(Defense News) The U.S. Air Force expects to release its formal request for information for a KC-135 tanker recapitalization in September, which will pave the way for an official acquisition strategy for the program it previously referred to as a “bridge tanker.” Read More |
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(Army Times) And offers some thoughts on the challenges ahead, from recruiting, to AI in combat and the operations tempo facing soldiers.
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(Military Times) Veterans and civil rights advocates filed two lawsuits against the Pentagon and the Department of Veterans Affairs Wednesday, alleging they were denied federal aid for in-vitro fertilization because of issues like their marital status, sexual orientation and the extent of their service injuries. Read More |
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(The Hill) The U.S. Department of State Wednesday ordered a temporary partial evacuation of the U.S. embassy in Niamey following the military takeover of Niger’s government last week. Read More |
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(Military Times) Beer and wine may be here to stay in military commissaries — at least in some. Read More |
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(Military Times) The rules for making a PCS move have improved in terms of replacement costs for lost or damaged goods and the handling of certain items. Read More |
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(Military Times) Whether it’s health care, retirement, family support, VA loans or education benefitss, make the most of the benefits available to you. Read More |
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(BBC) A Russian drone strike has hit Ukrainian port facilities at Izmail on the River Danube, a short distance from Nato member state Romania. Read More |
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(Al Jazeera) Russian drones struck port and grain storage facilities in and around the Danube River port of Izmail. Ukraine’s infrastructure minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said the attacks damaged about 40,000 tonnes of grains expected by countries in Africa. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of waging an attack on “global food security”.
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(New York Times) Ukraine’s army has for now set aside U.S. fighting methods and reverted to tactics it knows best. Read More |
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(CNN) Nearly half of Ukrainians held in Russian detention centers in Kherson were subjected to widespread torture including sexual violence, according to a report published Wednesday. Read More |
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(Politico) The Oscar winner is promoting a documentary on an all-Black tank battalion from World War II. Read More |
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(UPI) U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with Mozambican President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi Wednesday about what the Department of Defense called the "security situation" in Cabo Delgado Province. Read More |
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(NBC News) Senate office buildings were locked down Wednesday after a call was made to Metropolitan Police about an active shooter in the Hart Senate Office Building.
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(Stars & Stripes) Army Pvt. Matthew Cole said he anticipated what was about to happen when he heard an alarm and noticed two people relaxing on a small island in the Chattahoochee River. Read More |
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(The Associated Press) The U.S. military on Thursday identified a soldier killed when a truck hit her Stryker armored vehicle on a highway in southern Germany. Read More |
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(Task & Purpose) Scrolling through a list of United States Military Academy graduates, one inevitably comes across a veritable who’s-who of Army history. William Tecumseh Sherman, Ulysses S. Grant, George Patton, Benjamin O. Davis, Douglas MacArthur. The roll-call could go on for a while. But, as just about anyone who has spent at least one day in the Army can tell you, graduating from West Point does not guarantee a be-all and end-all of military competence. Read More |
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(Stars & Stripes) The recently activated 52nd Air Defense Brigade took command Wednesday of Army artillery efforts in Europe, marking a step forward for the service as it reconstitutes its long-range fire capabilities. Read More |
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(The Sentinel) U.S. Army War College will hold its opening ceremony for the U.S. Army War College Class of 2024 on Monday. Read More |
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(Military Times) A search and rescue team from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington, helped rescue a hiker suffering from a broken ankle on the southern rim of Mount St. Helens last week. Read More |
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(The San Diego Union-Tribune) The cruiser USS Mobile Bay, which launched 22 Tomahawk cruise missiles during Operation Desert Storm and helped carry people to safety when Mt. Pinatubo erupted in the Philippines, will be decommissioned in San Diego on Aug. 10, ending the service life of one of the oldest ships in the Navy. Read More |
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(Honolulu Star-Advertiser) The Navy this week reported accidental discharges of partially treated waste water from its troubled wastewater treatment plant at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Read More |
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(Defense News) Two defense companies teamed up in support of the U.S. Marine Corps to create a system capable of detecting, tracking and zapping drone swarms. Read More |
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(CarolinaCoastOnline) Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point recently announced they will be hosting a large-force composite Air Force exercise called 'Razor Talon' to enhance teamwork and coordination between the U.S. Army, Air Force and Marine Corps. Read More |
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(Military.com) Sgt. Maj. Carlos Ruiz faced his first meeting with a group of reporters this week since the Marine Corps selected him to be its top enlisted leader in June. Read More |
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(C4ISRNET) Bombs boom. Tanks trundle. Fighters fly. All are visible to the human eye and are familiar images of war. Read More |
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(Military Times) An Air Force contractor in Tennessee is the subject of a federal investigation into a “critical compromise” of military communication networks used by Air Force training units at 17 bases, plus other state and federal agencies, according to documents filed in U.S. District Court. Read More |
