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Every officer earns their place and rank, backg

Defence firms EDGE Group and Indra Group have formalised plans to create a new defence manufacturing company in Spain.

Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island sits on a remote stretch of South Carolina’s Lowcountry, surrounded by tidal marshes and waterways that underscore its isolation. Established as a permanent recruit training site in 1915, Parris Island quickly became the heart of East Coast Marine training. Its geography was intentional. Isolation reinforced discipline, eliminated civilian distractions, and created an environment where recruits could focus entirely on transformation.

The Pentagon has attempted to assure more than two dozen lawmakers that harassment and physical abuse are still prohibited in the military. This comes after members of Congress expressed concern over Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s comments last year about redefining the definition of hazing and “empowering drill sergeants to instill healthy fear in new recruits.

Summary and Key Points – Operation Absolute Resolve relied on overwhelming airpower to blind Venezuela’s defenses and enable the capture of Nicolás Maduro—but the article argues the decisive enabler was electronic warfare. The EA-18G Growler, a specialized Super Hornet variant, provided the jamming and suppression needed to spoof radars, disrupt communications, and help neutralize Russian-origin surface-to-air systems including Buk and S-300 variants.

A U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler prepares to refuel from a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker over the U.S.

For decades, Hollywood has trained us to fear the moment machines become self-aware. The second someone says “autonomous robots,” our brains jump straight to Skynet, red eyes glowing, end of humanity queued up behind a line of code. Reality is far less cinematic and far more interesting.
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According to a recent paper published by the Association of the United States Army, the U.S. military has officially entered a new era of robotic systems.

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The demonstration represents a key milestone in advancing operationally proven manned-unmanned teaming for maritime missions

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Tough choices about whether to put hypersonic weapons or big guns on the Navy’s latest destroyer were one of the factors that put the sea service on a path to develop a new battleship

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The defense contractor plans IPO for unit that supplies missile parts to the U.S.

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A new report published by the British Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) has estimated that the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force will field approximately 1000 J-20 fifth generation air superiority fighters by 2030, highlighting the major surge in production levels to reach approximately 120 fighters per year in 2025.

The U.S. Army has released full-body photos of its first prototype of the M1E3 Abrams, a next generation variant of the Cold War era Abrams tank that first entered service in 1980. The new variant is by far the most revolutionary in the history of the program, and was developed after the Army abandoned plans for further modernisation of the M1A2 design.

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‘Don’t put words in my mouth’

U.S. Army and Lithuanian Army artillery units have conducted advanced interoperability training centred on employment of the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) at the Pabrade training area in eastern Lithuania, near NATO’s border with Belarus. The exercises focused on synchronised long-range precision fires, digital command and control procedures, and rapid mobility concepts, all of which are critical to the United States’ rotational force posture in the Baltic region, a former part of the Soviet Union now on the frontlines of hostilities in Europe.

China’s newly released 15th Five-Year Plan (2026–2030) proposal, unveiled after the Fourth Party Plenum in October 2025, not only marks Beijing’s quest to achieve the People’s Liberation Army’s  goal of building a so-called world-class military by 2049. As the last major planning cycle before the 2035 benchmark for “basically achieving full modernization,” the plan also reaffirms General Secretary Xi Jinping’s core priorities: operational efficiency, technological self-reliance, and the Chinese Communist Party’s absolute command.

Synopsis and Key Points: Former U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia Gordon Gray draws striking parallels between the current 2026 protests in Iran and the 2011 Arab Spring.

-Following the collapse of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad in December 2024, Gray argues that Tehran faces a similar existential crisis driven by economic ruin and a loss of dignity. While the regime has survived five uprisings since 2009 due to the loyalty of the IRGC, Gray warns that “brittle” autocracies eventually shatter.

B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber Flying. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

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Next-generation battleships will provide additional capacity needed to carry multiple offensive weapons and command-and-control capabilities the service does not have with its current surface fleet, a senior Navy officer said Tuesday.
President Donald Trump announced in December that the Navy would design and develop a new class of battleships as part of the future so-called “Golden Fleet.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared his team’s long-awaited new plans to outpace U.S. adversaries by rapidly advancing the military’s arsenal of AI, drones, hypersonics and other disruptive technologies — and drastically reshaping the Pentagon’s approaches for safely deploying them.
“In short, when it comes to our current threat environment, we are playing a dangerous game with potentially fatal consequences.

The crew of an Air Force special operations CV-22 Osprey survived a hard landing in New Mexico because of quick thinking by the pilots and crew when the plane suffered a major engine failure. A board investigating the mishap noted that the crew had just completed a safety stand down focused on the exact type of engine failure the crew suddenly faced during the flight.
The failure, the board found, was caused when a steel gear inside the plane’s transmission cracked in midflight, a failure that investigators linked to a dozen other Osprey mishaps in recent years.

