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It’s not hard to find Department of Defense personnel openly flouting President Trump’s directive to get rid of the Marxist DEI ideology inside the armed forces.
Sometimes you just get an email showing the lack of concern about civilian leadership straight up front.
A source received this recently:

The operative wording is: The directorate is responsible for establishing and overseeing military force management policies that support and retain Air Force personnel across the military lifecycle and foster a diverse and inclusive culture.

Time and again since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, there has been extended political wrangling among Western governments and Ukraine over purported wonder weapons that will turn the tide of the war. After the provision of main battle tanks, HIMARS rockets, and fighter jets, the most recent controversy has been over the use of deep strike (in actuality, short-range ballistic missile) ATACMS systems to hit targets in Russia.

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On 22 February 2025, President Trump announced that he was firing CJCS GEN Brown and was considering nominating retired LtGen Dan “Razin’” Caine. Superficially, the firing was not a surprise given the new POTUS and SECDEF intention to rid DoD of leadership that was spreading DEI. Firing the ringleader is the first way to change the culture in any organization.
Potentially bringing back a retired general to serve as CJCS honestly is not too surprising either.

Recruits who went through the Army’s successful pre-bootcamp prep course in order to rapidly lose weight were not consistently monitored as they shed pounds and may have faced ”increased risks” to their health because the recruiting program was short on nutritionists and other medical personnel, an Inspector General report found.
But officials behind the course insist the recruits who have attended the course have emerged in “far better” health than when they arrived, with most moving on to traditional boot camp.

The Supreme Court once again refused to hear a case challenging the 75-year-old rule that service members may not sue the government for service-related harm, including when military doctors commit malpractice.
The court rejected a case brought by a Maryland Air National Guardsman who was paralyzed in April 2018 by a botched back surgery at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda. 
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The UK has set a timeline to increase defence spending, paid for through a significant reduction in Overseas Development Assistance.

A lot happens every day. Alliances shift, leaders change, and conflicts erupt. With In Brief, we’ll help you make sense of it all. Each week, experts will dig deep on a single issue happening in the world to help you better understand it. *** Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered that the Department of Defense conduct a review of its Fiscal Year 2026 budget. “The offsets are targeted at 8% of the Biden Administration’s FY26 budget, totaling around $50 billion, which will then be spent on programs aligned with President Trump’s priorities,” according to a press release.

President Donald Trump’s nominee to be deputy secretary of defense told lawmakers that he’ll prioritize and advance the U.S. military’s autonomous capabilities portfolio — a top priority under the prior administration.
However, the billionaire investor stopped short of revealing any immediate plans to disrupt the Pentagon’s ongoing Replicator initiative, which includes efforts to field thousands of uncrewed systems by August 2025.

The Army is getting a new leader after Daniel Driscoll secured enough Senate votes Tuesday to become the service’s secretary, allowing him to take the wheel for the organization as it pursues major transformation efforts across the force.
The final vote tally was 66-28 to confirm.
President Donald Trump in December picked Driscoll to be Army secretary, the service’s top civilian post, stating he would act as a “disruptor and change agent” at the Pentagon and be “a fearless and relentless fighter for America’s Soldiers and the America First agenda.

FNSS has secured a significant contract to produce the new generation PARS Alpha armoured vehicles for the Turkish Land Forces.