The Army will soon start paying a monthly bonus to 100 senior soldiers aimed at keeping their technical experts in the force.
The Warrant Officer Retention Bonus, or WORB is a financial incentive targeting more than a dozen military occupational specialties – many of which are cyber and intelligence focused – for chief warrant officers with 17-21 years of active service.
Soldiers who take the bonus will receive monthly payouts of around $1,550 and incur an additional duty obligation between three to six years, depending on time in service, Lt. Col.
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The Pentagon is shuttering an advisory group focused on women in the military just weeks after reinstating it.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth decided to terminate the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services, according to a post on X Tuesday from Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson. Military Times reported last week that the group would be reinstated after being paused earlier this year.
The Marine Corps has formally established an AI and command-and-control modernization initiative known as Project Dynamis and set up a leadership structure to oversee it, the service announced Tuesday.
Although Project Dynamis — which will focus on the Corps’ contribution to the U.S. military’s Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control (CJADC) warfighting construct — isn’t completely new, it got a boost in status earlier this month by the assistant commandant.
The initiative was formalized in a memo signed Sept. 10 by Gen.
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Ongoing efforts under U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s Joint Fires Network will officially transition into an integrated program office in October, according to a senior Air Force official.
The Joint Fires Network is a prototyping effort that seeks to develop a battle management platform able to display real-time, actionable threat information from across domains to joint and partner forces operating in high-end conflicts — particularly within the Indo-Pacific region.
The Air Force is working on a new defensive cyberspace operations campaign plan as it moves to protect military bases and utility companies against digital threats, according to a top commander.
The effort comes amid concerns about the vulnerability of critical infrastructure to China-backed actors. Prominent entities known as Volt Typhoon and Salt Typhoon, which are believed to be backed by the Chinese government, have particularly alarmed U.S. officials.
The oldest continuously serving regiment in the
Crispin Burke, Small Wars Journal
a recent U.S.
Richard Byno, RCD
A dangerous illusion in Washington persists, believing capability shortfalls in irregular warfare are solvable before the bullets and drones fly during conflict.
Joseph Trevithick, The WarZone
A semi-autonomous YFQ-44A Collaborative Combat Drone’s maiden flight is part of Anduril’s strategy to get to an operational capability faster.
Lariosa, Naval News
The U.S. Army’s latest watercraft demonstrated its ability to transport a Marine Corps NMESIS anti-ship launcher last week in Hawaii.