Author: Michael

The Army is entering exclusive negotiations with the Carlyle Group and CyrusOne to build and operate commercial hyperscale data centers on military installations in Texas and Utah, the service announced Thursday.
The initiative is being pursued through the Army’s Enhanced Use Lease program, after President Donald Trump issued an executive order directing the Defense Department and other agencies to facilitate data center infrastructure projects that provide jobs and undergird key IT capabilities like the internet, cloud, and AI.

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It appears that the F-14 Tomcat, retired from the U.S. Navy in 2006 but still in service with the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force, has finally come to the end of the runway.
When the war with Iran began on Feb. 28, one of the early goals was to hamstring the Iranian air force, which boasted a smattering of aircraft. This included French Mirage F1s, Soviet MiG-29s, and American F-4 Phantoms, F-5 Tiger IIs, and the beloved F-14 Tomcats. In satellite imagery and released footage, we can see the effectiveness of that campaign, with Tomcats smoldering on tarmacs.

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Morgan Plummer is Vice President of Policy at Americans for Responsible Innovation. He previously served as a Professor of Practice at the U.S. Air Force Academy and as Managing Director of the Department of Defense’s National Security Innovation Network.
The Trump administration’s recent decision to designate Anthropic a “supply-chain risk” marked an extraordinary escalation in the relationship between Washington and the tech sector. If this precedent holds, it could send a powerful warning to innovators: cooperate with the U.S.

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In 1921, an unknown American casualty from World War I was brought back to the United States and interred in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.
Today, the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) from Fort Myer, Virginia guard the Tomb rain or shine and will ensure that anyone who plays stupid games at this place of reverence wins stupid prizes. However, the Tomb was not always guarded.

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