One of the Army’s main missile defense bases is dealing with a “critical disruption” to its food services operations, “jeopardizing the readiness” of soldiers.
Fort Greely, where hundreds of soldiers are stationed in Alaska, has been dealing with civilian staffing shortages at its dining facility since at least October, according to a contract solicitation by the Army. The notice, posted on the SAM.gov website where the government takes bids for the military, describes a shortage of cooks and support staff.

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In 36 BCE, Chinese troops from the ruling Han Dynasty launched a preemptive strike against a group of Xiongnu, a nomadic tribe from Central Asia, at a fortress in what is now Kazakhstan. Zhizhi, their leader, had 13,000 troops holed up in a fortress which was much further West than Chinese armies had ever marched before.
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During the battle, the Chinese noted that their enemy employed a strange but distinctive formation.

Franklin D. Roosevelt is remembered as the president who guided America through the Great Depression and World War II. Yet behind the scenes, he faced a deeply personal struggle after polio left him paralyzed from the waist down in 1921.
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Determined not to let disability define him, he fought for independence in ways the public rarely saw. One of the most meaningful expressions of that independence was his love for driving. His cars were more than vehicles.

For years, the Army leaned heavily on bonuses to keep the force staffed. Those who served during the 2022–2023 recruiting crisis probably remember the wave of incentives, record enlistment bonuses, quick-ship payouts, and the urgent push to fill training seats.
But as the Army moves deeper into 2025, the service has quietly shifted direction. Instead of leading with money, it’s leading with options: career flexibility. Assignment preference. Paths that let soldiers shape not just how long they serve, but what their service actually looks like.

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Following the initiation of Operation Absolute Resolve against Venezuela on January 3, which U.S. forces strike key military and infrastructure targets across Caracas and abduct President Nicolas Maduro, Washington has explicitly warned of the possibility of launching similar attacks against Colombia. President Donald Trump publicly stated that after the attack on Venezuela, a similar “operation” against Colombia “sounds good to me.” Accusing Colombian President Gustavo Petro of cocaine trafficking, and describing Colombia as “very sick,” he said the U.S.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth motivates the workforce at Castelion, which is producing the new Blackbeard cruise missile.
The firm is producing the missile at scale with innovation and speed to plug the hole in America’s defense capability.
AFP was on site as part of the Pentagon Press Corps.
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On January 11 Chinese state media published new footage showing the first test flight of the J-20 fifth generation fighter, making 15 years since the event in January 2011. A ceremony marking the event, and a never before seen large crowd from the Chengu Aerospace Corporation which was responsible for the aircraft’s development, were seen. The J-20 currently serves as China’s most capable air superiority fighter type, and has been in service for nine years, with procurement rates far exceeding those by the U.S.

A China Central Television (CCTV) broadcast has provided insight into a simulation launched by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force in which J-16 fighter aircraft engage French Rafale fighters in air-to-air combat. The wargame exploded a range of air combat scenarios, including computer-assisted exercises aimed at exploring now tactics. The exercise one of several held in the Xuchang, Henan Province, in central China, and was attended by approximately 20 units from across the armed forces and various academies.

January 11, 2026, marks 15 years since the maiden flight of the J-20 fifth generation fighter, which represents one of the most significant milestones in the country’s emergence as one of the world’s two industry leaders in fighter aviation. The J-20’s first flight in early 2011 was wholly unanticipated among Western analysts, with China having introduced its first fully indigenous fourth generation fighter, the J-10, into service just five years prior.

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The Pentagon has launched a formal review of the “effectiveness” of women in ground-combat positions, nearly a decade after the Department of Defense ended a ban that had excluded them from front-line infantry, armor and artillery units.
The six-month assessment, first reported by NPR on Tuesday, will require Army and Marine Corp leaders to submit data on readiness, training, performance, casualties and command climate of ground combat units and personnel, according to a December memo sent by Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel Anthony Tata.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks to employees at Rocket Lab, as he continues his Arsenal of Freedom Tour.
Hegseth described a new American way of procuring weapons, putting the war fighter first, developing and fielding the best technology, fast and at scale.
AFP was on scene as part of the Pentagon Press Corp.
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American and Jordanian forces carried out airstrikes on more than three dozen Islamic State targets in Syria today, in the second wave of bombardments retaliating for the killing of American soldiers last month. 
U.S. Central Command confirmed the airstrikes late this afternoon, saying that a large force of more than a dozen aircraft bombed dozens of ISIS targets “across Syria,” firing more than 90 munitions. The operation included American F-15E Strike Eagles, A-10 Warthog close attack planes, AC-130J gunships and MQ-9 Reaper drones.

The Air Force plans to bring an electronics warfare squadron to its combat aviation training center at Nellis Air Force Base.
Earlier this week the Air Force announced that the 562nd Electronic Warfare Squadron would be based out of Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada starting in the coming months. The squadron, part of the 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing, will be tasked with streamlining electromagnetic spectrum operations at the Air Force Warfare Center at the base, the service said.

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On the morning of June 6, 1944, thousands of Allied soldiers waited anxiously inside landing craft as they approached the beaches of Normandy. German artillery thundered overhead, machine guns swept the shoreline, and steel obstacles rose from the surf like jagged teeth.
Long before most American troops could step onto French soil, a small group of U.S. Navy sailors entered the water first. Their mission was not to fight the enemy directly but to remove the deadly barriers that stood between the sea and victory.

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The move would ensure national safety and security against any potential adversary, the President said.

