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NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Since the onset of the Iran-backed Houthis’ campaign to disrupt global shipping routes with missiles and armed drones in the Red Sea roughly 18 months ago, U.S. Transportation Command has adapted and adjusted how it operates to support the movement of in-demand cargo around the world, according to the organization’s chief.
Transcom commander Air Force Gen.

In their 2016 article, “After Brexit, a Bold Britain: A Game Plan for Remaking British Power,” Philip Shetler-Jones and James Rogers laid out a blueprint for how the United Kingdom could use the then-hypothetical Brexit as an opportunity to remake British Power on the global stage. Nine years on, as Brexit and several other watershed moments on the global stage have come to pass, we asked them to reassess their recommendations.

There’s a special kind of chaos in “Helldivers 2” — one that feels oddly familiar to anyone ever sent on out with an incomplete op order, a busted radio, and a vague promise of support. Arrowhead Studios didn’t just make a solid third-person shooter. They accidentally made a spiritual sequel to every field op that became a mess of confusion, enthusiastic but ineffective leadership, and duct-taped equipment held together by nicotine-fueled belligerence and the sincere belief that fake motivation is better than no motivation.

The head of U.S. Special Operations Command told lawmakers that America and its military must get better at information operations in the face of increased adversary investments in that space.
For years, members of Congress and outside experts have derided the U.S. government’s lack of information prowess, which atrophied after the Cold War. For the military, kinetic action typically takes precedence over non-kinetic information activities. And the interagency process can bog down information campaigns.

Russian territorial gains in Ukraine have reduced “month by month” according to findings from the UK Ministry of Defence.

Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle expressed concern this week over cuts to special operations forces, with many vowing to plus-up their budget as a response.
During Senate and House subpanels, military leaders and members of Congress outlined force cuts and budget reductions that have led to risks in missions for special operations forces because, in many cases, the head of Special Operations Command has been forced to tell combatant commanders “no” when they request capabilities.

For years, pictures shared on social media have shown U.S. Navy ships covered in rust, making them look like they’d been at sea for far too long.
Now, Navy Secretary John Phelan said he has a mandate from President Donald Trump: “Fix the damn rust.”
“He has stated to me many times: ‘Shipbuilding, shipbuilding, shipbuilding. Get those ships out of maintenance yards. Fix the damn rust,’” Phelan said on Wednesday. “He does not like it, and I don’t like getting calls in the middle of the night.

When Dave Crete was stationed at the Nevada Test and Training Range as an Air Force security troop in the late 1980s, his dorm room was just over two miles from a nuclear test site. Just getting onto the range, known as the NTTR, through its main gate puts you within miles of one of the base’s five sites.
Crete now has 20 tumors throughout his body and deals with brain cysts and atrophy, meaning his brain is shrinking.
“That’s not too bad. I’m one of the healthy ones. Average age of death for our unit is 65,” Crete said to a congressional panel Tuesday.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Department of the Navy is taking a look at its contracts and preparing for an acquisition system review under its new leader in the Trump administration.
In his first major speech as Navy secretary, businessman-turned-SECNAV John Phelan — who was sworn in March 25 — noted that he’s looking to eliminate “waste and inefficiencies” so the sea services can get more bang for their buck as they pursue modernization.

Spain’s MoD has taken delivery of the last unit of the Chinook CH-47F helicopter at the Colmenar Viejo base of the FAMET.