Former Gurkha Hari Budha Magar has become the f

If the military wants to stop a tanker at sea &

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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.

No Noise. No Mercy.

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.
Related: The only time a Medal of Honor recipient killed another Medal of Honor recipient
One day after that, Johnson saw combat for the first time during an intense battle near Dak To in Kontum Province.

Frank Viola, RealClearDefense
Today a vast shadow fleet of oil tankers operates with near impunity.

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

Valerie Insinna, Breaking Defense
To increase munitions stockpiles, the U.S. military needs more solid rocket motors.

DP
The US Space Systems Command has

CNN
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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In conjunction with Secretary of War Hegseth’s Arsenal of Freedom Tour which highlights innovative companies delivering product on-time and at scale, President Trump has gone after legacy defense contractors in public, criticizing their way of doing business which he says harms the capabilities of the Department of War.
POTUS signed an executive order Wednesday prohibiting defense contractors from issuing dividends to shareholders or conducting stock buybacks until they deliver high quality military equipment on time and on budget, as in firm fixed-price contracts.

Ukrainian bounty hunters which reportedly make $200 a head to grab males off the street, snatched a man from a young screaming girl, then throw her into snow drift, then drive off. She doesn’t move.
This barbaric behavior is what you are paying for.
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The FN VictoR is the size of a small tactical t

It’s early days, but the Trump administration’s approach to a post-President Nicolás Maduro Venezuela is quickly coming into focus. This is not externally imposed democracy building but a regime management project that relies on compliant regime insiders, the existing state security apparatus, and offshore coercive leverage. As I argued previously in these pages, removing the apex of an authoritarian pyramid does not dissolve the pyramid. What changes is who gets to set the terms for the people still holding it up.

Chinese official sources have provided the first confirmation of the J-10C fighter’s reported combat successes in the hands of the Pakistan Air Force, with the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense on January 12 stating that the aircraft shot down several adversary aircraft in an aerial engagement without suffering losses.

The latest estimates for the size of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy’s nuclear powered submarine fleet indicated that it has overtaken that of the Russian Navy in size, making it the second largest only to that of the United States Navy. A primary driver of this trend has been the large scale production of the Type 093B class attack submarine, of which 16 are estimated to have begun construction.

Russian state defence conglomerate Rostec reported that the Su-35S has destroyed more targets in air-to-air combat than any other fighter type in the Russian Armed Forces. A statement by Rostec’s press office stressed that the Su-35 remains one of the most actively employed fighters in the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian War, highlighting that its advanced avionics including its electronic warfare and defensive suites in particular were major factors that led it to earn high praise from pilots.

LIVE: @SecWar Pete Hegseth speaks during the nationwide Arsenal of Freedom tour at a SpaceX facility in Brownsville, Texas.

LIVE: @SecWar Pete Hegseth speaks during the nationwide Arsenal of Freedom tour at a SpaceX facility in Brownsville, Texas. https://t.co/sER6w4FFIy
— Department of War 🇺🇸 (@DeptofWar) January 13, 2026

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The Army tapped a research and development company to create software that can identify and analyze “unpredictable” artificial intelligence behavior to ensure its AI-enabled systems are trustworthy, according to an award notice posted Thursday.
Army Contracting Command awarded an other transaction agreement worth approximately $6.3 million to Advanced Technology International, Inc. as the “managing prime” to Battelle Memorial Institute, for technology that can evaluate potential risks associated with AI-enabled autonomous systems and their models.

The Pentagon is officially ditching height and weight tables in favor of using a waist-to-height ratio to estimate troops’ body fat, according to an official memo released on Monday. And to pass, a service member’s waist measurement can be only slightly more than half of their height.
The method will divide the measurement of a service member’s waist circumference by their height to estimate body fat percentage.
The new body fat standards are between 18% and 26% for men and between 26% and 36% for women, according to a Dec.

