A salute for “soldier’s soldier” Field Ma

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.

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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.
Related: 7 POWs who were total badasses after being taken captive
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.

Six pilots and crew from a New York National Guard helicopter unit made a pair of flights into an active firefight in 2023 to rescue a team of French special forces soldiers who had been ambushed by Islamic State fighters. The mission received almost no public attention in the U.S until last weekend, when all six received valor awards from the French army.
The six guardsmen received the French National Defense Gold Medal, an award roughly equivalent to the U.S. military’s Bronze Star Medal with a “V” device for valor.

Many American men were trying to avoid serving the U.S. military in the 1960s and 1970s, but at least one American man was trying anything to get in—and it wasn’t Steve Rogers.
Captain Richard Flaherty had to get a waiver to join the Army during the Vietnam War. He wasn’t flat-footed, he had no debilitating conditions, and he was an otherwise perfectly healthy young man. His only problem was that he stood four feet, nine inches tall.

World War II history is filled with an unending list of famous names, many of whom are the generals and flag officers who planned and led the war to its now well-known conclusion. High-ranking military officers like George S. Patton, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and William “Bull” Halsey went from dominating the headlines to dominating the history books forever. 
Also Read: These are the 9 general officers who earned 5 stars
But everyone has to answer to someone, and as far as U.S. military personnel were concerned, even the Supreme Allied Commander had a boss.

BAE Systems has received a contract valued at over $500m to supply more M109A7 Paladin Self-Propelled Howitzers to the US Army.

During his State of the Union address, President Trump recognized Army Chief Warrant Officer Eric Slover with the Congressional Medal of Honor. Slover was injured in the raid to capture former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

The post Moving Medal Of Honor Ceremony At SOTU For 160th SOAR Chinook Pilot appeared first on Armed Forces Press.

As the United States approaches the 250th anniversary of its independence, Americans are called not only to celebrate the founding of the nation, but to reflect on the institutions that have defended its ideals across generations.
Among those institutions, none has maintained a clearer sense of continuity, identity, and purpose than the United States Marine Corps. From its birth during the American Revolution to its modern role as a globally deployed expeditionary force, the Marine Corps has adapted to every era of warfare while remaining faithful to its original mission.

President Donald Trump awarded the Medal of Honor to two pilots on Tuesday: Army Chief Warrant Officer 5 Eric Slover, who was wounded while flying a helicopter during January’s mission that resulted in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro; and retired Navy Capt. Royce Williams, who shot down four Soviet jet fighters during the Korean War.
Both Slover and Williams were presented with the U.S. military’s highest award for valor as Trump gave his State of the Union address to Congress on Tuesday.

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In 2026, could UPS run all their ground delivery operations using 1965 Dodge A100 vans?
Sure they could. They could hire a whole new cadre of specialized mechanics to maintain the old girls. They’d need some place in the desert to keep a bunch of non-roadworthy A100s for spare parts, since many of those parts have not been manufactured in decades. For those parts that cannot be found, they can pay someone exorbitant prices to build replacement parts no one else but UPS needs.

A South Korean Air Force F-16C fighter assigned based in Chungju crashed in a mountainous area during a night training flight on February 25, with the pilot ejecting successfully and confirmed safe. The Air Force set up a special task force led by the vice chief of staff to determine the cause of the crash. The F-16 fell on a hillside, igniting a fire, although local firefighters were quickly to respond, and began extinguishing efforts almost immediately.

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The Indian Air Force is moving ahead with plans to comprehensively upgrade its Su-30MKI heavyweight fighter aircraft with Russian assistance, which will first focus on enhancing 84 of the over 270 fighters that are currently in service by integrating a wide range of new subsystems. A top-level delegation from Russia recently visited a Hindustan Aeronautics Limited facility which had manufactured the Su-30MKI under license, and services the aircraft.

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At –40°F, cold is not a condition simply to be managed. It is a constraint that governs everything. Equipment fails, humans slow, and mistakes compound. Any serious discussion of Arctic military strategy and operations needs to begin with and remain grounded in reality.Unfortunately, there is an ever-expanding discourse around Arctic security that does not do this. Spend enough time in the Arctic, in winter, in darkness, in sustained extreme cold — and the reality check arrives quickly.

The foundations of the Atlantic alliance are shifting in ways not seen since the early days of the Cold War. Washington is no longer simply urging greater European burden-sharing: It is redefining the terms of the alliance itself. Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested that the era of a coherent, rules-based international system has passed. Recent U.S. talk of “taking” Greenland, and “civilizational erasure” — alongside the decision to end U.S. security assistance to Ukraine — has rattled European capitals and eroded trust as they realize that U.S.

