The retirement plaque is still warm. A footlocker is pushed up against the wall because no one got around to digging through it yet. The CAC card has been turned in, the final out-processing checklist signed, and for the first time in two decades, your family’s schedule belongs to no one but you.
Then your kid walks into the kitchen and says, “I talked to a recruiter today.”
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And just like that, the finish line you spent 20 years crawling toward picks itself up and moseys on down the road.
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Space Force troops helped U.S. forces “to achieve a variety of complex military objectives across the battlespace” in the war with Iran, Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman said this week. He added that Space Force has proven itself to be a “combat credible” part of the U.S. military.
Saltzman, the top officer in Space Force, laid out just how guardians are carrying out space-centric missions as part of Operation Epic Fury, including while taking fire. He also said that when people see the U.S.
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The friction sits in command and control, in leader development, and in the institutional habits of an Army that learned to fight for two decades through large brigade combat teams with…
Matthew Continetti, The Wall Street Journal
Major military operations in Venezuela and Iran make America, and the world, safer.
David Roza, Task & Purpose
Guam’s vast logistics infrastructure makes it the keystone for any military operation in the Pacific — and a prime target for China.
John G. Morgan, Jr., Proceedings
Supply chain resilience underpins every aspect of naval power.
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Iran swiftly reversed…
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WASHINGTON — Leaders of the Air National Guard are pressing Congress to dramatically accelerate fighter jet procurement, warning that the U.S. Air Force is operating at historic lows in age, size, and readiness.
In a letter sent earlier this month to key congressional appropriators, adjutants general from 22 states with Air National Guard fighter units called for funding at least 72 new fighter jets in the fiscal 2027 budget, with an optimal target of 108 aircraft per year across the entire Air Force.
On Apr. 16, 2026, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reported that a Canadian military service member is suing both the federal government of Canada and SIG Sauer, Inc. after being wounded by an uncommanded discharge from his C22 pistol, a variant of the SIG Sauer P320.
The C22 was adopted by the Canadian military to replace the Browning Hi-Power in 2022. The alleged incident took place on Apr. 16, 2024.
The Pentagon spent $5 billion developing a carrier-based stealth bomber shaped like a triangle — nicknamed ‘The Flying Dorito’ — before Dick Cheney killed the program because nobody could tell him what it would cost. The Navy, Marines, and Air Force wanted a combined 1,258 aircraft; they got zero, the largest contract cancellation in Pentagon history, and a legal battle that lasted 30 years.
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A-12 Avenger II Flying Dorito. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
A-12 Avenger II Model. Image Credit: Creative Commons.