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We're only on the third day of the new year and 2025 has already shown signs of being just as volatile as last year. On New Year's Day, an apparent act of terrorism in New Orleans left at least 15 dead and a separate incident in Las Vegas left one dead and seven injured.

Investigators in Las Vegas said letters and emails from a cellphone and dental records provided by the Army confirmed that a Special Forces soldier was behind the wheel of a Tesla Cybertruck that exploded in front of a Las Vegas hotel. The new information also painted a picture, investigators said, of a combat veteran in a mental health crisis during the months leading up to the New Year's Day incident.

U.S. military bases across North America are initiating heightened security measures, including suspending the Trusted Traveler Program, following violent attacks this week in New Orleans and Las Vegas.

The Army's Criminal Investigation Division's Carolinas Field Office is offering a $10,000 reward for a bunch of stolen HMMWV, better known as Humvee, doors. The debauchery is afoot at one of the largest military bases on the East Coast, home of the Army's special operations, heart of the airborne and now the site of an ongoing misdemeanor spree involving the stolen doors.

More than a million U.S. military veterans who served in multiple enlistments are now eligible for an extra year of education benefits, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced on Friday.

The first Americans awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the second-highest U.S. valor award for combat, were two nurses in World War I.

One of the milestones of Marine Corps boot camp is when recruits take a break from getting IT'd to get their official photo taken. They stand in a long line to briefly slip on a modified dress uniform coat and white hat, or “cover,” as a photographer snaps a quick picture.

Two U.S. soldiers behind the fatal attacks in New Orleans, Louisiana and Las Vegas on New Year's Day served on the same Army base and were both sent to Afghanistan at the same time during the U.S. “surge” there. The new timelines of the two men's service record appear to contradict a law enforcement official's statement last week that there were no overlapping assignments in the service record of the two men.

Robert Kerrey led Navy SEAL teams in Vietnam and was later elected governor of Nebraska and then to the U.S. senate for a dozen years.

The beloved A-10 Warthog continues to show its worth even though the Air Force is rapidly draining them out of its current fleet and plans to retire all the aircraft in a few years.