(Military Times) This Air Force wife's lawsuit is believed to be the first challenging a state's denial of these new employment protections. Read More |
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(USNI News) The Navy and Marines are taking a second crack at an exercise that will simulate a massive global conflict and connect the actions from a single sailor at a radar console up through the decisions made by the Secretary of Defense, service officials announced on Monday. Read More |
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(Air Force Times) The Air Force is still allowing airmen to separate and retire, despite funding woes that could affect when those troops move out of their homes, the service confirmed Monday. Read More |
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(Military Times) White House officials on Monday threatened to veto House Republicans’ plan for funding the Veterans Affairs programs next fiscal year, saying the appropriations outline as written contains too many partisan attacks on controversial social issues. Read More |
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(The Associated Press) Overall the U.S. has provided more than $41 billion in military aid to Ukraine since Russia invaded in February 2022. 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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(New York Times) The assault heightened the risk of a more direct confrontation with a NATO member and came on the same day that drones struck buildings in Moscow. Read More |
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(Al Jazeera) Russian air defences “suppressed” an attack on Moscow by two Ukrainian drones, the Russian defence ministry said, accusing Kyiv of launching a “terrorist act” against the country’s capital. One of the drones crashed close to the defence ministry in the centre of Moscow, while the other hit an office building in the southern part of the city, according to Russian officials.
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(CNN) Ukraine’s Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov says that Ukraine will continue carrying out attacks on Russian-occupied Crimea and the Kerch Bridge that connects it to the Russian mainland, while also admitting that Ukraine’s plan for its sluggish counteroffensive is behind schedule. Read More |
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(Washington Post) The U.N. atomic watchdog says its staff at Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant report seeing anti-personnel mines around the site as Kyiv pursues a counteroffensive against the Kremlin’s entrenched forces after 17 months of war. Read More |
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(Air & Space Forces Magazine) While China and Russia have ramped up testing of advanced space weaponry in recent years and observers call for the U.S. to develop more offensive capabilities of its own, senior Pentagon officials at the recent Aspen Security Forum highlighted the fine line America faces in preparing for a potential conflict in orbit. Read More |
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(Military.com) Military spouses are calling on senators to find a way to end the impasse over confirming military promotions, saying the political fight unnecessarily adds to the stress of military life for families -- even if they're not caught in the promotions delay right now. Read More |
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(The Hill) Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s presidential campaign and former President Trump this week rolled out dueling plans for the U.S. military, with both light on details and heavy on gripes over Biden administration efforts. Read More |
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(Fox News) Real-time data from field would help military commanders make faster decisions
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(Washington Post) The volume of classified material Jack Teixeira is alleged to have disclosed means he is unlikely to stand trial for many months Read More |
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(Army Times) After a tragic accident during a ruck march, an Army recruit died at a military hospital just two days before he was set to graduate from basic training at Fort Moore, Georgia. Read More |
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(Stars & Stripes) One of the Army’s newest tech testing groups is working on an app that it says will make American service members in the Middle East less susceptible to drone attacks. Read More |
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(Defense One) Trainees were so efficient at using simulated drones to coordinate artillery strikes that one soldier had to tell them to “leave something for the tanks to shoot at.” Read More |
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(Star Tribune) The Army Corps of Engineers was awarded a quarter of the money it wanted to study whether to keep, sell or remove two locks and dams on the river between Minneapolis and St. Paul.
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(The Associated Press) The launches came hours after South Korea’s navy said the USS Annapolis arrived at a port on Jeju Island. Read More |
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(Courier-Post) An affordable housing community here would post a national security threat. Read More |
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(Treasure Coast Newspapers) U.S. Navy divers last week did not locate a military ordnance that a diver said he spotted earlier just off Pepper Park Beach. Read More |
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(Marine Corps Times) Lance Cpl. Quan T. Charles was convicted of obstruction of justice but acquitted of second-degree murder. Read More |
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(Defense News) A U.S. Marine Corps unit spent seven months in the Indo-Pacific testing the service’s warfighting modernization effort, offering a glimpse at what future operations in the region might look like. Read More |
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(Stars & Stripes) The remains of a Marine Corps general who fought in World War I and II that had been buried for decades in India are now interred at Arlington National Cemetery, marking the end of a long saga for his family. Read More |
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(CNN) Former Marine Daniel Duggan once flew Harrier jets for the United States, taking off and landing on Navy carriers during international missions as part of Marine Attack Squadron 214, based in Yuma, Arizona. Read More |
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(Air & Space Forces Magazine) Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass has made some big waves recently, releasing a memo last month exhorting Airmen to recommit themselves to the service’s professional standards and posting a photo on Facebook last week outlining her top “Things to Get After” to improve life for enlisted personnel. Read More |
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(ABC7) The United States Air Force is investigating a company that's purchased $800 million of land near Travis Air Force Base, one of the most critical military bases in the U.S. But after eight months of investigation, government officials have been unable to identify who's behind it nor rule out any threat to national security. Read More |
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(Air & Space Forces Magazine) The Air Force is switching up how it refers to No. 2 officers for most of its organizations, moving away from the longstanding “vice commander” title to “deputy commander” at all levels from the major commands on down, the service announced. Read More |
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(The Gazette) A new hotel under construction just outside the Air Force Academy’s north gate is on schedule to open late next year, but other parts of the surrounding development have been delayed as inflation and interest rates have surged. Read More |
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(Breaking Defense) While Space Systems Command hasn’t publicly expressed concerns, outside observers point out that there is a real possibility that only Elon Musk’s SpaceX will be able to undertake National Security Space Launches in the next few years. Read More |
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(The Gazette) Buckley Space Force Base could get reassurance in next year's defense budget that its fleet of F-16s will be replaced. Read More |
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(Breaking Defense) The Red Skies exercise will focus on "mission planning and execution using orbital warfare modeling and simulation techniques" rather than actual live training, according to a spokesperson for Space Training and Readiness Command. Read More |
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(Defense News Weekly) Defense News Weekly looks at new base security nonlethal weapons and a deep water dive suit, plus highlights of the annual Service Members of the Year awards. Read More |
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(Task & Purpose) “It’s a game of poker, and the ante is going up." Read More |
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(Montgomery Advertiser) International military students attending the 2023-2024 Air Command and Staff College class spent several days in the nation’s capital to develop a deeper understanding of the U.S federal government and U.S. military. Read More |
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(NBC News) Reporting from Alaska for a special edition of NBC Nightly News, Lester Holt shares his personal memories and reflections of living in the state as a child while his father was stationed at what was then Elmendorf Air Force Base.
