The US military purchases location data mined from seemingly ordinary smartphone apps, public procurement records show. One source of location data bought by the military is Muslim Pro, a prayer app with more than 98 million downloads worldwide, according to a new report from Vice’s Motherboard. Apps like Muslim Pro […]

In recent weeks, the Pentagon’s cyber warfare arm, US Cyber Command, has started including whimsical cartoons when it publishes intelligence reports about foreign hackers. One post depicted Russian hackers as a clumsy cartoon bear dropping Halloween Candy, and another showed a wide-eyed sloth in front of a laptop. There’s a […]

We got an inside look at the United States Army’s intense 22-week training program known as OSUT, which stands for One Station Unit Training. Senior Video Correspondent Graham Flanagan spent four days at the Army’s Manoeuvre Centre of Excellence located inside the Fort Benning military installation, where soldiers are trained […]

An American citizen “held hostage by a group of armed men” in Nigeria was rescued early Saturday, the Chief Pentagon Spokesman said in a statement. The American citizen is safe and no US military members were harmed during the operation, according to the spokesman. The US Navy’s elite SEAL Team […]

The US Army recently revised its health guidelines, advising troops on “physical readiness, nutritional readiness, mental readiness, spiritual readiness, and sleep readiness.” Service members often go through prolonged periods of training and operations that leave them tired but with little time to rest. According to the new guidelines, those troops […]

Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to a ceasefire starting on Saturday, two weeks after brutal clashes killed hundreds of people and displaced thousands more. A decades-long conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan re-ignited on September 27 with both sides fighting for control over the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Nagorno-Karabakh lies within Azerbaijan but has […]

Two suspected ISIS militants have been charged in the deaths of Americans in Syria. Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh were brought to the US on Wednesday to face charges related to torture, beheadings, and other violence, including the deaths of four Americans and others. Due to their English accents, […]

Remi Adeleke is a former Navy SEAL. He is the author of “Transformed: A Navy SEAL’s Unlikely Journey from the Throne of Africa, to the Streets of the Bronx, to Defying All Odds.” Adeleke breaks down the realism of SEAL Team scenes in movies and TV, from training to special […]

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is relaunching a $US47 million digital campaign targeting military service members. The massive ad relaunch comes amid a bombshell report that said President Donald Trump privately referred to fallen US soldiers as “losers” and “suckers.” The ads will target voters living near military bases in […]

President Donald Trump’s niece slammed him for reportedly disparaging fallen soldiers and calling them “losers” and “suckers.” In explaining the reason for skipping a 2018 ceremony outside Paris to honour Americans who died at war, Trump called the service members buried there “losers” and “suckers,” according to a report from […]

The Atlantic reported on Thursday that President Donald Trump made derogatory remarks about fallen members of the military, going so far as to call them “suckers” and “losers.” Fox News on Friday said the report was fabricated and criticised The Atlantic’s use of anonymous sources. However, one of its own […]

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden addressed reports that President Donald Trump called fallen members of the military “suckers” and “losers.” The reported statements are “disgusting” and the “president should humbly apologise” if they’re true, Biden said on Friday. The former vice president also made clear that his son served in […]

Samsung released the Galaxy S20 Tactical Edition phone. It’s a military smartphone designed for special operations. It uses an Android operating system and can integrate with radios, drone feeds, and GPS. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. Samsung released its design for the Galaxy S20 Tactical Edition, a smartphone […]

ICE recently signed a contract with the controversial facial-recognition company Clearview AI worth $US224,000, according to government contracting records surfaced by the tech watchdog nonprofit Tech Inquiry. Clearview AI sells facial-recognition technology that lets clients identify people by uploading a photo of their face that’s scanned against a database of […]

The bodies of seven Marines and a Navy sailor, who were missing after their amphibious assault vehicle sank off the coast of California, have been recovered, the US Marine Corps announced Saturday. The accident took place during a routine training exercise near the island of San Clemente on July 30. […]

The Trump administration announced a broad plan on Wednesday to block Chinese software from being used on US devices and keep US data off Chinese cloud services. The plan mirrors China’s “great firewall” that prevents people in China from accessing most US websites and apps. While the Trump administration’s announcement […]

The US Army bought an Airbus A321 for $US1.75 million to test its vulnerabilities as part of its Commercial Aircraft Vulnerability program at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland. Aircraft in the program are tested to determine threat-level and weaknesses with the Army looking to test the A321 due to […]