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IT²EC’s senior military adviser, Air Vice Marshal (Ret’d) Gary Waterfall, talks about the guiding principles of the military training event.
The Marine general and deputy commandant in charge of installations and logistics was kind enough to join Ryan for a wide-ranging conversation on military service, logistics, and so much more. Whether you are a servicemember or someone interested in how the U.S. military will be able to stay in the fight should a war break out in the Indo-Pacific, this episode is a must-listen. Image: U.S. Marine Corps photo by Chief Warrant Officer Bobby Yarb
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Following a dramatic meeting in the White House, U.S. military support for Ukraine is perilously uncertain. Sustaining Ukraine in this war, and afterwards, is a responsibility that Europe will have to shoulder sooner rather than later. Washington may now cut support for Ukraine well before any agreement is reached and try to compel Ukraine to accept an unstable ceasefire. This will leave Ukraine in a perpetual state of insecurity, and Europe bracing for a possible renewal of the war.
Corporal Dakota Louis Meyer is a United States Marine. He received a Medal of Honor for his service in Afghanistan during the War on Terrorism. He grew up in the small town of Columbia, Kentucky, and joined the Marine Corps in 2006. Meyer served with the Embedded Training Team 2-8, Regional Corps Advisory Command 3-7.
Dakota Meyer’s Action in Afghanistan
In September 2009, Dakota Meyer was stationed in the Kunar Province of Eastern Afghanistan. Then, on September 8, he gathered his gear and headed out to a patrol rally point just outside the village of Ganjgal.
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A week after the Trump administration fired the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and five more senior Pentagon officers, another head rolled on Friday as the three-star commander of the Defense Health Agency (DHA) retired — with sources telling Reuters that retirement was forced on her.
As DHA commander, US Army Lt. Gen. Telita Crosland oversaw a vast medical system serving more than 9.
The USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier and the support ships of its strike group arrived at Busan, South Korea Sunday, in a bolstering of the U.S. military presence there following new missile tests by North Korea.
Carrier Strike Group One arrived in South Korea on March 2. The Navy called the visit a scheduled one, but the ships arrived shortly after Pyongyang carried out new cruise missile tests in the Yellow Sea on Wednesday, Feb. 26. North Korean state media reported that the missiles flew approximately 130 miles, with Kim Jong Un overseeing the test.
U.S. forces killed a top military leader of the militant group Hurras al-Din last week, the latest in a series of recent attacks targeting organizers and leaders of the al-Qaeda-affiliated group in northwestern Syria.
The airstrike on Feb. 23 — but was not disclosed to the public until March 1 — killed Muhammed Yusuf Ziya Talay, described as the senior military leader for the group, while he was traveling by car. CENTCOM released a short video clip showing the attack on the car believed to be occupied by Talay. It was traveling alone and was quickly destroyed.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth declared today the U.S. is dead serious about securing the souther border.
“We are dead serious about 100% OPERATIONAL CONTROL of the southern border,” Hegseth wrote on X.
The Department of Defense is deploying up to 3,000 active-duty troops from the 2nd Stryker Brigade (Fort Carson, Colorado) to the southern border, including 20-ton armored Stryker combat vehicles, engineers, and intelligence personnel. This follows President Trump’s January 2025 executive order declaring a national emergency to seal the border.
On March 5, 2025, Master Sergeant Earl Plumlee will stand alongside fellow Medal of Honor recipients to ring the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) closing bell. The event marks the beginning of Medal of Honor Month, a time dedicated to honoring the extraordinary sacrifices made by service members and keeping their legacy alive.
Ahead of the event, We Are The Mighty sat down with Plumlee to discuss his transition from the military, the importance of veteran success in corporate America, and why preserving the stories of Medal of Honor recipients matters now more than ever.