Members of 5th Special Forces Group (A) conducting 50. Cal Weapons training during counter ISIS operations at Al Tanf Garrison in southern Syria on November 22, 2017. (U.S. Army/Staff Sgt. Jacob Connor).
The United States has roughly 900 troops in Syria to fight the Islamic State group, but they also currently face a familiar adversary: Iran.
Most recently, the U.S.
The DOD mismanaged the Covid mandatory vaccine program, which degraded morale and negatively affected recruitment goals.
Originally appeared at Brownstone Institute
[Lt Gen Rod Bishop USA (ret) and MG Joe Arbuckle USA (ret) assisted with this article.]
The 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) rescinded the DOD’s mandatory Covid 19 vaccine policy, providing an opportunity to refocus the military on its primary responsibilities and objectives.
After the longest combat of the Russian invasion, which took place near the destroyed city of Bakhmut, the Ukrainian military reported that they were “managing to stabilize” the situation.
After months of intense warfare between Russian and Ukrainian forces, Bakhmut, which was formerly home to an estimated 70,000 inhabitants, is now nearly devoid of citizens.
Finland MOD
Finland and Sweden are teaming up to jointly acquire a new range of infantry and sniper rifles for their respective armed forces, providing a significant degree of commonality as they both move closer to joining NATO. The decision, announced today, is also the latest step in a deepening military relationship between the two Nordic states, which last week — together with Denmark and Norway — also unveiled plans for a unified air defense alliance, to better cope with the Russian threat, a move you can read more about here.
Just weeks after departing the Navy as chief information officer, Aaron Weis has taken a role with Google Public Sector.
Weis joined the organization on Monday as the managing director of technology, reporting to Leigh Palmer, the firm’s vice president.
After nearly four years as Navy CIO, Weis announced in February in a letter to staff that he was leaving to “attend to family,” among other things.
In his absence, Navy Principal Deputy CIO Jane Rathbun has stepped in to serve as acting CIO.
Russian pilots are not as well trained as their Western counterparts, and the country is quickly running out of them.
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The Austrian Ministry of Defence has awarded Thales with a contract to provide the company’s SquadNet tactical radios, marking the second European order after Belgium.
Thales SquadNet radio is a solution that combines networking waveform with built-in GPS, Bluetooth, and programmable encryption to provide communication capabilities. The SquadNet soldier radio is small, lightweight, and has an autonomy of up to 24 hours, location reporting, and data-sharing options.
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced the Ukrainian soldier’s completion of Challenger 2 training. The training began shortly after the MoD announced it would donate 14 Challenger 2 main battle tanks (MBT), spare parts and accompanying ammunition to help Ukraine repel the Russian invasion.
UK military trainers spent several weeks training Ukrainian personnel how to operate and fight with the tanks. Instruction included how to command, drive and work together as a Challenger 2 tank crew and effectively identify and engage targets.
Host L Todd Wood speaks with Col John Mills (USA, Ret) who is a former Pentagon planner on the military situation in the Pacific and the coming kinetic conflict with China.
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With this new Belgian MOU, the NATO Multinational MRTT Unit will field 10 KC-30M tanker-transport aircraft by the time deliveries are complete in 2027. (Royal Netherlands Air Force)
Belgium has formalised the procurement of a second Airbus A330-200 Multirole Tanker Transport (MRTT) as its contribution to the NATO Multinational MRTT Unit (MMU).
Minister of Defence Ludivine Dedonder signed the memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the additional aircraft on 24 March, bringing the Multinational MRTT Fleet (MMF) to 10 aircraft once deliveries are complete in 2027.
