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Now that she has been picked as a presidential candidate, Democrats as well as their friends at The Washington Examiner, CNN, CBS, NPR, Reuters, MSNBC, and elsewhere are suddenly furious that some people have referred to Kamala Harris as a “DEI hire.” At his recent appearance at the National Association of Black Journalists conference earlier this month President Trump was grilled by ABC’s Rachel Scott about this trend and asked whether he agreed with other Republicans calling Vice President Harris a DEI hire.

Pentagon leadership selected Anduril’s Dive-LD autonomous underwater vehicles as part of the second tranche of capabilities to be quickly mass produced via the high-profile modernization effort known as Replicator, multiple sources told DefenseScoop this week.
This news marks the first public report of technologies that made the Defense Department’s cut for Replicator 1.2 — and it also follows the company’s recently revealed plans to launch a new factory in Rhode Island to speed-up the manufacturing of these advanced uncrewed platforms.

Dearest Gentle Reader…We are all well aware of how tough it can be to find hobbies and a community we love through this military lifestyle. This is your reminder that at times you need to create your own in order to thrive and bloom where you are planted. 
Two years ago, we arrived at our new duty station with the heartfelt hope of finding a village as great as the one we had just left behind. After months of searching and having no luck of a perfect match, this author decided to create a group of her own that catered to lovers of literature.

Army Lt. Col. Roderick Vinson, whose military career spanned 37 years, died Aug. 11 while exercising near his off-base residence in Sumter, South Carolina, Army officials announced.
Investigators do not suspect foul play in connection with Vinson’s death, according to the Sumpter Police Department and County Coroner’s Office. His autopsy is scheduled for Thursday. The coroner’s office said it may take a while for test results to determine the exact cause of his death.

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Recent years have seen Japan reevaluate its defense posture and a subsequent strategic repositioning of the United States in Japan. In 2022, the Government of Japan allocated approximately 43 trillion yen (about 30 billion dollars) to the strengthening of Japan’s defense capabilities. On July 28, 2024, Japan hosted the U.S.-Japan Security Consultative Committee, which focused on accelerating the alliance’s integration. We asked four experts to look at the U.S. strategic repositioning in Japan, Japan’s expansion of defense capabilities, and the implications of these developments.

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