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An artist’s rendition of the Tun Tavern replica, which will be located in Philadelphia about 250 yards from the original tavern site. (Photo courtesy of The Tun Tavern Legacy Foundation, Inc.).
Tun Tavern has a religious significance for Marines, revered in Marine Corps lore alongside the Halls of Montezuma and knife hands.
The Marine Corps was founded at the tavern in 1775, before the United States had officially declared its independence from Great Britain. Countless generations of Marines have bragged ever since that the Corps was born in a bar.
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Houthi attacks American cargo ships and warships
Houthi forces announced an attack on four ships in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, including two cargo ships and two US warships.
The Houthis attacked two US warships along with the Cyclades cargo ship in the Red Sea and the MSC Orion cargo ship in the Indian Ocean, Yahya Sarea, spokesman for the Houthi forces in Yemen, announced on the morning of April 30.
“The operations were successful,” Sarea said but did not mention the two US warships targeted.
Analysis of the global military EO/IR market shows that the land segment will be the strongest through to 2033.
Actor Gary Sinise and his 13-member Lt. Dan Band have performed in Arizona at least 15 times since the band’s founding in 2003. But the thrill of playing for military families, veterans and the first responder community — most recently on April 28, 2024, at Luke Air Force Base in Maricopa County — never gets old.
“I always love coming to Arizona,” Sinise, best known for playing Lt. Dan on the film Forrest Gump and Mac Taylor on the CBS series CSI: NY, told We Are The Mighty. “I have great memories here from the 80s when my parents lived in Cave Creek.”
The Lt.
A firing pin with a tip that tended to break of
A “rogue Army Major” from Fort Liberty was convicted of smuggling arms inside barrels of rice headed to Ghana, officials said. Photo from the Department of Justice.
A “rogue Army Major” was convicted of smuggling handguns, an AR-15, magazines, suppressors and a combat shotgun inside barrels of rice headed to Ghana, the Department of Justice said. The shipment made it all the way to Africa from a port in Baltimore, Maryland but was uncovered by Ghanaian officials disguised weapons and tipped off U.S. law enforcement.
A federal jury convicted Army Maj.
The Belgian Navy’s Modernised M (Karel Doorman)-class frigate BNS
Louise-Marie
(F 931) will join the EU’s maritime security mission ‘Aspides’ in the Red Sea in the coming week.
The USAEC has awarded Parsons a position on a contract, worth $464m, for environmental remediation services at US Army sites.
The inaugural NATO Space Symposium, held in Toulouse on 29 and 30 April 2024, aimed to bring key stakeholders together to stress the importance of the domain and highlight the key requirements among the alliance. (Armée de l’air et de l’espace)
NATO’s inaugural Space Symposium has begun with senior NATO executives and space commanders from across the alliance as well as 44 companies in attendance to highlight the growing importance of space.
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A pair of Norwegian F-35A Lightning IIs. In Polish service, the type will be named Husarz. (Royal Norwegian Air Force)
Poland has assigned the name Husarz to the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) in national service, the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces announced on 29 April.
The name, which translates in English to Hussar, has been given to the ‘fifth-generation’ stealth fighter following a public competition.
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The congressional breakthrough on the $95 billion foreign assistance package after months of political wrangling provides President Joe Biden’s…
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Large Language Models Can Make Bad Decisions—and Could Trigger Nuclear War
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When the Marine Corps turns 250, Marines may get to raise a pint to the Corps in the place where it supposedly all began.
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Thinklogical director describes why air-gaps between computers are ineffective to prevent security breaches in the control room.
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Sener has secured a contract from RTX business Raytheon to support the production of the GEM-T, a Patriot missile variant, in Europe.
With the Czech ammunition coalition gaining success, GlobalData intelligence affirms the rise of the Europe in the global ammunition market.
KBR been secured contract options, worth an estimated $771m, to providing logistics and life support services to the US Army.
One of four Boeing E-4Bs, which SAOC is intended to replace. (US Air Force)
The US Air Force (USAF) awarded Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) a USD13 billion contract to build the Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC), intended to replace the Boeing E-4B Nightwatch as the service’s airborne nuclear command-and-control aircraft and primary transport for the secretary of defence. The contract was announced on 26 April, and is set to run through July 2036.
In the first two months of 2024, a Haitian was murdered, injured, or kidnapped in gang-related violence every 40 minutes. In March, gangs staged an armed uprising to oust acting Prime Minister Ariel Henry, whose unelected government has tried to rule Haiti since the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in July 2021. Moïse’s murder created a power vacuum, allowing gangs to grow and seize control of most of Port-au-Prince. The top U.N. expert on human rights in Haiti recently called the situation there “apocalyptic,” akin to “Somalia in the worst of times.
The U.S. government somehow seems to be both optimistic and pessimistic about the impact of AI on cyber operations. On one hand, officials say AI will give the edge to cyber defense. For example, last year Army Cyber Command’s chief technology officer said, “Right now, the old adage is the advantage goes to the attacker. Today, I think with AI and machine learning, it starts to shift that paradigm to giving an advantage back over to the defender. It’s going to make it much harder for the offensive side.
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The global aerospace, defence & security industry experienced a 28% drop in company filings mentions of electronic warfare in Q1 2024 compared with the previous quarter, according to GlobalData’s analysis.
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Carrier Based Aircraft: Which Countries Operate Them?
What Defines Carrier Based Aircraft?
Carrier based aircraft refer to aircraft that take off and land on the aircraft carrier. Their performance determines the combat effectiveness of the aircraft carrier. The more carrier-based aircraft there are, the stronger their strength is.
