Growing up a military brat isn’t just a vibe; it’s a lifestyle. While other kids were measuring their height on the same doorframe for 18 years, you were treating North America like a series of unfortunately decorated holding cells.
You didn’t have regular family traditions; you had stickers on a moving box. You didn’t have parents; you had sponsors. Now, as a grown adult, you might still have some quirky habits that you can’t quite shake.
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Ever since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the headlines have been filled with HIMARS rockets that can hit targets nearly 200 miles away; hypersonic missiles that can reach Mach 11, and loitering munitions and one-way attack drones that can literally put warheads on foreheads.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Marine Corps traded two-thirds of its howitzer batteries for rockets and anti-ship missiles, and the U.S. Army’s 25th Infantry Division started down a similar road this summer.
The US State Department has approved two separate potential FMS to Denmark, involving IBCS and AIM-120C-8 AMRAAM.
Australia is set to begin manufacturing GMLRS missiles at a newly opened plant in Port Wakefield, South Australia by the end of 2025.
The stage is set for one of sports’ greatest rivalries on Saturday, Dec. 13th at 3:00 PM ET, when the Army Black Knights (6-5, 4-4 AAC) and nationally ranked Navy Midshipmen (9-2, 7-1 AAC) converge on M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore for their 126th meeting. A rivalry dating back to Nov. 29, 1890, Navy leads the all-time series with a record of 63-55-7. In their most recent showdown on Dec. 14, 2024, the Midshipmen defeated the Black Knights 31-13 in Landover, Maryland.
Andrew Latham, National Security Journal
The U.S. Army is misaligned with a battlefield transformed by drones, AI, and precision fires.
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The Army is standing up a new Western Hemisphere Command effective Friday, consolidating three major commands under a single headquarters as part of the sweeping restructuring of the…
Lisa Martin, The Interpreter
Officials from the U.S.
S. L. Nelson, RealClearDefense
General Mark Milley is probably the most prominent architect of subsuming the military’s integrity in the hubris of his own ego.
Howard Altman, TWZ
New details paint a troubled picture aboard the USS Gettysburg prior to it shooting down a Super Hornet and nearly another.