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(Louisiana Illuminator) Louisiana has erected a new monument to Black military service members in the state’s Veterans Memorial Park adjacent to the State Capitol. Read More |
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(Military Times) When coming to campus, those that are military-affiliated may feel isolated from their civilian counterparts. Read More |
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(Military Times) During his service in Vietnam, Maj. Bruce Crandall flew almost a thousand missions. But valorous actions one day in November 1965 earned the Army pilot the Medal of Honor. Read More |
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(Washington Post) The British government will review the Nazi concentration camps on the Channel Islands, a relatively small but crucial part of British Isles Holocaust history. Read More |
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(CNBC) The U.S. Army said it’s expecting attendance to its upcoming open house at the Trinity Site to swell due to the overwhelming popularity of Universal’s “Oppenheimer.” Read More |
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(CBS News) The Patriots are making a roster addition on the eve of training camp. Read More |
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(Washington Post) Richard Barancik, the last living member of a special Allied unit whose mission to safeguard the artistic patrimony of Europe amid the destruction and plunder of World War II was dramatized in the Hollywood film “The Monuments Men,” died July 14 at a hospital in Chicago. He was 98. Read More |
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(The Hill) Interesting. Frustrating. Potentially even “credible.” But nothing that science can work on in its current form. Read More |
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(C4ISRNET) A digital-security company with offices in Virginia and Alabama will destroy classified information technology for an unnamed customer under a deal worth as much as $50 million. Read More |
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(Defense One) A handful of lawmakers want the Navy to research low-enriched uranium fuel to reduce nuclear weapons proliferation. But funding bans are on the horizon. Read More |
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(Defense News) Japan and South Korea conducted missile and rocket launches on Australian soil over the weekend for the first time during a multinational military exercise also involving the United States. Read More |
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(Breaking Defense) Wellington’s overtures to the Pacific Island nations are starting to see results as its new approach to the region sees relations improve allowing for more in-depth defence engagement. Read More |
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(Reuters) Australia said on Monday it would spend A$9.8 billion ($6.60 billion) to buy 20 new Super Hercules military transport aircraft, ahead of a visit later this week by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. Read More |
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(Breaking Defense) Israeli lawmakers passed a key part of the controversial reform package Sunday, as protest spread among military reservists. Read More |
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(Al Jazeera) US State Department accuses three Malian officials of facilitating the Russian mercenary group’s rise in the African country. Read More |
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(The Associated Press) A suicide bomber on Monday targeted a military training academy in Somalia, killing 25 soldiers in the capital of Mogadishu, a senior army officer said. Read More |
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(Reuters) Japan and Italy will hold a joint fighter jet drill between Aug 2-10, Japan's Air Self-Defence Force (ASDF) said on Tuesday, a week after it announced a similar exercise with the French air force. Read More |
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(Defense News) The U.S. private sector innovates like no other. American companies quickly adapt to changing market demands, develop and integrate new technologies at scale, deliver products with exceptional speed and compete to win. Read More |
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(Defense Opinion) Simply stated, “grand strategy” is a country’s plan for using its military and non-military resources to achieve identified national interests. Key aspects of grand strategy typically include choosing the primary versus secondary theaters in war, allocating resources among the various military services, deciding the types of armaments to manufacture and determining which international alliances best support national goals. Read More |
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(Military.com) Military families don't typically get a lot of press coverage compared to their service members, whose stories are featured in both military and civilian outlets. Read More |
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(Washington Post) Most of the world has banned the production and use of cluster bombs, but Ukraine sees the U.S.-made weapon as vital against Russian invaders. Read More |
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