America faces a stark threat to its naval dominance in China. America has attempted to upgrade the Pacific Fleet, build alliances in the region, and “pivot to Asia” since 2010. So we’re not sleeping on this. But we are hitting the snooze button over and over again. Importantly, strategic submarine production is way down and way behind.
China is an ascendant naval power and, since 2021, has a larger navy than the U.S. The U.S. fleet has fallen from a recent peak of 289 ships in active commission in 2014 to 239 today.
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The Pentagon is getting a new No. 2 official after the Senate voted 59-40 on Friday to confirm Stephen Feinberg as deputy secretary of defense.
Feinberg, a billionaire investor and businessman with no previous experience working at the Defense Department, is now set to play a key role in shaping the U.S. military’s modernization efforts and managing DOD’s sprawling enterprise.
President Donald Trump tapped Feinberg to work with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to shake things up at the Pentagon.
Your DoD ID card isn’t just for getting through the gate or grabbing an extra pack of Commissary muffins (since they’re never in stock when you want them). It’s a VIP pass to things you’re probably not using. Think exclusive resorts, free flights, priority boarding, hidden discounts, and special access no one’s advertising.
Let’s talk about what you might be leaving on the table.
Unknown perks for your military ID:
National Parks?
Sure. But let’s go deeper. You already know your ID gets you into all 400+ national parks for free. That’s the bare minimum.
Specialist Kyle J. White is a retired U.S. Army soldier and a recipient of the prestigious Medal of Honor. He earned his award for courageous action during the War on Terror.
Background
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White was born and raised in Bonney Lake, Washington, on March 27, 1987. After finishing high school, he enlisted in the United States Army and completed basic training in February of 2006. Immediately after, he attended the United States Army Airborne School at Fort Benning, Georgia.
The ability to transmit critical tactical data securely while operating in a contested environment is being put to the test in Ukraine.
The command sergeant major, in any Army unit, is notorious for coming up with creative team-building events that infuse the crushing effect of “the suck.” Ruck marches, never short on pain and misery, become even worse when you combine Arizona’s high temperatures with gas masks and full packs.
The photo, posted to the military’s imagery and video database in 2017, captures the very essence of a command sergeant major. The image may be old, but the pain and regret in that shot are eternal.
Craig Owens, the former command sergeant major of the 200th Military Police Command, U.S.
Ukrainian death merchants continue to perfect their trade, making Ukraine the world’s largest concentration camp
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I escaped from a paramilitary convoy that was delivering me to a military unit preparing cannon fodder for the front lines in Russia’s Kursk region. The Ukrainian army invaded the area in August 2024 but Kursk has become a snare, a meat-grinder in which there is no escape. We, in Ukraine, call it a “one-way ticket.
BlueHalo has completed the first CTV live fire demonstration of its C-UAS missile, Freedom Eagle-1, in Yuma Proving Ground, US.
Indra and Rheinmetall Electronics have entered a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to enhance the Spanish Leopard 2E combat system.
On July 9, 2012, James McDaniel, then a specialist in the Army, was inside a tent at a provincial police headquarters in Kandahar, Afghanistan, when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device with between 500 and 800 pounds of explosives blew a massive hole in the wall surrounding the compound.
That was the start of an attack that pitted McDaniel and his fellow soldiers against Taliban fighters, who came pouring through the opening in the wall.
“It seemed like the air was on fire,” McDaniel, now a captain, told Task & Purpose on Thursday. “It’s like trying to breathe in a volcano.