(Defense News) The U.S. has information that indicates North Korea is covertly supplying Russia with a “significant” number of artillery shells for its war against Ukraine, the White House’s National Security Council spokesman said Wednesday. Read More |
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(Military Times) Military issues and foreign affairs aren’t expected to be a major focus for voters in this year’s midterm elections, but a number of key national defense policy figures in Congress could lose their seats or step into new rules depending on the outcome of the polls. Read More |
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(Defense News) The Space Force welcomed a new leader on Wednesday as the Department of Defense formally transitioned command of the service to Gen. Chance Saltzman. Read More |
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(Military Times) The number of veterans experiencing homelessness sank more than 11% from the start of 2020 to early 2022, a dramatic drop after several years of limited progress in finding shelter for those individuals, federal officials announced Thursday. Read More |
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(Navy Times) U.S. Navy officials are worried the service in the 2030s may have just enough nuclear-armed submarines to meet operational requirements — but no extras in case one becomes unavailable. Read More |
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(Military Times) We’ve compiled the latest information service members want to know about basic pay, VA loans, education, retirement, and more. Read More |
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(Military Times) Here's what to expect during this summer's moving season. Plus a seasoned military spouse’s tips for a smoother move. Read More |
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(Military Times) Want to do more to support veterans? Browse our Small Business Spotlight and support service members, veterans, their families, and organizations who help them. Read More |
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(Military Times) Your premiums may have gone up; but you also need to make sure you have enough coverage. Read More |
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(Military Times) The soldiers of the 59th Motorized Brigade are bullish on their prospects of beating the Russians back at Kherson City. Read More |
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(Al Jazeera) Russian attacks were reported across large areas of Ukraine with heavy shelling in numerous regions damaging infrastructure. Europe’s largest nuclear power plant has again been disconnected from the power grid after Russian shelling damaged the remaining high voltage lines, leaving it with just diesel generators, Ukraine nuclear firm Energoatom said. Read More |
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(The Associated Press) Elon Musk has given assurances to Ukraine that he will keep funding its access to a crucial satellite network providing Kyiv with battlefield and humanitarian communications in its war with Russia, a senior Ukrainian official said Wednesday. Read More |
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(CNN) Russia said Wednesday it was rejoining the agreement that guarantees safe passage for ships carrying vital grain exports from Ukraine, a move that may help ease concerns about global food supplies that were raised when Moscow suspended its participation in the pact last week. Read More |
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(Fox News) National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems were included in the latest $275 million security assistance package to Ukraine Read More |
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(Stars & Stripes) Bathed in red light and surrounded by the booming sound of explosions, Ukrainian soldiers and civilians raced against the clock to stanch wounds before their comrades bleed out. Read More |
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(New York Times) U.S. officials say they do not believe that Russia has decided to detonate a tactical device, but concerns are rising. Read More |
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(Reuters) Russian attacks were reported across large areas of Ukraine on Thursday, with heavy shelling in numerous regions damaging infrastructure, including electricity supplies to Europe's largest nuclear plant, Ukrainian officials said. Read More |
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(Stars & Stripes) A Defense Department police officer is facing criminal charges after he was arrested for distributing illicit drugs while off duty, according to local authorities. Read More |
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(Defense One) Elon Musk is not the only defense-industry exec who showed up for the Space Force’s first change-of-command ceremony. But the SpaceX founder and controversial new owner of Twitter was the only one who got a by-name call out from the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Read More |
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(Defense News) In the days after a mob ransacked Capitol Hill on Jan. 6, 2021, some of the world’s largest defense firms announced they would pause and reevaluate their political donations. Read More |
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(Defense News) The congressionally mandated U.S.-China commission suggests Congress fund backchannel military diplomacy with Beijing, citing growing gaps in Washington’s knowledge of personnel matters and reform efforts in relation to the People’s Liberation Army. Read More |
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(Task & Purpose) Multiple U.S. agencies refused to cooperate with the government's top Afghanistan reconstruction watchdog. Read More |
