Marine captain makes her professional boxing debut –
October 9, 2024
Early Momentum: Army Hits 30,000 Recruits, Half its Goal
for the Year – January 10, 2025
Army Institute of Religious Leadership set to celebrate
250 years of chaplains – January 10, 2025
Judgement Day for the Merchants of Death. Intervening in this surging, greed-driven,
incredibly lethal mess, the Tribunal rapporteurs and an international panel of
10 jurors offer 13 recommendations for action. – January 12, 2025
https://www.laprogressive.com/war-and-peace/judgement-day-for-merchants-of-death
Outgoing US defence secretary Lloyd Austin proposes to
push budget beyond $1 trillion – January 13, 2025
2 New Ford-Class Aircraft Carriers Will Be Named After
Former Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush –
January 13, 2025
McKenna is out as Air Force contender - Live Updates –
January 13, 2025
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/01/13/congress/mckenna-out-air-force-contender-00197917
Lack of Space Force personnel support for NRO draws
congressional ire – January 14, 2025
Democratic Senator Warns About Biggest Risk Pete Hegseth
Poses. Senator Tammy Duckworth is
worried about the lengths Pete Hegseth will go to save himself. – January 15,
2025
https://newrepublic.com/post/190253/democratic-senator-pete-hegseth-biggest-risk-blackmail
What The Navy’s Massive Orca Submarine Drone Is Actually
Capable Of – January 15, 2025
https://www.twz.com/news-features/what-the-navys-massive-orca-submarine-drone-is-actually-capable-of
The United States is expected to deliver the first NASAMS
air defense system to the Armed Forces of Taiwan by late 2025 – January 15,
2025
Navy Now Seeking Commercial Ship Design To Propel Its
Long-Delayed Medium Landing Ship Program Forward – January 15, 2025
https://www.yahoo.com/news/navy-now-seeking-commercial-ship-210910049.html
US makes strongest-ever armor material with 100 trillion
bonds/cm² - January 16, 2025
https://interestingengineering.com/science/interlocked-polymer-mechanical-bonds-armor
Visibility, supply chain, innovation: What defence
executives need from Europe – January 16, 2025
Allvin: It’s make or break time. America needs more Air
Force. – January 17, 2025
https://breakingdefense.com/2025/01/allvin-its-make-or-break-time-america-needs-more-air-force/
US Army enhances firepower of Infantry Divisions with new
M1304 ICVVA1 Stryker Infantry Fighting Vehicles – January 17, 2025
The last conventionally powered aircraft carrier of the
U.S. Navy has begun its final journey for dismantling – January 18, 2025
Farmingville's Maria Daume, first woman Marine to join
the infantry, appears in PBS' 'Journey to America' – January 18, 2025
https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/maria-daume-gingrich-journey-to-america-ks8r1c5a
U.S. Air Force Chief Cites China’s New Sixth Gen.
Fighters to Stress Need For Stronger Fleet – January 18, 2025
https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/usaf-chief-cites-china-sixth-gen-stronger-fleet
The U.S. Marine Corps is now operating a fleet of 18
Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion helicopters – January 18, 2025
Value of Service. The
history of America is the story of service. It is the history of ordinary
citizens volunteering to serve for the greater good of the country.
https://www.defense.gov/Spotlights/value-of-service/
President Donald Trump has named an acting defense
secretary because his choice to lead the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, has not yet
been confirmed by the Senate – January 20, 2025
https://www.wdsu.com/article/trump-names-acting-defense-secretary-robert-salesses/63485907
Focus: US Army approves full rate production of M1147 AMP
replacing four tank rounds with one – January 20, 2025
Marine Corps Osprey loses load of MREs while training off
Okinawa – January 21, 2025
https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2025-01-21/marine-osprey-drops-mre-cargo-16552618.html
Trailblazing Coast Guard Commandant Fired by Trump
Administration – January 21, 2025
Battlefield is utterly terrifying and we still need
tanks, Chief of the General Staff insists – January 22, 2025
Pentagon suspends DOD social media posts for 10 days,
except for southern border ops and base activities – January 24, 2025
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-01-24/pentagon-social-media-policy-trump-16592479.html
Trump aims to cut US force in Europe by 20,000, compel
subsidies from allies, Italian report says – January 24, 2025
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2025-01-24/trump-europe-troop-cuts-16590074.html
Senate confirms Pete Hegseth as Trump's defense secretary
in 51-50 vote – January 25, 2025
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pete-hegseth-confirmation-vote-senate-defense-secretary/
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth Begins 'Most Important
Deployment of My Life'. Secretary of
Defense Pete Hegseth was sworn into his new role leading America's 3.5 million
service members and civilians by Vice President JD Vance this morning,
following Hegseth's Friday evening Senate confirmation. – January 25, 2025
Trump fires Defense, State department watchdogs in latest
government purge – January 26, 2025
Thermonuclear Stupidity.
