Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to announce a 20% cut in the number of positions for generals and admirals when he speaks with hundreds of junior service members at Quantico, Virginia, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Tuesday.Hegseth will give a speech on Wednesday in front of hundreds of junior officers and enlisted officials, updating them on his priorities for the military. The officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said Hegseth would say that he plans to cut the billets for general and flag officers by 20%. Those are one- to four-star generals and admirals. That is an increase from the minimum 10% cut Hegseth laid out last year. Rather than firing people, one of the officials said, the rank of some future jobs would change while billets for others would be canceled. Hegseth has moved quickly to reshape the department, firing senior officers across the military and dealing with niche personnel issues. Last year, he ordered a 20% reduction in the number of four-star officers.RELATEDThe event on Wednesday comes a year after Hegseth slammed “fat generals” and diversity initiatives in front of U.S. military generals and admirals during a speech at Quantico. Last year, President Donald Trump…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A California college lecturer is “no longer in the classroom” after a viral video showed her ordering a student out of class during a heated exchange over his question about alcoholism rates among Native Americans, according to a comment posted by the university on TikTok on Sept. 18.The confrontation unfolded at California State University San Marcos and spread rapidly online after clips posted to TikTok showed the lecturer repeatedly telling the student to leave the classroom.The incident allegedly began after a student asked about statistics involving alcoholism among Native Americans, according to The College Fix, which first reported the episode.UNIVERSITY DROPS ‘DOXXING’ PROBE OF REPUBLICAN STUDENTS AMID WIDESPREAD BACKLASH OVER VIRAL CAKE INCIDENT The video shows the lecturer, identified by The College Fix as Persephone Lewis, saying, “Get the f— out of my class,” in footage posted on TikTok on Sept. 17. She later became emotional after students asked why she removed the student.”So get up and get the f— out of my class right now,” the lecturer said in one clip. In another, she said, “You did this s— on purpose, you are out of my class. I am dropping you.”The…

More than 457,000 veterans participating in the Veterans’ Group Life Insurance program will get a three-month break on their monthly premiums, just in time for the holidays.Starting in November, veterans won’t have to pay insurance premiums for three months, ending in January 2027, according to a Department of Veterans Affairs announcement.All told, the break is expected to save veterans nearly $150 million in insurance payments, officials said. On average, veterans pay about $110 a month for VGLI coverage. VGLI insurance premiums vary and increase every five years as veterans age. Payments range from $30 a month for the maximum $500,000 in insurance to $2,200 a month for the maximum coverage for veterans 80 and older. All veterans with VGLI policies are eligible for the premium holiday if they have a current policy that hasn’t lapsed or been cancelled due to non-payment of premiums. Eligible veterans don’t have to take any action. They will be automatically exempted from the three months of premium payments and will be notified by letter or email within the coming weeks if they are eligible. Many veterans pay by allotment from military retired pay, or by withdrawals from their bank account. Those veterans who paid in…

TOPS has dropped its latest chopper, the El Machete .230X. The .230X sticks to the pure fundamentals of the machete concept and aims to deliver a high-quality, rugged tool for demanding work. Everybody who has been to a big box store will know the kind of machete is referencing when it calls out “Flimsy stamped sheet metal” pieces in its copy for the .230X. It’s hard for some of us to resist the call of the machete, and it can be tempting, even for seasoned knife aficionados, to grab one of these and start hacking away. But the truth is that, often in the knife world, you get what you pay for and what you’re paying for with those kinds of blades is something that looks the part, but doesn’t hold up under the real-world scenarios machetes were made for. Looks cool even when it’s in the sheath The .230X is obviously aimed to walk the walk, with a hard 15.75-inch blade made from rough-and-tumble 1095 carbon steel. TOPS likes a thick knife, no doubt about it, and that inclination perfectly compliments the .230X purpose-built design: a spine thickness of .13 inches ensures that this machete will be able to…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Pima County Sheriff’s Department (PCSD) announced Tuesday that PCSD and the FBI’s task force investigating the disappearance of Savannah Guthrie’s mother, Nancy, have been made aware of a possible new ransom note in relation to Guthrie’s disappearance.”The PCSD/FBI Guthrie Task Force was recently made aware of a new possible ransom note related to the Nancy Guthrie investigation,” PCSD wrote in a Tuesday post on X.”Investigators are also aware of social media comments regarding the note and are looking further into the information to determine its credibility,” the post concluded.NANCY GUTHRIE’S SUSPECTED ABDUCTION: TIMELINE OF EVENTS IN DISAPPEARANCE OF ‘TODAY’ HOST’S MOMA law enforcement source close to the case tells Fox News there are no new notes being treated as credible.Nancy Guthrie was taken from her Tucson, Arizona home in the early hours of Feb. 1 and hasn’t been seen since, according to the FBI and PCSD. Guthrie was last seen shortly before 10 p.m. local time on Jan. 31 after a relative dropped her off at her home in the Catalina Foothills neighborhood of Tucson.NANCY GUTHRIE CASE: UNCLAIMED $1.2M REWARD SUGGESTS ‘VERY SMALL CIRCLE’ OF SUSPECTS, RETIRED FBI AGENT SAYSAuthorities have…

