G. Anderson, Military.com
It has been five years since the Marine Corps adopted Force Design as its operating concept.
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Jon Harper, DefScoop
The unit performs intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance activities and experiments with cutting-edge technologies.
Brent M. Eastwood, National Security J.
‘New’ B-52J Bomber Afflicted with Delays and Extra Costs for Its Engine and Radar Modernization Plan: This is not what the U.S. Air Force wanted.
Joint procurement of combat vehicles, such as the TGB24, by European operators is a way to reduce costs and boost operational commonality.
After visiting Russia, India’s Narendra Modi heads to Ukraine on diplomatic pretexts. On the actual agenda: gas turbines for warships.
The last few years have seen a surge in defense spending, particularly in regard to conventional defense technologies. “We’ve had a huge increase in demand from our European allies and partners over the last few years since the … invasion by the Russians in Ukraine,” Defense Security Cooperation Agency director James Hursch observed recently. U.S. industries are not the only suppliers benefiting from this surge in demand. South Korea has also dramatically expanded its global role as a defense technology supplier.
From the Doughboys of World War I to enlisted-turned-officer Mustangs, nicknames have a way of rallying the troops and raising morale — sometimes at the expense of others.
Kevin Corrinet served in the 3rd Stryker Brigade, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, affectionately nicknamed the Patriots. There, he served under a senior officer who they nicknamed Lord Farquaad—the short, conniving villain of the Shreck movies.
A Fort Liberty soldier was booted from the Army Tuesday, a day after being outed as a major white supremacist online activist and while facing charges for lying to the federal government and attempting to sell stolen guns.
Pvt. Kai Liam Nix, 20, was separated from the Army on August 20, just a week after being indicted on Aug. 14. On August 19, the online watchdog Hatewatch published an investigation that named Nix as behind a major online personna that operates within white supremacist circles.
“On Aug. 20, Pvt.
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Army helicopter crews assigned to fly and operate in arctic conditions will now answer to leadership based with them in Alaska rather than commanders in Hawaii or near Seattle. They’ll now report instead to the newly activated Arctic Aviation Command at Fort Wainwright, just outside of Fairbanks, Alaska.
“You have to be in the Arctic to understand the Arctic,” Col. Russ Vanderlugt, the unit’s new commander, told Task & Purpose.
The new unit officially stood up on Aug.