Homes that are nearly a century old are getting a new life at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, preserving their historic character while providing updated features and addressing safety concerns.Officials at Fort Bragg and Corvias, the privatized housing company that operates the installation’s housing, recently marked the renovation of the first of 21 historic homes that are ready for military families. They were built between 1928 and 1939, and feature elements including stucco walls, copper gutters, hardwood floors and basements. Fort Bragg has 230 homes that were built before 1940, and all are designated as historic. But these aren’t even the oldest of Army housing. There are 867 houses built before 1919, located on 19 other Army installations in 13 states and the District of Columbia, according to the Army. At Fort Bragg, about 2,300 of the base’s 6,104 homes were built before 1960, officials said.The Army manages the largest inventory of historic housing in the federal government, with more than 30,000 historic homes that are more than 50 years old. These homes are subject to the requirements of the National Historic Preservation Act, according to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. That federal agency’s mission is to promote the preservation…

Free agent NFL wide receiver Tyreek Hill took the witness stand in his divorce and battery civil case in Miami on Thursday and it was as explosive as his speed and play-making ability on the field.During approximately two hours of testimony Hill …Claimed his 18-month marriage to Lakeeta Vaccaro Hill was punctuated by arguments about her refusal to sign a post-nuptial agreement, her stealing between $60,000-$100,000 a month from a family account, her insistence his family leave their sprawling Broward County estate, and occasionally him flirting with other women.TYREEK HILL’S NFL RETURN SEEMED IMMINENT AND THEN HIS DIVORCE TRIAL BEGAN WITH DOMESTIC ABUSE ALLEGATIONS Hill, 32, denied he ever punched Vaccaro’s stomach while she was pregnant, twisted her breasts, pulled out her hair, shoved a lit blunt into her face, or left her on the side of a road – which Vaccaro claimed on the witness stand earlier this week.But Hill did admit to throwing Vaccaro up against a wall of their Sunny Isle, Florida condo, creating a hole in the structure. He did admit to threatening her by saying he knew people who could hurt her.And he did apologize for cursing out both Vaccaro and her mother – a…

A day after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a speech from the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, congratulating the crew on proving doubters wrong, the Navy’s No. 2 officer sounded a warning note, saying the full readiness impact of a deployment double extension and other combat commitments had yet to be felt.Speaking at a hearing before the congressionally created National Commission on the Future of the Navy on Thursday, Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. James Kilby said the Navy faced difficulties that weren’t all immediately visible when it came to sustaining and resetting after such combat demands.“That’s the piece I think that we need to be better at articulating and demonstrating — what the cost of this extension will be two years from now,” Kilby said. “So people see that, and they sign that bill.”Referencing Hegseth’s commendation of sailors on the Lincoln for their successful 321-day deployment, of which they spent 265 consecutive days without a port call, Kilby acknowledged that the crew had “delivered the goods.”“So, it’s a little bit of a challenge for me to say you can’t do this when we keep delivering,” he said.But, he said, readiness rates remain “artificially high” amid…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An Iranian anti-regime protester was hanged at dawn Oct. 5 inside Isfahan Central Prison, just hours after marrying his imprisoned fiancée over a jail phone line, The Times reported Thursday.Alireza Sepahi, 25, was executed alongside co-defendant Alireza Raisi after being sentenced to death in connection with anti-government demonstrations at Isfahan’s Alikhani Square on Jan. 8., according to Human Rights Iran.Sepahi and his bride, student activist Mahshad Keshani, 22, knew and loved each other before being arrested during anti-regime demonstrations, the report said.IRAN HANGS 2 PROTESTERS IN PUBLIC, CROWD CRIES ‘DISHONORABLE’ AS SECURITY FIRES TEAR GAS Keshani, currently serving a five-year sentence, pushed for an informal wedding Sunday as fears mounted that Sepahi’s execution was imminent following a final family summons.The couple exchanged vows over the phone from inside Isfahan prison, joined by their fathers.Human rights lawyer Amirsalar Davoudi facilitated the ceremony by reading the vows for the fathers to bless.Keshani’s family gave a copy of the Quran, a saffron rock candy and a single red rose as a traditional dowry.”It was Mahshad’s idea,” Davoudi told The Times. “Even now, I wonder how one young woman can possess such courage.”IRAN TO EXECUTE FIRST…

