With just days before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, it was thought the US would send a larger military aid package to Ukraine.
Author: Michael
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This is Chapter 6 in the Wellness Memoir. Catch up here.
Long-distance relationships are challenging, but adding health issues into the mix takes it to another level. I often found myself wrestling with how much of my health struggles to share with my deployed husband. I wanted him to know the truth but also didn’t want to burden him with stress while he faced his own challenges during the year we were apart.
It felt like I had to navigate recovery on my own because he couldn’t see or fully understand what I was going through.
Ukraine Deputy Minister of Defence brigadier general Anatolii Klochko has engaged in discussions with the Italian Defence Industry Agency.
Rheinmetall Electronics has expanded its stake in blackned by purchasing an additional 11% of shares through a share acquisition agreement.
This is Chapter 5 in the Transition Memoir. Catch up here.
I found Five Minute Friday when my son was about six months old. The goal was to write on a prompt word for five minutes. I didn’t have a blog, I had never shared my writing with anyone outside of emails home to Afghanistan. I decided to join in and started posting in the comment section with other writers.
For five minutes once a week, I had a new goal and a new focus.
Leaving the military had left me lost and confused, unsure of what to do next. I had tried to become a fitness coach but that had crashed and burned.
Mattel was founded by Elliot Handler, his wife Ruth Handler and Harold Matson in 1945. Elliot Handler served in the U.S. Army during World War II. The name was created by taking “Matt” from Matson and “El” from Elliot to form Mattel. They first sold picture frames and dollhouse furniture. Matson stepped out of Mattel in 1946 because of health issues and sold his shares to the Handlers. Mattel’s first successful toy was the Uke-A-Doodle, which was a ukulele.
According to FBI Director Wray, China has been placing cyber bombs in our critical infrastructure. Well then, what was the FBI’s priority stack of operations?
China has a bigger cyber theft and cyber attack program than all other nations combined.
Yes, this is true. So on Day 1 of January 20, 2025, the priority stack of operations that the FBI has been apportioning resources to under Biden needs to be revealed.
The Navy officially named three future ships this past week, as well as the official name for its new class of ocean surveillance ships. The vessels honor two Navy veterans and underwater explorers, as well as a Marine killed in action during the Iraq War.
Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced the names at different events on Friday. The amphibious transport dock ship LPD 33 will be named for Travis Manion, Del Toro announced at the U.S. Naval Academy. Manion, an academy graduate, served in the Marine Corps with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion and fought in Iraq.
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The GOP chairman of the House Armed Services Committee is aiming to “significantly” increase defense spending this year, and he has a new…