There’s space camp and then there’s Space Force boot camp.
Leaders of the U.S. military’s newest branch have said they want Space Force guardians to go through their own Basic Military Training, or BMT — one that is separate from the rest of the Air Force, according to Air & Space Forces Magazine.
“We’re trying to figure out what’s the right scope, what’s the right scale, what’s the right evolution away from [having] the Air Force training our inductees and getting to a more guardian-focused environment,” Chief of Space Operations Gen.
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YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — Pentagon leadership is keeping a close eye on security conditions in and around Taiwan, following alerts from its Ministry of National Defense that China is deploying sea- and air-based military assets near the island at proximities that seem too close for comfort, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told DefenseScoop on Wednesday.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year: Army-Navy week! America’s best sports rivalry, the Army-Navy Game, returns to our nation’s capital for only the second time in the game’s 125-year history.
1. Yes, drone motherships are real. The mothership can be airborne (the most frequent) or ground or sea-based. There are examples of drones operated in large quantities and where they are choreographed. The Beijing Olympics, the Denver Broncos drone logo, and others come to mind.
2. Yes, airborne versions can fly a ways loiter for a time, and control other drones.
3. Yes, they are a threat, and I wrote a master’s thesis on this topic years ago. THE CHILDREN OF APHRODITE
4. Yes, they can be exploited in ways that do not include just shooting them down.
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SAVANNAH, Ga. — The Army is gearing up to begin integrating updated network equipment to armored units in 2025.
The service began experimenting with — and eventually fielding — modernized network gear to light and airborne units roughly five years ago. Those units typically present less of an integration challenge given they don’t use large platforms that are space constrained.
The U.S. military’s extensive combat experience over more than two decades gives American service members a decisive advantage over China’s People’s Liberation Army, the commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Eric Smith, said recently.
“Our last combat was captured on somebody’s iPhone 14,” Smith said on Saturday during a panel discussion at the Reagan National Defense Forum in California. “The Chinese’ last combat was captured on oil and canvas, and they should not forget that.”
Smith added that the U.S.
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New Navy recruits will have to endure one less week of boot camp before becoming full-fledged sailors, the Navy announced Wednesday. The service said its Basic Military Training program at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois will drop from 10 weeks to 9 beginning early next year.
A note on the Navy’s official boot camp website for incoming recruits said Wednesday the change would apply to recruits arriving on or after Jan. 6, 2025.
As an on-air craft expert for Home Shopping Network, Beth Kingston knows a thing or two about DIY-ing her way through any homemade project. So it made sense that Kingston, a proud Army spouse for more than two decades, was approached by Pinterest in 2023 to help document the homemade aspect of decorating the White House and share it online.
“I was honored to work in the Red Room in 2023 – it was the Military Child Room that year – and created some content for Dr. Biden’s social media accounts afterward,” Kingston told We Are The Mighty.
SAVANNAH, Ga. — As the Army works to modernize its communications network — from improving command posts to Next Generation Command and Control — officials believe the next major area to focus on is its mix of radios.
“I think that’s what’s coming next … I think the next part of this network journey is really our investment strategy around tactical radios and tactical voice and data, and what does that look like for the Army,” Mark Kitz, program executive officer for command, control, communications and networks, said in an interview at the Army’s Technical Exchange Meeting.