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The Biden Administration’s Secretary of the Air Force, Frank Kendall (a West Point graduate whom a classmate said is “left of Marx”), displayed remarkable tone deafness quoted in a recent article, Pete Hegseth’s blocks on promotions rankle former military leaders, where those interviewed erroneously think SecWar Hegseth is blocking promotions because the person is black or a woman.
That is the complete opposite of what Hegseth is trying to do in eliminating DEI–throwing out selections based on skin color or sex.
Nearly 250 years after he died in the Battle of Camden, researchers identified Pvt. John Pumphrey as one of more than a dozen Continental Army John Does that were found near the battlefield.
On Thursday, researchers in South Carolina announced that they confirmed the identity of one set of remains. Pumphrey, whose death was not recorded and whose identity was nearly lost to history, had been from a prominent Maryland family who enlisted in the Continental Army in his early teens.
How Iran Won the Negotiations Without A Military: A CNN report claimed on Thursday that U.S. intelligence agencies believe that Iran now has the ability to shut down the Strait of Hormuz whenever it decides to. If true, the assessment means that Tehran could once again hold the global economy hostage and has a major point of leverage over the next sixty days as Washington attempts to hash out a deal with the regime.
According to the report, U.S.
In February 2023, the Biden administration dashed Kyiv’s hopes of launching long-range strikes deep into Russia when it refused to deliver Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) to Ukraine. During meetings with the Pentagon, Kyiv representatives were told that Washington did not have sufficient ATACMS to spare to transfer to Ukraine. The Biden administration also expressed concern that providing long-range weapons would risk escalating the conflict and give Russian President Vladimir Putin an excuse to threaten or attack NATO territory.
Today, Ukraine doesn’t need those ATACMS.
As Ukraine continues its long-range strike campaign into Russia, its president warned on Friday that his forces may also begin targeting Belarus. Speaking during a joint news conference with Honduran President Nasry Asfura, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to remove Russian drone-support equipment from his territory or face Ukrainian strikes that eliminate them instead.
On June 14, 2026, President Donald Trump took to TruthSocial to announce a deal with Iran. “I hereby fully authorize the toll-free opening of the Strait of Hormuz, and, simultaneously herewith, authorize the immediate removal of the United States Naval blockade. Ships of the World, start your engines. Let the oil flow!” he declared.
Trump’s belief in the power and permanence of his own agreements misunderstands Iran. Multiple power centers have always characterized the Islamic Republic, allowing the regime to entangle the United States in an elaborate game of good cop-bad cop.
New footage has shown that the Russian Army’s most capable type of attack helicopter, the Mi-28NM, has been modified to enhance its performance in counter-drone roles. The sighting of new antenna housings in multiple locations across the airframe indicated that a significant upgrade has been implemented to the Mi-28’s electronic warfare capabilities, following the similar appearance of such antenna on Su-34M strike fighters which were first observed earlier in the month. The antenna housings were seen on the sides of the helicopter’s nose, atop its stub-wing pods, and on its tail boom.
Hanwha Aerospace and Thales have reached an agreement to pursue the compatibility of the South Korean firm’s Chunmoo guided missiles with the latter’s X-Fire launcher platform.
The Russian Aerospace Forces were on June 20 reported to have deployed Su-34 long range strike fighters for attacks on Ukrainian Armed Forces drone control points, with footage from Russia’s own unmanned aircraft confirming the targets’ destruction. The Russian Defence Ministry reported: “In the settlements of Dobropolye and Kucherov Yar of the DPR [Donetsk], pilots destroyed the control points of UAVs of two separate brigades of the National Guard of Ukraine with FAB-500 aerial bombs.