The military is full of young men who are drawn to risky behaviors, a demographic that experts say has the greatest probability for developing gambling addictions.
“The biopsychosocial factors of that military population — it’s likely a younger male audience, high-risk takers, adrenaline seekers — those types of personalities that are drawn to the military are also very likely drawn to gambling for the same reasons,” said Cait Huble, director of communications for the National Council on Problem Gambling.
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Navy officials have identified the sailor killed in a parachute accident on Tuesday as Special Warfare Boat Operator 2nd class Noah Tobin.
Assigned to Special Boat Team 20, Tobin was killed while taking part in a parachute training event in Porterville, California, a Naval Special Warfare spokesperson said.
Tobin was attending the Naval Parachute Course that is run by the Naval Special Warfare Advanced Training Command at the time of his death, the spokesperson said. The command has temporarily paused parachute training to conduct a safety standdown.
Keir Starmer was perhaps the keenest at Nato’s 2025 Summit to emphasise the UK’s commitment to the new Nato spending target of 5% of GDP.
Gen. Christopher Todd Donahue, who leads U.S. Army Europe and Africa as well as Allied Land Command, joined Ryan for a discussion at WOTR HQ. For the first five minutes, they chat about his Army story, his time in the Ranger Regiment, before discussing how the Army Transformation Initiative is unfolding in Europe, from maneuver brigades, new technologies, command-and-control, drone and counter-drone operations, and more. Donahue previews how the U.S. Army has deliberately identified lessons from the war in Ukraine and how the Army fits into the joint fight.Image: Sgt.
The Pentagon’s ongoing review into the U.S. military’s withdrawal from Afghanistan could prompt the Defense Department to “reform the way that we evaluate and promote young noncommissioned officers and young officers,” Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell told reporters recently.
Poland has provided an update on the negotiations concerning the purchase of South Korean K2 Black Panther tanks for the Polish Armed Forces.
Oshkosh Defense has secured $167m in US Army Family of Heavy Tactical Vehicles (FHTV) orders for the delivery of 225 trucks and 54 trailers.
During the Cold War, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center boasted four armored personnel carriers, all M113s, and they represented one of the rarest variants of one of the most manufactured armored personnel carriers in military history.
The M113 APC
The M113 is a beast that is not as well-known as it deserves to be. Manufactured since 1960, the American-made vehicle has served in the militaries of at least 44 countries. The United States still has north of 10,000 of them, mostly in storage. Dozens of countries still use it actively. Egypt and Iran still manufacture variants of it.
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The Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyers feature the AN/SPY-6(V)1 Air and Missile Defense Radar, the Aegis Baseline 10 combat system, and upgraded power and cooling…
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