Duncan Stewart, Wavell Room
The United States Army has made the biggest change in a generation to its small arms fleets by replacing its standard infantry rifle (the M4) and Light Machine…
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The world in on the precipice of war in the Middle East, in the South China Sea, and elsewhere.
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Work is now underway to integrate the low-observable AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) on the F-35.
Gary Anderson, RealClearDefense
Women injured in combat in Afghanistan and Iraq died at higher rates than their male peers with the same injuries, often because medics were hesitating to treat them, medical researchers found. To end that hesitancy, the Army will soon field new mannequin-style patient simulators designed as female bodies.
Mark Schenk is a former Army sergeant major who served as a chief medical operations supervisor at Fort Cavazos, Texas. He said he’s seen many otherwise well-trained male medics lose focus while treating a woman.
A major overhaul of how Marines learn to shoot and track their skills will begin to roll out across the service in the next few months, according to a Marine Corps-wide Marksmanship Campaign Plan released Monday. The Campaign plan, published by the Marine Corps Training and Education Command, sets deadlines for new training to be up and running across the force and mandates major renovations for shooting ranges that don’t yet comply with the new marksmanship standards.
For major wars like the one being fought between Russia and Ukraine, the military, the people, and the state interact with one another to constitute a collective national will to fight. In most wars, one side loses its will to fight and is forced into an unfavorable negotiating position; it accepts a defeat short of annihilation. Russia can be broken in Ukraine and thereby forced to accept this kind of negotiated defeat.
This is Chapter 7 in the Infertility Memoir. Read previous chapters here.
As we approached the 2020 holiday season we were thankful for the social distancing because the morning sickness was hitting me hard and nothing was helping. Not being around people who might ask why I wasn’t drinking or why I was feeling ill was a blessing in disguise. I also had all of the worst-case scenarios of what could go wrong with this pregnancy floating around the back of my mind. I just kept thinking if we could make it to the second trimester we would be golden.
Simplify your life and make your next PCS move smoother by embracing the art of downsizing. Military life means moving often, and each Permanent Change of Station (PCS) brings the challenge of packing up and starting fresh. By adopting a minimalist approach, you can make your move easier, your load lighter, and your new home more organized.
Why downsizing matters
Moving is a constant in military life. Each PCS means sorting, packing, and transporting your belongings, whether it’s across the country or overseas.