The newest class of guardians will soon be sporting the Space Force’s new dress uniform. The trainees currently going through basic military training were recently fitted to wear the service’s new dress uniform, which only recently became available to order.
The current class going through basic training is the first group of Space Force trainees to receive the new dress uniform. The news was announced by the 37th Training Wing this week, and first reported on by Stars and Stripes. They sport the outfit during a graduation ceremony set for Dec. 18.
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The Army’s favorite psychological operation soldiers want you. The Army’s 4th Psychological Operations Group (Airborne), the same group that put out the eerie recruitment video “Ghosts in the Machine” last year, released a new installment on social media this month. And it wants the viewer to know what psychological warfare is.
See for yourself:
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If it seems ominous, that’s the point. This is the unit’s idea of a recruitment video.
The Bayraktar Kizilelma unmanned fighter developed by the Turkish firm Baykar was on November 30 confirmed to have made its first beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile kill against a simulated target, after a live-fire test was conducted over the Black Sea. The indigenous Gokdogan missile was guided against a high-speed jet-powered target, confirming a groundbreaking capability to destroy aircraft at beyond visual ranges.
Images released by the U.S. Department of War have confirmed that the air wing of the U.S. Navy supercarrier USS Gerald Ford has begun to conduct flight operations in the Caribbean Sea, following the carrier group’s redeployment to the region as part of efforts to increase military pressure on Venezuela. U.S. officials describe the operations part of an expanded readiness posture, with the F-18E/F fighters onboard reported to be simulating attacks on Venezuelan targets.
The Estonian Army has received a new batch of South Korean K9 Thunder 155mm self-propelled howitzers, as part of efforts to expand the service’s long range targeting capabilities. The country’s defence ministry reported regarding the procurement: “The newly arrived K9 ‘Thunder’ Howitzers reflect our long-term commitment to readiness, resilience, and cooperation. Estonia invests in security because our freedom is worth defending.
The Untied Arab Emirates has supplied Chinese-made AH4 155mm howitzers to the Southern Giants Brigades paramilitary group in Yemen, marking the latest of multiple procurements of equipment from China by the oil rich Arab state to equip non-state actors abroad. The AH4 was recently also supplied to the Rapid Support Forces insurgent group in Sudan, which is current at war with the Sudanese government, alongside supplies of various air defence systems.
The Israeli Ministry of Defence has finalised plans to expand serial production of the Iron Dome short ranged air defence system, and has signed a multi-billion-dollar contract with the defence manufacturer Rafael to achieve this. The contract will reported be fully funded by an $8.7 billion aid package from the United States, and will replenish stocks depleted during months of hostilities with the Lebanese paramilitary group Hezbollah and various Palestinian paramilitary groups. The aid package specifically allocated $5.
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army has for the first time deployed its new Z-20T Assault Eagle attack helicopter to participate in major exercises, marking a major turning point in the modernisation of Chinese close air support capabilities. This followed the aircraft’s first public appearance during a military parade on September 3, and its subsquent debut in flight demonstrations at the 7th China Helicopter Exposition in Tianjin in October.
During an address to U.S. military personnel on November 27, President Donald Trump announced that his administration had approved the procurement of B-2 Spirit intercontinental range stealth bombers, citing their performance in strikes on Iranian nuclear sites in June. The president had previously in November announced an order for an upgraded version of the bomber during a speech to the Israeli parliament, during which he stated regarding their performance: “I had no idea they could do what they did. Frankly, we just ordered another 28 of them. A little, a little improved version.
President Donald Trump speaks with Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg, and others in the Oval Office, Monday, July 21, 2025. (Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian), Public Domain
LTG Keith Kellogg (USA, Ret) was the Trump administration’s envoy to Ukraine, but he was not pushing Trump’s desire to end the war; quite the opposite.