After Ted Williams served as a Marine Corps aviator during World War II, the military discharged him, and he returned to Major League Baseball.
While Williams continued his Hall of Fame career with the Boston Red Sox, he remained in the Marine Corps Reserve. There were some caveats, though, according to author Ben Bradlee Jr.’s book, “The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams.” The superstar outfielder would help with military recruiting and had a gentleman’s agreement with then-Cmdr. Alexander Vandegrift that he wouldn’t be recalled unless the United States got into another war.
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The Department of War announced the believed to be death of an Army Reserve Soldier who was supporting Operation Epic Fury.
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert M. Marzan, 54, of Sacramento, Calif., was at the scene of the incident on March 1, 2026, in Port Shuaiba, Kuwait, and is believed to be the individual who perished at the scene. Positive identification of Chief Warrant Officer 3 Marzan will be completed by the medical examiner. The Soldier was assigned to the 103rd Sustainment Command, Des Moines, Iowa.
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On Jan. 7, 2026, President Donald Trump announced:I have determined that, for the Good of our Country, especially in these very troubled and dangerous times, our Military Budget for the year 2027 should not be $1 Trillion Dollars, but rather $1.5 Trillion Dollars…While the specifics of the request have not yet been released, a $1.5 trillion defense budget would be a roughly 50 percent increase on the amount requested for Fiscal Year 2026 and an even greater increase above the $839 billion “base” spending levels appropriated through the normal Congressional process.
What if the biggest variable in whether China attacks Taiwan is how many directions New Delhi is forced to look at once?When considering a Taiwan contingency, people tend to focus on cross-Strait dynamics and China’s military capabilities for understandable reasons. But they should be thinking about India much more. India’s ability to create risk for China matters more than most debates over the future of Taiwan acknowledge. And India’s ability to do that is no longer just a function of tensions in the Himalayas or Pakistan’s role on India’s western front.
The Lebanese paramilitary group Hezbollah has reportedly deployed its Radwan Force, a top special forces unit, to launch unprecedented counteroffensives against Israeli Army units in Southern Lebanon. Hezbollah initiated hostilities with Israel on March 1, for the first time since 2024, after Israel and the United States the previous day launched a full scale attack on the paramilitary group’s strategic partner Iran. This follows multiple reported successes by Hezbollah’s regular units in countering Israeli armed advances.
In a corporate boardroom reviewing a high-stakes multinational deal, every financial risk was dissected — but no one in the room could see the classified intelligence that might have changed the decision entirely.Right now, the United States is fighting an economic war without organizing itself for one.
The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Mach 5 confirmed the launch of Khorramshahr 4 ballistic missile to target Ben Gurion Airport, as well as the Israeli Air Force’s 27th Air Base located at the airport. The missiles were fired as part of the 19th wave of Operation True Promise 4, a coordinated campaign of missile and drone attacks against Israeli and U.S. targets. The operation was initiated on February 28, after Israel and the United States launched large scale attacks on targets across Iran with the purpose of toppling its government.
South Korean sources have widely reported that the United States Armed Forces are exploring contingencies for the withdrawal of high value long range air defence systems from the country for redeployment to the Middle East, following the initiation of a U.S. and Israeli assault against Iran on February 28. This would be far from unprecedented, with the U.S.
The Korean People’s Army Navy has evaluated the capabilities of the first Choe Hyon class missile destroyer, and conducted the first autonomous navigation exercises as part of pre-commissioning operational capability assessment tests. These tests demonstrated the ship’s ability to rapidly launch missile salvos at sea using its vertical launch system.