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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.

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.  *** A 2020 deadly clash between Indian and Chinese soldiers along the Line of Actual Control intensified the long-simmering tensions before the two countries. In October, both sides made announcements that they had reached agreement on several issues regarding the disputed border area. A few days later, on Oct.

The Defense Department is sunsetting Task Force Lima and launching a new initiative focused on accelerating the delivery of new generative AI capabilities.
Task Force Lima was stood up last year to help the Defense Department better understand how it can effectively and responsibly leverage gen AI tools such as large language models. Officials have taken lessons learned from that effort and stood up the Artificial Intelligence Rapid Capabilities Cell (AI RCC).

British Army troops use the LDEW demonstrator mounted on the Wolfhound for the first time at Radnor Range in mid-Wales.

The video was filmed by a Chinese language YouTuber.
In a US Navy Recruiting Office in Alhambra, CA, every recruiter and all the people coming to enlist are Chinese. The working language here is also Chinese, and their accent indicates that they all come from mainland China, which is everyone in this video.
The post Why Are the Chinese Recruiting The Chinese To Serve In America’s Navy? appeared first on Armed Forces Press.

SAVANNAH, Ga. — The Army is going away from its old command post model and moving towards an umbrella approach that can be tailored by units and theater — a concept dubbed “configurable command and control.”
As the Army continues to modernize for large-scale combat operations — shifting away from the global war on terror against technologically inferior enemies in relatively confined spaces to competition with sophisticated nation-states that operate over vast distances — it’s looking for more survivable and modular capabilities.

The 2024 Army-Navy football game is Saturday, matching the teams of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and the U.S. Naval Academy. Played annually since 1890, the game is a pivotal tradition for the future military officers who attend both schools and a major draw in the big-business world of college sports.
Unlike the players in other high-profile college football games, virtually none of the players on the field expect to play professionally, instead knowing that they’ll soon be in uniform as active duty military officers.

The US State Department has approved a potential FMS to Kuwait, encompassing military vehicle repair, sustainment and associated equipment.

L3Harris Technologies is to deliver its WESCAM MX-15D EO/IR sensor systems for German armed forces’ new H145M multi-role helicopter fleet.