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President James Earl Carter served as the U.S. President from 1977 to 1981 and is a Naval Academy graduate who turned 100 today. Carter has a legacy of service and humanitarian efforts across the 20th and 21st centuries. His presidency dealt with many key events in world history such as the Camp David Accords, the Panama Canal Treaties, the second round of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, establishing the U.S. Department of Energy, the Iran Hostage crisis, the Three Mile Island accident, the Nicaraguan Revolution and when the Soviets invaded Afghanistan.

The latest number of ballistic missiles fired stands at 181 according to reliable sources in Israel. Many were fired at strictly civilian targets in central Israel, along with military installations across the country. Video from Israel shows a number of missiles were able to overwhelm the missile defense system, but miraculously no Israelis were seriously hurt. The one base that was also the target of the previous Iranian attack was Nevatim AB in the Arava Desert near the city of Arad.

U.S. Transportation Command’s primary data and decision-driving analytics asset Pegasus — which is an environment within the Pentagon’s enterprise Advana platform — was instrumental in the military’s recent accelerated withdrawal from Niger, supplying officials with a comprehensive view into all the personnel, weapons and equipment involved in the operation.
And according to Transcom Commander Air Force Gen. Jackie Van Ovost, that digital hub continues to improve and steadily inform mission-based learnings with each new deployment and application.

A former soldier must repay the federal government $200,000 for benefits he received during a fraudulent marriage scheme in which he pocketed money for housing, medical benefits and cost of living payments from the Army, Department of Justice officials said.
Andre Fulton II, 30, was sentenced in federal court last week after pleading guilty to theft of government money. A federal judge sentenced him to three months in prison, three years of supervised release and ordered him to pay $200,000 in restitution. Fulton must also pay a $100 fine.

U.S. Navy destroyers currently in the eastern Mediterranean Sea fired about a dozen interceptors at Iranian missiles launched against Israel on Tuesday, said Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, a Pentagon spokesman.
The destroyers USS Cole and USS USS Bulkeley were involved in the effort, Ryder told reporters at a Pentagon news conference. Ryder did not specify how many missiles the interceptors hit.
“They fired the interceptors,” Ryder told reporters. “We’re still assessing outcomes of that. I just don’t have more information to provide at this time.

This is Chapter 8 in the Infertility Memoir. Read previous chapters here.
As we woke up the morning after the tornado tore through our area we began to realize the extent of its wrath. We were still without power and beginning to worry about all the food in the refrigerator, including a few frozen meals we had already prepped for when our daughter was born. That morning I also had my 38 week appointment, and thankfully their office was open and unaffected by the tornado, but they warned us that some roads nearby were closed as emergency crews were still working.

The Department of Defense is set to issue nearly a billion dollars in loans to private companies to scale the production of technologies the department has deemed critical.
The Office of Strategic Capital announced the notice of funding availability Monday, laying out eligibility criteria and an application process for industrial base companies interested in applying for a piece of the $984 million appropriated for loans. The investments could range from $10 million to $150 million, according to the notice, published in the Federal Register.