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The word on the street is that President Trump’s administration has turned its eye on the senior leadership of the Marine Corps and not liked what it sees.

Would you stake thousands of lives on a strategy that, by every measure of your training and experience, seems destined for catastrophic failure?In 1863, with the Vicksburg campaign stalled, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant conceived a plan that left Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman predicting defeat: The Union Army of the Tennessee would march deep into enemy territory, cutting loose its own supply lines to attack the city from the rear. Sherman, himself no slouch in warfare, saw it as reckless — a trap an “enemy would be glad to manoeuvre a year… to get [Grant] in.

The Indian Defence Ministry has signed contract valued at Rs 62,370 crore, or approximately $7 billion, to procure 97 Tejas Mk1A lightweight fighters, representing the largest order the troubled and long delayed program has ever received. The order will finance the procurement of 68 single seat and 29 twin seat variants of the aircraft, with its signing closely coinciding with the phasing of the Tejas’ direct predecessor, the MiG-21, out of service on September 26.

By 1890, the American Frontier was closed. There was no longer a line of settlers marking the westward expansion of the United States. Destiny had been manifested, and the number of Native Americans had dwindled to just 225,000. It would also see the last major event of the Indian Wars: the Massacre at Wounded Knee.
On December 29, 1890, near Wounded Knee Creek on the Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation, the U.S. 7th Cavalry attempted to disarm a band of Miniconjou Lakota led by Spotted Elk.

New footage has for the first time provided a close look at a sixth generation air superiority fighter being developed by the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation for the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force, which was first seen on December 26, 2024. The aircraft appears to be being developed as a direct successor to the J-20 fifth generation air superiority fighter that is currently in large scale serial production, which first entered service in 2017, with the confirmation of flight testing indicating that it will enter service in the early 2030s.

A vessel that has been described as a special operations mothership is currently deployed to the Caribbean, Task & Purpose has confirmed.
A Military Sealift Command spokesperson confirmed to Task & Purpose that the MV Ocean Trader is currently operating in the Caribbean. The official deferred questions about its mission to U.S. Special Operations Command, which declined to comment.
Naval experts told Task & Purpose that the U.S. has a history of using commercial ships like the MV Ocean Trader as part of special operations missions. U.S.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Air Force Special Operations Command leaders are moving to deploy new technologies and diversify exercise locations — including around the Caribbean — as they seek to drill forces in scenarios and environments similar to those where they may be called on to fight in the future.
“To get into places that we have not traditionally had a robust training presence — it’s all an opportunity for me. We are very good at the [U.S. Africa Command and U.S. Central Command] operations.

Graduating from Marine Corps Recruit Training is a milestone few achieve. After weeks of discipline, hard work, and transformation, new Marines finally earn the title “Marine.” But the journey doesn’t stop at graduation. The next step is the School of Infantry (SOI), where Marines continue their training and sharpen the combat skills that make every Marine a rifleman.

What is the School of Infantry?
This is the training that marks the transition from entry-level Marine to combat-ready Marine.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Discussions about the eventual phaseout of Link 16 tactical data links are ongoing as the Pentagon’s Space Development Agency works to build out a network for optical communications, according to a senior official involved in the effort.
Optical comms networks use lasers to transmit data between satellites and from space vehicles to terrestrial platforms. These capabilities offer some advantages over RF networks, experts say.
“As space becomes increasingly contested and congested, traditional radio frequency communications are hitting some limits.

L Todd Wood and former special mission unit commander Pete Blaber discuss Trump’s recent comments on the Ukraine conflict.

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