For tankers, naming their tank — and stenciling it on the barrel — is a right of passage, earned by hundreds of hours of training and teamwork. Though traditions vary, in most cases tanker crews have to earn the right to name their tank, a sign that the crew inside has passed every test thrown their way and is ready for combat.
“That’s our home. We live eat, sleep, and work on that vehicle,” said Wes Satoe, a former loader and gunner on an M1 Abrams tank crew.
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Before the end of 2024, officials leading the Pentagon’s temporary generative artificial intelligence-enabling team — Task Force Lima — aim to reveal their findings and plan to guide the military’s way ahead for deploying emerging and extremely powerful frontier models to support operations, a spokesperson told DefenseScoop on Friday.
A new, award-winning film, “Porcelain War” follows a Ukrainian Special Forces veteran and his wife’s effort to defend their culture and their country.
Slava Leontyev, a veteran of the Ukrainian Special Forces, brings a unique perspective to the poignant documentary. With a background rooted in military service and a passion for art, Leontyev was inspired to co-direct this film after witnessing the devastating effects of Russia’s invasion on his homeland.
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The Navy has increased medical monitoring and added performance-enhancing drug tests during Navy SEAL training after a candidate died of pneumonia in 2022, according to an Inspector General report. However the report noted a lack of policy driving the Navy’s approach to sleep deprivation during SEAL training.
The report, released this week, reviewed the Navy’s infamously rigorous SEAL training and took a look at policies, staffing, and medical procedures which garnered attention after SEAL-candidate Kyle Mullen who died in February 2022, at the end of Hell Week – a six-day slog of 108.
Patria Group reported a net sales increase to €538.1m ($583.2m) for the first three quarters of 2024, up from €487.9m the previous year.
The US State Department approved a potential foreign military sale of TOW missiles, worth an estimated $440m, to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Anthony Capaccio, Bloomberg
The Pentagon’s inspector general has begun an audit of Israel’s “proper use, storage and physical security” of American armaments, including missiles, drones and…
R. Kladzyk, POGO
Newly obtained documents reveal the scale of the military’s mold problem amid a gaping hole in federal standards.
Joseph Trevithick, The WarZone
The Air Force’s official plan has been to buy 100 B-21 Raiders, but that could now be set to change, according to Northrop Grumman.