The views expressed are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy or position of the U.S. Marine Corps, the Department of the Navy, the Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government.
Sean Rugge is a Senior Educational Technologist and eLearning Strategist for the U.S. Marine Corps, where he oversees a learning management system for over 250,000 Marines and is leading the service’s efforts to integrate artificial intelligence into its educational platforms. Dr. Silas Schaeffer, a contractor for the U.S. Marine Corps, holds a doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction.

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) asked a federal judge on Monday to immediately quash Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plan to launch an investigation of the senator aimed at reducing his retired military rank and pension. In a lawsuit filed in federal court, Kelly said Hegseth was pursuing legal action to “signal to retired service members” that they could face “retaliation” for speaking out against Pentagon policies.

NATO opened its submission window for proposals from international stakeholders looking to compete in the 2026 Innovation Continuum exercise series with cutting-edge technologies and associated research and development projects that could transform the alliance’s operational capacity and weapons arsenal.
Those interested in participating or providing feedback on the plan have until Jan. 30 to respond to a new request for information — and clarifying questions are due to NATO by Jan. 16.

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LIVE: @SecWar Pete Hegseth speaks during the nationwide Arsenal of Freedom tour at a Lockheed Martin facility in Fort Worth, Texas.

LIVE: @SecWar Pete Hegseth speaks during the nationwide Arsenal of Freedom tour at a Lockheed Martin facility in Fort Worth, Texas. https://t.co/U1Oy4ONCrz
— Department of War 🇺🇸 (@DeptofWar) January 12, 2026

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When President Trump referenced America’s ability to “darken” parts of Caracas during Operation Absolute Resolve, the comment stood out not because of what it confirmed, but because of what it implied. Delivered without technical detail, the remark hinted at capabilities that sit somewhere between diplomacy and force, and between cyber operations and traditional military action.
Whether or not the statement reflected a specific technical action in the raid on Venezuela is almost beside the point.

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The UK Chief of Defence Staff said he is “certain” other nations besides the UK and France will deploy troops to Ukraine.

The British Army men’s rugby league are o

Forget the scales.

The UK Government set aside £200m ($267m) this year from its core defence budget to prepare UK Armed Forces for deployment to Ukraine.

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Anyone who’s ever deployed can tell you there’s more to worry about in the field than just the enemy. While of course the North Vietnamese were the primary concern of American troops in the Vietnam War, just being in the jungle presented an entirely unexpected series of its own challenges… like giant centipedes.
Related: The story of US troops who think they saw Bigfoot in Vietnam
Rumors persisted about things like fragging, rampant drug use, and even the appearance of Bigfoot in Vietnam. But when U.S.

The German Armed Forces will acquire nine training systems for the Puma Infantry Fighting Vehicle under a contract worth €119.5m ($139.0m).

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This past week American and Jordanian forces carried out the second wave of a new campaign of major airstrikes against Islamic State fighters in Syria. Operation Hawkeye Strike so far has involved a range of aircraft ranging from fighter jets to close-air support planes.
And one of the aircraft that took part in the ongoing operation is “Samus.” Yes, as in Samus from the “Metroid” game series. Except this Samus isn’t a space-based bounty hunter in a power suit, it’s an A-10 Thunderbolt II — better known as a Warthog — that goes “brrrrrt.”
So far U.S.

As the Allied war effort in Europe balanced on the knife’s edge of history in the spring of 1944, the fate of nations hinged not only on armies, airpower, and logistics, but on silence. The invasion of Nazi-occupied France, known as Operation Overlord, was the most complex and heavily guarded military operation ever conceived. Every detail, from troop movements to weather forecasts, was cloaked in layers of deception and secrecy. Within this tense atmosphere, even a careless word could undo years of planning and cost tens of thousands of lives.

Navy Times
Navy pilots have successfully completed training to wield multiple drones from the cockpits of F-35C Lightning II

MCT
In June 1940, Foss hitchhiked 300 miles to Minneapolis to enlist in the Marine Corps Reserve so he could join the Naval Aviation Cadet program.

Warner, Stars & Str.
The service is requesting $723.5 million in the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act to develop the tank.