It will take years for the King’s Ghurka Artillery to be formed and the two systems it will train to operate will leave service in 2030.
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SOF-Peculiar—a term that sounds like a Pentagon punchline but is actually a legal authority and a worldview
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While the command welcomed the militarized derivative of the popular Air Tractor…
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What if the U.S. Air Force could adapt small, low-cost drones on the battlefield in a single day, and do that each and every day? That reality might be realized sooner than you think, if leaders make the right decisions. The ongoing war in Ukraine demonstrates the devastating effectiveness of aerial drones. They have been credited with destroying up to 44 percent of Russian tanks and disrupting supply lines, perhaps even changing the character of modern warfare. The U.S.
L Todd Wood speaks with geopolitical analyst and author Brandon Weichert on the risk in the Middle East to U.S. forces.
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered military planners to cut the number of four-star generals and admirals in the military by 20%, a move that could axe eight or nine positions for senior officers from across the five military branches.
“This is not a slash and burn exercise meant to punish high-ranking officers,” Hegseth said in a video released Monday evening introducing the memo, dubbed ‘General/Flag Officer Reductions.’ “It’s gonna be done carefully. But it’s gonna be done expeditiously.
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The recent DoD budget proposal tops $1 Trillion with a capital T.
“The Trump OMB’s “skinny budget,” released on Friday, proposes cuts to non-defense funding by $163 billion but increases defense funding from $893 billion to $1.01 trillion – a 13% increase. That includes $892.6 billion in discretionary spending, but will be supplemented by $119.3 billion in mandatory spending that is expected to be passed in the upcoming reconciliation bill.”1
Yet, in the new redirection of the Pentagon only a handful of generals have been fired.