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Silent, precise, and deadly—U.S. Military snipers dominate the battlefield with the unrivaled power of the M110 and M82/M107 rifles.

Harrison Kass, NationalInterest
In an era where air defense systems are becoming increasingly sophisticated, the non-stealth B-1’s ability to survive behind enemy lines has become imperiled,…

Peter Layton, RealClearDefense

The Hill
President Biden granted pardons to several prominent public servants Monday who have faced attacks from President-elect Trump in one of his final acts…

My, my, my, a target rich environment, just where do we begin? Losing their clearances are the least of their worries.

It’s such a joy to have choices in life. Having choices is a good problem.
Do we start with Ron Marks? The possible Twitter Spotter who may have helped the Jack Dorsey era “throttle” Trump Supporters.

Instructors at a military leadership course gave field grade and warrant officers a lesson in communicating complex ideas in a simple format. Their chosen medium: a haiku.
Haikus are a Japanese style of poem with three lines written in 5-7-5 syllable count and typically focus on nature imagery — not so much the nature of war. (There’s also the ironic turn of writing about a military campaign against the Japanese using their own style of poetry.

Members of the National Guard activated to support Monday’s presidential inauguration have been issued a special identification patch for the event, with the goal of making it easier to identify them as members of the Guard. 
Thousands of National Guard troops active ahead of and during the Jan. 20 inauguration of Donald Trump will wear a bright and colorful shoulder patch. The Associated Press first reported on the decision. According to the D.C. National Guard on Instagram, the patch is being issued to make sure that anyone attending the event on Monday “will know who is who.

Public Domain

In 2024, the story emerged that Ft Liberty’s anti-terrorism training to base security included slides that designated pro-life groups as terrorists. In early July 2024, Ft Liberty’s public affairs posted the following on its Facebook page:
“After conducting a commander’s inquiry, we determined that the slides presented on social media were not vetted by the appropriate approval authorities, and do not reflect the views of the XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Liberty, the U.S. Army or the Department of Defense.

The U.S. Navy is hoping that new upgrades can let the troubled littoral combat ships can help protect American forces from enemy drones.
This week the Navy announced that it had upgraded the Freedom-class littoral combat ship the USS Indianapolis to fire radar-guided AGM-114L Longbow Hellfire missiles for counter-unmanned aircraft system use. The decision comes specifically after months of back and forth fighting between American and Houthi forces in the waters around Yemen, including the Red Sea. 
Along with those attacks, U.S.

A former Space Force officer who was previously relieved from his command role has been nominated to serve as the undersecretary of the Department of the Air Force.
On Friday, Jan. 17, President-elect Donald Trump announced his nominations for top roles in the Department of the Air Force, naming Matthew Lohmeier as his pick for undersecretary of the department. Lohmeier, a former officer with both the Air Force and Space Force, was fired from his command role at the 11th Space Warning Squadron in 2021, after appearing on a right-wing podcast.