Ryan had an hour-long conversation with Afshon Ostovar, a leading expert on the Iranian regime and its brutal security services. Afshon breaks down everything you need to know to understand the protest movement taking to the streets across Iran, openly calling for the end of this authoritarian regime. How does the regime operate its repressive apparatus? What of Reza Pahlavi, the son of the ousted shah who is waiting in the wings? What are the scenarios under which we could see the regime fall apart? How did we get here? Afshon answers these questions and more.

Sometimes you just feel a little under the weather and are looking for that extra day off.
You wouldn’t be the first person to have that feeling. Everyone experiences it, and you’re no different. When you’re in the military, though, you can’t just call out of duty and binge-watch your favorite show all day. It doesn’t work that way, my friend.
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You have to come up with an excuse, but not just any excuse will do. We’re here to help, though. Take if from a “doc” who’s heard every lame explanation in the book.

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On Dec. 17, the State Department announced approval for a major arms sales package to Taiwan. The package authorizes $11 billion worth of weapons and equipment sales to Taiwan, including High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, howitzers, Altius drone systems, and two missile systems. The sales are unlikely to face significant opposition in Congress. So, much now depends on Taiwan’s own defense budget and its ability to buy the weapons. China condemned the potential sales, responding by sanctioning several U.S.

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The Providers Warrior Restaurant at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, recently received a grade of “F after a Jan. 6 food service inspection, a spokesperson for the 82nd Airborne Division confirmed. The official attributed the failing grade to a “mislabeled item in a time-sensitive area,” adding that subsequent corrections and improvements by chow hall staff have since earned an upgrade to a “C.”
“Inspectors identified a procedural issue regarding the documentation of food temperatures,” Maj. Joseph Bush told Task & Purpose.

Former Gurkha Hari Budha Magar has become the f

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Soldiers will travel less for training and do more virtually, Army leaders said Tuesday.
The Army is planning to have soldiers “train differently” with more remote learning and other more innovative courses that use augmented reality and virtual reality, called AR and VR, respectively. The programs would work in lieu of having soldiers travel to schoolhouses and training centers across the United States, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George said on Tuesday at a virtual town hall at Fort Drum, New York.

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If the military runs on fuel and caffeine, the military family runs on being prepared.
We like to think that the hardest parts of this life are the deployments or the moving trucks. But the real enemy, the one that doesn’t respect your quality of life or your need for sleep, is the bureaucracy.
It’s the silent, paper-cut-inducing third wheel in your marriage. It is the stack of documents you must produce to prove you or your family exist IRL, that you are married, and that yes, you are allowed to buy a genuine Casio watch on this installation.

Twin pilots met in the sky over the Pacific.
On a Dec. 4 training flight in Japan, Air Force Capt. Jordan Wesemann was at the controls of his KC-135 tanker aircraft as his twin brother, Capt. Jared Wesemann, maneuvered his F-35 fighter jet up to refuel.
It was the first time the two brothers had connected — literally in this case — during an operational flight in their careers as Air Force pilots.

Did the US really use a “sonic weapon” in the J

Francis P. Sempa, RealClearWorld In the late 19th century, the United States benefitted from the historical/geopolitical writings of U.S. Navy Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan.

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A sick soldier changed the trajectory of Dwight Hal Johnson’s life.
On January 13, 1968, Johnson believed he would be going home in less than two weeks after serving nearly a year as a U.S. Army tank driver in Vietnam. The next day, he learned he was being transferred to another M48 Patton tank because its driver was ill.
His homecoming would have to wait.
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One day after that, Johnson saw combat for the first time during an intense battle near Dak To in Kontum Province.

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Today a vast shadow fleet of oil tankers operates with near impunity.

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The United States Army has issued updated solicitation materials for a new second-source supplier to manufacture 5.56mm, 7.62mm, and .

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To increase munitions stockpiles, the U.S. military needs more solid rocket motors.

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South Korea wants to join the undersea naval elite – and has received the blessing of U.S. President Donald Trump to do just that.

SES will supply satellite communications services to the ADF under an agreement that extends their partnership for at least six years.

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On September 30, 2025, the Secretary of War ordered changes to Military Fitness Standards to further his mission of restoring the warrior ethos. One of those changes is the use of the waist to height ratio (WHtR) to evaluate body composition.
This memorandum serves to provide additional guidance on implementing the WHtR beginning January I, 2026. Height and weight tables will no longer be utilized to evaluate body composition.

Elbit Systems secured contracts to deliver an airborne electronic warfare suite to an unnamed country in the Asia-Pacific region.

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