The Death Wish of the "Elites" –
January 27, 2025
https://www.laprogressive.com/war-and-peace/thermonuclear-stupidity
The US Navy can now sink Chinese ships without torpedoes,
missiles, guns – or people – January 27, 2025
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01/27/orca-robot-unmanned-submarine-uuv-china-taiwan-war/
What’s in Store for the Military Under Pete Hegseth |
National News – January 27, 2025
Tuskegee Airmen, WASP History Will Stay in Air Force Boot
Camp Curriculum Following Outcry – January 27, 2025
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth Begins 'Most Important
Deployment of My Life' – January 27, 2025
A survival guide for the modern military spouse
https://www.wivesofthearmedforces.com/
Trump signs 4 new executive orders, transforming military
– January 28, 2025
Movers worried DOD change will cause problems for
military families – January 28, 2025
Pentagon strips Gen Mark Milley of US security detail and
clearance – January 29, 2025
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp3jd798kpzo
Defense Secretary Directs Creation of Task Force to
Restore America's Fighting Force – January 29, 2025
Air Force General Fired from Leadership Due to
'Inappropriate Personal Relationships' – January 29, 2025
Afghans Who Helped US War Effort Snarled by Foreign Aid
Freeze – January 29, 2025
Defense Secretary Pulls Trump Critic Gen. Milley's
Security Clearance and Protective Detail – January 29, 2025
Trump mandates prompt spy agency to take down website,
social media. It's unclear at this point
how long the "temporary" pause will last. – January 31, 2025
Pentagon cancels Black History Month hours before it
starts. "Identity Months Dead at
DoD,” reads the Jan. 31 Defense Department memo. – February 1, 2025
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/pentagon-cancels-black-history-month/
DC plane crash update: Army identifies helicopter pilot
taking part in 'doomsday' training as black box recovered – February 3, 2025
DOD-wide social media pause rescinded – February 3, 2025
China's Neighbor Eyes Advanced US Battle Command System –
February 3, 2025
2 Marines plead guilty in fatal fentanyl case of a fellow
Marine – February 3, 2025
RC-135 Rivet Joint Surveillance Jet Just Flew
Unprecedented Mission Off Mexico – February 4, 2025
Could the U.S. Develop a Scaled-Up Iron Dome Anti-Missile
System? – February 4, 2025
https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a63654222/iron-dome-us/
What’s Next on Trump’s Chopping Block? Look at Pete
Hegseth’s Venmo. Hegseth’s Venmo account
gives a terrifying insight into what he’s planning. – February 5, 2025
https://newrepublic.com/post/191185/donald-trump-pete-hegseth-venmo
Defense Secretary Says Enlisted Morale Is High at
Southern Border – February 5, 2025
The ships that take Marines to war are in really, really
bad shape – February 5, 2025
https://www.sandboxx.us/news/the-ships-that-take-marines-to-war-are-in-really-really-bad-shape/
Pentagon yanks former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper’s
security detail: report – February 5, 2025
A Path to the Navy Force Structure the Nation Needs. The Navy’s force structure is inadequate
because the service has been unable to effectively manage new construction and
ship retirements. – February 2025
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2025/february/path-navy-force-structure-nation-needs
Flash News: US Army Deploys 11th Airborne and 10th
Mountain Divisions to Arctic to Secure Strategic interests – February 6, 2025
Why Türkiye’s new Gürz 150 air defense system could
surpass the Russian Pantsir-S1 in modern air defense – February 6, 2025
Danish Army Receives New German-made Leguan 2 Tracked
Armoured Bridge Layer Vehicles – February 6, 2025
'We Learned a Lot': Marines, Sailors Reflect on
Deployments Chock-Full of Equipment Challenges – February 6, 2025
Study finds high PFAS levels near Okinawa air base,
raising contamination concerns – February 6, 2025
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2025-02-06/pfas-kadena-marina-okinawa-16737200.html
Pentagon working on plan to withdraw all 2,000 US troops
from Syria: Report – February 6, 2025
https://san.com/cc/pentagon-working-on-plan-to-withdraw-all-2000-us-troops-from-syria-report/
Air Force Has Troops Remove Names, Unit Patches from
Uniforms During Deportation Flights – February 7, 2025
US Navy to deploy world's most advanced naval drone to
kill mines – February 7, 2025
https://interestingengineering.com/military/naval-drone-to-kill-mines
Missile Defense Agency Moves Out Quickly on ‘Iron Dome’ –
February 7, 2025
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/missile-defense-agency-iron-dome/
Military families to see drop in Tricare dental premiums –
February 7, 2025
Hegseth: Defense Department must return to long-term
planning against strategic adversaries – February 9, 2025
Trump's PENTAGON