Chinese satellite imagery has confirmed a large buildup of U.S. Air Force support aircraft at Prince Sultan Airbase in Saudi Arabia, including the stationing of 16 KC-135 aerial tankers and six E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control systems (AWACS) at the facility. The deployment of six E-3s is particularly significant due to the very limited numbers available worldwide, with just 31 being in service in the Air Force, while due to their age availability rates have been extremely. The deployment thus represents the bulk of the operational E-3 fleet operational globally.

Chief Warrant Officer Eric Slover already proved his mettle in the skies over Afghanistan, receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross for actions during a rescue mission that turned into an intense firefight.
In January 2026, his proven abilities were required once again, this time over Caracas, as part of Operation Absolute Resolve, the daring raid to capture dictator Nicolás Maduro.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces reportedly successfully targeted a Russian command facility near Novopetrivka in the disputed Donetsk region on the night of February 24, which was achieved using U.S.-supplied ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the target was an auxiliary command post of the Russian 5th Army, marking the first confirmed use of ATACMS for an extended period following multiple reports of severe shortages.

The U.S. Air Force has for the first time deployed F-22 Raptor fifth generation fighter aircraft to an airbase in southern Israel, with twelve of the fighters having taken off from Royal Air Force Lakenheath in the United Kingdom on February 24 to redeploy. This has taken place as part of a large scale military buildup by the United States against Iran, although significant questions have been raised regarding the F-22’s utility when deploying from Israeli bases, particularly when considering the limitations imposed by their short ranges.

Pentagon, Washington, D.C. — AFP was present yesterday at the 2025 DoD CIO Awards Ceremony.
The ceremony honored exceptional individual and team accomplishments of Department of War and strategic and federal partners personnel in the information technology environment.
The event was emceed by The Honorable Kirsten A. Davies, the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the Department of War.

L Todd Wood sits down with retired CM4 Brandon Budge to discuss the reinstatement of those kicked out of the service over the vax. And we also discuss how to reform Army Aviation.
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The Pentagon team coordinating work to support personnel who have suddenly experienced disruptive sensory, neurological, and cognitive ailments possibly sparked by adversarial technologies was recently realigned from the policy directorate to the undersecretariat for research and engineering.
Key questions about this move remain unanswered in its early aftermath.

The military’s aggressive drone crusade over the last year has produced flashy images of experimental systems spinning tiny rotors toward distant targets, urgent requests for cheap unmanned platforms built by the hundreds of thousands, and numerous organizational changes that are pushing the tech into fundamental parts of the force.
Any one of those efforts alone might signal just how institutional small drones are becoming to the U.S. military.

A political battle over legislation that safety advocates say would have prevented a deadly crash between a civilian passenger jet and an Army helicopter last year appears to have stalled in Congress.
A Senate bill that would’ve mandated military aircraft be equipped with specific signaling technology failed to pass the House Tuesday afternoon. The vote came a day after the Pentagon signaled its opposition with the legislation over “budgetary burdens” and alleged national security risks.

The Air Force has cleared another milestone in its Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program by successfully integrating munitions onto Anduril’s prototype during live flight tests.
The service recently initiated captive carry tests by strapping an AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) onto Anduril’s CCA platform, known as the YFQ-44A or “Fury.

The Rheinmetall Lynx Infantry Fighting Vehicle

Summary and Key Points: Steve Balestrieri, former US Army Special Forces Warrant Officer, examines China’s “White Emperor” (Baidi), a purported sixth-generation “space-air” fighter unveiled at the 2024 Zhuhai Air Show.

-Developed under AVIC’s “Nantianmen Project,” this tailless, diamond-wing mock-up boasts hypersonic speeds and orbital capabilities.

White Emperor 6th Generation Fighter China. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

In what is perhaps the greatest example of “fake it ’til you make it,” a third-generation Navy veteran decided to put America’s cybersecurity infrastructure to the test. The results were hilarious. Unless you care about maintaining the United States’ information security. Using just a porn photo and charisma, his test engineered violations of OPSEC and PERSEC procedures to someone who didn’t exist, in less than a month.

Royal Marines have raised the game in Arctic co

Welcome to The Ukraine Compass, a weekly digest of Ukrainian commentary and analysis from across the political spectrum only for War on the Rocks members. Each Monday, we bring you a curated selection of articles from Ukrainian media offering insight into how Ukrainians themselves debate the issues shaping their country.American coverage often narrows the view to the battlefield — these pieces widen it, revealing the texture of daily life, politics, and public argument in a nation at war.

UK’s Chief of Defence Staff, Sir Richard Knig

The Olympics have a long history of countries and participants using the games as a platform to build soft power, promote propaganda, advance diplomacy, and highlight political causes. These efforts can take hopeful forms, such as the 2016 creation of the Refugee Olympic Team and the role of the 2018 Olympics in boosting diplomacy between North Korea and South Korea. Sometimes, these events can be very dark, such as Nazi Germany’s shrewd use of propaganda while hosting the 1936 games and the 1972 terrorist attack on the Israeli Olympic team.