The agency in charge of running base stores where many troops buy their groceries is preparing to stay open through March in the event of a government shutdown, officials said in a release.
“All military commissaries will continue to operate worldwide for a limited amount of time during a potential lapse in appropriation,” officials with the Defense Commissary Agency said, adding that if funding lapses, the agency will “operate commissaries worldwide through the end of March.”
All commissaries in the U.S.
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A focal point of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s restructuring of the military is efficiency via new technology. In a March 2025 memo, SecWar made purchasing modern, commercial software a top priority for the Pentagon. The Department of War has entered into contracts with tech companies like OpenAI and xAI, but the latest deal with Salesforce is a big one.
On January 26, 2026, the San Francisco-based company announced a $5.6 billion, 10-year contract with the U.S. Army.
“This new contract, which builds on more than a decade-long relationship between Salesforce and the U.S.
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A key demand signal NASSCO recognized ahead of its development of the destroyer tender concept was the U.S. Navy’s need to reload VLS at-sea and underway.
Colton Jones, Defence Blog
the 11th Airborne Division was reactivated to provide the service with a dedicated cold-weather and Arctic-capable force.
Stefano D’urso, The Aviationist
The new live-fire event demonstrated the ability of the AGM-88G AARGM-ER to navigate a challenging flight profile in a GPS-denied environment
Sinha, Interesting Engineering
Using an infrared tracking sensor instead of radar, the MQ-20 detected, tracked, and achieved a simulated kill without revealing its position.
Bradley Bowman & Mark Montgomery, RCD
… the new NDS brings a combination of positive and negative elements.
The U.S. Air Force is expected to begin its first permanent deployment of F-35A fifth generation fighters in Japan in 2026, with the aircraft scheduled to arrive at Misawa Air Base in northern Japan to replace aging F-16CM fourth generation fighters under the 35th Fighter Wing. The F-16CM is a specialised variant of the F-16 optimised for air defence suppression operations, with the F-35A fighters that replace them expected to similarly see this role prioritised. Although the fighters themselves will not be modified, their role is likely to be reflected in their training and armaments.
China didn’t break into America’s telecom networks with futuristic cyber weapons — it walked through unlocked doors.Washington often frames the cyber conflict with Beijing as high-stakes statecraft, a sophisticated great-power chess match characterized by daring spies and zero-day exploits. This narrative is flattering, but false. As the recent Salt Typhoon revelations show, America is not losing a chess match to China’s hackers. It is failing a safety inspection of its own making.Securing U.S.
Short answer: Because PCS removes the intimacy padding.
In normal life, you can still be in love and be a little insulated from each other. You can cool off separately. You can avoid the tender spots. You can “communicate later.” You can grab takeout, push the hard conversation to the weekend, and pretend the tension is just a mood.
A PCS doesn’t let you do that.
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Instead, it’s prolonged stress with deadlines, consequences, and an endless parade of small, stupid obstacles that become big, stupid obstacles when you’re already maxed out.