Do you think winning Powerball means you can cash out and walk straight into retirement? It’s a rumor that pops up every time the jackpot hits the stratosphere, usually passed around formations like a half-remembered safety brief.
The truth is a little less Ritchie Rich and a lot more paperwork.
1. You get an automatic discharge.
This one is the barracks lawyers’ favorite, and the most wrong. There’s no clause in your military contract that causes it to magically burst into flames when you hit a jackpot like you’re at Hogwarts.
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An Army OB-GYN doctor at Fort Hood, Texas, has been charged with filming dozens of his patients. Advocates are now questioning whether policies to provide chaperones during sensitive exams were strong enough to keep them safe in situations with an innate “power imbalance.”
In December, Army prosecutors charged Maj. Blaine McGraw with 54 counts of indecent visual recording in a Uniform Code of Military Justice case that has over 40 victims thus far. Army investigators have contacted nearly 1,400 of McGraw’s patients from Carl R.
…do we really appreciate what we are letting drift away?
Though written from a distinctly Australian perspective, there is a great article from the Australian Naval Institute, Pax Americana to Pax Sinica, that would be a great way to start your week.
What I find most useful is that it efficiently outlines why, from Washington, to Brussels, to Canberra, serious people should not simply shrug their shoulders as the U.S. Navy, foolishly, has allowed itself to become the world’s #2 navy, and fading.
Molly Parks, Washington Examiner
The U.S.
Military Watch
The U.S. Navy has brought its first Flight III Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer, the USS Jack H.
CDR Salamander, CDR Salamander
She was commissioned on May 3rd, 1975, less than a week after the fall of Saigon.
John Keller, M+A Electronics
CAML is to be an autonomous crewed or uncrewed air-transportable offensive and defensive missile launcher to augment or replace existing Army launchers.
The Aviationist
L3Harris announced on Dec.
Gen. Sir Gwyn Jenkins visited Washington a few weeks ago and was kind enough to invite Ryan to the British Embassy for a nice chat about the U.S.-U.K. alliance, the threat landscape, his vision for delivering seapower, learning from Ukraine, acquisition reform, the future of the Royal Navy — which currently faces serious challenges but also key opportunities, and so much more.Image: UK MOD © Crown copyright 2025
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The Estonian Defence Ministry has signed an agreement with the South Korean defence manufacturer Hanwha Aerospace to procure Chunmoo rocket artillery systems, expanding on prior orders for six Chunmoo launchers. Commenting on the procurement, Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur observed: “Deep-strike capability in the form of HIMARS already exists for us, but creating a second complementary system is extremely necessary… Chunmoo has a firing range of up to 300 kilometres, and they are working to go further, up to 500 kilometres.