Last year, a picture shared on social media showed a man entangled in concertina wire on the top of a fence after attempting to break out of a military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Now, he has been sentenced to an extra nine months behind bars, according to the Army.
Zachary Harader received the extra time per a plea agreement after being convicted on Jan. 12 of one specification of attempted escape under Article 130 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, or UCMJ, Army spokeswoman Heather J. Hagan said on Tuesday. Stars and Stripes first reported on Harader’s sentence.
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A senior Ministry of Defence official confirmed there is “no plan” to procure British-made Nightfall missiles at present.
The U.S. defense industrial base is often understood through its largest prime contractors, but the system’s true vulnerabilities lie deep below the surface. Platforms from ships to aircraft and munitions sit atop a multi-tiered supply chain ecosystem, where increasingly specialized suppliers provide the components, materials, and sub-systems critical to the final product.This graphic illustrates the layered structure of the defense industrial base, from prime contractors at the top to the lower-tier suppliers that form its hidden foundation.
If you asked a civilian to map out the ideal military career, they would likely draw a line through the Sun Belt, connecting the humidity of the Carolinas to the dry heat of the Mojave, perhaps a few years’ vacay in Hawaii sprinkled in. They imagine a life of leisure, of fancy water bottles, SPF 75 sunscreen, and scenic beach parties.
A week before the New England Patriots clinched the AFC Championship and a spot in this year’s Super Bowl, Marines from 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division were flying internationally on one of the NFL team’s private jets.
Photos posted by the 2nd Marine Division to the military’s Defense Visual Information Distribution Service showed at least a dozen Marines arriving in Norway on a plane owned by the Patriots and painted in the team’s livery.
Elbit Systems received a $228m contract to supply Iron Fist Active Protection System for the US Army’s Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles.
In the long history of American military service, few stories better capture the tension between reverence for sacrifice and the anxieties of a changing world than the incident involving Maj. Gen. Joseph J. “Joe” Foss at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in 2002.
Foss was not just any traveler. He was a World War II Marine Corps fighter ace, a Medal of Honor recipient, a former governor of South Dakota, and the first commissioner of the American Football League.
On Friday, Jan. 23, the U.S. Department of Defense released its new National Defense Strategy, which describes how the department will implement its responsibilities under the National Security Strategy. We asked four experts for their key takeaways.Read more below.Kelly Magsamen Former U.S. Department of Defense Chief of StaffThe 2026 National Defense Strategy is a highly political document that spends more time criticizing its predecessors than providing an analytically rigorous theory of the case.
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Space Systems Command intends to issue task orders to qualified vendors annually based on funding and operational needs, said Col.
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