SETS OFF ALARMS With Chilling Announcement – February 9, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhfZSlNiCqA
US defense secretary pledges audit transparency, backs
Musk's efficiency efforts – February 9,
2025
The Secret War Within the Pentagon. An assortment of new firms, born in Silicon
Valley or incorporating its disruptive ethos, have begun to challenge the older
ones for access to lucrative Pentagon awards. – February 9, 2025
https://www.laprogressive.com/defense/secret-war-in-pentagon
Could the US Military’s Recruitment Problem Be a Good
Thing? Is it possible that collective
humanity is actually turning against war—seeing it more as the primary problem
than the solution to our global ills? – February 09, 2025
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/military-recruiting-problems
Trump fires Board of Visitors for the Army, Air Force,
Navy, and Coast Guard – February 10, 2025
https://flvoicenews.com/trump-fires-board-of-visitors-for-the-army-air-force-navy-and-coast-guard/
Transgender Recruits and Gender-Affirming Health Care
Restricted by Hegseth Memo – February 10, 2025
Pete Hegseth Torched for “F**king Racist” Move on
Recruitment. Military leaders warned
that Hegseth’s decision could seriously hurt the Army. – February 11, 2025
https://newrepublic.com/post/191394/pete-hegseth-army-recruitment-racist
U.S. Military Abandons STEM Recruiting Conference Over
‘Woke’ Concerns. The 40-year-old Become
Everything You Are conference was a place the Pentagon gathered hundreds of
high level recruits. This year it's pulling out as part of a broader DEI purge.
– February 11, 2025
https://gizmodo.com/u-s-military-abandons-stem-recruiting-conference-over-woke-concerns-2000562284
A New
Military-Industrial Complex Arises – February 11, 2025
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/02/11/a-new-military-industrial-complex-arises/
Military 250.
Honoring Service, Through Service
US military aircraft crashes into San Diego Bay –
February 12, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/live/9kZrt4FIEjY
CISA sidelines anti-disinformation staffers. The move reflects a GOP effort to steer the
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency away from fighting
disinformation and foreign influence. – February 12,
2025
Over $151 Million Taken from Soldiers' Paychecks for Food
Costs Spent Elsewhere by the Army. The
money is collected in what amounts to a tax on troops -- taken from their Basic
Allowance for Subsistence payments, roughly $460 per month that is
automatically deducted from the paychecks of service members – February 14,
2025
'Not well received': Hegseth, Vance embarrass themselves
on international stage – February 15, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcVcc06Kn-0
Rapid warfare tech helps U.S. Army build on lessons
learned in Ukraine's war with Russia – February 15, 2025
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/warfare-tech-us-army-ukraines-war-rcna191153
‘I knew the truth.’ Red Hill whistleblower responds after
inspector general report clears leaders – February 15, 2025
U.S. Marines Start to Leave Japan, Decades Behind
Schedule – February 18, 2025
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/world/asia/us-marines-japan-okinawa.html
Military Spouses Exempted From Return-to-Work Mandate –
February 18, 2025
Katie Arrington to head back into Pentagon as new CISO –
February 19, 2025
https://breakingdefense.com/2025/02/katie-arrington-to-head-back-into-pentagon-as-new-ciso/
Defense officials fear impending Pentagon firings could
break law and hurt military readiness – February 19, 2025
DOD to review all consulting contracts as it looks to cut
those that aren't 'essential’ to Trump’s priorities – February 20, 2025
https://defensescoop.com/2025/02/20/dod-review-consulting-contracts-cuts-trump-priorities-doge/
Commanding Officer of USS Harry S. Truman Relieved –
February 20, 2025
BREAKING: Trump abruptly fires Joint Chiefs Chairman,
other top Pentagon leaders – February 21, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHwVpP1hiPY
'Ready, fire, aim': Trump fires American military leaders
– February 21, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOioHUO8Kd8
Major shakeups in Pentagon general officers' staffing – February 21, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK9ef5KB5mg
DoD to fire 5,400 probationary employees next week, with
hiring freeze to follow – February 21, 2025
Drone-Equipped U.S. Marines Now Helping Protect Baltic
Sea Submarine Cables – February 21, 2025
https://www.twz.com/sea/drone-equipped-u-s-marines-now-helping-protect-baltic-se-submarine-cables
Trump’s targeting of Pentagon hits a nerve in POW/MIA
recovery office – February 23, 2025
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/02/23/trump-musk-pentagon-cuts/
Stealth F-35A Fighters of the U.S. Air Force deployed to
intercept Russian Strategic Bombers in the Arctic – February 23, 2025
