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Michael Pezzullo, The Strategist (ASPI)

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Ukraine will benefit from SAR satellite imagery data from Rheinmetall and ICEYE as Russian forces make operationally significant gains.

At exactly 10 p.m. on the warm, last night of May, Maj. Gen. William Zana received his orders and began his final guard shift on the smooth marble stone plaza at the center of Arlington National Cemetery. In two hours it would be midnight, a new day and new month. A new guard would relieve him at his post, he would march off the plaza and suddenly, instantly, be a civilian.
But for the final two hours of his 37-year career, Zana wanted one last chance to stand a shift he had held as a young sergeant: keeping watch over the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. 
“I was Pvt.

Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in War on the Rocks to honor Veterans Day in 2017. Seven years later, its message of fostering meaningful communication between servicemembers and civilians is more important than ever. This Veterans Day, the country will pause to honor those that have served in the U.S. military — including more than 2.7 million veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Yet, as many have noted, fewer than 1 percent of Americans serve in the military today, and they are growing increasingly distinct and isolated from the remaining 99 percent.

The names are false, the story is real.

Prologue
Chief Warrant Officer William “Bill” Collins served his country with unwavering dedication for over two decades. A combat veteran with numerous tours under his belt, Bill was known for his courage, leadership, and unshakable integrity. But in the twilight of his illustrious career, he found himself embroiled in a battle unlike any he ever faced—a battle not on foreign soil, but within the very institution to which he had sworn allegiance.
The Coercion
In the Winter of Covid, Bill’s world turned upside down.

Jeremy Russell during a change of command ceremony for the 741st Maintenance Squadron, June 26, 2024, at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mary Bowers)
A commander who oversaw all of the nuclear missile maintenance at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana has been fired from his role following a command-directed investigation.
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Blow out the candles, Marines, you’re a year older. The Marine Corps officially is 249 years old today. But you’re Marines, you already knew that. So happy birthday. 
It’s been a long, strange journey since the Marine Corps was first established. The Continental Congress ordered two battalions of Marines to be established way back on Nov. 10, 1775. Technically the Marines started with that resolution, but they really started thanks to bar patrons. The order given, Capt.

Turn back the page to the Atomic Age. It’s 1958. The United States and the Soviet Union have been busy testing nuclear weapons on Earth, but the launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik 1 in 1957 has changed the entire Cold War. The Soviets proved they can launch a rocket, and therefore could launch a nuclear warhead, anywhere in the world. The United States, inside both its military and its scientific community, was scrambling for a response.
One plan? Nuke the Moon. Yes, the United States briefly considered blowing up part of the Moon.

We The People have spoken during this historic election.