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A potential second Trump administration aims to reshape defense spending and priorities to address strategic gaps.

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An Air Force Research Laboratory initiative that kicked off last year to enhance the department’s digital modernization efforts is bearing fruit for artificial intelligence, according to a senior official.
AFRL stood up an environment called the “LabVerse” around the time it created a new Digital Capabilities Directorate in March 2023.
“LabVerse is one of the ways, in essence, how we bring this information flow together more dynamically.

Analysts and technologists at the U.S. government’s top mapping agency are starting to cautiously experiment with emerging large language models and other disruptive generative AI capabilities to enhance their production of assets that inform military operations, according to a senior official leading that work.

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The British Army has just 18,398 personnel able to be medically full deployable into combat roles, as of 1 July 2024.

Army Maj. Jonathan J. Batt has been accused of sexually assaulting 20 people over the course of more than three years, said Michelle McCaskill, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Army Office of Special Trial Counsel.
Each of the military branches has established its own special trial counsel’s office since 2024 to prosecute serious criminal offenses including domestic violence, sexual assault, and murder.
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Good afternoon! This is Jeff Schogol, your friend and humble Pentagon correspondent, and it’s an honor to once again bring you the Pentagon Rundown after a nearly three-year hiatus.
Right now, the Pentagon is in wait-and-see mode pending President Donald Trump’s return to office in January. During his last tenure as commander in chief, Trump was heavily involved in military matters. He canceled large-scale military exercises between U.S.

The prospect of former US president Donald J Trump securing a second term has become the reality to which European political and military officials must now adapt.