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Author: Michael
March 16, 1968, is one of the darkest days in U.S. military history. On that day, the soldiers of C Company, 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, who had suffered dozens of casualties in the campaign against the Viet Cong, assaulted the village of My Lai. Under the command of Lieutenant William Calley, the soldiers attacked the village based on faulty intelligence about the location of a Viet Cong unit. Instead of the expected enemy, they found local civilians, mostly old men, women, and children. In the end, a U.S.
But just because you knew doesn’t make it any easier. Being prepared doesn’t cancel out the hard parts.
There’s a phrase that gets tossed at military spouses like a passive-aggressive grenade—smiling on the outside, condescending on the inside.
“You knew what you were signing up for.”
Ah, yes. The Greatest Hits of Things No One Asked You to Say, Vol. 1.
You’ll hear it everywhere. From a well-meaning aunt who’s never moved out of her hometown. From the comment section on a military spouse support thread.
The full consequences of the Trump administration’s “Signalgate” affair remain unseen — but in response, personnel inside the Office of the Department of Defense Chief Information Officer are moving to accelerate government and military leaders’ access to trustworthy and protected options for transmitting instant communications about sensitive, real-time information.
“This is something that, when they say ‘incidents happen,’ it innovates us and urges us to make the requirement, and make the devices, and make the technology available.
Like the rest of us, the Air Force’s tradition of “elephant walks” is apparently not immune to inflation, because last weekend’s display at Kadena Air Base in Japan is the largest we’ve ever seen.
More than four dozen aircraft, plus a battery of anti-aircraft missiles, put on a “walk” last weekend.
BALTIMORE — The Defense Department’s chief information officer has published an updated roadmap detailing the organization’s plans to support continued growth of the Pentagon’s software factory ecosystem and enterprise cloud program.
The CIO’s recently released software modernization implementation plan for fiscal 2025 and 2026 marks another call from Pentagon leadership for the entire department to improve delivery of software-based capabilities.
China begins narrative of superior military equipment
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Reports of a massive aerial dogfight between Indian and Pakistani air forces in the recent Indian attack on Pakistan describe upwards of five Indian jets being shot down.
The reports are eliciting glee from Chinese officials, which supplied Pakistan with Chinese-built equipment. France supplied the Indian Air Force with Raphael fighteer aircraft.
China’s Weibo users praised the country’s military strength.
The Trump administration has tapped Stephen Winchell to head the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, DefenseScoop has learned.
DARPA, one of the Pentagon’s premier R&D organizations, aims to create “technological surprise” and game-changing capabilities for the U.S. national security community. It has been credited with aiding major technological breakthroughs, including precision weapons, stealth technology, the internet and GPS, among others.
How about that? The first American Pope is a Navy brat! Earlier today, Robert Francis Prevost, taking the name Pope Leo XIV, was selected by the Conclave to serve as the Holy Father of the Catholic Church. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Pope Leo XIV is the first American pope in history. He spent much of his early career working for the Augustinians, serving in Peru from 1985-1986 and again from 1988-1998 and 2015-2023. He was named a cardinal by Pope Francis in 2023.
Pope Leo XIV is the son of Louis Marius Prevost and Mildred Martinez.
Duty and remembrance went hand in hand today fo