Richard Collens
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Combat Archer, the U.S. Air Force-led live missile firing exercise in Florida, has some truly unique characteristics. Flying unmanned QF-16 ‘Zombie Vipers’ that act as realistic targets for the live missile shots is definitely one of them.
Military families experience a lot of stressful situations and time periods that are unique to military life. Deployments upend family plans and permanent change of station (PCS) moves can have a wide-ranging impact on every member of the family. Many families have to move when changing jobs – military families do it every three years.
For military families moving as often as they do, especially moving with children who have lives of their own, PCS moves can broadly disrupt the lives of every family member.
Leaders of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies and Information (CITI) have requested an official briefing with the Pentagon’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer Craig Martell to discuss his handling of the reportedly low employee morale within the nascent office he leads, according to a letter obtained exclusively by DefenseScoop on Tuesday.
In the letter, which was dated and delivered on Monday, CITI Chair Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., and Ranking Member Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif.
The Marine Corps has a saying, “Every Marine a Rifleman.” It denotes that each Marine, regardless of MOS, is at their core a fighter. The mission of the Marine Corps Rifle Squad is, “To locate, close with, and destroy the enemy by fire and maneuver, and to repel the enemy’s assault by fire and close combat”. These tenants have a tremendous influence on the culture and conduct of Marines. It affects how they carry themselves, how they view the world, and how they respond to events.
The Ukrainian military now packs significant firepower. These two armored weapon systems will likely define the Ukrainian counteroffensive.
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Dean Martin, “The King of Cool,” is one of America’s most iconic entertainers. Teaming up with Jerry Lewis, another icon, Martin got his start in musical comedy in 1946. His career included music and movies that made him a star. As a member of the famous Rat Pack, along with the likes of Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr., Martin’s name is solidified in American celebrity. Prior to his stardom, Martin was drafted into the Army during WWII. Unfortunately, he was discharged after 14 months due to a hernia. His son, however, became an Air Force fighter pilot.
The Kremlin and its hired army of mercenaries from the Wagner Group have been increasingly at odds in recent months. Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has been threatening to remove his forces from the war in Ukraine amid a flurry of accusations of wrongdoing by Russian military officials.
Prigozhin’s divide with military commanders deepened this week after Wagner forces put a Russian Army officer in custody for ordering his troops to fire on a Wagner convoy near the contested city of Bakhmut. The officer, Lt. Col. Roman Venevitin, was reportedly drunk when he gave the orders.
There was a time when North Koreans had at least one surefire way of escaping the Kim regime, but now the government in Pyongyang is trying to take that away from them too. Radio Free Asia reports Kim Jong Un has ordered local municipalities across the country to take preventative measures to keep citizens from killing themselves.
Kim’s government has officially established that suicide is an “act of treason against socialism,” and ordered emergency meetings of Korean Workers Party Committees at the provincial, city and county levels, a North Korean government official told RFA.
Between 2015 and 2021, Canada’s armed forces were led by Defense Minister Harjit Singh Sajjan, a Sikh who spent years serving in the Canadian Forces, deploying to Bosnia and Afghanistan in leadership roles considered nothing short of brilliant by his peers.
His appointment as Minister of Defense was celebrated during Sikh Heritage Month in April 2017 with a poster featuring the first Prime Minister of Canada, Sir John A. Macdonald, who once called for an “Army of Sikhs” to “save Canada.
Booz Allen Hamilton, a Virginia-based consultancy company, will assess the energy vulnerabilities of the United States Department of Defense (DoD).
The organisation will define the DoD’s requirements for energy resilience projects and identify third-party funding sources for energy resilience and security projects.
The contract is valued at $28.8m and work will occur in Arlington, Virginia with an estimated completion date of 12 December 2026.
Powering the defence industrial base
Biden’s administration has embarked on a campaign to strengthen the US defense industrial base.
