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The Trump administration is grappling with the launch of the National Background Investigation Services program — a much-delayed Pentagon IT modernization initiative spanning multiple administrations that aims to improve processes for vetting government workers and contractors — and hopes to bring it across the finish line by the end of fiscal 2028.
The Defense Department has been developing NBIS since 2016, when it took ownership of the program from the Office of Personnel Management.

The Pentagon has published criteria for barracks and other unaccompanied housing that require all the military services to meet the same standards for the first time, according to the Defense Department.
The policy makes clear “zero visible mold” is the standard for all unaccompanied housing, and it establishes minimum living space requirements for all junior service members.

In 2023, Jennifer Kavanaugh and Jordan Cohen wrote, “The True Military Assistance Tradeoff is Between Israel and Taiwan,” where they argued Washington should place clear boundaries on its military aid to Israel to preserve capabilities essential to deterring China in the Indo-Pacific. Three years later, amidst heightened tensions across multiple theaters, we asked Jennifer to revisit their arguments.

The Australian Department of Defence has formalised a three-year agreement with DroneShield to strengthen counter-drone capabilities.

The Pentagon’s task force focused on defeating unmanned aerial systems announced Tuesday that its hub for military personnel to buy anti-drone technology reached initial launch.
The Defense Department billed the “Counter-UAS Marketplace” as an online platform where its personnel can purchase mission-specific anti-drone tech from a “growing catalog” of more than 1,600 items while avoiding “the lengthy contracting process typically associated with defense procurement.

Douglas Hegdahl walked freely around the infamous “Hanoi Hilton” prison camp, one of many American prisoners of war held there in 1967.
He was sweeping the courtyards during the prison guards’ afternoon “siesta.” The guards called the American sailor who fell into their laps “The Incredibly Stupid One.” They believed he could neither read nor write and could barely even see. But the “stupid” Seaman Apprentice Hegdahl was slowly collecting intelligence, gathering prisoner data, and even sabotaging the enemy.

Key Points and Summary: Gordon Gray, the Kuwait Professor at George Washington University, examines the strategic voids in the Board of Peace (BoP) following its February 19 inaugural meeting.

-While UN Security Council Resolution 2803 authorized the International Stabilization Force (ISF), spearheaded by Major General Jasper Jeffers, significant friction remains regarding the disarmament of Hamas.

Starmer is reportedly considering putting more strength behind his vision for the UK as a nation that puts “NATO First”.

After the Japanese captured U.S. Army Pvt. Joseph “Jose” Quintero in 1942, he began plotting his revenge.
Being imprisoned was bad enough. His mind filled with memories of Japanese bombers destroying American flag poles during World War II, Quintero devised a form of payback.
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Along with the help of another prisoner of war in their camp in Niigata, Japan, Quintero secretly began making his own flag. They would have been tortured or possibly killed if either one was discovered.
The Japanese guards, though, never caught on.