We Are The Mighty

Iran may be tracking concentrations U.S. troops across the Middle East using a telecommunications vulnerability that security researchers have been screaming about for more than a decade, according to reporting from the Financial Times. Iranian intel came from a standard practice in the global phone network, first implemented in the 1970s, and a secondary exploit built from the same advertising software that decides which ads follow you around the internet.

Traffic was at a standstill as an accident, combined with the early morning rush to get to work in the capital city of Columbia, S.C., brought the usually routine drive of dropping off two young, middle school-aged boys to school to an abrupt halt. Just one day earlier, the boys had learned that their father, a member of the United States Army, was being transferred to a post in Germany.

If you’ve ever wanted to watch a service member visibly short-circuit over a seemingly innocent comment, one military creator has assembled the ultimate playbook.

War stories often end with a homecoming. Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” begins there. The film delivers everything audiences expect from Homer: towering monsters, impossible voyages, brutal combat, gods who play with men, and just enough spectacle to be worthy of Nolan’s mythic epic. But beneath the surface is a quieter, more devastating observation—one familiar to generations of warriors. Getting home isn’t the victory. It’s learning how to live there again.

A month after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, the United States Army took a drastic step amid the fear and hysteria gripping the nation. In January 1942, it booted out all Japanese American soldiers and ROTC cadets from the service. Upset by the decision, a group of Japanese American cadets in Hawaii pleaded their case to the state’s military governor. “Hawaii is our home, the United States our country,” they implored, according to a 2025 article on the Army’s website.

Veterans who served from the mid-1980s up to today will likely be familiar with the iconic 9mm Beretta M9. Despite the formal adoption of the SIG Sauer M17/M18 handgun as the official U.S. military sidearm in 2017, the M9 remains in some active duty arms rooms and, as of 2026, service members are still qualifying with the weapon.

Tom Didato has served as Sports Editor for the Chronicle-Independent, a Kershaw County-based newspaper in Camden, South Carolina, for more than 37 years. He is a member of the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters Association and editor of the long-standing Camden Horse magazine.

In 1941, the United States Embassy gave Mildred Gillars a way out. She didn’t take it. Gillars worked for Third Reich Radio in Germany, and as her broadcasts became more anti-American and anti-Semitic, the Americans took notice. Embassy officials wanted Gillars, a native of Portland, Maine, to quit her job and go home to the U.S. After she refused, they took her passport.

A premature newborn with elevated lead levels, a child who missed nearly half the school year because of mold-related illness, and families reporting electrical fires, flooding and cockroaches infesting kitchen appliances.

The active duty Army likes to poke fun at the soldiers in the National Guard and Reserve components, sometimes calling them “Weekend Warriors.” But the Guard and Reserve play a critical role in supporting the active duty component and the broader Army’s mission. Nowhere was this more apprent than during the height of the Global War on Terror, when Guard and Reserve soldiers were regularly deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan.