Service members and military families are frequent targets for identity theft—especially during PCS moves, deployments, and major life transitions. One of the simplest and most effective ways to protect yourself is by freezing your credit.
A credit freeze prevents criminals from opening new accounts in your name. It’s free, takes only a few minutes to set up, and puts you in full control of who can access your credit.
What Is a Credit Freeze?
A credit freeze (also called a security freeze) blocks lenders from viewing your credit report unless you temporarily lift the freeze.

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New year, new you; right? But let’s be honest, the “new year, new me” mentality can feel impossible when resources are limited, schedules are unpredictable, or trying to invest in yourself feels expensive. That’s where this checklist comes in. Curated with military families and service members in mind, it highlights fitness, nutrition, mental health, sleep, and habit-building tools. Whatever your goals are for 2026, it’s worth acknowledging that your health matters.

Troops, families and veterans will be able to order groceries to their door — bringing base commissaries into the 21st century.
By the end of January, military families within a 20-mile radius of 70 stateside commissaries will be able to order groceries online through the Defense Commissary Agency’s CLICK2GO, officials announced in a release. Eligible locations include most of the major bases, like Fort Bragg and Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, and Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

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The total far surpassed the previous record of 142 F-35s for 2021

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The first of the Navy’s proposed “Trump-class” battleships could cost up to $22 billion

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The UK Government is seeking ways to enable UK defence SMEs to penetrate an increasingly competitive Ukrainian market.

The primary developer of the MQ-9 unmanned combat aircraft General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has confirmed the demonstration of the new expanded Anti-Submarine Warfare capability in December, namely a significantly improved capability to deploy sonobuoys pods for detection of underwater targets. The tests were specifically conducted using the MQ-9B SeaGuardian variant, which has an endurance of over 18 hours and integrates the 7500E V2 radar optimised for detecting surface targets. The test was sponsored by the U.S.

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The Chinese Tianma-1000 unmanned transport aircraft completed its maiden flight on Sunday January 11, marking a major milestone in the country’s efforts to pioneer advances in autonomous airborne logistics capabilities. The aircraft was independently developed by Xi’an Aisheng Technology Group, and can serve as a logistics transport, emergency rescue, and material delivery vehicle, while being able to operate in complex plateau terrain due to its ultra-short takeoff and landing distances.

As this article goes to press, security officials in Iran are carefully weighing their options on how to dole out violence to preserve an authoritarian system. It is an existential moment for any authoritarian regime, and one that Chinese leader Xi Jinping must be watching closely. He strongly believes the People’s Liberation Army must be prepared to defeat any enemies within the elite, among the Chinese population, or overseas.

Al Carns announces 40% increase in Marines depl

Multiple informed sources in the United States have confirmed that the Venezuelan Air Force’s S-300VM and BuK-M2 long and medium range air defence systems were not operational or connected to their radars when the United States launched an unprecedented military operation targeting the country’s military sites and critical infrastructure. The attack on January 3 saw U.S.

L Todd Wood talks with AI expert defense contractor Brendan Reilly on the use of AI in the Department of War.
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French President Emmanuel Macron pledged that his country and its European partners will work towards expedited development of new long-range weapons, highlighting the need to field a similar capability to that provided by Russia’s new Oreshnik intermediate range hypersonic ballistic missile. Recalling the use of the new Russian missile to strike a Ukrainian aviation plant in Lviv, which was servicing F-16 and MiG-29 fighters near the Polish border, Macron warned: “We are within range of these shots.

In a confirmation hearing with lawmakers on Thursday, President Donald Trump’s nominee for top uniformed cyber chief said he would evaluate the efficiency of the dual-hat leadership role between U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency if he’s confirmed to the job, touching on one of the community’s most heated policy debates.
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A watchdog inside the Department of Veterans Affairs issued an urgent advisory Thursday over two AI chat tools currently in use by VA healthcare providers, citing “potential patient safety risks.”
Doctors aren’t using AI to diagnose patients, but the Inspector General found problems could potentially arise in some cases when doctors use artificial intelligence to analyze medical information and update patient records.

General Dynamics Information Technology will upgrade the networks at 187 Air Force bases with a zero trust-based capability, the company announced Wednesday.
Under the service’s Next Generation Gateway program, GDIT has received a $120 million task order to provide “an integrated, data-centric cybersecurity solution” to support over one million users, according to a company news release. The effort is a major IT modernization initiative designed to replace the service’s outdated network infrastructure with modern architectures based on zero trust.

Sailors are currently making key strides on the path toward achieving the Navy’s long-term goals for integrating robotic platforms, according to some of the top officials leading high-stakes complementary drone initiatives.
Surface Force Vision 2045 explicitly directs the sea service to create and operationalize unmanned surface vessel squadrons in every fleet, as part of a broader push to rapidly enable a hybrid force and equip personnel with emerging maritime drone technologies that can expand the U.S. military’s capacity, flexibility and reach.

