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In 2024, the story emerged that Ft Liberty’s anti-terrorism training to base security included slides that designated pro-life groups as terrorists. In early July 2024, Ft Liberty’s public affairs posted the following on its Facebook page:
“After conducting a commander’s inquiry, we determined that the slides presented on social media were not vetted by the appropriate approval authorities, and do not reflect the views of the XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Liberty, the U.S. Army or the Department of Defense.

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The U.S. Navy is hoping that new upgrades can let the troubled littoral combat ships can help protect American forces from enemy drones.
This week the Navy announced that it had upgraded the Freedom-class littoral combat ship the USS Indianapolis to fire radar-guided AGM-114L Longbow Hellfire missiles for counter-unmanned aircraft system use. The decision comes specifically after months of back and forth fighting between American and Houthi forces in the waters around Yemen, including the Red Sea. 
Along with those attacks, U.S.

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A former Space Force officer who was previously relieved from his command role has been nominated to serve as the undersecretary of the Department of the Air Force.
On Friday, Jan. 17, President-elect Donald Trump announced his nominations for top roles in the Department of the Air Force, naming Matthew Lohmeier as his pick for undersecretary of the department. Lohmeier, a former officer with both the Air Force and Space Force, was fired from his command role at the 11th Space Warning Squadron in 2021, after appearing on a right-wing podcast.

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During the last two decades, China has become a true military competitor.

Former Space Force Commander Matthew Lohmeier was selected as Under-Secretary of the Air Force after the powerful election of Donald Trump as President of the United States, and will be a powerful leader to rid the service of DEI Marxist ideology.
CDM/AFP was the first to interview Lohmeier on his book – Irresistible Revolution – which highlighted the growing danger inside of DoD three years ago.
The interview went viral and Lohmeier was quickly fired.
CDM/AFP is very proud of our contribution to Make America Great Again.
The original interview in question is below.

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WASHINGTON — Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro in recent days has named more than a dozen future ships, including aircraft carriers and submarines, to culminate his time leading the…

Bloomberg
Nominee John Phelan inherits a service that is struggling with recruiting, building too few ships and falling behind China.

The WarZone
Houthi attacks in the Red Sea prompted the Navy to rush the counter-drone Hellfire capability to the Freedom class LCS.

Joseph Reilly, Proceedings
To assume an inability to secure sea control renders carriers obsolete is a gross misreading of maritime history and theory, and it neglects the functions of…

Philip Pilkington, The National Interest
The carrier is too large, slow, and costly to evade rapidly evolving missile technology.

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Feeding soldiers has been part of the U.S. military’s strategy for hundreds of years. After all, efficient soldiers need nourishment. As technology advances, the process has become easier/more stable, providing healthier, fresher choices. But that doesn’t mean there weren’t bumps along the way. Including the invention and evolution of the Meal, Ready-to-Eat, better known as the MRE. 
Reserve Ration
Starting with World War I, soldiers were fed via Reserve Ration. These were consumed by infantrymen AKA Doughboys, and consisted of more than 3,000 calories a pop.

A former Ranger who became an Army lawyer was sentenced to more than four years in federal prison for lying about contacting a Russian embassy and deleting military-owned training materials from a computer system.
Manfredo Martin-Michael Madrigal, 38, also faced charges stemming from alleged harassment against two former girlfriends who were potential witnesses in the case.

The Army is conducting experiments to determine what its edge is at echelon and what tools those forces will require.
One such capability is edge computing and cloud. Once a prominent fixture for buzzword bingo, where government and industry types opined on deploying, the service is beginning to take a slightly different view on who will need these technologies and how feasible it will be to deliver them given the speed of war in the future.
“Somebody asked me the other day about ‘we need to scale this cloud thing all the way at the tactical edge.

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An Army pilot program that requires soldiers to appear before selection boards to determine if they are ready for command will now be permanent. The program involves board panelists looking at peer reviews of each candidate.
First established in 2020, the Army Command Assessment Program, or CAP, evaluates sergeants major, lieutenant colonels, and full-bird colonels for command assignments. CAP was originally established as a pilot program.

