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After an informative 45-day trial run, the Department of the Navy is getting set to expand its rollout of emerging AI capabilities for sailors, Marines and civilians to speedily adopt in support of their daily operations — via its new DoN GPT tool.
“This is a new way for us on how to rapidly innovate and rapidly prototype,” Jacob Glassman, who serves as senior technical advisor to the assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition, told DefenseScoop.
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The roughly 700 Marines recently ordered to deploy to Los Angeles have not yet completed training on less-than-lethal weapons and training on the Standing Rules for Use of Force, which governs the use of force for military personnel within the United States, said a spokesperson for U.S. Northern Command, or NORTHCOM.
It is not yet clear when the Marines will complete the training, or when they will join NORTHCOM’s Task Force 51, which is overseeing U.S. troops responding to the ongoing immigration protests in Los Angeles, the spokesperson said.
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After almost a decade in the making, the Army is pivoting from its airborne electronic jammer, among other changes to the service’s electronic warfare offerings, according to a top official.
The service has decided to move on from the current Multi-Function Electronic Warfare Air Large (MFEW-AL) platform and approach. MFEW is the Army’s only airborne electronic warfare — with limited cyber — capability organic to combat aviation brigades to support maneuver commanders on the ground.

The NBA is experiencing a ratings slump, but that all could change if the National Basketball Association just adopted some North Korean basketball rules. Negative points, bonuses for finesse, and a lower basket are just a few of the glorious people’s revolutionary basketball innovations that could make NBA games more fun and more watchable.
It’s not that there’s necessarily anything wrong with the league’s current rules, but the 2025 Finals ratings are down 24% compared to last year’s. The current ratings decline is likely due to the teams competing for the championship.

Today, Christopher Gardner is a well-known businessman, novelist, and motivational speaker. His 2006 book, “The Pursuit of Happyness,” was so inspirational that Hollywood adapted it for the silver screen that very same year. Will Smith’s portrayal of Gardner in the film “The Pursuit of Happyness” earned the star nominations for Best Actor at the Academy Awards and the Golden Globes. For the real-life Gardner, his book not only hit the New York Times Bestseller List, but it also received an NAACP Image Award.

The Navy is implementing a program that will transfer non-deployable sailors to jobs that will keep them in the service long enough to return to duty rather than being separated on medical grounds. 
The new EMPLOY program will focus on sailor “employability, not deployability,” by filling empty jobs with sailors who cannot deploy and reducing the number of sailors separated from the service through the Disability Evaluation System, according to a Naval admin notice posted Monday.