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The Navy’s next-generation aerial jamming system reached initial operational capability in December, according to the sea service.
Officials announced this week that the Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band pod, which will be mounted on EA-18G Growler aircraft, had reached the critical milestone — meaning the design, testing and production of the pod meets the logistical needs of the carrier air wings and Growler squadrons.
Overall, the NGJ — a cooperative program with the Royal Australian Air Force — is the replacement for the decades-old ALQ-99.
Back from their holiday break, Chris, Melanie, and Zack discuss Michael Horowitz and Joshua Schwartz’s recent War on the Rocks’ article, which considers whether and how the United States and its allies should incorporate new technologies into their military forces.
In a press conference on Jan. 7, President-elect Donald Trump declined to rule out using military force to acquire Greenland. Previously, he proclaimed that American “ownership and control” of the semi-autonomous island, which is part of the Kingdom of Denmark, was “an absolute necessity.” The incoming president has also reposted a recent article arguing the virtues of a U.S. takeover of the island and even extended a Christmas greeting to “the People of Greenland, which is needed by the United States for National Security purposes” a few days later.
Jan Tegler, NatDef
The Navy is depending on a private company to perform the vital task it once did itself of carrying out airborne supply missions to its ships at sea.
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A wide array of chronic cost overruns and industrial capacity factors could torpedo the Navy’s goal of fielding a 390-ship force by 2054.
Kerry Picket, The Washington Times
New gun laws took effect on Jan. 1 in states that expand and restrict the right to carry a firearm.
Steve Deal, Responsible Statecraft
We need a ‘Marshall moment’ to reform the military’s leadership selection system — before it’s too late.
The film version of Wicked came out in November 2024 to much fanfare and has made over $471M at the box office. It brings a fresh take and new story to the great Wizard of Oz tale by L. Frank Baum and is brought to life on screen via the adaptation from Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, and Edgar Allen Woolf. The new movie was directed by Jon M. Chu, who directed Crazy Rich Asians, written by experienced scribes Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox with music done by the prolific Stephen Schwarzman.
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We tried something different on today’s video. Greek inspired wings. We also hear from Nick Padlo on his service and how he is out there helping vets.
To learn more about his program, you can check out his website, www.sophrosrecovery.com. Check them out today!
The post My Chow Line – Greek Inspired Wings With Nick Padlo Of Sophros Recovery appeared first on Armed Forces Press.
The Army wants to overhaul how soldiers go to chow with a new generation of dining halls that look and feel like college campus cafeterias. In the launch of a major overhaul that will hand control of dining facilities to private contractors, the Army released a Request for Proposals Tuesday that lays out what it wants its next generation of chow halls to look like.
The proposal details a new kind of dining hall overseen by a head chef and staff working as contractors and new nutrition rules that should expand the kind of food available.
Defense leaders overseeing technology development, procurement and other critical areas under the outgoing Biden administration are actively engaging with senior members on President-elect Donald Trump’s team preparing to take over at the Pentagon after the inauguration later this month, three officials involved said this week.
Pentagon spokesperson Sue Gough confirmed on Wednesday that more than 100 meetings were conducted so far to set the Defense Department on its path ahead for the next presidential term — and more are planned between now and the switchover on Jan. 20.
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Television personality and former SAS commando Ant Middleton has declared he may run for mayor of London.
Sadiq Khan, a Pakistani Brit and member of the Labor Party, currently serves in the office.
Labor has seen its poll numbers plummet amidst the incompetence and malevolence of Keir Starmer’s UK government, and Reform UK is surging in the polls and set to win large numbers in parliament next cycle.
It is likely Middleton, working with Nigel Farage and team, sees an opportunity to take out Khan as mayor and restore London to safety and greatness.
With declining numbers, delays to replacement platforms, and the prospect of further cuts, the British Army’s decline continues in 2025.
A historic Marine infantry battalion, whose regimental colors were burned prior to their capture during World War II and was then reforged from one of the Corps’ first Marine Raider units, will be remade again as part of the Marine Corps’ force structure changes that focus on China and the Pacific.
On Friday, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines will hold a redesignation ceremony at Camp Pendleton, California, so that the unit can become part of the 12th Littoral Combat Team, said Capt. Kristine Doan, a spokesperson with the 1st Marine Division.
Advanced adversaries are acquiring intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities and other tools that will make it easier to locate American troops. To counter that, U.S. special operations forces need to hone their ability to achieve “security through obscurity” on “hyper-transparent battlefields,” officials say.
During the post-9/11 Global War on Terror, U.S. commandos squared off against relatively low-tech adversaries.
Armed with a three-and-a-half-foot-long bamboo stick with a slit cut on one end, a 14-inch World War II Japanese bayonet, and a silenced .38 Special revolver pistol, Nicholas “Nick” Sanza was deep underground in the Viet Cong tunnel system. He was wearing the same black pajamas of his enemy, strictly ate their food, and used their skills to hear in the dark what his eyes could not see.
