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Dozens of U.S. military personnel arrived in Jamaica today to provide humanitarian and disaster assistance after Hurricane Melissa tore through the country.
The advance wave of troops arrived in the country’s capital of Kingston today, with three CH-47 Chinooks from 1st Battalion, 228 Aviation Regiment bringing 40 service members from different branches as well as an initial cache of supplies. The advance team is there “to provide immediate, lifesaving and humanitarian support,” the U.S. military said.
The forces are part of Joint Task Force-Bravo, U.S.

Anduril’s prototype drone developed for the Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program has taken its first live flight, the service announced Friday.
The company conducted the flight of the unmanned fighter jet — known as the YFQ-44A — on Friday at a test location in California, the Air Force said in a press release. Beginning live flight tests of the CCA prototype “expands the program’s knowledge base on flight performance, autonomous behaviors and mission systems integration,” the service noted.

Mandatory daily physical fitness will likely be official policy in the Air Force before Christmas, but many units across the service are getting an early start on daily workouts, marking a major culture shift in the force.
One aircraft mechanic at an overseas Air Force base told Task & Purpose their commander had implemented daily PT, shorthand for “physical training,” at 5 a.m. before a full day on the job, but they were finding the base’s gyms were overrun with other groups doing the same thing.

A claimed inventory of 288 Challenger 2 tanks does not equate to an identical number in warfighting condition.

Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, confirmed by the Senate on Thursday as Air Force chief of staff, will confront major modernization and readiness hurdles after taking charge as the service’s top officer.
Wilsbach — who recently served as commander of Air Combat Command and previously commanded Pacific Air Forces  — has a new opportunity to shape the future force ahead of potential conflicts with high-tech adversaries such as China and address what some observers see as systemic problems.
Retired Lt. Gen.

The kidnapping of Ukrainian men off the street and the horrific nature of the ‘mobilization’ in Ukraine can no longer be ignored by Americans.
President Trump MUST end the killing – pull the U.S. out of the conflict completely.
There is no honor in press-ganging men and boys from their families to be immediately sent to the front line where they last only a few days if lucky. Sources say Ukraine is losing 8-9,000 men a week, not counting Russian losses which are also large.
This is a depopulation exercise. It has NOTHING to do with helping Ukraine.

When we talk about Harriet Tubman, most people remember her as the fearless “conductor” of the Underground Railroad. But look deeper, and you’ll find something extraordinary. Tubman wasn’t just leading people to freedom—she was executing what modern U.S. Army Special Forces would recognize as a full-spectrum Unconventional Warfare (UW) mission.
In military terms, Tubman was conducting Operational Preparation of the Environment (OPE).

The commanding officer, executive officer, and senior enlisted leader of a Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey squadron based in Hawaii have all been fired, a Marine Corps spokesperson confirmed on Friday.
Stars and Stripes first reported Maj. Gen. Marcus Annibale, commander of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, had fired the entire leadership team of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 268 stationed at Marine Corps Base Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.
Lt. Col. Shaina M.

Sweden inducted the final upgraded Archer C version which allows the military end user to select a different chassis for specific missions.

American Rheinmetall has received an 18-month contract to support a rapid DAR demonstration for the US Army and Ukrainian Armed Forces.