The U.S. will livestream the Army’s upcoming firing squad execution on Dec. 3 of Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, in a 2009 shooting spree, a Pentagon official said, in what would be an unprecedented move.Hasan, a former Army psychiatrist, is set to become the first person to be executed by firing squad by the U.S. military since 1945, shortly after the end of World War II.The Pentagon official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, did not offer more information and said details would follow.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth earlier told the Human Events Daily podcast he planned to make Hasan’s execution public, according to video of his comments posted on social media on Thursday.Hegseth said deciding to execute Hasan by firing squad at Fort Hood on a Thursday at 1 p.m. — the approximate time, day of the week and location of Hasan’s shooting — was a “no-brainer.”“We’ll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it’s public. Because people need to understand that … there’s serious consequences for these types of things,” Hegseth said.Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell announced Monday that Hegseth had recommended death by Army firing squad for Hasan, and…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani dined Wednesday at a Palestinian restaurant whose sister location faced intense criticism in 2023 over menu language that critics called anti-Semitic.Mamdani ate at Ayat Hinds Hall on the Upper West Side. The restaurant chain, which also operates a location in Brooklyn, drew sharp pushback for featuring a section on its menu titled “From the River to the Sea.”The Anti-Defamation League defines the phrase as an implicit call for the eradication of Israel.MAMDANI SAYS IT WAS ‘STRANGE’ GETTING CALLED OUT BY NETANYAHU AFTER CALLING FOR HIS ARREST The menu’s front page reads: “Down with the occupation,” in English, Arabic, and Hebrew, The Times of Israel reported.”Resilience,” “Freedom,” and “Save our children” are pictured in bold letters. The menu also includes a map that refers to the the West Bank, Gaza, Jerusalem and Israel as Palestine. Following the 2023 controversy, critics accused the restaurant of being “opening genocidal” toward Jews.Owner Abdul Elenani pushed back against accusations of antisemitism, noting the phrase had been on the menu months prior to Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel.SCHUMER, JEFFRIES DODGE MAMDANI CONTROVERSY AS FELLOW NEW YORK DEM UNLOADS Elenani stated that he…

The head of the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service says his officers no longer want to “feel invisible.”The corps, which provides medical care for the U.S. Coast Guard and the Indian Health Services and supports health services and research across the federal government and around the world, is one of the nation’s uniformed services.But most Americans “don’t know who we are,” said Adm. Brian Christine, head of the USPHS Commissioned Corps and assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services, in an interview with Military Times.Given the agency’s role supporting national dietary guidelines, promoting fitness, protecting public health and preserving the nation’s wellness, Christine wants them to know.The admiral, a urologist by training, launched a public outreach campaign to call attention to the corps the day he was sworn in, starting with increased visibility among members of the armed services. In meetings with corps officers, Christine said he learned they didn’t feel respected by other uniformed service members. So with his brother, Army Judge Advocate General Maj. Gen. Bobby Christine, he pledged to increase integration with the armed services, starting with joint exercise with soldiers at Fort Myer, Virginia.Last month, a Commissioned Corps…

There’s a new State & Union piece in the wild, a burly fixed blade called EK103. Descended from a lineage of fighting knives, the EK103 interprets classic military knife principles in a fresh modern way. The “EK” in EK103 is not an acronym, but a last name – that of John Ek, a renowned maker of fixed blades. The Ek name is most strongly associate with the Ek Commando, a fighting knife that, in terms of field-provenness, is right up there with the USMC knife. The Ek handle, with its chamfered linear shape and three large bolts, has been carried forward, referenced, and paid tribute to for decades – for instance, Jesse Jarosz worked with KABAR (State & Union’s parent company) back in 2016 to put his spin on the design, and KABAR has in fact been the shepherd of Ek blades for many years. Looks like a user, through and through. The EK 103 has that handle, but we’ll get to that down below; first we’re going to focus on that blade. It’s 3.5 inches long, which isn’t enormous, but its very wide profile and oversized fuller give it the swagger of a blade in a larger size class.…

Building and sustaining a fire is one of the most valuable survival skills, but it’s challenging when you have to get one going in cold and wet conditions. Things become even worse when it’s actively raining. The good news is that it can be done. As this video by Corporals Corner explains, you can build and sustain a fire in the rain. Here’s a brief summary of his advice… Want to save this post for later? Click Here to Pin It On Pinterest! Choose The Right Location You need to be very selective about your location because otherwise, the rain will quickly douse it out. Light rain should be okay, but for pouring rain conditions, this is especially important. Therefore, look for a place where the flow of rain will be stopped or hindered. Examples include under boughs from trees, or better yet, you can set up a tarp or emergency blanket over the fire by suspending it between two trees. Find Dry Kindling While you may get lucky and find some dry moss or tinder underneath bushes or trees, your best bet is to create your own. Find a stick or pole, and using a knife or sharp edge,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump lambasted incumbent Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, calling the congressman “a loser” on Wednesday, while criticizing the lawmaker for remaining a Democrat after receiving a presidential pardon.Trump pardoned Cuellar and his wife last year as the couple faced charges pertaining to bribery and money laundering.”In any event, I did the pardons, and made no deal, where a crooked politician would have, but I thought there would be a good chance that Cuellar, who was persecuted by Democrats because they didn’t like him, would have routinely gone over to the Republican Party — the people that saved him from years in prison,” Trump wrote in a lengthy Truth Social post.HOUSE DEM BACK IN THE SPOTLIGHT AS BROTHER FACES UP TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON IF CONVICTED Cuellar, who has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2005, is currently seeking re-election.”In any event, the man running against him, Tano Tijerina, is a STAR and, hopefully, will WIN! We call that payback for a disloyal and ungrateful person, a person whose life has been saved only to go back into the clutches of the people that tried so hard to destroy…