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Let’s be clear: a tab doesn’t make a good soldier, let alone a good leader. Graduating from Ranger School, the Sapper Leader Course, or the prestigious Special Forces Qualification “Q” Course allows a soldier to wear the corresponding tab on their uniform; this is often used as a measure of a soldier with troops “tab-checking” each other.
While these schools are rigorous, and graduating from one is an absolute honor, there are great Army leaders who don’t have one of these tabs for one reason or another.

The United States appears poised to resume large-scale combat operations against Iran, strikes that the American president said would be significantly larger than the opening salvoes of Operation Epic Fury, which opened the war in Iran.

Speaking to Axios, President Donald Trump did not put a timeline on when the next phase of fighting could unfold, but he was emphatic about the scale of the potential future course of the war. “I am considering a massive attack. Bigger than ever before,” the president said. “I am close to making a decision. We are all set for it.

Deadly Russian Attack On Ukraine Kills 11 People: A Russian missile attack killed six people and wounded “dozens” in the Kyiv region on Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said, while other missile and bomb attacks in the country resulted in a total of at least 11 dead.

Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko reported explosions in the city and called on residents to stay in shelters as air defense systems shooting down missiles and drones would cause falling debris.

As civilian air traffic controllers working for the military leave for more lucrative contracts elsewhere, a federal watchdog is sounding the alarm that their exodus could be contributing to readiness, safety, and training issues. 
Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force officials say they can’t compete with the civilian sector to recruit and retain their civilian air traffic control workforce, according to a Department of Defense Inspector General report released last week. The average air traffic control specialist pay across the Air Force is around $113,032.

Will Saudi Arabia Learn Any Lesson from its Houthi Appeasement?: On July 22, 2026, Yemeni Houthis hit two Saudi tankers after declaring a blockade on Saudi ports. The Houthi move appears coordinated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to plug the major hole in Iran’s efforts to stop the flow of Persian Gulf oil. Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline to the Red Sea Port of Yanbu can divert about seven million barrels per day of Saudi crude, which, while lower than Saudi Arabia’s potential export, gives Riyadh and broader markets a way to sidestep Iranian pressure.

London and Berlin are joining forces to build a long-range cruise missile that, once manufactured, would be capable of hitting targets over 2,000 kilometers, or about 1,200 miles distant — and, in effect, putting a significant portion of Russia within its crosshairs. Dubbed the Deep Precision Strike missile, or DPS, it is intended to provide the NATO alliance with greater options to counter an increasingly revanchist Russia.

Once realized, DPS would add a powerful new arrow in the NATO quiver.

The Houthis, the Shia terror group based in Yemen, struck Saudi-flagged oil tankers in the Red Sea, marking the opening of a new, adjacent theater in the war with Iran and simultaneously sending the price of oil to a two-month high — and marking the opening of a new front in the war in Iran.

While the Tehran-backed Houthis have mostly sat out the current conflict with Iran, their decision to jump into the fray and aid their patron Iran was likely prompted by several dovetailing events.

Despite the protests of the badass pilots who fly it and troops on the ground who love having it overhead, the A-10 Thunderbolt II has been fighting for its life since the introduction of the F-35. Over the years, Air Force brass have cut the A-10’s budget and pushed to retire the old warbird.
In 2023, Congress permitted the Air Force to divest 21 A-10s with a goal of full retirement by 2029. However, further divestment was paused when the Air Force couldn’t identify a Close Air Support (CAS) replacement aircraft that could fill the A-10’s shoes.

CAE and ADM Aéroports de Montréal (ADM) have signed an agreement to advance the development of the YMX Control Centre at Montréal’s Espace Aero Aerospace Innovation Zone.

Trump’s Iran War Is Moving From the Gas Pump to Mortgage Rates: President Donald Trump’s Iran war is now increasing borrowing costs inside the United States as oil prices, inflation expectations and Treasury yields move higher together. A CNN examination of the market reaction described a bond selloff that pushed long-term yields toward levels capable of raising the cost of mortgages, business debt and other credit.

Brent crude briefly crossed $100 per barrel after Houthi attacks on Saudi tankers widened the shipping threat from the Strait of Hormuz to the Red Sea.