As U.S. forces prepare for future war with massive casualty rates, chaplains like Capt. Alec Correa are training to face the most existential parts of war, the moments between life and death.
Correa, a chaplain for the 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment, recently competed in a training event at Camp Humphreys, South Korea, similar to Best Unit Ministry Team competitions held in the U.S. The contests put Unit Ministry Teams, or UMTs, of a commissioned chaplain and enlisted religious affairs specialist, through events ranging from field medical care to administering Last Rites.
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In 2025, Collin Meisel and Mathew Burrows wrote, “Russia Can Afford to Take a Beating in Ukraine,” where they argued Russia was able to absorb the blows Ukraine was delivering and could continue fighting for a while. A year later, we asked Collin and Mathew to revisit their assessments.Image: The Kremlin via Wikimedia CommonsIn your 2025 article, you argued that due to its sheer size — in service-capable population, economy, and munitions production capacity — Russia can absorb more of a hit throughout this war than Ukraine can.
Norway will acquire 54 Leopard 2A8 NO-variant main battle tanks, with 37 units to be built at a newly-opened facility in Levanger.
The Pentagon plans to require service members to complete cybersecurity training once every three years, DefenseScoop has learned, a move that will scrap an annual mandate and is set to upend the Army’s recent shift to a five-year requirement.
In a Sep. 30 memo, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed the military to “restore mission focus” by reducing, consolidating or eliminating a slew of mandatory courses, such as cybersecurity training, that he said were distracting from the military’s core job of fighting wars.
Renk Group has recorded its highest ever order intake for an opening quarter, reporting €582.3m ($680.9) in the first quarter of fiscal 2026 (Q1 FY26), up from €548.6m in the corresponding period last year.
Lockheed Martin and Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence have jointly unveiled Lithuania’s first HIMARS launchers.
The Dining-In is a military custom that predates the Air Force, the military, even the United States. There are many versions of the same even, whether that branch calls it Mess Night, Regimental Dinner, or something else. Though other branches hold these, this is one of the oldest traditions of America’s second-youngest branch of military service.
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This most traditional form of Air Force unit social events is held at any unit level—Wing, Group, or Squadron.
The Chief of Staff’s Bible is a tradition literally as old as the Air Force itself, but one very few have ever even heard of.
On his first days in office, the general in charge of the newly formed United States Air Force bought a Bible that’s been a part of every swearing in ceremony for Chiefs of Staff for nearly 80 years.
And in it contains the signature of all of the Air Force’s top general officers—the Chiefs.
“No documented history of the Bible exists,” Ann Stefanek, Media Operations Officer at Air Force headquarters told We Are The Mighty.
An army might run on its stomach, but let’s be real: what’s actually going in its stomach is equally important. Armies don’t run on bread alone. When Napoleon said that famous line, his army was running on wine, brandy, and vinegar. Luckily (or unluckily, for those who love a good pickleback) military food and beverage has evolved.
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“I am proud that the U.S. Army and Philippine Army have the capability to conduct training meticulously,” Col.