The Navy is aiming to boost production of Global Autonomous Reconnaissance Craft to a rate of 32 systems per month amid a broader push by the sea service to field more robotic platforms to counter China in the Pacific.
The 16-foot GARC, an unmanned surface vessel, is built by Maritime Applied Physics Corp. The Defense Department has already obligated more than $160 million for the system, according to government contracting data.
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GlobalData analysts outline technology predictions from 2025 onwards in the backdrop of the US-China trade war

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Responsible AI strategy should involve close and constant monitoring to ensure corporate ethics policies are followed to build trust in AI

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The Department of Veterans Affairs‘ website built to honor veterans who have served the country since the Revolutionary War will now allow former service members to tell their own stories before they die.
The VA announced Thursday that it has expanded its Veterans Legacy Memorial, or VLM, a website that houses the names of millions of veterans and can be used to pay tribute to former service members.

The Government of Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire, with hostages to be released and humanitarian aid to enter Gaza.

Welcome back to the Rundown! President-elect Donald Trump will take the oath of office for the second time on Jan. 20. Pete Hegseth, Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, received a warm reception from Senate Republicans at his confirmation hearing on Tuesday. Even Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), who initially indicated that she needed to know more about Hegseth before deciding whether to vote for his nomination, has now said she supports him.

Defence ministers of Norway and France have taken steps to deepen their defence cooperation through a newly signed letter of intent (LOI).

Syria’s new leaders are in desperate need of partners who can provide fiscal, economic, and diplomatic support. Since overthrowing the Assad regime, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s leader, Ahmed al Sharaa, has actively reached out to multiple governments. Recently, new Foreign Minister Asaad al Shaibani visited Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, and Turkey. Qatar and Turkey have reopened embassies in Damascus.

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Global Security Review
As the world prepares for Donald Trump’s return to the White House, the implications for global arms control loom large.

Oren Cass, Foreign Affairs
The Conservative Case for Reindustrialization

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The USS Lyndon B. Johnson is now undergoing its transformation to accommodate the CPS missile system.

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Five years ago, we warned that a snap decision to depart Syria — abandoning the U.S. Kurdish-led partner force that has fought the Islamic State in Syria for the last 10 years while thousands of suspected fighters remained in detention — would provide a devastating setback to the fight against the terror group and damage overall American credibility. A few weeks later, amongst a U.S.

“In the United States people are singularly oblivious of the close relation between peace and preparation.” –Alfred Thayer Mahan, 1912 Only 34 percent of Americans can find Taiwan on a map and they are even less aware of U.S. strategic interests there. The Chinese Communist Party leadership likely knows this. National will is critical for preventing or winning a protracted war over Taiwan. The stakes of conflict determine national resolve. “Rally around the flag” effects from initial fighting can be short-lived. Resolve falters as costs mount unless stakes are high.

Navy Cmdr. Sarah M. Quemada has been fired as the commanding officer of Naval Information Warfare Training Group Norfolk in Virginia “due to a loss of confidence in her ability to command,” the service announced on Thursday.
Rear Adm. Brian A. Harding, commander of Naval Information Warfighting Development Center, relieved Quemada on Thursday, a Navy news release says. No information was immediately available about the specific reason for her firing.

A soldier just three weeks from basic infantry training graduation died while off-duty at Fort Moore, Georgia on Jan. 8. 
Pfc. McCallaster Foley, 20, was killed in what base officials said was a “non-training-related” incident while off-duty after dinner. Officials did not give details about what led to his death, citing an ongoing investigation.
Foley was nearing the end of the five-month training pipeline in which new recruits attend both boot camp and basic infantry training.

Pete Hegseth, President-Elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be Pentagon chief, made it clear to lawmakers this week that, if confirmed, he plans to prioritize the military’s adoption and integration of autonomous technologies in modern operations and enhance its ability to counter drones that continue to disrupt U.S. national security.
“Unmanned [platforms] will be a very important part of the way future wars are fought. Just the idea of survivability for human beings — to drive cost and time in ways that manned systems do not,” Hegseth said during his confirmation hearing Tuesday.

The UK appears to have secretively developed a new air defence system for Ukraine, that can use existing stocks of air-to-air missiles.

Dr. Troy E. Meink, deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for Space, answers questions during a space budget briefing March 5, 2014, at the Pentagon. Meink discussed the Air Force’s commitment to competition, finding cost-effective measures, and fielding capabilities to address concerns of a growing contested environment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Scott M. Ash)

President-elect Donald Trump has picked Dr. Troy E. Meink to become the next Secretary of the Air Force, he announced Jan. 16.