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The Defense Department has yet to develop a clear strategy to guide the construction, deployment and long-term management of

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The US Army is taking a more aggressive approach to fielding its new Bell MV-75 tiltrotor

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The first Littoral Combat Ship outfitted with a mine countermeasures package has arrived for a rotational deployment to Bahrain

Long before Marine Staff Sgt. Payton Garcia matched a 66-year-old Marine Corps marksmanship record last month, he was pretty sure he was a good shot.
“I did my first [Marine Corps marksmanship] match in 2021, and I did relatively well. I got a silver pistol badge on my first time,” Garcia told Task & Purpose. “Then I went to a match on the civilian side, thinking that I was, like, ‘The Shooter.’ The best ever.”
He was not.
“I got beat by a 68-year-old man and a 12-year-old little boy,” Garcia remembers.

In the first quarter (Q1) of 2025, Israel’s economy experienced a moderate recovery, as a temporary ceasefire in Gaza enabled businesses to rebound before hostilities resumed in mid-March.

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When the Pentagon opened combat roles to women in 2015, many assumed the debate on full sex integration in the U.S. military was over. But Defense Secretary Peter Hegseth’s March 12 order to review military fitness, body composition, and grooming standards, followed by a March 30 order to establish sex-neutral physical standards for combat arms roles, signals that the debate is anything but settled.

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1LT Mark Bashaw was persecuted for not taking the vax. AFP has interviewed Bashaw several times.
Congrats LT!

🚨 #BREAKING: President Trump issues full and unconditional PARDON to unvaccinated, former Army officer who was court martialed for refusing to mask up, and obey other COVID rules.
Former Lt. Mark Bashaw was discharged in 2022. He is now pardoned.
He refused to work remotely,… pic.twitter.com/DcSOdznzXi
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) May 28, 2025

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The Pentagon’s key hub for testing new weapons and technologies to ensure they are safe and reliable to deploy in real-world combat environments is set for a major internal reorganization that will involve fresh cuts to the current workforce.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth spotlighted these and other related plans — all associated with the ongoing, disruptive campaign to eliminate what the Trump administration views as wasteful and duplicative spending across the federal government — in a brief video posted online Wednesday.