Browsing: All news

Transitioning out of the military can lead to feelings of disconnect and lost identity — and this can be true for professional athletes as well, said former Green Beret turned NFL player Nate Boyer.
In 2015, Boyer started MVP: Merging Vets and Players which helps retired sports players and veterans enter their next phase of life.
Both former service members and professional athletes face challenges during this transition, Boyer said. While their day-to-day looks vastly different, the sports and military environments foster the same love for and reliance on teamwork.

‘Tis the season of gift-giving, and USAA just made things especially magical for two military families. Prior to the 125th Army-Navy game presented by USAA, the company teamed up with legendary Washington Commanders quarterbacks Joe Theismann and Robert Griffin III (RGIII) to surprise both families with the vehicles as well as tickets to this year’s Army-Navy Game.
Theismann said the experience was priceless. “I really appreciate what USAA has done and especially in providing the automobiles for the young people today,” he told WATM at USAA’s Army-Navy Media Row.

A lot happens every day. Alliances shift, leaders change, and conflicts erupt. With In Brief, we’ll help you make sense of it all. Each week, experts will dig deep on a single issue happening in the world to help you better understand it. *** The Dec. 8 fall of the Assad regime is creating a new political and military landscape in Syria, with significant implications for ISIL and the coalition against it.

The Army and Navy’s latest all-up round (AUR) test of the jointly developed Common Hypersonic Glide Body system has been deemed a success, putting the services one step closer to fielding ground- and sea-launched hypersonic weapons.
The Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office and the Navy Strategic Systems Programs conducted the highly anticipated test Thursday at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, according to the Defense Department.

The Army-Navy game is one of the most historic and iconic rivalries in college football. With countless traditions (march on, prisoner exchange, Sing Second), it really is a special event.
Here are 10 fun facts to drop at your Army-Navy watch party:
1. The first game was played on November 29, 1890, at West Point on “The Plain.” While Army had a newly established team, Navy had been playing organized football since 1879. It wasn’t a huge shock Army won 24-0.
2.

Those who signed up during the Global War on Terrorism era joined a military at war, and for the soldiers who entered the Army’s ranks, particularly at the height of Iraq and Afghanistan, downrange deployments were likely, if not certain.
For soldiers today, the future is less set and the type of combat they could face is equally unknown, said Maj. Gen. Brett Sylvia, the commanding general of the 101st Airborne Division, based out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
“In the 2001 time period we joined, kind of, we always knew what we were doing,” Sylvia told Task & Purpose.

Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert analysis on America’s greatest challengers: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and jihadists. Read more below. *** Jihadists In the past two weeks, the jihadi group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham conducted an offensive against the Assad regime that led to the latter’s downfall. This surprising event has excited not only elements within al-Qaeda’s branches but also the Taliban and Muslim Brotherhood, to name a few organizations.

Vice President-elect JD Vance has invited Marine veteran Daniel Penny to be his guest at this year’s Army-Navy football game on Saturday, Vance confirmed on social media. Penny was found not guilty by a New York jury this week of criminally negligent homicide in an incident in which he choked a homeless man to death on a New York City subway, believing the man was a threat to other passengers.
Vance described Penny as “a good guy” in a Friday post on X. The vice president-elect also accused Manhattan’s district attorney of wrongfully prosecuting Penny “for having a backbone.

Following the inclusion of language in the annual defense policy bill to study alternate organizational models for military cyber forces — albeit softer than initially proposed — those in the cyber community remain positive regarding an independent assessment of a potential standalone service.
The House and Senate Armed Services Committees released the text of the compromise fiscal 2025 National Defense Authorization Act on Dec.

The UK’s Sky Sabre GBAD system will come back to the UK after protecting Polish airspace for almost three years.