A viral story about a rogue AI controlling an Air Force drone has been making the rounds, but don’t be fooled: It’s not real.
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The House Armed Services Committee is concerned about the apparent lack of utilization of National Guard and Reserve forces for cyber operations.
In the panel’s Cyber Innovative Technologies and Information Systems subcommittee mark for the fiscal 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, under an “item of special interest” lawmakers note that the Pentagon has not made any substantial change to how it uses expertise among Guard and Reserve forces.
Master Sergeant Earl Plumlee is a member of the United States Army and a recipient of the United States Armed Forces’ prestigious Medal of Honor. Plumlee earned his award for courageous action during an armed conflict in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan, in 2013.
Background
Born into a family of cattle ranchers, Sergeant Plumlee spent his childhood in rural Oklahoma. Early on, he took an interest in military service. While still in high school, Plumlee joined the Army National Guard, with a focus on artillery.
In a display of bilateral cooperation, the Ministries of Defence of Slovakia and Germany have signed a gift agreement, donating two MANTIS very short-range air defence systems to Slovakia.
The Modular, Automatic and Network Capable Targeting and Interception System (MANTIS) is a stationary, fully automated weapon station developed by Germany.
Originally designed to protect the Bundeswehr’s forward-operating bases in Afghanistan, MANTIS provides air defence coverage for military installations.
On June 9, 2023, University of South Florida Associate Professor Dr. Joseph Dituri, Ph.D. resurfaced at Key Largo, Florida, after living underwater for 100 days. Dituri, a retired U.S. Navy Saturation Diving Officer, began his submerged stay in a 100-square-foot underwater room at Jules’ Undersea Lodge on March 1, 2023. From 22 feet underwater, he continued to teach his students online, living up to his nickname, “Dr. Deep Sea.”
Cdr. Dituri served as a Saturation Diving Officer (Dr. Deep Sea)
Dituri enlisted in the Navy in 1985 and worked in saturation diving and ship repair.
An F-16C fires an AIM-9M Sidewinder during Exercise Combat Archer in May 2023. Jamie Hunter. Jamie Hunter
“It’s incredibly important for us to get a weapons system evaluation of all of our munitions, whether it’s air-to-ground or air-to-air,” Col. Brian DeWitt, 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group (WEG) commander explains to The War Zone. To meet this requirement, the U.S. Air Force regularly invites its fighter squadrons to Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida to gain experience and hone their skills firing live missiles at real airborne targets.
As part of a foreign military sales (FMS) agreement, Poland has purchased a distributed intercative simulation-based systems integration laboratory from the US Department of Defense (DoD).
The DoD has contracted Northrop Grumman to complete the $19.7m contract in Poland by 7 June 2025.
A simulation laboratory allows the Polish Armed Forces, alongside its US partner, to test and verify components that can be used in different weapon systems.
Since the full-scale Russian invasion in February 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has traded his suits and ties for olive drab and ballistic gear. As a wartime leader, Zelenskyy makes visits to combat zones where he dons protective gear. On international visits where he pleads his country’s cause and makes requests for aid, Zelenskyy wears simple, military-style clothing too.
Here are the main pieces of gear worn by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
1. Sweater
Zelenskyy addresses the U.S. Congress in his President’s Sweatshirt (Office of U.S.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)
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Last week, a group of GOP senators introduced the End Endless Wars Act, which is a bill to repeal the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) that was passed after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and is still being used today.
The measure was introduced by Republican Senators Rand Paul (R-KY), Mike Braun (R-IN), JD Vance (R-OH), and Mike Lee (R-UT). If the measure were to be passed, it would repeal the 2001 AUMF 180 days after its enactment.
The National Museum of the Pacific War is located in Fredericksburg, Texas. Situated roughly in the middle of the state, the museum is about 673 miles from the Pacific Ocean. It seems odd to put a museum about the Pacific Theater in Fredericksburg. However, the city is also the boyhood home of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, the Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet during WWII.
Nimitz grew up at his grandfather’s hotel (National Archives)
In 1852, Nimitz’s grandfather built the Nimitz Hotel in Fredericksburg. The hotel hosted such famous guests as Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S.