David M. Luna, Small Wars Journal
The geo-political challenge of irregular warfare (IW) in gray zones is increasingly more complex.
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FMI of Denmark has allocated almost 10bn DKK to acquire 115 CV9035 MKIIIC armoured vehicles to further defence capacity.
Motorola has said the acquisition of Barrett will aid the extension of its communications services into the Asia-Pacific region.
Major or minor You don’t want yourself An incident Don’t ever invade China Mark Knopfler, Don’t Crash the Ambulance (2004) Just as the U.S. National Defense Strategy lists homeland defense as the first priority of the Department of Defense, China’s national defense policy states that the top mission of China’s armed forces is to “safeguard national territorial sovereignty (领土主权) and maritime rights and interests (海洋权益).
It’s nothing new when an Army helo crew throws out interesting call signs before taking flight. Today, a CH-47 Chinook helicopter crew — with a tail number of AE59B1 — plugged in a call sign of “FUKIRAN” when they flew from Wilmington to Fayetteville, North Carolina.
“The 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade acknowledges someone used an unauthorized and inappropriate moniker for one of its helicopters that recently returned from a deployment,” said Lt. Col. César Santiago, an Army spokesman, in a statement to Task & Purpose.
The U.S. military has removed at least half a dozen photographs from public view that captured a “ramp ceremony” and American troops paying tribute to the 13 service members killed in the Aug. 26, 2021 suicide bomb attack outside Hamid Karzai International Airport’s Abbey Gate, Task & Purpose has confirmed.
A U.S. official told Task & Purpose that the pictures were removed from a public database of official photos due to a miscommunication between the Defense Department’s mortuary affairs and the public affairs officer on the ground at the time.
Jon Kosloski, a longtime national security expert in quantum optics and other novel technology areas, has officially entered the Pentagon as the next permanent director of its All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), the Defense Department announced Monday.
Kosloski — who assumed this role on detail from the National Security Agency — will oversee all of the DOD’s work to address possible incidents involving unidentified anomalous phenomena (or UAP, the modern term for UFOs that encompasses objects that can also operate in space or underwater) impacting the U.S. military.
A Hawaii-based combat engineer became ‘triple-tabbed’ by completing three of the Army’s most demanding courses, Ranger and Sapper school, and a Hawaii-based Jungle course. Earning all three is rare for any soldier, and nearly unprecedented for a woman.
1st Lt. Mackenzie Corcoran completed the triple-training journey when she graduated from Ranger School at Fort Moore. She is the 135th woman to graduate from Ranger School since 2015, and just became the 8th woman to also finish Sapper school.
The Defense Innovation Unit is on the hunt for generative artificial intelligence tools to help the U.S. military with joint planning and wargaming.
DIU issued a solicitation to industry Friday via its commercial solutions opening contracting mechanism to support an effort called Thunderforge.
“The joint planning process is complex, time-consuming, and resource-intensive.
The schedules, or lack thereof, for a military family is… fluid at best. Throw in a PCS and the gloves come off. For those of us with a steady exercise routine, finding the time and resources during these transitions can be very difficult. While many hotels will have a gym, not all will have a large selection of equipment. One thing to remember is that base gyms are always an option.
Wherever you find a place to exercise, we still have the main issue to deal with: Time.
Most people like to train everything in one session. It’s efficient and requires only one trip to the gym.