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STRIPES (Chad Garland) - Soldier and veteran found dead at Fort Bragg had longtime ties to the base | Stars and Stripes

Master Sgt. William J. Lavigne II, 37, with U.S. Army Special Operations Command's Headquarters and Headquarters Company, and Timothy Dumas, 44, an Army veteran from Pinehurst, N.C., were found Wednesday in a training area on Fort Bragg, near Fayetteville.

STRIPES (Lydia Gordon) - North Carolina man receives 3 life sentences for ‘Fort Bragg Cartel’ murders | Stars and Stripes

A man convicted in the drug-related killings of a special operations soldier and an Army veteran will spend the rest of his life in federal prison.

JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - U.S. military joins mini-nuclear reactor revolution as installations modernize their electric grids

Fort Bragg, four other installations in pact for nuclear microreactors .

AMERICANALMANAC (Jack Newsome) - Diver killed by great white shark off California coast had told friends he wanted to die in the water

Randy Fry, a seasoned abalone diver, was decapitated by an estimated 18-foot great white shark near Fort Bragg, California, an attack his diving partner said lasted just five seconds. Fry and his close friend Cliff Zimmerman had spent the morning trolling for fish before slipping into roughly 15 feet of water to hunt abalone along […] The post Diver killed by great white shark off California coast had told friends he wanted to die in the water appeared first on American Almanac .

Randy Fry, a seasoned abalone diver, was decapitated by an estimated 18-foot great white shark near Fort Bragg, California, an attack his diving partner said lasted just five seconds. Fry and his close friend Cliff Zimmerman had spent the morning trolling for fish before slipping into roughly 15 feet of water to hunt abalone along a stretch of rugged Northern California coastline. The spot sat beneath steep cliffs and was reachable only by boat. A third member of their group, Red Bartley, stayed topside as a lookout. All three men belonged to the Recreational Fishing Alliance. Zimmerman saw a fin surface between himself and Fry. Then the water erupted. The U.S. Sun reported that the shark struck Fry with what witnesses and experts…Open

YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - 'It feels horrible': Military families on Trump's 'pointless' Iran war six months in

"You just worry about them every day." As the war in Iran hits the 6-month mark, MS NOW's Alex Tabet spoke to military families in North Carolina near the most populous U.S. Army base, Fort Bragg, about how they're feeling.

YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - “It takes a toll”: Military families SPEAK OUT as Iran war hits six months

"You just worry about them every day." As the war in Iran hits the 6-month mark, MS NOW's Alex Tabet spoke to military families in North Carolina near the most populous U.S. Army base, Fort Bragg, about how they're feeling.

STRIPES (Phillip Walter Wellman) - Army names 5 bases receiving nuclear microreactors for more reliable power | Stars and Stripes

The first reactors will be at Fort Bragg, N.C.; Fort Campbell, Ky.; Fort Hood, Texas; Fort Benning, Ga.; and Fort Drum, N.Y., the Army said.

AXIOS (Colin Demarest) - Exclusive: Why Antares is bringing nuclear power to Fort Bragg

The U.S. Army and the Defense Innovation Unit have selected Antares to build and operate nuclear microreactors at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, chief executive Jordan Bramble told Axios. Why it matters: The military's sky-high energy demand — for reusable batteries, computer farms, radars , housing, weapons and more — is an ideal pressure test for nuclear, which has mounted a comeback in recent years. Driving the news: The arrangement with Antares is one of a handful announced Wednesday under the Janus program, the Army's closely watched, multibillion-dollar answer to a White House executive order issued last year. - Antares is expected to deliver its reactors in "three packs," according to the service. What they're saying: "I think…

AXIOS (Barak Ravid) - U.S. conducting stealth operation to transport oil through Hormuz

The U.S. military has quietly established a shipping corridor in and out of the Strait of Hormuz to transport millions of barrels of oil each day — a notable success even as the broader war remains at a stalemate, two U.S. officials told Axios. - Under the operation, which has been underway for the last several weeks, 15 to 20 tankers have entered and exited the strait through a southern channel along the coast of Oman. - About 10 million barrels of oil a day — roughly half the pre-war volume — are being transported out of the strait and injected into the global energy market, the officials said. Why it matters: The U.S.-led operation is mitigating one of the most painful aspects of the war: the disruption to oil supplies that sent…

STRIPES (Claire Jenq) - Fort Bragg soldier killed in motorcycle collision | Stars and Stripes

Spc. Omarion R. Nesmith, from Ocala, Fla., died in an off-post accident July 10 when his motorcycle collided with a tractor trailer an hour from Fort Bragg.