When Americans think of World War II, images of Normandy, Iwo Jima, Guadalcanal, and Midway dominate the national memory.
Few recall that the war also reached the soil of the United States itself, not in Hawaii alone, but on the cold, windswept islands of Alaska. Yet in 1942, Imperial Japanese forces invaded and occupied American territory in the Aleutian Islands, marking the first foreign occupation of U.S. land since the War of 1812.

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The U.S. Army and the Australian Army have successfully conducted a complex joint demonstration during across multiple locations in Australia, which saw Australian Army M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) deployed with airlift and targeting support from U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force aircraft. Multiple HIMARS launchers from theRoyal Australian Artillery 10th Brigade, 14th Regiment, were loaded onto U.S. Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemaster III transports, which can operate from short and austere runways across Australia to redeploy rapidly.

The Chinese PeopleLiberation Army Navy has deployed the Type 052D class destroyer Tangshan to participate in the first joint naval exercises with Russia, Iran and South Africa. The Will For Peace 2026 exercises have been widely dubbed the first ‘BRICS military exercise,’ although it has no known connection to the economic grouping.

In the first week of January multiple reports emerged that the Saudi Defence Ministry was considering procuring Chinese JF-17 fighter aircraft under a deal valued at $4-6 billion, which would mark the first major procurement of non-Western fighters in the country’s history. Should the aircraft indeed be purchased, it would raise serious questions regarding both their role in the Royal Saudi Air Force, and how their capabilities would compare to other fighter types that are already in service.

Ukrainian Air Force officers have developed an entirely new clean sheet set of tactics to operate F-16 fighter aircraft in the country’s ongoing war effort against Russia. Highlighting the necessity of this, F-16 pilots and other officers have recently criticised the air combat tactics taught by NATO members as “unsuitable” for engagements with Russian forces, particularly singling out their limited suitability to operate in a theatre where Russia fields a particularly dense and capable ground-based air defence network.

An official revision to Air Force uniform policy announced Friday allows some airmen to wear uniforms with visible “DIRT,” others to show their “AGE” and some to literally be on “FIRE.”
Duty identifier patches are back.
“I’ve decided to bring duty identifier patches back because the Air Force is made up of many different specialties, each with a unique role in our mission to generate airpower,” said Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach. “We are a unified force working together to win.

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Federal immigration agents boarded a cruise ship docked in Miami and detained a Coast Guard veteran earlier this week in what the veteran and his wife say was a case of mistaken identity.
Jose “Joey” Martinez and his wife, Tammy Verhas, were “dead asleep” in their room when federal agents dressed in all black burst into their room at around 6:30 a.m., the veteran recalled. It was about two hours before the Carnival Cruise Line guests were scheduled to disembark from the ship and go through customs in Miami, Florida.

The National Security Agency on Friday announced Tim Kosiba as its deputy director, nine months after the Trump administration axed his predecessor — reportedly at the behest of a far-right activist.
Kosiba, a veteran of the NSA with a 33-year career in federal government, according to a press release, was previously deputy commander of the cyberespionage agency’s largest field office, which is located in Georgia. He was also the deputy director of the agency’s Commercial Solutions Center, among other cyber roles in the FBI and Naval Criminal Investigative Service.

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Larsen & Toubro has secured a supply contract from the Indian Army’s Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers related to its Pinaka MLRS.

The US State Department has approved a possible foreign military sale (FMS) to Denmark involving AGM-114R Hellfire Missiles and related equipment, with an estimated value of $45m.

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Secretary of War Pete Hegseth swore in 35 new recruits yesterday in Los Angeles of all services and the California National Guard.
AFP was on scene as part of the Pentagon Press Corps.
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Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert analysis on America’s greatest challengers: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and jihadists. Read more below.***IranThe Iranian government has faced mass protests and military strikes by its adversaries before, but the convergence of internal unrest and the possibility of outside intervention is a more challenging dynamic. Since late December, when the accelerating decline of the national currency prompted demonstrations by merchants in Tehran, a wave of anti-regime unrest has spread around the country. U.S.

Insider trading on the stock market—that is, buying or selling of a public company’s stocks by someone with access to privileged or secret information—is illegal. But that’s not true of the rash of new, online prediction marketplaces. Polymarket, Kalshi, and a number of lesser-known sites allow users to essentially bet on news and events using cryptocurrency, and these markets are largely unregulated.

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Defence expert Dr Tom Withington warns Nato must not be complacent after US success over S-300VM air defence systems in Venezuela.

A key U.S. Navy organization that’s been hustling to advance and deliver information warfare capabilities purpose-built for the sea service recently set up a new Rapid Capabilities Office to help solve sailors’ real-world operational deficiencies by matching them with modern commercial technology options.
The Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic launched this new hub shortly after Navy leaders created an enterprisewide RCO last year.

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The air across the Central Command area of responsibility this January feels heavy enough to wear. If you are scrolling through Telegram or lurking on X, maybe veteran forums on Reddit, the consensus is that the fuse isn’t just lit; there are fuses being lit everywhere, and pyromaniacs are doing a little dance while spitting Everclear on them.

Women who have served in combat arms for the last decade say a new Pentagon-ordered review of their “effectiveness” is the latest frustrating chapter in what they say has been the theme of their careers: proving themselves capable in combat units on a daily basis. They worry that the Pentagon-wide review of the “effectiveness” of women in ground combat jobs ordered by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth could just be more of the same double standards and misinformation they live with every day.