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(Business Insider) Al-Tanf garrison, a US base typically housing between 100 and 200 US troops alongside coalition forces, has for years been a hub for operations against ISIS as well as Iran and its proxies. Read More |
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(Stars & Stripes) St. Aegidius parish church has been renovated many times since the 12th century, but no one ever adorned it with an American muscle car — until this week. Read More |
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(Military.com) An Army officer and his wife had what seemed to be a great and wholesome idea, to share the American Halloween tradition in Poland. Read More |
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(Defense News) The U.S. Navy submarine force is nearly done implementing reforms following an October 2021 undersea collision of attack submarine Connecticut, according to the commander of submarine forces. Read More |
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(Military Times) The Navy seized an estimated $1 million in drugs this past weekend while rescuing a group of Iranian and Pakistani nationals who set fire to their fishing vessel in the Gulf of Oman, service officials said. Read More |
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(USNI News) In the near future, the U.S. nuclear attack submarine fleet will be able to launch and recover an underwater robot from a torpedo tube designed to quietly extend the awareness of a submarine, Navy officials said this week. Read More |
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(USNI News) Amid strategic competition with China, the United States plans to augment its ability to operate submarines out of Guam, the commander of U.S. submarine forces in the Pacific said today. Read More |
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(Stars & Stripes) The Navy on Tuesday recommended the Red Hill underground fuel facility be permanently closed by sealing its massive tanks in place rather than removing them or filling them with an inert material. Read More |
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(Breaking Defense) Within the next year the US Navy wants to initiate a “scoping study” aimed at determining if the service needs to establish a fifth public shipyard to support future submarine maintenance, according to a senior officer involved in the task, a notion that previously met with some resistance from lawmakers. Read More |
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(Stars & Stripes) Retired Marine Master Sgt. Jerry Ensminger made it his mission to tell the world that if they lived or served on Camp Lejeune between 1953 and 1987 they may have been exposed to cancer-causing chemicals found in their drinking water. Read More |
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(Air and Space Forces Magazine) Fighters, tankers, airlifters, and ISR aircraft from every U.S. Air Force base in South Korea and Japan are flying in Exercise Valiant Shield, the large joint aerial training event between the U.S. and South Korea happening this week—even as North Korea fires off record numbers of ballistic missiles. Read More |
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(Task & Purpose) ‘I woke up one morning, started typing a mission statement, and First There was born. Really it was out of necessity because I didn’t want my friend to kill himself.’ Read More |
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(Air and Space Forces Magazine) As concerns have risen in Washington about a potential Iranian attack against U.S. partners in the region, F-22 Raptors have deployed to the Middle East and performed operations alongside F-15E Strike Eagles on Nov. 2, according to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM). Read More |
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(Air and Space Forces Magazine) The Space Force has a new Chief of Space Operations, and by the end of 2022, it will have established components within two more combatant commands and one sub-unified combatant command. Read More |
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(Forbes) The U.S. Coast Guard is so desperate for cooks, it will pay new recruits bonuses of up to $50000 to help feed the cutter fleet. Read More |
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(Wyoming Tribune Eagle) Wyoming National Guard Adjutant General Greg Porter reported an increase in sexual assault incidents, equal employment opportunity complaints and concerns in the past year, testifying to state lawmakers Wednesday. Read More |
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(Task & Purpose) “You will not be able to win the wars of the future … if you can’t even figure out how to operate in the information space.” Read More |
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(Star-Advertiser) The Hawaii Department of Health has fined six entities, including several major companies and the U.S. military nearly $110,000 for air pollution control permit violations in the state. Read More |
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(NBC Los Angeles) The U.S. Veteran Campus in Long Beach is helping house hundreds of homeless veterans in both temporary and permanent housing. Read More |
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(Task & Purpose) The cola wars were real. Read More |
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(Stars & Stripes) At least five service members were accounted for last month by the Defense Department agency tasked with recovering U.S. troops listed as missing in action or prisoners of war. Read More |
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(SoaceNews.com) China’s secretive reusable spaceplane has released an object into orbit, according to tracking data from the U.S. Space Force. Read More |
