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Caitlyn Burchett, Stars and Stripes
On the flight deck of the USS Dwight D.

To anyone following the brouhaha surrounding fitness standards across the U.S. military, the Air Force’s six-month delay in resuming body composition measurements comes as no surprise. Three years after body mass index assessments were halted during COVID, it was announced that a new metric, waist-to-height ratio, would determine who was too overweight to serve — and, in the process, alleviate recruiting woes by giving more applicants a chance to meet standards.

The UK is seeking to develop a closer working relationship with the European Union, particularly on defence, with platform commonality sought.

Multiple helicopters with the 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division were damaged this past week after heavy weather tore through the area around Fort Carson.
On Aug. 2, the 4th Infantry Division, based out of Fort Carson, announced that storms the prior night hit the Butts Army Heliport, causing damage to multiple U.S. Army helicopters, including Chinooks, Black Hawk and Apaches. Additionally, buildings on the heliport were also damaged. No one was injured.

Large military exercises give the United States and its partners to practice coordinated drills, train in simulated battles, and in situations such as this year’s Rim of the Pacific exercise, blow up a few ships. And that’s just what the U.S. military did at RIMPAC last month.
The military released new footage of one such sinking exercise (or SINKEX as it’s called), where the Air Force used an AC-130J gunship to shred the Austin-class amphibious transport dock the USS Dubuque and help send it down to Davy Jones’ locker.

China uses Russia to accelerate production of highly enriched Uranium

Site where was launched the torpedo of the first chinese nuclear bomb test (中国鱼雷发射实验) in 1958, at South-East of Qinghai LakeImage by Popolon

We have a dangerous nuclear gap with the Chinese/Russian/Iranian/and North Korean Axis.
The tired, U.S. Intelligence Community and DC Think Tank number has been that China has 500 nuclear warheads. That number has been around for easily five years.

I cook up a batch of the best wings using Grill Your A$$ Off seasonings. Also, I interviewed a retired Green Beret, Joe Crane. Joe served in the 7th Special Forces Group as a team Sgt on ODA 783 and 761. He shares a story from his time in service while deployed to Venezuela.
Wings were trimmed, and I showed in this video how to trim the drumlettes just like Gordon Ramsey. Seasoned up the wings using Grill Your A$$ Off seasonings, Crispy’s Mango Habenero, and the Platoon Sergeant, as well as using the BBQ sauces.

Vincent Hancock just helped the United States take home another gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Hancock secured the gold medal in skeet shooting, defeating fellow American Conner Prince in a close competition. It was also the former Army sergeant’s fourth gold medal, making him one of only sixth athletes to ever win the same individual Olympic event four times. 
The 35-year-old Army veteran was awarded the gold medal Saturday, Aug. 3 after winning the final round of six shooters. Each one was eliminated one by one, until finally it was just Hancock and Prince.

Luke Widenhouse, RealClearDefense
In February, it was revealed that Russia has been developing a nuclear-armed anti-satellite weapon.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin revoked the plea deals the Department of Defense reached with the accused masterminds of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, in a sudden reversal to the news this week in the long running case. 
On Wednesday, July 31, the Department of Defense announced it had reached pretrial agreements with Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin ‘Attash, and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi, all of whom have been in prison in Guantanamo Bay awaiting a military trial that has yet to start. Only two days later on Aug.