A Texas man who pretended to be a former member of an Army Delta Force unit and offered to protect families from Mexican drug cartels was sentenced to 40 years in prison, Department of Justice officials announced.
Saint Jovite Youngblood, also known as Kota Youngblood, 52, defrauded 32 people out of $12 million by offering his protection to families that he convinced were under threat by drug cartels and claiming that “investors” would repay their money with significant returns. Instead, he used a majority of the money to gamble in Las Vegas casinos, federal officials said in a release.
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Austin is concerned about Trump’s willingness to use the military to enforce the U.S. border. The Constitution requires the military to do precisely that.
Secretary of Defense Austin admonished cadets to defend the Constitution in a recent West Point, NY speech. His statement comes at a time when Biden administration officials display increasing concerns over Trump using the military to help secure the Southern Border of the United States.
The US State Department will provide a further $4bn in FMF funds to Poland ahead of a transition to the protectionist Trump administration.
Welcome back to The Pentagon Rundown! Pete Hegseth’s nomination to become the next defense secretary may be in jeopardy following allegations of mismanagement when he was CEO of Concerned Veterans for America and reports that his colleagues at Fox News are concerned about his drinking — all of which Hegseth has denied.
President-elect Donald Trump is considering replacing Hegseth with Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, according to the Wall Street Journal.
UK-based defence technology company Hadean has entered into an agreement valued at up to £20m ($25.54m) with the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD).
ST Engineering has a partnership with KPE to establish local production capabilities for a new 8×8 amphibious multi-purpose armoured vehicle.
Close to 15 million Americans served in the military during World War II. But the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest award for combat bravery, was awarded just 473 times.
The first was awarded to a Navy sailor in Hawaii who fired at Japanese bombers before the first bombs fell on Pearl Harbor. The last went to an Army soldier for fighting in the jungle-covered mountains of Luzon in the Phillippines, less than two weeks before the atomic bomb fell on Hiroshima.
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Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro announced on Oct. 31 the formation of a new maritime Strategic Studies Group (SSG) modeled on the 1980’s Chief of Naval Operations group.
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Patrick Murray of the Veterans of Foreign Wars has produced a rebuttal to a recent article calling for reducing veteran’s disability benefits that only a combat veteran could write.
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The $590 million contract covers the Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band pod.