The Air Force clarified on Sunday that new recruits will learn about the Tuskegee Airmen and the Women Air Force Service Pilots during their basic training, after a course that included videos on the two World War II-era groups was briefly removed for revisions.
Lt. Gen. Brian S. Robinson, head of Air Education and Training Command, said in a statement on Sunday that no curriculum or content about the groups has been taken out of Basic Military Training.
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“The year is 2043. We have been at war with a peer adversary for a year.”
That’s the set up for “Sea Strike,” a new short film depicting how the Navy could utilize new technology in a potential conflict in the coming years. The video, made by Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific and Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division and released this past week, is a “future-oriented film designed to showcase the U.S. Navy’s ability to conduct distributed maritime operations in a high-end, contested environment.
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On 21 JAN 2025, Israeli Defense Forces Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi resigned. He took personal responsibility for the October 7, 2023 security lapses that contributed to the Hamas surprise attacks on Israel. Halevi’s resignation letter stated that the IDF’s investigation into the IDF failures were “currently in their final stages.” Halevi also told journalists he advocated a full public inquiry into the military’s failures and stated that such an investigation would be “granted full transparency” by the Israeli military.
Videos about the famed Tuskegee Airmen and the WASP corps of female pilots were cut from Air Force boot camp this week, officials confirmed to Task & Purpose. The videos were part of three training blocks removed from the service’s Basic Military Training in the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting programs tied to diversity and multiculturalism. The Tuskegee Airmen have long been one of the service’s most celebrated units.
Four U.S. Army units, including the 2nd Mobile Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division and a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Battalion will deploy overseas this spring.
The Army announced the round of deployments on Friday, Jan. 24. Each one is described as part of a regular rotation of American forces, although some are to areas that are seeing active combat or attacks on American personnel.
The 2nd Mobile Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) will deploy to multiple countries in Europe as part of the U.S. mission supporting NATO countries.
Newly confirmed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth issued a message to the military on Saturday that expressed his intent to quickly field emerging capabilities to deter China and others.
Hegseth narrowly won confirmation Friday night and was officially sworn in Saturday morning.
“It is the privilege of a lifetime to lead the warriors of the Department of Defense, under the leadership of our Commander in Chief Donald J. Trump. We will put America First, and we will never back down,” the SecDef said in his first “Message to the Force.
The Senate voted 51-50 to confirm Pete Hegseth as the next Secretary of Defense, following days of questioning by legislators. The narrow confirmation came after three Republicans voted against Hegseth, leading to Vice President JD Vance casting the tiebreaking vote to secure Hegseth’s new job.
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