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Following a string of wink-and-a-nod restorations of Confederate names to nine Army bases, the Governor of Louisiana dispensed with nuance Monday and returned the family name of a Confederate general to the state’s major National Guard training base by invoking the namesake’s father.
Camp Beauregard, which was named for Confederate Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard prior to 2023, will now be named for his father, Jacques Toutant Beauregard, local Louisiana media first reported.

American Presidents are civilians by design, some with little or no military experience at all, and are unlikely to ever serve in a combat role while in office (unless they’re in office while aliens attack Earth). In the minds of voters, military experience often appears to be a plus when considering who would be the next Commander-in-Chief. It probably helps when they actually take the office.
But not every veteran POTUS saw action. Eisenhower was a great logistical planner, but he never served in a direct combat role. George Washington’s combat record as a junior officer is spotty.

The Defense Department is getting a new undersecretary for personnel and readiness after the Senate voted 52-46 on Tuesday to confirm Anthony Tata, President Donald Trump’s controversial nominee for the role.
In his new job, Tata will serve as principal staff assistant and advisor to the secretary of defense for force readiness, health affairs, National Guard and Reserve component affairs, education and training, and military and civilian personnel requirements and management.

The fall of the Assad regime in Syria in December 2024 was a major blow to Russian influence and power projection in the Middle East. Russia’s lack of significant response — at least publicly — to Israeli and U.S. attacks on Iran in June reinforced uncertainty about Moscow’s ability and willingness to support partners in the region, especially while it is spending extensive resources fighting Ukraine.

Joe Tippens never planned on discovering a potential cancer treatment, he was just a man with a devastating cancer diagnosis who simply wanted to live. According to The Epoch Times:
Joe Tippens never planned to discover a potential remedy that he credits with saving his life and thrusting him into the spotlight among notable cancer survivors. The 67-year-old businessman told The Epoch Times that he just wanted to beat a type of cancer with an extremely low survival rate.
In August 2016, Tippens was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer with a fist-sized tumor.

Australia has issued an RFI for a narrowband SATCOM capability after the government cancelled the JP-9102 contract eight months ago.

Nicole Malachowski made her name as the first woman to fly for the Air Force Thunderbirds, the service’s elite flying demonstration team who perform at airshows around the country. She also flew over 180 hours in combat, instructed F-15 pilots, and served as a military aide to former First Lady Michelle Obama
All of that came to a screeching halt in 2013 when her body was overrun, almost overnight, by chronic pain, leaving her fighting for her career and her life.
She had been hit by a tick-borne illness, though she didn’t know it yet.

Are you sick of Donald Trump and his cronies ruining this country with their divisive politics and disastrous spending? Or maybe you’ve had enough of the Democrats and liberals who will stop at nothing to stop the president’s “America First” agenda. You might even see a new way forward for the country through socialism, libertarianism, or even Elon Musk’s emerging America Party.

Denmark advanced its acquisition of CAVS vehicles by finalising a contract for 129 CAVS 6×6 units with Patria.

Pentagon’s CDAO has awarded contracts to four major US-based AI companies to expedite the military’s integration of advanced AI via DoD.