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The first Space Force ‘retirement beard’ is here and it’s incredible.
Roger A. Towberman, who until last September was the service’s first Chief Master Sgt. of the Space Force, lived the Retired Dream this week when his former colleagues invited him back on base — the Pentagon, actually — for a ceremony in his honor and he showed up rocking an absolutely magnificent Not-My-Problem-Anymore beard.
The ceremony was the unveiling of his own clean-shaven official portrait in the Pentagon.

President Joe Biden’s executive order for 2023’s Operation Atlantic Resolve caused an uproar many veterans, when it appeared to give the greenlight to recalling members of the Individual Ready Reserve, or IRR. Though the order limited IRR activations to 450, but for many more it set of questions about muster duty events and whether they are mandatory. 
The answer is: yes, your branch’s muster duty event is mandatory, but there are many exceptions you may qualify for and what happens if you just don’t go is anyone’s guess.

Mel Brooks is a national treasure and a highly acclaimed director, actor, comedian, playwright, songwriter and filmmaker. He celebrated his 98th birthday on June 28, 2024. He has done it all with his projects and is one of a rare few professionals who have been awarded an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony (EGOT).
Mel Brooks attending a ceremony to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
His movies have grossed hundreds of millions of dollars and his TV shows have been highly rated.

Direct ties between senior U.S. and Chinese military leaders have been restored following a rough patch last year when a Chinese spy balloon overflew the United States, President Joe Biden told reporters on Thursday.
In November, both Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to resume military-to-military communication, which Beijing had suspended after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s August 2022 visit to Taiwan.  Tensions between both countries became higher after a U.S.

Apparently “mindful” of escalating tensions with Russia, the US and its allies are denying Ukraine a key military capability.

On the green grass in front of the U.S. Capitol, veteran advocates gathered Wednesday around a memorial created from 150,000 sets of dog tags. The symbolism, they say, is for 150,000 military veterans who have died by suicide since 9/11, a crisis that many believe could be eased in some measure by MDMA-assisted therapy.
A crowd of veteran advocates, health professionals and members of Congress gathered at the capital around the memorial to call for loosening of rules on MDMA, which faces a critical decision within the Food and Drug Administration in August.

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Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are planning serious action to address the fentanyl crisis exacerbated by President Biden’s open southern borders. With 80,000–100,000 Americans dying from fentanyl overdoses each year, or about one Vietnam every six months, a comprehensive strategy to target Chinese chemical suppliers, money launderers, Mexican cartels, and banks that facilitate this drug death catastrophe, wiping out America’s future generations, nears. Some have referred to this crisis as the ‘Reverse Opium War.

The autopsy of a 101st Airborne Division soldier found murdered in her home revealed that she was stabbed 68 times, a local newspaper reported.
Pfc. Katia Dueñas Aguilar, 23, was found in her Clarksville, Tennessee, home outside of Fort Campbell, Kentucky on May 18. Her family announced a $55,000 reward for information on the case. 
The Army had not officially confirmed that Aguilar was murdered prior to the autopsy release and as of Friday Army investigators did not have new information on the case. Clarksville Police Department declined to comment on an ongoing investigation.

The new Labour team at the Ministry of Defence will have to balance modernisation plans in the British Army with a shortfall in funding.

The Pentagon’s key research arm is leading a new initiative to produce resources and assets designed to help its personnel approach and adopt disruptive and emerging artificial intelligence technologies more cautiously and responsibly, according to its chief.
“We are trying to flesh out the recipe environment to focus on something we call ELSI — so the ethical, legal and societal implications of our new technology,” Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Director Stefanie Tompkins said this week at the NATO to the Future micro-summit hosted by Capital Factory.