Putin is rehashing his nuclear threats — but this time, he may be threatening nuclear catastrophe in an effort to sway American voters

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Potential spy balloon found by fishermen off the coast of Alaska is being delivered to the FBI for examination

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Sailors recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon
In early February 2023, sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 recovered a high-altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (pictured above).

Machine guns and combat aircraft aren't enough to stop Ukraine's drone boats from killing Russian warships, general says

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Footage appearing to show a Ukrainian drone boat attacking the Ivanovets, a Russian warship.
Footage appearing to show a Ukrainian drone boat attacking the Ivanovets, a Russian warship.

Screengrab via the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine

The US mocked Russia for its motley cast of allies in Ukraine. It's not laughing any more.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (L) visit a construction site of the Angara rocket launch complex on September 13, 2023 in Tsiolkovsky, Russia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Angara rocket launch complex on September 13, 2023, in Tsiolkovsky, Russia.

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How Navy boot camp instructors are trained

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Recruit division commanders, known as RDCs, are the drill sergeants of the United States Navy. Before they train Navy recruits at boot camp, future RDCs must graduate from Continuation School, or C School, at Naval Station Great Lakes near Waukegan, Illinois, about 40 miles north of Chicago.

What Air Force boot camp instructors go through in training

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Military training instructors are responsible for training new recruits at the United States Air Force's 7 ½-week basic military training. But before they're certified to train new recruits in boot camp, they must graduate from the eight-week military training instructor school.

How the military's largest cafeteria feeds 4,500 soldiers in 90 minutes

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Slagel Dining Facility is the largest dining facility in the Department of Defense. It serves 12,000 meals a day.

Ukraine made the naval drones sinking Russian warships 'deadlier' by arming them with bigger warheads, general says

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A Sea Baby drone.
A Sea Baby drone.

Screengrab via UNITED24/Ukrainian government

Russia's fear of putting its planes in danger may be the very thing getting them shot down, experts say

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A member of the Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces walks beside the blue remnants of a Ukrainian jet with rubble and a house behind him
Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces inspect the remains of a Russian Sukhoi Su-34 in Chernihiv, Ukraine, April 6, 2022

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US soldiers are fighting to get back lost skills for war in the 'most challenging environment on the planet,' Army general says

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U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 11th Airborne Division, ready to defend their objective outside of Utqiagvik, Alaska as part of Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Training Center 24-02, Feb. 15, 2024.
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