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Alaska black bears raided a supply room and a motor pool at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, leaving trails of MRE trash and climbing inside at least one Humvee in different incidents over the past month.
Perhaps unsurprisingly at JBER — which troops sometimes pronounce “J-Bear” — the bear raided at least on unit’s stash of cold weather Meals, Ready-to-Eat, or MREs leaving behind dozens of torn wrappers and packaging. About a week later, police and wildlife officials responded to a motor pool garage on base and found a bear inside a Humvee that was undergoing repairs.

Authorizing Ukraine to use American munitions in Russia is one sign
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This article was drafted two years ago, published in a few outlets, and then on Substack at the end of October when Trump’s impending landslide victory was clear. With Biden authorizing Ukraine’s use of long-range American munitions in Russia, the path to expanded conflict gets wider, making the scenario described in this article more realistic.
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Many bases will be closing their mailrooms for the Thanksgiving holiday. .
Below you will find the mailroom closure information for each basic training location, and the deadline for sending your letter through Sandboxx to arrive before the Thanksgiving holiday.

Sandboxx Tip: We recommend that you send Letters as early as possible in order to ensure proper delivery.

Happy letter writing!
Sandboxx Printing Schedule

[11/26] Ensure Delivery for all military branches before the holiday  – Final Print at [5] pm ET.
[11/28 & 11/29] Sandboxx Mailroom closed.

MANILA, Philippines — Defense chiefs from the U.S. and the Philippines on Monday entered into a new official agreement to enhance sensitive information-sharing and defense technology cooperation between their governments, and broke ground on a new Combined Coordination Center at Camp Aguinaldo in Manila, where their two nations’ military personnel will work side-by-side on regional security operations.
“It’s part of the strategic approach to facing our shared threats that both of our countries have invested a lot of resources, a lot of manpower, and a lot of brain power.