Airmen and guardians are required to update their Religious Affiliation Codes as the Department of the Air Force revises its personnel data systems to better align with the Pentagon’s “standardized” list of faith designations. On Friday, the Military Personnel Data System and its related accession systems transitioned away from its legacy “Faith and Belief Codes.” By standardizing the codes, the department is striving to boost the knowledge of the religious makeup of the force for chaplains to refine resource planning, according to a recent release.All airmen and guardians have to update their RAC and ensure their Record of Emergency Data is up to date in an effort to improve demographic awareness.“Our commitment to the spiritual readiness and religious freedom of every Airman and Guardian remains steadfast,” Richard Anderson, assistant secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, said in the release.“Transitioning to these standardized codes ensures our Chaplain Corps has the accurate demographic data they need to provide tailored resources and support to our Service members, while continuing to respect their individual convictions,” he continued.Active-duty service members have until Oct. 16, while Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard have until Nov. 9 to update their information. Those…

If you’re not in a headspace to receive sensitive information then plug your ears, but the college football season is officially a third of the way through.As hard as that is to believe, it also means that we have some significant data to draw from that will help paint a clearer picture of the landscape of college football for 2026.This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners. If you sign up or place a wager, FOX News may be compensated. This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom.Some teams are already outperforming their preseason expectations while others are greatly disappointing thus far, as is the case with every season.COLLEGE FOOTBALL WEEK 4 CONTENDERS, PRETENDERS: TEXAS SURVIVES, MICHIGAN’S KARMA AND COACHES ARE SWEATINGWith that, we also have four games worth of data on head coaches and where they stand on the “hot seat” conversation, so I thought it would be interesting to look at a few coaches who entered 2026 with a target on their back and how they’ve done to either improve or worsen their standing.Think of it as a “hot seat report card.”KEEP AN EYE ON THESE UNDER-THE-RADAR NAMES DURING…

The Defense Department has awarded Raytheon a multiyear contract worth up to $20.7 billion to build Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles, or AMRAAMs. The Pentagon said the deal will nearly double AMRAAM production.The five-year contract, which includes two option years, is part of the Pentagon’s Arsenal of Freedom campaign to bolster weapons production. The department awarded it Sept. 25 and announced it Monday with RTX, Raytheon’s parent company.The department said the award is a joint buy by the Air Force, the Navy and allies.“We are working across the defense industry to ramp production and build the Arsenal of Freedom,” said Michael Duffey, the under secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, in a statement. “This award strengthens our ability to equip the Joint Force and our allies with a proven air-to-air capability, ensuring our warfighters maintain a decisive advantage.”The $20.7 billion ceiling dwarfs the Pentagon’s previous record AMRAAM award, a $3.5 billion contract issued in July 2025. That deal covered missiles for the Air Force, the Navy and allies in Europe, Asia and the Middle East.The department thanked Congress for multiyear procurement authority, which lets the Pentagon commit to buying missiles over several years instead of one at a time. It…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Three men who say they visited hell are sharing chilling accounts of what they believe they encountered, sitting down with Fox News host Sean Hannity to describe their terrifying experiences with the afterlife.”I had no idea how I got there, why. Nothing was explained until the way back,” said Bill Wiese, author of “23 Minutes in Hell,” on Tuesday’s episode of the “Hang Out with Sean Hannity” podcast.”But I was in this actual dungeon, and there were demons in this cell, reptilish in appearance, bumps and scales all over the one’s body, huge jaw, sunken in eyes, claws about a foot long. And these particular two are about 12 or 13 feet tall,” he recalled.COLTON BURPO DESCRIBES MEETING JESUS AND HEARING ANGELS SING DURING NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE Wiese joined pilot Jim Woodford, author of “Heaven, an Unexpected Journey,” and former Buddhist monk Steve Kang, now a pastor and author of “Eight Hours in Hell,” for an exclusive conversation with Hannity about their accounts of the afterlife.Wiese said he experienced a vision.”I got up at three o’clock in the morning to get a glass of water and, suddenly, I was pulled out of my…

This is a developing story.A mishap involving 2 pilots and four shipboard personnel occurred aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower on Monday, the Navy announced. Naval aviators were attempting to land on the ship off the coast of Virginia at 6:18 p.m. but were forced to eject from their aircraft for unspecified reasons.Search and rescue personnel safely recovered them and returned them to the ship, where they received medical attention.“The cause of the mishap is under investigation,” the Navy said. “Updates will be provided as additional information becomes available.”Four shipboard personnel were also injured during the incident and received medical attention.One sailor was medically evacuated from the ship to receive further treatment for non-life-threatening injuries at a Norfolk, Virginia, facility.The Eisenhower most recently returned July 15, 2024, from a nine-month deployment, during which it battled Iran-backed Houthi rebels along the Red Sea.The ship completed sea trials in April as part of its planned incremental availability and is currently conducting carrier qualifications in the Atlantic.Riley Ceder is a Navy reporter at Military Times, where he covers issues directly affecting service members and their families, as well as breaking news. Read the full article here