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Conscription — a practice most Americans believe should be relegated to the dustbin of history — has returned as an uncomfortable topic of conversation among U.S. allies and adversaries alike. This has generated concern and even conspiracy theories among American voters. But a candid discussion would be healthier. The fact is, if the United States hopes to deter or defeat a Chinese attack on Taiwan, it should be prepared to effectively implement a draft. To be clear, this is a solution of last resort, but one that may be necessary. Right now, U.S.

Defense technology company Anduril intends to stand up a brand new manufacturing facility designed to “hyperscale” production of autonomous systems and weapons for the Defense Department, the company announced Thursday.
Dubbed Arsenal-1, the new plant will allow Anduril to manufacture “tens of thousands” of autonomous systems by leveraging simplified, modular and software-defined design and production techniques not commonly used by traditional defense contractors, Chris Brose, Anduril’s chief strategy officer, said during a meeting with reporters.

L Todd Wood and Bill Quinn talk with Col Rob Maness (USAF, Ret) on his views on the facts surrounding VP Candidate Tim Waltz stolen valor.
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Questions about the final months of Tim Walz’s 24-year National Guard career have triggered a flurry of questions and confusion among military members and veterans, and Wednesday drew a sharp accusation from Walz’s vice presidential opponent, Republican J.D. Vance. In a bitter attack at a rally in Michigan, Vance claimed Walz “abandoned” his guard unit in 2005, just before a deployment to Iraq.
“When Tim Walz was asked by his country to go to Iraq, you know what he did?,” Vance said Tuesday in Shelby Township, Michigan.

Hawaii is a dream duty station for so many families – what’s not to love about white sandy beaches dotted with palm trees swaying in the ocean breeze. A tropical climate year-round can almost make you forget you’re living in one of the highest cost-of-living scenarios the military allows.
When it seems like everything on the island costs more than you’re able to spend, it’s time to take the family on a tour of the (free and impressive) historical corridor in the basement of The Royal Hawaiian hotel in Waikiki Beach.

Chapter 1: It was 6 AM and I hadn’t slept yet. I had just driven myself to the airport after abandoning a weekend vacation with my husband and two children. Tears streamed down my face as my one-way flight to Phoenix took off from Louisville. Thirteen hours earlier I found myself pulling into a Target just outside of Indianapolis to pick up nighttime pullups that we had run out of just before our trip to a friend’s wedding. What is normally my happy place was instead replaced by a fog as my dad called out of the blue.
“We are at the ER.