Recently, Army leaders noticed a troubling trend: service members were choosing fast food over on-base dining.
At first glance, it looked like a simple food preference.
It wasn’t.
Every meal bought off base added pressure to the household budget. Every poor nutritional choice chipped away at physical and mental health. And over time, those everyday realities shaped something much larger: military readiness.
It’s a reminder that the challenges facing military families rarely exist in isolation.
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BAE Systems has handed two prototype Infantry Fighting Vehicles to the US Army, aiming to speed up delivery of ground combat solutions.
For its performance during World War II, Gen. George S. Patton called the M1 Garand “the greatest battle implement ever devised.” Similarly, with 4 million made to keep troops in sync and on time, the A-11 watch earned the title “the watch that won the war.” To celebrate the release of the Jimmy Stewart biopic “Jimmy,” Bulova recreated the iconic watch with its Jimmy model.
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Bulova was one of the original manufacturers of A-11 watches for the U.S.
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the Pentagon is adding a new measure for advancement: how officers perform when presented with a military problem and required to make decisions under…
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The U.S. Navy recently tested how it will operate Collaborative Combat Aircraft, using a General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.
Jose Martinez wanted to die.
He felt that way in the moments after a roadside bomb exploded near him in Afghanistan on March 3, 2012. The blast damaged some of Martinez’s internal organs and deprived him of his mobility. The bomb took all of Martinez’s right leg, his left leg below the knee, and his right arm above the elbow.
Martinez still harbored those thoughts during his nearly two-year rehabilitation, which involved 19 surgeries. As he worked through the recovery process, Martinez struggled with envisioning an existence as a triple amputee.
WARSAW, POLAND – Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has taken aim at the People’s Republic of China (PRC) for its role in providing technological assistance to Russia in the invasion of his country. Without providing any specifics, the Ukrainian leader has suggested that Beijing is granting Russia access to its SpaceSail low-Earth-orbit satellite-based internet system.
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Kremlin Speech by Putin. Image Credit: Creative Commons.