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In Ukraine, mobilization in the face of a serious manpower shortage has become a ghoulish exercise. For those men and boys who were unlucky enough not to be able to flee to the EU, life can be cut short in a Kyiv minute.
Teams of ‘bounty hunters’ patrol the country looking for meat for the meat grinder. They are paid $200 a head. Once they receive minimal training, the ‘recruits’ are sent to the front and their life expectancy there is measured in days, or even hours.
Now chemical weapons are being employed to capture their prey.
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The U.S. Army is planning a long-term strategy when it comes to dealing with disinformation. A new unit, part of U.S. Army Pacific, is tasked with taking on information warfare from enemies, with a goal rapidly responding and debunking influence campaigns in the region.
Earlier this month the Army officially activated the 1st Theater Information Advantage Detachment, or 1st TIAD, and this past week shared additional details on the nature of the unit and how it will operate.

Everyone knows the glossy version of a homecoming. The perfectly fitted dress, the flag backdrop, the airport kiss, the kids sprinting across the hangar floor. Except that only lasts about five minutes. What no one talks about is what happens after. The duffel bag hits the floor, the smell of unwashed gear fills the house, and two people who’ve been living separate lives suddenly have to share one again.
Reintegration isn’t one moment. It’s a messy series of stages military families know too well.
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Russian tanker turns away when faced with a U.S. Navy Destroyer

When a U.S. Navy Destroyer moved into the path of a Russian Tanker headed for Venezuela, the Russian Skipper decided the best decision was to turn around and seek shelter in Cuba. This happened multiple times.
This situation is what proper use of Naval capability looks like. The previous Administration sanctioned different countries all day long on illegal shipments of Iranian and Russian gas and oil (and related products) but did not enforce sanctions. A robust and well-resourced U.S.

The U.S. Marine Corps has used full scale mockups of air defence systems closely resembling the Russian S-300 in its Resolute Hunter 26-1 exercise at Naval Air Station Fallon, indicating that the drills were intended to simulate engagements with these widely deployed systems. Mockups provide units with a way to rehearse detection, targeting, and engagement workflows, and often simulate the radar, visual, and electromagnetic patterns of the real systems.

The Norwegian Defence Ministry has removed the German EuroPULS rocket artillery system from its Long Range Precision Firing Systems tender, leaving the rival American HIMARS and South Korea Chunmoo as the sole remaining contenders. Developed by the German firm KNDS Deutschland, the decision the system was made despite the selection of German Leopard 2A8 main battle tanks and 212CD submarines to reequip Norwegian forces.

An Air Force service member is one of two Texas men accused of trying to seize control of a Haitian island in a violent coup and plotting to enslave its population. Tanner Christopher Thomas, 20, was indicted by the Department of Justice on Thursday.
Thomas, an airman stationed in Texas, and his alleged co-conspirator Gavin Rivers Weisenberg, 21, were both charged with conspiracy to murder, maim, or kidnap in a foreign country and production of child pornography.

An airman assigned to Malmstrom Air Force Base was awarded the Air Medal for heroism during a rescue operation in the Beartooth Mountains in August.
Maj. Collin Urbanowicz, an aeromedial physician assistant with the 341st Operational Medical Squadron, was presented with the award in a surprise ceremony on Thursday at Malmstrom Air Force Base. The Air Medal, generally awarded for singular acts of heroism during flight, often overseas, was presented to him for his role in an hours-long nighttime rescue mission on Aug.