Behind the strength and sacrifice of service members lies a hidden crisis: military families facing food insecurity at alarming rates. People often assume financial security is a benefit of being in the military. 1 in 5 military and veteran families experience food insecurity, rising to 1 in 4 among active-duty families, compared to about 1 in 8 civilian households, according to the Military Family Advisory Network.
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Personnel from elite Ukrainain Armed Forces units have suffered high casualties after a Russian missile strike on an awards ceremony, according to multiple reports. The strike was confirmed Ukraine’s Operational Task Force East, with personnel from the 35th Separate Marine Brigade including elite drone operators confirmed to have been among those killed. Dmytro Sviatnenko, a Ukrainian journalist, reported that the personnel “were gathered on the parade ground to be awarded. They gathered the best. The best pilots and infantrymen of the brigade. In order of command. In open terrain.
Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series exploring key AI policy choices faced by the Department of Defense and Congress. Please also read the first: “Four AI Policy Choices Policymakers Can’t Afford to Get Wrong.”If you ask almost anyone who has ever tried to get a new capability into the hands of the U.S. military what they think of the acquisition process, you’ll get a consistent answer: It’s broken.It’s not broken because the people inside it are malicious, stupid, or incompetent. And it’s certainly not because it’s a system that lacks rigor.
The first of an entirely new type of unmanned missile ship is currently being constructed to equip the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy, and has the potential to serve as a major force multiplier for the service’s destroyer fleet and carrier strike groups in a wide range of roles. The ship is being built at the Huangpu Shipyard in Guangzhou, and is a semi-submersible missile carrier.
As China modernizes its military for a forceful reunification with Taiwan, U.S. planners continue to seek insight into how the People’s Liberation Army will implement its core operational concept. While exercises and translated academic writings provide some understanding, The Coming Wave (明日浪潮), a commercial wargame by Kilovolt Studios, provides a unique opportunity to experience multi-domain precision warfare from a Chinese perspective.
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The South Korean National Intelligence Service has reported that the Korean People’s Army, the armed forces of North Korea, have began transferring thousands of additional military personnel to Russia, with these forces appearing poised to provide support for the ongoing Russian-led war effort in the Ukrainain theatre.
Following its service entry into both the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force and the Navy, the J-35 fifth generation fighter has been confirmed to have been equipped with LD-8A air-to-surface missiles miniaturised for carriage in its internal weapons bays. The J-35 is the second fighter of its generation to enter service in China, with its serial production alongside the larger and longer ranged J-20 making China the first country to manufacture two separate fifth generation fighter types in parallel.
After federal food assistance money did not go out at the start of the month, the Army’s official nonprofit announced it would step in and offer grants to help soldiers and their families afford food during the government shutdown.
Retired Sgt. Maj. of the Army Tony Grinston, who serves as the CEO of Army Emergency Relief, said Monday morning that the charity would cover Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) payments for soldiers and their families.
The Air Force is spelling out in minute detail how long airmen’s mustaches and sideburns are allowed to be.
“The new guidance mandates that sideburns must be above the ear opening and that mustaches are prohibited from going beyond the corners of the mouth or into a respirator seal zone,” an Air Force spokesperson told Task & Purpose on Monday.
These changes to grooming standards were outlined in an Oct. 29 memo that was shared on the unofficial Air Force amn/nco/snco page on Monday.