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The Navy blew past its recruiting goal for new sailors this past year by meeting Gen Z recruits both online and in person with events like Sneaker Con.
The Navy signed up 44,096 sailors in fiscal year 2025, officials announced Wednesday, beating its goal for the year by almost 9%. A year ago, facing the same goal, the service squeaked past its annual quota by less than 1%.
“We haven’t recruited this number since the early 2000s.

The Navy blew past its recruiting goal for new sailors this past year by meeting Gen Z recruits both online and in person with events like Sneaker Con.
The Navy signed up 44,096 sailors in fiscal year 2025, officials announced Wednesday, beating its goal for the year by almost 9%. A year ago, facing the same goal, the service squeaked past its annual quota by less than 1%.
“We haven’t recruited this number since the early 2000s.

No love affair ever ended with more animosity than that of Iran and the United States. To this day, the two countries are constantly antagonizing each other.
Since the 1979 Iranian Revolution that led to Iran holding 52 American hostages for 444 days, nearly a dozen incidents have strained the relationship between the two countries. None was more violent than Operation Praying Mantis, the U.S. response to the USS Samuel B. Roberts striking an Iranian mine.
(U.S. Navy)
The Samuel B.

The U.S. military is shifting some forces in Iraq away from Baghdad and western regions as part of a drawdown from about 2,500 to fewer than 2,000 troops in the country, a senior defense official said.
The Department of Defense confirmed on Wednesday troop movements in the country that have been reported since August, of the U.S. beginning to withdraw or reposition some of the troops involved in the ongoing mission against the Islamic State group, or ISIS.

New guidance issued Tuesday by Pentagon leadership is intended to spur Defense Department components to expand the use of civilian workforce incentives and awards for high performers and personnel with in-demand skill sets.
In a memo to top DOD officials, Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Anthony Tata issued instructions for retaining and rewarding “top talent.

In the summer of 1855, Canada was far from the polite neighbor up north with a penchant for weird bacon and a Tim’s double-double. In reality, Toronto was more like Bill the Butcher’s Five Points in “Gangs of New York.” And so were the city’s fire brigades.
So when a traveling circus rolled through town and its clowns found themselves on the wrong side of a local hook and ladder unit, they might not have realized they were fighting over more than a brothel; they were fighting the city’s entire establishment.

In 2022, Vincent Carchidi wrote, “Is Artificial Intelligence Made in Humanity’s Image? Lessons for an AI Military Education,” where he argued that AI has been widely misunderstood through an anthropomorphic bias. Three years later, with the many new developments in AI capabilities, we asked Vincent to reflect on his article.

As of Wednesday morning, the U.S. government is shut down, and U.S. troops face the prospect of working without paychecks in the foreseeable future.
Here is what you need to know about reporting for duty, pay, benefits, and services available for those facing hardship.
Active Duty missions, pay, and PCS
All military bases in the U.S. and abroad are open for full duty for active-duty service members. The Pentagon has said that duties such as unit training and support of operational missions will be unaffected.

Vice Adm. Karl Thomas has been picked to lead U.S. Fleet Forces Command, DefenseScoop has learned.
According to a notice posted on Congress.gov, President Donald Trump on Monday nominated Thomas for promotion to the rank of four-star “while assigned to a position of importance and responsibility.” A congressional official and another source with knowledge of the selection told DefenseScoop that Thomas was tapped to be the next commander of Fleet Forces Command.
The nomination has been forwarded to the Senate Armed Services Committee for consideration.

The US State Department has cleared a $705m FMS to Australia, involving M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems and associated equipment.