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The Pentagon is claiming to make room for small businesses, but in practice it’s reinforcing a new class of giants, and propping up legacy companies. Despite policy shifts, the Defense Department’s appetite for consolidation remains as strong as ever, leaving small businesses on the menu, not at the table. Today’s defense market consolidation mirrors the patterns that followed the infamous “last supper” of the 1990s.
Dmitri Alperovitch, World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century (PublicAffairs, 2024). Visit the home of any D.C. foreign policy watcher and you will be sure to find bookshelves groaning under the weight of new China tomes. Every issue of Foreign Affairs, the in-house journal of Washington’s foreign policy establishment, is packed with articles about China. We are routinely told that, in a city more deeply divided by ideology and party affiliation than at any time since the Civil War, China is the one issue that brings the warring tribes together.
An Army helicopter pilot was found dead on Saturday, May 3 in Honduras, U.S. Southern Command’s Joint Task Force-Bravo announced Sunday evening.
The U.S. military said that 1st Lt. Marciano Parisano, 25, of Cibolo, Texas, was found dead in Comayagua, Honduras on May 3, 2025. According to local Honduran media, he was found near the Chiquito River area. Police searched the area for several hours and recovered a damaged phone which they believe was Parisano’s. He was serving as a UH-60 helicopter pilot with 1st Battalion, 228 Aviation Regiment.
Sometimes, the U.S. government fails. Fortunately for us, these failures resulted in some strange, unusual, and even … helpful inventions. From the microwave to cargo pants, to GPS navigation, we have all of this and more thanks to the research of our country.
Take a look at how they advance life as we know it today with their ongoing efforts.
The microwave
How many days go by that you don’t heat something up in the loud kitchen box? Gaining popularity in the 70s, they are now commonplace in every household kitchen, dorm room and office break room.
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Reports have stated that President Donald Trump will host a military parade in June to honor military veterans and active-duty service members and commemorate the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday.
According to Fox News Digital, the party is scheduled for June 14th, which marks the 250th birthday of the United States Army and Trump’s birthday.
“We love our military and take great pride in honoring our warfighters,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a statement Friday to Fox News. “In celebration of 250 years of the U.S.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered the Army to restructure itself in order to create a “leaner” force. An April 30 memo, titled “Army Transformation and Acquisition Reform,” calls for sweeping changes to the service, including consolidating commands, canceling several programs and putting more resources into utilizing and countering drones.
Some of the measures outlined, such as the expansion of drones and counter-drone systems into maneuver units and increased electronic warfare capabilities, draw on programs already underway.
A U.S. Army soldier assigned to the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson was indicted on charges related to drug dealing this week. Staff Sgt. Juan Gabriel Orona-Rodriguez was charged with multiple counts including possession of, distribution of, and conspiracy to distribute cocaine. The charges come days after “approximately” 17 active-duty service members, including Orona-Rodriguez, were arrested during a law enforcement raid at an underground nightclub.
The soldier was indicted this week. According to the U.S.
Last week, the American Security Project published a study that showed that two thirds of the National Guard and Reserve troops are overweight. This is a number that has not changed since COVID.
MG Joseph Ricciardi, a 1990 West Point graduate, assumed command of the 88th Readiness Division on July 20, 2024. The 88th Readiness Division, according to its own official government website at https://www.usar.army.
L Todd Wood speaks with former Delta Force Commander Pete Blaber on the Ukraine false narrative, and we discuss ‘Lone Survivor’.
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