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The late and over-budget Constellation class design is still in flux, with only 15% commonality with the frigate it’s based on, not 85% as planned.
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Government layoffs don’t just cut budgets — they cut belief.
Talented, mission-driven professionals — some who left lucrative private-sector careers, others tracking lifelong roads of public service to serve — are now being pushed out of the very institutions they fought to improve. These weren’t side projects or token hires. They were seasoned professionals, some with decades of experience, brought in to modernize critical systems, close digital equity gaps, and help rebuild trust in institutions that have too often failed the people they serve.
The senior Space Force officer Col Susan Meyers, who was relieved of command after the Vice President’s visit to Greenland, committed severe insubordination of the Commander-in-Chief, President Trump, and should be courtmartialed in our opinion.
Until we start making examples of these seditious individuals, with real consequences, this will keep happening.
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth signed a memo Thursday ordering the termination of several IT services contracts and directing the Pentagon’s chief information officer to draw up plans for in-sourcing, among other measures.
The aim is to “cut wasteful spending” and “support the continued rationalization” of the Defense Department’s IT enterprise, Hegseth wrote.
The move comes amid a broader push by the Trump administration to implement Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) initiatives across federal agencies.
Chinese Ambassador Xie Feng presented his credentials to President Joe Biden at the Oval Office on a humid summer afternoon in 2023. Less well-known is that following his presentation, Xie’s first official meeting was not at the State Department with his bureaucratic counterparts. Instead, it was down the block at the Department of Commerce with U.S. Deputy Secretary Don Graves, to discuss the broader strategic relationship between the two countries.
The U.S. military is getting a new leader after the Senate confirmed Dan “Razin” Caine to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by a vote of 60-25 shortly after 2 a.m. Friday.
Caine will also become a four-star as he steps into his new role as the president’s top military adviser.
President Donald Trump surprised many in February when he announced Caine — a retired Air Force three-star at that time — as his choice for chairman after firing Gen. Charles “CQ” Brown.
Military life is expensive enough. Between PCS moves, last-minute orders, and unpredictable deployments, your budget takes enough hits without adding sky-high interest rates and lease agreements that don’t account for military realities.
The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) is supposed to protect military families from these financial traps, but here’s the problem. Landlords, banks, and leasing companies aren’t going to remind you it exists.
Since World War II, the number of soldiers the Army has trained to be able to jump into combat has more than doubled. But as the service prepares for a future war, it worries there are too many soldiers who need to maintain their jump status, especially those who would not actually be jumping directly into combat.
The Army is reclassifying around 20,000 paid parachutist positions to manage limited resources and prioritize airborne training for soldiers who would be the first ones on the ground, officials said.