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Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that the country will continue to treat the modernisation of its nuclear triad as an “unconditional priority” in broader efforts to strengthen the capabilities of the armed forces and tech sector. ”The development of the nuclear triad, which guarantees Russia’s security and enables us to effectively ensure strategic deterrence and balance of power in the world, remains our unconditional priority,” he stated.

In the fall of 1791, Gen. Arthur St. Clair pushed an unready, ill-trained, and poorly supplied American army of militia and regulars into the woods of central Ohio where it would experience the worst defeat in U.S. military history against Native Americans. The battle belongs to the broader Northwest Indian War, often dated 1785–1795, a conflict in which the United States sought to secure territory north of the Ohio River from the Natives, suppress their outraged raids, and more generally establish federal authority over western expansion.

When joining the military, you either become an enlisted service member or a commissioned officer. There are also Warrant Officers, but you rarely see them, so they might as well not exist. While enlisted service members do the majority of the work, it is the officers who receive the most credit.
Sure, Private First Class Smith may have been the one to drop the mortar, but 2nd Lt. Johnson gets a bronze star because he was the one who called for fire. Also, Johnson wrote the citation for himself, and Pfc. Smith only learned to read last week. It’s unfair, really.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has confirmed that one of the production lines of the new domestically developed FP-5 Flamingo long range cruise missile was destroyed as a result of a Russian strike, forcing production to be moved to a new location. This follows reports in August that Russian forces had successfully targeted four Ukrainian defence industrial facilities contributing to producing long-range missile systems, marking a major setback to the Ukrainian Sapsan ballistic missile program among others.

The commander of the Navy destroyer USS Truxtun was removed from the ship on Sunday, “due to a loss of confidence” in his ability to command, following the ship colliding with a supply vessel earlier this month.
This afternoon the Navy said that the head of Naval Forces Southern Command, Rear Adm. Carlos Sardiello, relieved Cmdr. James Koffi of command of the Truxtun. Cmdr. Taylor Auclair, previously with the U.S. Fleet Forces Command was named the interim commander of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. Koffi has been reassigned to Commander, Naval Surface Group Middle Atlantic.

Space Force guardians provided critical support during high-profile U.S. military operations in Iran and Venezuela — experience that underscores the need for additional resources to prepare the service for future conflicts, a senior official told DefenseScoop in an exclusive interview Friday.
Operation Midnight Hammer and Operation Absolute Resolve were carried out by the joint force in June 2025 and January 2026, respectively.

Soldiers from across the Army raced quadcopters, tried out new inventions and tested out offensive drone tactics in the first Best Drone Warfighter Competition this past week. 
The three-day competition, held this past week at the Army Aviation Center of Excellence and the Maneuver Center of Excellence, in Huntsville, Alabama, brought together soldiers from who were working on the rapidly expanding use of drones. The competition is designed to be similar to Army events such as Best Ranger or Best Sapper.

A Mexican military UH-60 Blackhawk conducted strafing runs on cartel positions during today’s violence over the killing of a cartel leader.
Mexican military UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter using its door-mounted minigun to fire on CJNG positions near Puerto Vallarta and the Ixtapa area of Jalisco.
The helicopter conducted low strafing runs to support army and National Guard forces, targeting armed gunmen and roadblocks.
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An airman at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base is accused of defrauding the Department of Defense of millions of dollars, in an allegedly years-long scheme.
This past week the Department of Justice announced that Staff Sgt. Richard Ramroop, a pharmacy technician assigned to Davis-Mothan Air Force Base in Arizona, and his spouse were indicted on 12 counts including theft of government property and wire fraud. Ramroop and his spouse, Manuel Madrid, are accused of stealing and reselling Department of Defense medical equipment and supplies to purchase luxury items.

With polar temperatures dipping into the Southern U.S. every winter, many Americans are finding a newfound respect for their usual temperate climate. Even for the briefest of moments, negative temperatures and high winds prove to be an unwanted combination. But when it comes to working in the actual Arctic (not just a place that feels like the Arctic), there’s no such thing as warming up. Soldiers train for years to adapt to the harsh conditions of working in blizzards and dangerous cold. 
Such was the case in 1946 and 1947, when Task Force 68 of the U.S.