H.R.1798 -
Protect Military Dependents Act. 03/24/2023 - Referred to the House Committee
on Veterans' Affairs. 04/07/2023 - Referred to the Subcommittee on
Economic Opportunity. 04/18/2023 - Subcommittee Consideration and
Mark-up Session Held.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1798
H.R.2537 - BAH
Restoration Act. 04/06/2023 - Referred
to the House Committee on Armed Services.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2537
H.R.2693 - Pay Our Coast Guard Parity Act of 2023. 04/18/2023 - Referred to the House Committee
on Transportation and Infrastructure. 04/19/2023
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2693
US military not ready to deploy missiles to Japan,
country’s defense ministry says
NASA Prepares for What Could Go Wrong When Artemis
Astronauts Return to Earth
India successfully lands light combat aircraft, MiG-29K
on carrier
Space Force Still Assessing Damage Caused by Fuel Spill
at Hawaiian Volcano
Hawley Kicked Off Armed Services Committee for Blocking
Pentagon Nominees, Sources Say
Army Pacific general to aggressors: we’re battle ready in
Asia
New program opens up more jobs for overseas military
spouses
Atlanta veteran receives medal as one of nation’s first
Black Marines
Deaths among active-duty troops from fentanyl overdoses
rise sharply, Pentagon says
Why the Air Force’s best ‘secret weapon’ has nothing to
do with airplanes: The little-known program may be one of America’s best tools
for winning the next war.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/air-force-language-enabled-airman-program/
US Air Force fighter jets conduct back-to-back intercepts
of Russian aircraft near Alaska
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/air-force-f-35s-intercept-russian-military-aircraft-alaska/
US launches another airstrike in Somalia, the next
battlefield: Hundreds of US troops returned to Somalia in 2022.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/us-military-airstrike-somalia-battle-terrorism/
Undesignated 'Dogs of the Navy' Who Scrape Rust and Paint
Ships Are Getting Help Finding New Jobs
Navy to Forgive Past Fitness Test Failures in Move to
Keep Up to 1,500 Sailors from Getting Kicked Out
Military to Cover Travel Costs and Offer Leave for Troops
Seeking Abortions, Fertility Treatment
Spouse Satisfaction with Military Life at a New Low, DoD
Survey Finds
A year on, Pentagon’s border mission investigation still
missing
US defense
spending will have to go up. The Ukraine war shows why.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/02/16/ukraine-war-defense-budget-taiwan/
'You Can't Fix the Problem If You're in Denial:' The
Military's Surge of Fentanyl Overdoses
Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUOPvtVZwo8
Naval Academy
Honors President Jimmy Carter, Drops Confederate Name from Building
Senior Officer Promotions to Be Slowed by GOP Senator
over Pentagon's Abortion Policy
Victory in Our Time: The Pentagon has spun decades-long
stalemates into Beltway gold, while leveraging its inability to beat the
Taliban, al-Shabaab, or even al-Qaeda into a justification to rearm for
great-power competition.
https://www.laprogressive.com/war-and-peace/victory-in-our-time
Female Soldiers Twice as Likely to Be Diagnosed with
Mental Health Conditions in Theater Than Males, Study Finds
War, American-Style, on the Homefront: I suspect that we
don’t talk about war anymore or consider its still-reverberating consequences
exactly because it still remains only half-visible everywhere in our
all-American world.
https://www.laprogressive.com/defense/war-american-style
Military Services Will Amend COVID Vaccine Refuser
Records So They Aren't Passed Over for Promotions
Army Urges Soldiers to Check Their Records in New HR
System After String of Glitches
Grieving families trusted an Army financial adviser. They
lost fortunes. Each received hundreds of
thousands of dollars from life insurance payouts. They allege their
Army-appointed financial counselor, Caz Craffy, exploited them.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/02/27/army-life-insurance-caz-craffy/
Navy to change name of warship honoring Confederate
battle victory
Navy to rename USS Chancellorsville for former slave
Robert Smalls
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-renames-uss-chancellorsville-robert-smalls/
Coast Guard nabs $20 million of illegal drugs in major
bust
Geopolitical geometry
https://www.legion.org/landingzone/240700/geopolitical-geometry
SITREP Episode 14, Featuring Vice Admiral John B. Mustin
https://vimeo.com/event/2880772
U.S. Navy Orders Commanders to Implement a “Religious
Test” for All Sailors!: The Navy has come up with a new regulation that
couldn’t violate this “no religious test” clause more if the Navy had sat down
and said, ‘Hey, let’s try as hard as we can to come up with something that
totally violates the Constitution.’
https://www.laprogressive.com/science-and-religion-2/religious-test-for-all-sailors
Army secretary wants to persuade schools to welcome
recruiters
March 5, 2023 marks the 81st Birthday of the Navy
Seabees.
https://www.susandavis.com/event/navy-seabee-birthday-2/2023-03-05/
A Passion to Serve
https://www.qgdigitalpublishing.com/publication/?i=783584&article_id=4518531&view=articleBrowser
Military veteran convicted of obstruction in Capitol
riot: A federal judge has convicted a military veteran of storming the U.S.
