Nick Mordowanec

Nick Mordowanec is a deputy editor for Military.com, reporting on general news and features across the U.S. Armed Forces in addition to investigative stories.

He was previously a national news and investigative reporter for Newsweek, focusing on U.S. and international politics, military/defense, immigration, crime, social issues and features over a four-year period. Other coverage included education, business, and news on the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. He has received numerous awards for his reporting, including original coverage of the opioid epidemic that garnered a statewide Michigan Press Association award. He is a graduate of Michigan State University.

Email nick.m@military.com with tips or feedback.

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Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard exits the House chamber following President Donald Trump's State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

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President Donald Trump leaves after an event to proclaim "Angel Family Day" in the East Room of the White House, Monday, Feb. 23, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Maj. Alan Johnson was presented the Purple Heart on May 2, 2020, for his injuries sustained during the theater ballistic missile attacks at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, on January 8, 2020. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Morgan Maidl)

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Pfc. Lai Ha, a paratrooper assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division inspects and deploys an Orqa First Person View drone that will be operated and tested during a live-fire exercise at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, Louisiana, March, 8, 2026. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Andrew Clark)

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Air Force veteran Jason Morgan is pictured on a mission in Northern Ecuador, a week before he sustained life-changing injuries. (Jason Morgan)

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A man speaks through a bull horn during a demonstration in reaction to the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran outside the Israeli consulate on Thursday, March 5, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testifies before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the oversight of the Department of Homeland Security, Wednesday, March 4, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

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A U.S. Coast Guard 36-foot Special Purpose Craft-Training (SPC-T) boat maneuvers in front of the USCG Cutter Fredrick Mann (WPC1160) in Women's Bay during ARCTIC EDGE 2026 (AE26) at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak in Kodiak, Alaska, Feb. 27, 2026. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Thirteen Bahizi)

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem appears for an oversight hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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People walk past an advertising screen promoting contract military service in the Russian army's unmanned systems units, during a snowfall in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Four Years In, Russia is Recruiting College Students to Fight Ukraine: Report

A stalemate or not, Russia continues full-force after four years of fighting Ukraine in a war it started.

American soldiers and drone flying in the sky. US military. (Shutterstock)

Trump’s $1.5T Defense Budget Protects ‘Warfighters, Not Wall Street’: DOD

The Pentagon defended President Trump's targeted statements towards defense contractors and efforts to boost the current...

National Guards patrol the area outside the morgue where the bodies of fellow guardsmen killed in attacks lie in Guadalajara, Mexico, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, two days after the Mexican army killed Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as "El Mencho." (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

US Veteran-Led Org Helped Evacuate People From Mexican Cartel Violence

"Our team immediately shifted into support mode for Americans," the organization's CEO told Military.com.

US Air Force F-22 RAPTOR fighter jets overhead (Image via: Shutterstock)

Ex-US Air Force Pilot Arrested, Claimed to Have Provided Training to China

This latest case mirrors similar criminal charges issued against another U.S. military vet almost a decade ago.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth delivers remarks at the National Religious Broadcasters 2026 International Christian Media Convention at the Gaylord Opryland Convention Center, Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 19, 2026. (DoW photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza)

Hegseth, DoD Reach Agreement with Scouting America on These 'Key Reforms'

Scouting America has been around since 1910. Issues regarding DEI have put the organization in a tough position with the...

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