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Update on that 2023 USAFA cadet who became a conscientious objector after Israel’s bombing of Gaza.
We covered her here and here along with a response from a USAFA grad (articles also below).
This article on Military.com, Is This ‘What They Signed Up For?’ New Military Missions Ignite Interest in Conscientious Objectors shows she protested and was a arrested at UN Hqs with a 40-day hunger strike calling on authorities to “deliver full humanitarian aid to Gaza and end U.S. weapons transfers to Israel.

The Unofficial Duty Station Checklist:

 Update DEERS
 Enroll the kids in school
 Find a Black stylist before your edges give up

If you know, you know.
For Black women in the military community—both in uniform and in camo cargo pants doing the school run—each PCS move is more than boxes and base maps. It’s a high-stakes, sometimes tear-filled mission to find someone who knows their way around a hot comb, respects the importance of a clean part, understands kinky curl patterns and hair types, and doesn’t flinch at shrinkage.
“We Don’t Do That Here.

For as long as the Sun rises and sets, there will be shows and movies about World War II. And that generally is a good thing. Now we can add a television adaptation of the long-running video game franchise ‘Wolfenstein.’ 
Variety reported yesterday that Amazon is developing a television adaptation of the World War II horror video games, from the same team behind the television adaptation of Bethesda’s ‘Fallout.’ Patrick Somerville, who created ‘Station Eleven,’ is attached as showrunner.

NatDefMag
The U.S.

Global Defense News
The U.S.

The Editorial Board, The Wall Street Journal
Pete Hegseth moves to speed up defense tech amid lessons from Ukraine.

J. Lee & F.

Andrew Latham, National Security Journal
While the F-35 is a capable 5th-generation fighter, it is a transitional “stopgap” that is becoming increasingly vulnerable

The Russian Navy has inducted a new Borei-A Class nuclear powered ballistic missile submarine into service, with the flag-raising ceremony having been attended by President Vladimir Putin at a time of increased focus on the service’s modernisation. The warship Knyaz Pozharsky is the eighth Borei Class ship to have been built, and the fifth of the improved Borei-A Class. It reportedly benefits from significant incremental upgrades that have improved its stealth and survivability over preceding ships of the class.

The Russian Aerospace Forces have for the first time been confirmed to have operationalised the R-77M active radar guided air-to-air missile, with a recently published photo showing two of the new missiles being carried by a Su-35S fighter aircraft. The next generation missile class’ entry into service has been anticipated for over a decade, with reliance on the older R-77-1 as the primary air-to-air armament for Russian fighter units having left them at a distinct disadvantage compared to their American, Chinese and even European counterparts.