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(Task & Purpose) Mid-ocean parachute jumps are among the riskiest peacetime missions that military units perform. And no one does more than the California Air National Guard's 129th Rescue Wing. Read More |
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(Stars & Stripes) When disaster struck Japan on March 11, 2011, the U.S. military pitched in to help the survivors of a magnitude-9 earthquake that generated a devastating tsunami. Read More |
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(Air & Space Forces Magazine) The Air Force unveiled plans for the new 492nd Power Projection Wing that will replace the A-10 mission at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., on Aug. 2, describing for the first time which units will be included. Read More |
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(Military.com) Life insurance can be a confusing subject. At its core, life insurance is simply a tool to protect your family and finances if something bad happens. I'm sure that statement doesn't eliminate the questions that exist, so here are answers to several of the most common questions I have received over the past decade when talking with USAA members. Read More |
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(Military Times) Commissaries are playing more of a role in the effort to increase healthy, fresh food options on military bases — to include a partnership with 10 Army bases to bring the food to kiosks/outposts where service members can use their meal card to purchase certain items. Read More |
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(Military Times) Younger women veterans who served near burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan are being encouraged to get free breast cancer screenings from Veterans Affairs physicians in an effort to identify serious health issues as soon as possible. Read More |
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(nj.com) It was one year ago Wednesday that officials announced a startling discovery at one of New Jersey’s Revolutionary War battlefields. Read More |
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(CNN) Eighty years ago, then-US Navy lieutenant and future US President John F. Kennedy heroically swam between Pacific islands to help save the crew of his torpedo boat that had been destroyed by a Japanese warship during World War II. Read More |
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(The Associated Press) An Indian American engineer says he was fired last year from his longtime job with a missile defense contractor’s Alabama office after he was heard speaking Hindi on a video call, according to a federal lawsuit he filed against the company. Read More |
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(Breaking Defense) "[R]ight now with the way we're funded, we think we can carry both [companies] through prototype, and both are leaning in fully. And so then we’ll let the prototype and test do the evaluation,” Air Force propulsion chief John Sneden said.
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(Defense One) The Pentagon is spending billions to keep the Raptor ready for battle.
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(The Associated Press) Russia’s Ministry of Defense said it began begun live-fire naval exercises in the Baltic Se a on Wednesday, ratcheting up tensions with nearby European nations that are already high over NATO and Ukraine. Read More |
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(Military Times) NATO allies located along the alliance’s eastern front are growing increasingly worried about the presence of Russia-linked Wagner group mercenaries in Belarus, where some have been deployed since a short-lived mutiny in Russia in June. Read More |
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(Breaking Defense) The French-Italian shipbuilding joint venture Naviris and naval air defense missile manufacturer Eurosam have been awarded a €1.5 billion ($1.6 billion) contract to upgrade four Horizon-class anti-air frigates. Read More |
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(The Associated Press) The search for an Australian army helicopter that crashed at sea killing four people during a military exercise with the United States last week found human remains but not the black box crucial to explaining the tragedy, an officer said on Thursday. Read More |
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(Breaking Defense) Finland approved the purchase of the air defense system in April, a day after joining NATO.
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(Al Jazeera) Violations documented in Sudan – such as sexual violence and attacks targeting civilians – amount to war crimes, Amnesty International says. Read More |
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(Breaking Defense) Though few details of the exercise are known, analysts said the emirates could be sending a signal to Washington about security "options" in the region.
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(Reuters) New Zealand will on Friday outline its defence plans, which are expected to include more money and resources to bolster forces that have long been seen as underfunded relative to those of defence partners. Read More |
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(Washington Post) He led the West African nation for six years before being overthrown in 1999. In recent years he continued to shape its politics as head of an opposition party.
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(NPR) After serving alongside the U.S., an all-female Afghan military platoon is in immigration limbo. Read More |
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(Military Times) President Joe Biden’s nominee to be the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff – lamented about the recruiting crisis during an interview with me at the American Enterprise Institute last August. Read More |
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(Defense One) In 1274, the Asian superpower known as the Mongol Empire sought to conquer its island neighbor Japan, but its invasion fleet was devastated by an enormous typhoon Read More |
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(Military.com) Last month, a Russian fighter jet had a near-miss with a manned American surveillance craft, while the United States has deployed advanced F-35 Joint Strike Fighters in a bid to deter Iran in the Strait of Hormuz -- just two recent examples of the escalating tensions between the United States, Russia and Iran in the Middle East. Read More |
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(The Hill) With the highly acclaimed and much-discussed “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” movies released last month, the cinematic universe has granted us a rare moment to reflect on the influence of these two very different icons from the early Cold War and their relationship to nuclear weapons. Read More |
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