TRICARE is here for you, as the on-hold message will remind you over and over again. In fact, it’s a mantra you hear so often that many can likely hear the voice as you read this text.
They may be here for you … but they may not be here for you now. It’s a simple issue of logistics. They have thousands of people to work with every day, and in most cases, like they will also remind you, calls are taken in the order they are received.
However, that’s why it’s all-the-more important to make the best use of your time once you do talk to someone behind the curtain.
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You’re heading overseas! Congratulations! That obviously means everyone in your family is automatically on board and super excited to eat some authentic German Schnitzel or get really into Japanimation or Spanish Flamenco dancing or whatever the local specialty is, right? In a perfect world, the answer would be yes, but as we all know, this world ain’t perfect! If you’re faced with convincing a wayward teenager or over-dramatic 4th grader that your new OCONUS orders are something to be excited about, this list is for you.
On Aug. 9, 1945, the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Japan at the city of Nagasaki. Three days earlier, the U.S. struck the Japanese city of Hiroshima with the first tactical use of an atom bomb in military history. Yet Japan continued to fight.
The city of Kokura was the original target but a layer of clouds concealed the area that morning, causing the B-29 Superfortress “Bockscar” to divert to its secondary target, Nagasaki, a major shipbuilding city with a large military port.
At 11:02 a.m.
A North Carolina man has put a unique, historically-accurate wrap over his Tesla Cybertruck that honors the WWII bomber his grandfather piloted for 50 missions over Europe. The futuristic truck famously comes with no paint job on its all-aluminum body, a visual match to the skins of many B-24 Liberator bombers — including one B-24 whose crew dubbed it the “Silver Babe” assigned to the 449th Bomb Group in Grottaglie, Italy in 1944.
The pilot of Silver Babe was 1st Lt. Ken Kinsinger, the owner’s grandfather.
The Army is expanding the number of recruiting companies at its boot camps to increase throughput of potential soldiers. The service hopes they are hitting a turning point in the service’s recruitment efforts.
U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command officials said they plan to stand up four new basic training companies: two at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri and two at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
The new basic training combat companies will accommodate up to 3,840 more trainees each year.
Host L Todd Wood speaks with Vic Renza, on his horrific experience with the 4th Infantry Division in Vietnam on the Cambodian border.
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In this episode, TNSR publisher Ryan Evans spoke with the journal’s new editor-in-chief, Prof. Sheena Chestnut Greitens, an award-winning scholar and associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin’s LBJ School of Public Affairs. They spoke about why she became a scholar, her research, the intellectual challenges of the competition with China, and her vision for taking TNSR to the next level. Image: Clements Center for National Security
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American paratroopers use a wide range of parachutes. Large formations use quick-snapping static line rigs whose designs date to the parachute regiments of World War II. Special operations teams train with highly maneuverable freefall canopies developed covert missions. We asked a pair of longtime paratroopers from both the regular Airborne and special ops world to tell us about the equipment they call their “ride to work.”
Sgt. 1st Class Eric Fair is the Operations NCOIC and the top jump master of the Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate.
Michael Horowitz exited his position at the Pentagon this week after serving as the first-ever deputy assistant secretary of defense for force development and emerging capabilities, according to a social media post he shared on Friday.
Horowitz took on that leadership role in July 2023, after the DOD created it in an organizational restructure as a new office in the policy directorate combining what was then the separate Emerging Capabilities Policy Office with the Force Development Office.
L Todd Wood sits down with Dr. Peter McCullough of The Wellness Company to discuss deaths from Covid vaccines through blood clots.
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