Author: Michael

The Pentagon is looking for commercial retailers to run commissaries on military bases in the latest push to privatize troops’ quality of life.
The Department of Defense wants to see if private commercial grocery operators or investment firms are willing and able to run 178 commissaries at military bases across the U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico, according to a Request For Information, or RFI, posted to Sam.gov, the federal government’s website for contract opportunities.

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With more than 300 million views, 1.3 million subscribers, and 10 million+ monthly viewers, Sam Eckholm is the producer and host behind one of the most-watched aerospace and defense video series in the world. From flying with the U.S. Navy Blue Angels to surviving a week with Air Force Special Operations, his cinematic, story-driven content showcases the mission sets of the U.S. military like never before — and he’s turned that momentum into a thriving media brand and business.
What’s pretty cool is that Eckholm, a former U.S.

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One of the pilots killed in a crash of an Army special operations helicopter was a former officer who gave up his commission to keep flying in the Army. The other pilot had been a helicopter mechanic in the Marines before crosstraining into the Army to fly.
Two enlisted crew chiefs who died in the crash were both in their early 20s and relatively junior flyers, with just over 700 flying hours each.

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