A wave of violently suppressed political protests following the October 2024 National Election Commission’s announcement that the ruling party candidate Daniel Chapo had won the presidential election has rocked Mozambique. Coupled with an ongoing insurgency in the north and a spate of kidnappings of business leaders, these challenges risk jeopardizing U.S. strategic interests, specifically political stability and access to strategic resources such as critical minerals. Protecting U.S.
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FY 2024 DoD Spending on Climate Change – $5.1 Billion
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In March 2023, the DoD published “Enhancing Combat Capability – Mitigating Climate Risk.”
“Increasing temperatures, changing precipitation patterns, and more frequent, intense, and extreme weather conditions are impacting military readiness and imposing significant costs on the Department while exacerbating risk and creating new challenges to U.S. interests around the world.
When “The Mandalorian” first dropped on Disney+, fans saw it as a bold new chapter in the Star Wars universe: a lone warrior traversing the galaxy, balancing brutal fights with a mysterious new mission.
Veterans, on the other hand, saw something else entirely.
They saw a burned-out noncommissioned officer with a dependent he didn’t expect to have, operating on zero support, questionable gear, and a timeline no one bothered to explain.
Because let’s be honest — Din Djarin isn’t some elite space assassin.
The Air Force Research Lab issued a solicitation this week for its Sensing Operation Using Prediction (SOUP) program, which aims to develop new and improved artificial intelligence capabilities that could boost the military’s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance enterprise.
The one-step call for proposals falls under AFRL’s Autonomous Decisions, Algorithms, and Modeling multiple authority announcement that was released in March.
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The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) transferred control and administrative jurisdiction of nearly 110,000 acres of federal land along the New Mexico-Mexico border to the Department of the Army. The move by the Interior Department is to comply with President Donald Trump’s order for the U.S. military to take control of federal land along our southern border.
“Securing our border and protecting our nation’s resources go hand in hand,” Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said in an announcement on Tuesday.
In his 2023 article, “Negotiating Saudi Arabia’s Defeat and the Houthi Victory in Yemen,” Thomas Juneau of the University of Ottawa assessed that the Saudi-Yemen ceasefire would “not lead to a sustainable peace.” Two years on, as tensions in the Middle East are higher than ever, we asked him to revisit his argument. Image: U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl.
Gen. Michael Claesson, Chief of Defense of the Swedish Armed Forces, joined Ryan during a visit to Washington to share how NATO has changed Sweden’s armed forces as well as the details of their modernization, consolidation, and expansion efforts — on land, at sea, and in the air. They also discuss the challenges of mobilization in future wars defined by higher technology systems, training, working with industry, and how Sweden has learned from Russia’s war against Ukraine. Claesson ends with his views on how he tries to shape Sweden’s next generation of most senior military officers.
Rheinmetall has finalised the acquisition of Stascheit, a specialist in ammunition detection and recovery based in Gardelegen/Saxony-Anhalt.
Hanwha Aerospace has entered a joint venture with Poland’s WB Group to manufacture guided missiles for the Homar-K MRLS.
Elliott Miller couldn’t remember the events of Nov. 19, 2006, no matter how many times the other Navy SEALs he was with repeated all the details to him. Miller was one of a team of SEALs, which also included his friend Ray Mendoza, who were carrying out overwatch in a two-story house in Ramadi, Iraq, when their position was attacked. After the initial attack, the team’s attempt at casualty evacuation went horribly wrong when an improvised explosive device detonated.