The Department of Defense once again failed to pass its annual audit, the eighth time in as many years since Congress mandated a full accounting of the Pentagon’s expenses.
This year’s findings, released on Friday, show the Pentagon again struggling with proper accounting of its finances, resulting in misstatements. The Fiscal Year 2025 Financial Agency Report found 26 material weaknesses and two “significant deficiencies in the department’s controls for financial reporting.
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“Mele Kalikimaka is the thing to say, on a bright Hawaiian Christmas Day”—and if you are stationed in Hawaii, then you know there is nothing quite like spending the holidays where the palm trees sway. Spending the holiday season on an island comes with huge contrasts from your typical holiday traditions on the mainland.
We get it, there is gratitude for being able to live in paradise, but you might also feel homesick. Whether you just started island living or you are finding yourself with PCS orders in time for Christmas, O’ahu offers many meaningful ways to celebrate the season.
The United States carried out large-scale retaliatory airstrikes against Islamic State (ISIS) targets across central Syria on Friday, responding to a deadly ambush earlier this month that killed two American soldiers and a civilian interpreter.
The operation, named Hawkeye Strike by U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), involved fighter jets, attack helicopters, and rocket artillery systems that struck more than 70 ISIS positions, including weapons caches, command posts, and logistics sites. U.S. officials said the strikes delivered over 100 precision-guided munitions.
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Monique Tapie, RCDefense
Over the past few decades, we have seen history and critical thinking seep out of our public-school curriculums, lowering the quality of education and placing…
Joseph Trevithick, The WarZone
The Navy is leveraging the Coast Guard’s Legend class National Security Cutter to plug the gap left by axing the Constellation class frigate.
G. Agese, RCDefense
The most dangerous wolves are those that wear the fleece of impartiality, for they sway minds under the guise of wisdom.
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United States Marines have done some crazy things during deployments. We’re not even certain that becoming a Somali warlord takes the cake, because one Marine stole Princess Meriam al-Khalifa of Bahrain and another became the king of a Haitian voodoo island. So if you’re a Marine Corps NCO reading this, just ask yourself: Do you know where all your Marines are right now?
If the name Hussein Aidid kinda sounds familiar, it’s because his father, Mohamed Farrah Aidid, was a central figure in the 2001 film “Black Hawk Down.
FPV drones guided by fiber optic cable are the face of today’s warfare. The cables cover the town of Liman, Ukraine, about 3.5 clicks from the FLOT. A modern day spider web.
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