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An MQ-9 Reaper drifts ominously through the crisp, pre-dawn sky over Sanaa, Yemen. Its matte-gray fuselage blends seamlessly with the deepening hues of early morning, its whirring sensors casting an invisible gaze over bustling streets below.  Thousands of miles away, in a dimly lit control room, the pilot leans back in his chair, the glow of monitors casting sharp lines across his face. He reaches for his paper coffee cup and slowly brings it to his mouth. “Another slow night,” he murmurs — the words barely escaping his lips before the screen flickers. Static. Silence.

An Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter with the 12th Aviation Battalion out of Fort Belvoir collided with a civilian passenger plane carrying 64 people as it approached Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. this evening.
The number of casualties is unknown as of press time. First responders are currently active in the waters of the Potomac River. The plane, an American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas, had 60 passengers and four crewmembers. The crash happened just before 9 p.m.

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“Would you like to grab a bite? My treat.” Coming from a small town in the Blue Ridge Mountains I didn’t meet many people different than me. My military service exposed me to the true melting pot of this country. So, one morning after I had befriended a French engineer at a conference, I bought him breakfast as we both waited for our delayed flights. While we talked, he bemoaned the end of France’s draft.

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The United States and Algeria formally pledged to deepen their militaries’ partnerships and pursue possible weapons exchanges and new joint asset deployments, multiple U.S. officials familiar with the deal told DefenseScoop this week.
Signed by military leaders from both nations on Jan. 22, the new U.S.-Algeria Defense Cooperation Memorandum of Understanding paves the way for closer bilateral collaboration between troops. Some predict it also holds potential to curtail Russia’s influence in northern Africa. 
“This is a first-of-its-kind agreement between the U.S.

The U.S. will house migrants who entered the country illegally at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba — the military prison where terrorism suspects have been kept for more than 20 years.
President Donald Trump said Wednesday he would sign an executive order directing the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security to “begin preparing” a 30,000-person migrant facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
“We have 30,000 beds in Guantanamo to detain the worst criminal illegal aliens threatening the American people,” Trump said.

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It’s an exciting time for USAA. 
In early January 2025, the financial services company announced the appointment of Juan C. Andrade as its next President and Chief Executive Officer. The news comes on the heels of the retirement announcement of Wayne Peacock last summer, who has been with the company for 36 years.
“I will miss our members and being able to engage with them, and I’ll miss our great teammates here at USAA, who have a passion to serve every single day,” Peacock told We Are The Mighty.

Of the 100,000 troops that go to Fort McCoy, Wisconsin each year to train, hundreds of them might live in barracks built during World War II.
The Army is relocating five 83-year-old barracks to make room for new officer quarters and as a way to save money. 
“This barracks relocation costs less than building new,” Tonya Townsell, a spokesperson for Fort McCoy told Task & Purpose.

In 2018, Fabiana Perera wrote “U.S. Policy Options for Maduro’s Venezuela: Benign Engagement, Not Benign Neglect,” assessing U.S. strategies vis-à-vis Venezuela and engagement in Latin America. With a renewed focus on the region, we invited Fabiana back to reflect on her article. Read more below: Image: Joka Madruga/Flickr In your 2018 article, “U.S. Policy Options for Maduro’s Venezuela: Benign Engagement, Not Benign Neglect“, you argued that “withholding capital from the regime may be one of the only ways to bring about change.