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(Breaking Defense) The contract was awarded in August, but the government froze work until a protest by Verizon was resolved, a Defense Department official told Breaking Defense. Read More |
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(Task & Purpose) “Fungi have been forgotten for the past 20 or 30 years, but it's time to go back to them." Read More |
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(Breaking Defense) The decision, announced by Gen. Micael Bydén, Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces, was announced as part of newly issued defense modernization and procurement guidance. Read More |
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(Breaking Defense) The helos are part of an ongoing modernization push by the Middle Eastern kingdom. Read More |
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(Breaking Defense) "I don't know if it's somehow a sign of greater transparency or why, but normally, defence steadfastly resist saying what options it's taking up to government," Marcus Hellyer of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute said. "It's quite unusual that they're flagging they are only taking one option to government before they've actually even done it." Read More |
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(Breaking Defense) Four competitors are left standing in the UK's New Medium Helicopter program with a future contractor due to reap a lucrative reward of $1.15 billion. Read More |
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(The Associated Press) North Korea continued its barrage of weapons tests on Thursday, firing at least three missiles including a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile. Read More |
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(BBC) A deal has been reached in the Ethiopian civil war with both sides agreeing to halt their two-year conflict which led to thousands of deaths and warnings of a famine. Read More |
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(Defense News) China is expanding an air base close to a key southern naval base with the addition of a second runway, widened taxiways and two vastly expanded aircraft parking areas, satellite photos show. Read More |
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(Task & Purpose) North Korea fired a ballistic missile into South Korean waters for the first time since World War II. Read More |
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(Defense News) Singapore has officially inaugurated its fourth military branch as it seeks to combat modern threats in the digital domain, as well as leverage emerging technologies in this domain. Read More |
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(The Associated Press) Polish soldiers began laying razor wire Wednesday along Poland’s border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad after the government ordered the construction of a barrier to prevent what it fears could become another migration crisis. Read More |
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(Defense News) British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace appeared before the parliamentary Defence Committee on Wednesday, with lawmakers eager to quiz him about the impact of inflation, exchange rates and possible spending cuts. Read More |
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(The Guardian) Ministers have announced plans to redraw the UK’s national security and foreign policy plan for the 2020s just 18 months after it was published, with plans to include a new taskforce to protect parliament against the “growing threat from hostile states”. Read More |
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(Al Jazeera) President Ruto is sending more than 900 military personnel to tackle armed groups in eastern DRC. Read More |
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(New York Times) Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in cities across Brazil, many of them demanding that the military stop the transfer of power to President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Read More |
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(The Guardian) Only 11 out of 53 charges of rape heard by service justice system in past three years led to guilty charges Read More |
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(Air Force Times) Withdrawing F-15 fighter squadrons from Kadena Air Base in Japan without a replacement plan does not enhance combat-credible posture, these authors argue. Read More |
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(War On The Rocks) The American sea services were busy on Oct. 18, 2022. Read More |
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(The War Horse) Even without my helmet and body armor, the district council chamber felt oppressive. The meager window units could not defeat the heat in southern Baghdad, at least not within the fading grandeur of this marble and columned space. I did my damnedest to stay awake, scribbling in a government-issue notebook while the local councilmen droned on in Arabic and our interpreter mumbled in English. Read More |
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(The Hill) AUKUS, the defense technology partnership that Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States formed in September 2021, is already in trouble. The central focus of AUKUS is to provide Australia’s navy with state-of-the-art nuclear-powered attack submarines, to replace Australia’s aging and nearly obsolete Collins class boats. Achieving this upgrade would give Australia a long-range military asset that could patrol the Taiwan Strait and western Pacific, countering China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) alongside U.S. and Japanese forces. Read More |
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