Author: Michael

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.

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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.

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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.

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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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