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In the wake of Hurricane Helene, much of upstate South Carolina and western North Carolina was left without power. Duke Energy linemen worked tirelessly to restore power after the storm. On October 4, 2024, the energy company announced that over 2.16 million customers in the Carolinas had their power restored; this includes the Asheville VA Medical Center in North Carolina. Power was restored to the hospital by two linemen, including an Air Force veteran, who hiked nearly two miles through debris and rough terrain to reach the facility.

Soldiers will now see $240 per month for operational duty pay when they are on deployments, Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth announced Monday. Soldiers on an “operational” deployment for more than 60 days will be eligible for a flat $240 additional pay, regardless of rank. Eligibility is retroactive to Oct. 1, Wurmoth said. 
“This will be something that we will offer to our soldiers for the foreseeable future,” Wormuth said, adding that the payments are being implemented “both to recognize the hardship of being away from families but also the rigors of deployment.

QinetiQ has been awarded a contract to provide engineering and programme expertise to Defence Digital, a branch of the UK MoD.

The US State Department has approved a potential Foreign Military Sale to UAE, of GMLRS and ATACMS with logistics and programme support.

The Army will shoot to recruit 61,000 new soldiers in fiscal year 2025, Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth announced Monday,  an increase of 6,000 recruits after two recent years of missed goals
In late September, Army officials announced that it recruited 55,300 new soldiers in fiscal year 2024, meeting its annual goal for the first time in three years amid worsening recruiting environments.
“These challenges are not going away. Fewer than a quarter of Americans are eligible for military service, and fewer than ten percent of young people are interested in serving.

Ten months after multiple drones flew over Langley Air Force Base in Virginia for more than two weeks, the Pentagon is still unsure where they came from. 
The Wall Street Journal reported over the weekend that the Department of Defense hasn’t figured out the source of the uncrewed aerial systems that flew over the base for 17 days in December 2023, breaking into restricted air space several times. They did not attack or interact with any aircraft or personnel, but the nearly three weeks of incursions prompted major meetings with government officials.

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TWZ
Having the ability to replenish surface combatants’ vertical launch system cells while underway is seen as critical to sustaining a fight in the Pacific.

Tiwari, The EurAsian Times
Three years after a formidable Seawolf-class nuclear attack submarine of the US Navy suffered an unprecedented collision in the South China Sea, Beijing has…

Sam Skove, Defense One
The experience of two brigades suggests that the number is far larger than it’s buying—and that’s just for training.