“I was a tunnel rat. Some of the tunnels I went down were close to 60 feet down,” Sanza told Task & Purpose.
Sanza joined the Army after high school, carrying on a family military tradition.
An F-16 from Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, dropped an external tank on Tuesday, but no one on the ground was injured, an Air Force spokesperson confirmed.
The incident took place about 11 a.m. and the fuel pod landed in the city of Niceville, Florida, a spokesperson for Eglin Air Force Base said. No physical damage was reported.
No information about why the F-16 dropped the fuel tank or what unit it was assigned to was immediately available. The matter is under investigation, the Eglin spokesperson said.
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BISim has initiated a strategic partnership with Rheinmetall to advance the creation of advanced simulation solutions for military training.
MBDA completed the acquisition of Roxel, bringing the company into its European defence conglomerate by purchasing the remaining 50%.
A senior UK MoD official has confirmed that testing of exhaust emissions of in-service helicopters has begun this month.
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President-elect threatens to hit Denmark with high tariffs if officials there don’t cooperate with his bid for Greenland.
RespStatecraft
With an eye on China’s expanding footprint, Trump aims to recalibrate US strategy across three crucial global choke points.
Stephen Blank, RealClearDefense
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For all that has been made of how artificial intelligence can increase the military’s warfighting capabilities, such as improving targeting and intelligence analysis, an…
Colton Jones, Defence Blog
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Should a war erupt with China over Taiwan, many observers seem to think that Europe would be largely irrelevant as far as the actual fighting is concerned. Those who share this opinion typically point to Europe’s reluctance to confront China or a lack of meaningful military capabilities to bring to the table. Or they prefer Europe simply mind its knitting and focus on the Russian threat, which is much closer to home, and would free up the United States to concentrate on China. We have a different perspective.
Armed Forces Press Editor Darin Gaub joined Fox News on January 7, 2025 to discuss Biden’s release of terrorists held in GITMO.
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Output talks with former Delta commander Pete Blaber on the threats America faces.
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There’s no such thing as “another day at the office” when you’re a member of a specialized military unit. It’s especially true for Staff Sergeant Joshua Alvord, whose role in the Air Force’s ceremonial Honor Guard unit. His job? Body bearer.
In this elite role, Alvord, alongside his teammates, carries the remains of deceased service members, their dependents, and senior or national leaders to their final resting places at Arlington National Cemetery.
An Army doctor pleaded guilty to 41 charges of sexual misconduct in one of the largest sexual abuse cases in military history, involving dozens of patients at an Army facility in Washington.
Maj. Michael Stockin, an anesthesiologist at Joint Base Lewis-McChord pleaded guilty Tuesday to Uniform Code of Military Justice charges for abusive sexual contact and “indecent viewing” of undressed patients from incidents that occurred between November 2019 through April 2022.
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Minnesota Vikings defensive end Pat Jones II is teaming up with Polaris and Call of Duty to highlight the latest brand collaboration between the global leader in Powersports and one of the world’s leading video game developers, all while giving back to veterans by raising funds for Call of Duty Endowment.
Dylan Gott (USMC ret.), Ivan Pace (Vikings), Jon Nieto (USMC vet.) and Pat Jones II (Vikings) getting ready to play Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. Photo courtesy of Polaris.
Jones grew up around the military as his father served in the Navy.
The Navy will name a new warship after Robert Kerrey, the first Navy SEAL to be awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam, who went on to a political career as a governor, U.S senator and one-time candidate for President.
The USS Robert Kerrey will be an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, built around the Aegis radar system designed to defend Navy battle groups from air attack. The Kerrey will be the third Arleigh Burke-class ship named for a SEAL.
On December 16, 2024, A24 Films released the first trailer for Warfare, a film written and directed by Iraq War veteran and former Navy SEAL Ray Mendoza along with Civil War director Alex Garland. Based on Mendoza’s experiences in Iraq, the film’s tagline is, “Everything is based on memory.”
Set in 2006, Warfare follows a team of SEALs as they fight to survive and extract from an Iraqi city (likely Ramadi) after what appears to be a compromised sniper overwatch mission.
Lithuania plans to integrate these small, vertical-lift support drones with larger Switchblade 600 loitering munitions
The beloved A-10 Warthog continues to show its worth even though the Air Force is rapidly draining them out of its current fleet and plans to retire all the aircraft in a few years.
Most recently, A-10s took part in airstrikes against the Islamic State group, or ISIS, from Dec. 30 to Jan. 6 around Iraq’s Hamrin mountains, U.S. Central Command recently announced.
“The A-10s tasked to support ground forces in the area were successful in eliminating the ISIS fighters within a cave,” a Jan. 6 news release from CENTCOM says.
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FN Herstal has initiated the Small Arms Ammunition Technologies (SAAT) project to develop a unified standard for small arms ammunition.
Elbit Systems has secured a nearly $60m contract to provide a NATO member state in Europe with its C-UAS solution.
I’m A Soldier – “Turning The Tide”