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Denmark allocated more military resources to Greenland this week with the government determined to prove it can protect its Arctic territory.

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The Federal Flight Deck Officer (FFDO) Program was established to create a new line of defense in the cockpit of civilian airliners after the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Through the program, commercial airline pilots could voluntarily receive firearms training and be issued a firearm to defend their cockpit against a hijacking.
Issued sidearms are a mainstay for U.S. military pilots, who carried the Beretta M9 and recently transitioned to the Sig Sauer M17/M18, but after 9/11, the new weapons and training were for civilian pilots, carrying civilian passengers at 30,000 feet.

Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael R. Weimer has acknowledged that he overpromised when he announced back in 2024 that the service was coming out with a new and redesigned physical training uniform for soldiers. 
The delay, according to other Army leaders who joined Weimer during the virtual town hall at Fort Drum, New York, may be for the simple reason that the service intends to focus on other things, such as getting new and better weapons systems or addressing perennial issues, like the barracks.
“Changing the PT uniform was put on pause,” Weimer said during Monday’s town hall.

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During a demonstration earlier this month, the U.S. military conducted the first kinetic drone swarm on American soil, officials said, a notable milestone in the Pentagon’s effort to experiment with unmanned systems that communicate across a common operating network to accomplish various tasks.
A small group of troops gathered at Camp Blanding, Florida, on Jan. 8 where they launched four first-person view drones — some of which were packed with plastic explosives — into the air and toward a column of inflatable tanks.

When the NFL playoffs resume this weekend, only one former service academy football player will have a chance to become a Super Bowl champion next month.
Jordan Jackson, a defensive lineman for the Denver Broncos, graduated from the Air Force Academy. Jackson was not born when former New York Giants wide receiver Phil McConkey, who served five years as a Navy pilot before beginning his NFL career, shone in America’s most celebrated sporting event.

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The Pentagon’s annual suicide report for 2024 is delayed because of the government shutdown, officials claimed. 
The annual report, which includes rates of suicides and attempts across the active duty, Reserve and National Guard forces, typically comes out in the fall and addresses numbers from the previous calendar year. The delay of the report’s release was covered by Business Insider, which got few answers from Pentagon officials who said they had “nothing to announce at this time.

UK and Polish leaders agreed to train more closely in attack helicopter tactics, particularly to “shoot down” air and missile threats.

The number of major accidents in Navy and Marine aviation nearly doubled in 2025 from the previous year, though only two sailors were killed in a flying accident, according to fleet-wide safety statistics released this week. Accidents among sailors and Marines underway on warships dropped slightly.
Naval Safety Command released its year-end data on accidents, deaths and injuries across both services this week, covering the 2025 fiscal year, from October 2024 to September 2025. The report cited 14 “Class-A” aviation accidents in 2025, up from eight in 2024.

As the United States prepares to celebrate 250 years of independence, it is a moment to reflect on the courage, ingenuity, and determination that forged a nation. From the first shots at Lexington and Concord to the decisive battles that won freedom, the Revolutionary War was shaped not only by grand armies and epic clashes, but also by smaller, elite units whose skills could turn the tide of battle.
Among these, few were as remarkable as Daniel Morgan’s Riflemen, America’s original scout snipers.

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A targeting screen fills with structures, heat signatures, and a rapidly closing window. Aircraft have only minutes of fuel left when an AI highlights a single building, and suddenly the decision space collapses to one bright box.This is the triage trap: a pattern in which AI-enabled workflows determine which options reach command judgment in the first place, before a commander weighs alternatives. What the model elevates becomes the decision — what it filters out disappears. This is not captured in mission command or command and control doctrine.

In January 2025, when the Trump administration froze nearly all foreign aid, more than 1,000 emergency communal kitchens in Sudan shut down within weeks. Half a million displaced people lost access to clean water. Famine conditions that had been held at bay collapsed into crisis. Within months, Russian grain ships arrived in African ports and Chinese agricultural delegations expanded across the continent. Decisions made in Washington marked the end of seven decades of American dominance in humanitarian food assistance and the rise of two powers with fundamentally different models.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly requested that U.S. President Donald Trump postpone plans for a military attack on Iran, according to a senior U.S. official who spoke to the New York Times. This follows the outbreak of widespread protests, riots and paramiltiary attacks within the Iran, reportedly resulting in the deaths of close to 200 security forces, which was seen to provide an optimal opportunity for the country’s adversaries to escalate.

L Todd Wood and Pete Blaber discuss the connections between the organized safe zones of Ukraine and Venezuela.

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Secretary of War Hegseth worked out with ROTC cadets in UCLA stadium last week at 5am during the Arsenal of Freedom Tour.
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