Capitol to stop Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral
victory
Lies About Military Spending Threaten Social Security: So
the bloated Pentagon budget, some $816 billion officially, is far more than
every hostile foreign power combined, and yet in reality is much more than that
FACT SHEET: President Biden’s Budget Keeps America Safe
and Confronts Global Challenges
Pentagon opposes Biden administration plan to share
intelligence on Russian atrocities
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/08/us/politics/pentagon-war-crimes-hague.html
Troops would see biggest pay raise since 2002 under Biden
budget plan
Biden proposes Pentagon spending increase with industrial
base focus
DoD's Top Doc Calls on Congress to Overturn Law Limiting
Discussions on Guns with Service Members
MILITARY PERSONNEL SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING: SENIOR ENLISTED
LEADER PERSPECTIVE, Mar 9, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl6-cSZ6myY
US military leaders push back at Republican assertions
force is being politicized in congressional hearing
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/09/politics/military-politicization-senior-leaders-congress/index.html
Soldiers receive first permanent duty station in Poland
Marine expeditionary force gets female top enlisted
leader for 1st time
New Air Force Recruits Could Get $65K in Student Loan
Repayments
To deter conflict, the Pentagon must accelerate
innovation adoption
Biggest Military Pay Raise in Decades Proposed by White
House
Navy Renames Survey Ship After Pioneering Female Ocean
Researcher, Stripping Vessel of Confederate Ties
Special Operations Boss Vows to Stamp Out 'Corrosive'
Misconduct After String of Problems
Religious Groups
Push to Cut Biggest Ever Pentagon Budget
New, in-house software factory will train Marines as
coders
Pentagon briefing with Press Secretary Pat Ryder
These Southern National Guard Units to Toss Confederate
Battle Streamers
Key Senator Presses DoD on Protecting Service Members
from Medical Debt
Military Moves to Cut Suicides, But Defers Action on Guns
North Korea's Kim oversees simulated nuclear
counterattack against US, South Korea
American Power and the Defense of Taiwan
https://www.fpri.org/article/2023/03/american-power-and-the-defense-of-taiwan/
Is the Navy ready? How the U.S. is preparing amid a naval
buildup in China | 60 Minutes – Mar 19, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEc5hsWNsCQ
Quicks Facts on Militarism
https://kairoscenter.org/quicks-facts-on-militarism/
Pentagon: Budget Readies US for Possible China
Confrontation
Universal Pre-K at DoD Schools, Flexible Spending
Accounts for Child Care: DoD Unveils New Family Initiatives
POGO Recommendations to Promote Corporate Accountability,
Encourage Fiscal Discipline, and Advance Military Readiness through the NDAA
The Senate Committee on Armed Services held a hearing on
the recruiting challenges confronting the military.
Abortion fight in Senate snarls hundreds of military
promotions
Tricare Isn't Covering a Treatment for Eating Disorders.
Senators Want to Know Why.
6 Army bases named after Confederate leaders get dates
for new names
https://www.axios.com/2023/03/25/fort-hood-new-name-name-fort-cavazos
Virginia ceremony kicks off Army’s official removal of
Confederate names from its bases
https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-03-24/army-posts-confederate-generals-9595773.html
Breaking barriers, enduring advocacy: These Army women
made a mark
The melting Arctic gets a U.S. ambassador and an influx
of military cash
DOD Welcomes New Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Health Affairs
https://www.dvidshub.net/news/441065/dod-welcomes-new-assistant-secretary-defense-health-affairs
Nordic nations move to link air forces into 250-strong aircraft
fleet
Consider benefits of shorter military enlistments
Why is China strengthening its military? It’s not all
about war.
Pentagon's Budget from Hell: Congress has been captured
by the arms industry and we're paying the price (and what a price it is!).
https://www.laprogressive.com/war-and-peace/pentagons-budget-from-hell
9 killed in Army helicopter crash – Mar 30, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBjn5o_Xaeo
The American Repossession of the Philippines: As the US dramatically
expands its military presence, colonialist history is repeating itself.
https://www.thenation.com/article/world/us-philippines-military-deal/
Logistics Wins Wars: A Deep Dive Into War In The Pacific
https://gcaptain.com/logistics-wins-war-in-the-pacific/
The Most Expensive Military Vehicles To Ever Exist
Converting War to Peace: If we wish to stop a war, it
takes the people of the country acting in union, willing to sacrifice, to do
so.
