system to control four of the systems.
Kapil Kajal, IntEngineering
The LRHW is designed as a strategic weapon with a range of approximately 1,725 miles.
Chris Gordon, A&SF Mag.
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The cyclone of rapid-fire actions taken by the Trump administration in its first weeks has affected every part of the U.S. government, including the Department of Defense and military services. The Feb. 21 summary dismissal of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and many other uniformed senior leaders without explanation was simply unprecedented, and signaled a serious assault on U.S. civil-military norms. Never before have so many senior military officers been fired without clear cause, much less at the beginning of a new president’s term.
Israel’s recent military success has left Iran uniquely vulnerable, but for how long? Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu celebrated President Donald Trump’s reimposition of “maximum pressure” sanctions, but unless that pressure yields Iranian concessions soon, U.S. and Israeli national interests may diverge. The first Trump administration concluded that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action was a flawed agreement and withdrew from the deal.
Dolly Parton has sung for decades with her loyal husband Carl Dean by her side. The two met in the early 1960s and it was love at first sight. The two met on Dolly’s first day in Nashville, Tennessee in 1964 at the Wishy-Washy Laundromat. Dean said, ‘My first thought was ‘I’m gonna marry that girl. My second thought was, ‘Lord, she’s good-looking.’”Dolly had dated only a couple of men back in her hometown and was not quite sure yet about him. On her website, Dolly shared, “I was surprised and delighted that while he talked to me, he looked at my face, a rare thing for me.