Steven L. Kwast is a retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General and the Co-founder and CEO of SpaceBilt, a company reimagining the entire spacecraft lifecycle to enable scalable, sustainable space infrastructure. A 1986 U.S. Air Force Academy graduate in astronautical engineering, he served 33 years, commanding units like the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing in Afghanistan and the Air Education and Training Command. A combat-tested F-15E pilot with 3,300+ flight hours (650 in combat), he also holds a Master’s in Public Policy from Harvard. A key advocate for the U.S.
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After more than 100 years, we have the first actual image of the wreck of a sunken U.S. Navy submarine from World War I. A recent expedition to survey it and other lost military hardware has captured video and photographs of the USS F-1.
This week the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Naval History and Heritage Command shared the results from a deep-sea dive conducted in February and March of this year.
President Donald J. Trump delivers commencement speech at the 2025 West Point Graduation.
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Vice President JD Vance told military academy graduates Friday that President Donald Trump is working to ensure that U.S.
Mike Lyons, RealClearDefense
A Testament to Institutional Strength and Future Readiness
Thibeau, Federalist
If the academy cannot produce officers loyal to the Constitution, its leadership is not just failing, it is compromising national security.
CDR Salamander
This system feels more like the humanities department at Oberlin or Brown than a military service academy training the next generation of officers to fight our wars and secure…
The Buddy CSM, X
It’s a time to remember our fallen
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On January 27, 2025, President Trump signed the Executive Order called “Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness. The order overturned former President Biden’s 2021 Executive Order 14004 that allowed transgender service in the US military. Trump’s order led to SECDEF Hegseth’s directive in early May for military transgender servicemembers to begin voluntary separation or face involuntary separation.
An obvious question emerges: exactly how many transgender personnel are in the US military? As of early May 2025, approximately 1,000 had self-identified.
Pentagon leaders opted to boost the existing contract ceiling for Palantir Technologies’ Maven Smart System by $795 million to prepare for what they expect will be a significant influx in demand from military users for the AI-powered software capabilities over the next four years, officials familiar with the decision told DefenseScoop this week.
“Combatant commands, in particular, have increased their use of MSS to command and control dynamic operations and activities in their theaters.