https://www.laprogressive.com/war-and-peace/converting-war-to-peace
U.S. Navy To Get New Unique Submarine: Virginia SSW
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2023/04/u-s-navy-to-get-new-unique-submarine-virginia-ssw/
Pentagon to conduct internal review on access to
classified documents in the wake of leak scandal
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-04-17/pentagon-internal-review-leak-response-9834334.html
Support Antiwar.com Against the Rising Tide of Pro-War
Propaganda
U.S. Admiral SCHOOLS A Disgusting Republican – Apr 25,
2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ab5dj4spB8
ELIZABETH WARREN DESTROYS TOMMY TUBERVILLE GOP CLOWN FOR
BLOCKING & HURTING US MILITARY Healthcare – Apr 25, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYawz3xi6Ps
Airman Accused of Leak Has History of Racist and Violent
Remarks, Filing Says. Prosecutors
accused Jack Teixeira of trying to cover up his actions and described a
possible propensity toward violence.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/27/us/politics/jack-teixeira-leaks.html
Ukraine war: Sniper kills fixer and wounds Italian
reporter in Ukraine
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65401492
Army grounds most aviation after fatal helicopter
crashes: The order to focus on training comes a day after three soldiers were
killed when two attack helicopters collided in mid-air in Alaska.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/army-grounds-aviation-fatal-helicopter-crashes-rcna82066
Army Grounds All Aircraft Following Two Deadly Helicopter
Crashes
GOP senators grow weary of Tuberville abortion stalemate
on defense nominees
Sexual assault in the military keeps rising while
prosecutions fall
Committee votes on major defense policy bill expected in
May
American Faith in War: What are military members in
uniform doing on the stage at the NFL draft? What role are they playing?
https://www.laprogressive.com/defense/american-faith-in-war
'I Let Down the Combatant Commander': Marine Leader
Regrets His Forces Weren't Available for Recent Crises
1st Woman to Take Top Enlisted Job at Army Special Ops
US Army: Helicopters Crashed in Mountains, Fair Weather
Lawmakers Push for Review of How the Pentagon Grapples
with Mental Health
Army ‘night court’ returns amid recruiting crisis,
looking to trim excess soldier positions.
“If we don't turn our recruiting situation around, I can't guarantee you
that the Army won't have to make some more substantial potential force
structure reductions,” Army Secretary Christine Wormuth told senators.
Navy drops Confederate namesake from Naval Academy
residence
America’s infatuation with war turns challenges into
conflicts
Navy: Contractor Error Caused Hawaii Toxic Foam Spill
SECDEF Austin: Tuberville’s ‘Unprecedented’ Hold on
Pentagon Nominees Creates ‘Perilous Precedent’
Texas loophole keeps suicide reports from families of
dead troops
Opinion: The risks of prolonged casualty care for
conventional forces in large-scale combat operations
The military must recalibrate and expand its focus to
mastering Tactical Combat Casualty Care.
https://taskandpurpose.com/opinion/risks-prolonged-casualty-care-large-scale-combat-operations/
A Historic Female Unit Will Be Deactivated as the Marine
Corps Continues Integrating the Force
Meet the New Senior Enlisted Leader of the Space Force
James Stavridis: Sudan Rescue Mission Is Helping the US
Navy Prepare for War
How Future Military Members Can Build 'GRIT' for the
Journey Ahead
Five Things to Know, May 8, 2023
https://www.legion.org/news/258936/five-things-know-may-8-2023
Legion supports bill to address businesses posing as
service-disabled veteran owned
We Must Challenge
the Bipartisan War Party: Biden’s four-front global crusade against perceived
enemies threatens our future.
https://www.thenation.com/article/world/cold-war-russia-china-iran/
Soldiers under ‘enormous strain,’ warns Army’s top
enlisted leader
House Hearing Uncovers Concerning Recruitment and
Retention Trends in the Coast Guard
20230428 Full Committee Hearing: “Department of the Navy
Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Request”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRQAECm6KD4&t=1s
Cold War 2.0: The Military-Industrial Complex Survives
https://www.populist.com/29.10.Sandronsky.html
The Pentagon has pulled back on its efforts to fight
extremism in the ranks: Only one of six policy recommendations from December
2021 have been implemented, the Defense Department said this week.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/pentagon-abandoned-counter-extremism/
Tuberville’s white nationalist comments roil military
diversity debate
Patients Still Haven't Returned to Texas Medical Barracks
Battling Legionella
DoD pauses debt collection for retirees overpaid due to
Navy error
How QuikClot went from drug company reject to front-line
‘miracle’
US Navy Commander: No Real Change in Russian Military's
Conduct Toward Western Warships in East Med
Pentagon can’t monitor, keep track of F-35 spare parts,
GAO finds
‘This gives my tragedy purpose’: Gold Star mom fights for
all troops to have annual medical exams
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-05-23/gold-star-mother-fort-cavazos-soldier-10215424.html
Why Isn’t the Pentagon Helping the International Court
Prosecute Putin? DOD’s concerns about
“reciprocity” should not constrain U.S. efforts to help Ukraine pursue justice.
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