TGIF! If you are a service member or a military family member, you are painfully aware of just how often troops are required to move. Now, the Pentagon is giving the military branches until Sept. 25 to come up with plans to limit the number of permanent change of station, or PCS moves, that are not absolutely essential.
The military spends about $5 billion per year on PCS moves, but now wants to drastically cut that by 50% starting in fiscal year 2030.
The toll taken on troops and families by constant moves has been an issue over the years.
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Defence technology company Anduril Industries has entered into a collaborative agreement with Facebook owner Meta to develop and deploy a suite of integrated extended reality (XR) technologies aimed at enhancing the capabilities of US military personnel.
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the F-35 has become known for its stealth, sensing and high-speed data processing
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Pilot optional capability, new coatings, and significant airframe changes could go into a ‘fifth-gen-plus’ F-35, but many questions remain
While serving on the National Security Council staff in the Biden administration, I was tasked with strengthening the resilience of U.S. critical infrastructure, namely its reliance on GPS for positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) systems. With little funding or congressional support, I proposed integrating China’s BeiDou satellite navigation system as a backup for civilian use to enhance redundancy and interoperability across the private sector, including in critical infrastructure. The proposal raised eyebrows.
My alma mater, the United States Air Force Academy is sick. A complete overhaul is needed of personnel.
An example needs to be made here. This looks like an organized protest to us.
@samosaur reported on X: Brig. Gen. (ret) Martin France, Air Force, conducted a one man demonstration in dress uniform outside of the Air Force Academy graduation today.
He claims President Trump is the “most deplorable and reprehensible humans to ever hold ANY public office in the USA, much less presidency.
America’s military is supplying its closest counterparts in Africa that share overlapping security interests with vital information and intelligence assets — as numerous terrorist groups pose escalating threats and China deliberately expands its social and technological influence across the world’s second-largest continent.
In a telephonic press briefing Thursday, Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley, commander of U.S. Africa Command, shared recent developments on the security conditions in the Sahel and elsewhere.