Author: Michael

The 2016–2017 Battle of Mosul would have been unrecognizable to Henri Dunant, the founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Unlike the defined front lines in the Battle of Solferino, where Dunant witnessed the suffering of the wounded, 21st-century armed conflict is characterized by the proliferation of asymmetric warfare, non-state armed groups, and the targeting of humanitarian workers.

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The secretaries of the Army, Navy and Air Force can request exemptions for civilian hiring freezes at “readiness-centric” locations, according to a new memo from Secretary of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
The SecDef, who previously ordered a civilian hiring freeze in a Feb. 28 directive, laid out additional criteria for exemptions in a March 14 memo to senior Pentagon leadership, combatant commanders, and defense agency and field activity directors.

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Dozens of Houthi targets — including drone facilities and technology experts — were hit this weekend in Yemen during the first surge of the U.S. military’s latest, ongoing campaign against the Iran-backed militia group behind major global shipping disruptions, senior officials told reporters Monday. 
Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell and Lt. Gen. Alex Grynkewich, director of operations at the Joint Staff, supplied new details about those airstrikes and the broader operational vision at the Defense Department’s first on-camera press briefing under the new Trump administration.

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Armed Forces Press has been on the inside of the fight for years to restore our service academies to their rightful place of honor and mission.
President Donald Trump has appointed new members to the three main service academy boards of visitors. President Biden fired all the previous Trump appointees illegally.
This is a great day for our service academies.

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