Modern carrier-based aircraft have a combat radius of more than 1,000 kilometers. They can also extend the range by refueling in the air. After the attack, they can return to the aircraft carrier to load ammunition and take off to attack again.
Col. (Ret.) Ralph Puckett Jr., Medal of Honor recipient, poses with members of the 75th Ranger Regiment at the National Infantry Museum in Columbus, Ga. on Aug. 10, 2021. (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Garrett Shreffler).
Sen. Joni Ernst is one of the lead lawmakers crafting legislation that directly impacts American service members and veterans, but she found herself choking up Monday remembering how her own military service had been shaped by the mentorship and friendship with Col. Ralph Puckett.
“You would think he was a librarian.
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US spends $13 billion to replace fleet of doomsday planes
The US Air Force announced a $13 billion contract to buy a series of new command aircraft to replace the fleet of 4 E-4Bs that are about to expire.
The Pentagon announced on April 27 that Sierra Nevada Corporation has been awarded a contract worth more than $13 billion to develop, manufacture and deliver a fleet of Survivable Air Command Center (SAOC) aircraft with ground support systems by 2036.
The Defense Innovation Unit brought on board an Army veteran to serve as the new deputy director for commercial operations, the organization announced Monday.
Prior to joining DIU, Liz Young McNally was co-CEO of Schmidt Futures — a charitable venture founded by Eric Schmidt, the former Google CEO and leader of the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Board, and Wendy Schmidt — that aims to find and connect talented people “to harness their collective skill for public benefit,” according to its website.
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The US may have bought more than 80 fighter jets to aid Ukraine
The US appears to have bought 81 old fighter jets from Kazakhstan for $1.5 million, intending to transfer them to Ukraine for components and bait.
Ukraine’s Kyiv Post newspaper said on April 28 that the US used overseas businesses to buy 81 border-type military aircraft from Kazakhstan, including MiG-29 fighters, MiG-27 attack aircraft and bombers. Su-24 tactical bomber. The total value of the deal is about 1.5 million USD, meaning each of these aircraft is sold for nearly 19,000 USD.
The newest helicopter for the US Marines has be
Leroy Arthur Petry is a retired member of the United States Army and a recipient of the prestigious Medal of Honor. He earned the award through acts of courage undertaken during a conflict in eastern Afghanistan in 2008.
Background
Leroy Petry. Public Domain.
Petry was inspired to follow his cousin’s footsteps into the military after he saw him enlist in the United States Army as a Ranger. Upon graduation from high school in 1999, he joined the service and attended basic combat training at Fort Benning, Georgia.
U.S. Cyber Command, through the Defense Innovation Unit, has begun the process to standardize the gear that defensive cyber teams use to perform their missions.
That effort will now also combine the equipment cyber protection teams use with the kit for hunt-forward operations performed by the Cyber National Mission Force, Cybercom’s elite unit tasked with defending the nation against significant digital threats.
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How the CIA Supported Ukraine During the Conflict
The CIA has provided critical support to Ukraine in its conflict with Russia through confidential operations and strategic partnerships in the field of international espionage. This assistance has enabled Ukrainian intelligence to collect essential information, plan operations, and respond effectively to Russian aggression.
Ukrainian Intelligence Operations
During the ongoing conflict, Ukrainian intelligence has established secret bases with the help of the CIA.
Bryson Banks served in the Marine Corps and is now a rising star in stand up comedy. (Photos courtesy of Bryson Banks).
Stand-up comedy is a constant grind for comedians. But rising star and former Marine Corps Scout Sniper Bryson Banks credits his training in the Marine Corps for his ability to persevere through the brutal grind of the comedy circuit. “Suffer patiently and patiently suffer,” as his old sniper platoon used to say.
“There’s a lot of that in the beginning of stand-up comedy. Even though you have these opportunities, you still have some failures along the way.
The British Army will retire over 1,500 armoured and protected vehicles in the years ahead as it drives towards commonality.
Forty-eight cadet teams from around the world h
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The UK has touted the prospect of additional procurement batches of the F-35 as it looks to fulfil its 138-aircraft programme of record. (Crown copyright)
The UK government has said that the Ministry of Defence (MoD) will seek additional acquisition phases for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning combat aircraft, beyond the phase currently contracted and the one now in negotiation.
Germany approves software update investment for its existing 82 Army and 18 Navy NH90 helicopters, which will provide display information.
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Defence ministers of France and Germany have formalised their commitment towards the Main Ground Combat System (MGCS) programme.
Virginia-class submarine
New Jersey
was delivered to the US Navy.
(Janes/Michael Fabey)
HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) unit confirmed on 25 April it had delivered Virginia-class fast-attack submarine
New Jersey
(SSN 796) to the US Navy (USN) in a release, noting the SSN is scheduled to be commissioned later in 2024.
A full-scale mock-up of the New Generation Fighter that sits at the core of the FCAS/SCAF project of which Belgium is now an official observer. (Janes/Gareth Jennings)
Belgium has joined France, Germany, and Spain in the Future Combat Air System (FCAS)/Système de Combat Aérien du Futur (SCAF) programme, with the Belgian government saying the country now has observer status.
Defence Minister Ludivine Dedonder and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Labour Pierre-Yves Dermagne announced the news in a joint communiqué released on 26 April.
Army Technology interviewed Alec Bain, senior principal Command and Control analyst for the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL).
Saab’s Q1 performance demonstrates potential for growth despite market challenges, as pointed out by CEO Micael Johansson.