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This story was updated Saturday, Jan. 24, with up-to-date snow and ice predictions for major bases based on National Weather Service forecasts.
Garrison leadership at Fort Bragg, North Carolina announced on Friday that it would reducing personnel down to only mission essential staff this weekend, as a massive winter storm bears down on the East Coast. It’s the latest move by a military base as snow begins to blanket several states and many military installations.

The head of the First Naval Construction Regiment was removed from his post on Friday, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command announced.
Capt. Douglas Whimpey was relieved of his role as commodore of the regiment after more than two years “due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command,’ the Navy said.
“Navy leaders are expected to uphold the highest standards of responsibility, reliability, and leadership personally and professionally, and the Navy holds them accountable when they fall short of those standards,” the statement said.
Whimpey was removed from the post by Capt.

The American Revolution did not begin with a musket shot. Long before armies marched and cannons thundered, the decisive struggle unfolded in the minds of the colonists themselves. The winter of 1776 marked a turning point not because of a single military victory, but because a fundamental transformation occurred in how Americans understood power, authority, and their place in the world. In January and February of that year, the revolution became not merely a resistance to British policy, but a moral and ideological struggle for independence.

Hat Tip to writer Drew Magary, who pioneered his Hater’s Guides for Deadspin (RIP), which inspired this series, originally written in 2015. We had no idea WATM would survive this long.
It’s been said before that the U.S. military is a big family. Happy? Never. Dysfunctional? Absolutely, always and forever. We’re like the children of divorce whose mother keeps bringing home a new stepdad every few years.

Wavell Room
It’s hard to shake the feeling that conflict no longer behaves the way we expect it to.

Marine Corps Compass Points
It was 35 years ago this month when Operation Desert Storm began.

CDR Salamander
a solution to a well-appreciated problem?

Defense News
Rep. Jeff Crank believes in the “Golden Dome” missile defense shield proposal — but worries that the U.S.

Naval Tech.
The Tomahawk Block V cruise missile is the latest iteration of the long-serving design.

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Pilot Brad Hall shows off the Bobsleigh Olympic

Amid continuing uncertainty regarding the future of the U.S. Navy’s carrier air wings, and a deprioritisation of the service’s F/A-XX sixth generation fighter program by the Department of War, the firm Stavatti Aerospace has unveiled an independent proposal to provide a next generation fighter built on an entirely different design concept.

The Russian Aerospace Forces on January 24 for the first time launched Kh-22 cruise missiles to strike the Ukrainain capital Kiev, with 12 reportedly fired against targets in the city. The missiles are carried by Tu-22M3 strategic bombers exclusively, with their 6,000 kilogram weights making them to large to be effectively deployed by fighter-sized aircraft.

The German Defence Ministry has placed an additional order for Meteor active radar guided long range air-to-air missiles, which are expected to equip both its modernised Eurofighter fourth generation combat jets, and its F-35A fifth generation fighters that have yet to begin deliveries. The missile’s primary developer MBDA reported that the order was placed through the Meteor Integrated Joint Programme Office, and follows a year of further testing and investment activity across the program in 2025.

The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence has confirmed the awarding of a £453.5 million contract to produce 40 ECRS Mk2 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radars, which are intended to modernise the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) Tranche 3 Eurofighter aircraft. The Eurofighter was one of the last two fighter types in the world alongside the Swedish Gripen to be produced with a mechanically scanned array radar, which seriously limited its combat performance with below average situational awareness, an underwhelming electronic warfare capability, and high vulnerability to jamming.

Like it or not, Benedict Arnold was one of the most capable American commanders during the Revolutionary War. The list of his amazing accomplishments is a long one. Without history’s most infamous turncoat, Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys would probably have gotten drunk instead of moving Fort Ticonderoga’s guns to Boston. At Fort Stanwix, Valcour Island, and Ridgefield, Arnold won stunning victories against impossible odds.

The Department of Defense has removed a loot box vending machine from the Pentagon after just a month of operations. A department spokesperson told Task & Purpose on Friday that the Lucky Box Vending machine was “temporarily” moved out of the food hall it has been in since late December.

The Marine Corps is seeking intelligence specialists to apply for its most elite unit — a recruitment push driven by high demand for the skillset, but amid difficulties in filling the unique roles, according to an official and service announcement.
Marine Forces Special Operations Command (MARFORSOC, or MARSOC), is soliciting enlisted Marines with intelligence backgrounds to join its Special Operations Capability Specialist stable — positions within the formation that support Marine Raiders through various proficiencies.

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AFP recently wrote about the dangers to American high-performance aircraft parked on the ramp domestically, and when deployed globally.
In response to our inquiry, the Department of the Air Force has issued a statement. The following is attributable to a Department of the Air Force spokesperson:
The Department of the Air Force takes unauthorized unmanned aerial system overflights of our installations and assets very seriously. Drone incursions are an urgent and evolving threat.

Just before a major transition and for the first time since Advana’s inception, the Pentagon’s Agency Financial Report for fiscal 2025 excludes any mention or performance-related information about the widely-used data analytics and AI platform.
The reviewers’ decision to omit Advana updates from last year’s report raises new questions about the tool’s efficacy, as officials move to reshape its underpinning program via a broader push to help the agency achieve a clean financial audit.

This story was updated Friday, Jan. 23, with up-to-date snow and ice predictions for major bases based on National Weather Service forecasts.
The 101st Airborne Division paused a major field exercise Wednesday night as military bases across the Midwest and on the Atlantic coast began bracing for a historic winter storm this weekend. Crews at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, began trimming trees on base in anticipation of ice storms, and bases from Missouri to South Carolina stood up various emergency teams with leaders of on-base emergency, medical, and utilities units.

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Some Marines who reenlist in fiscal 2027 will be eligible for selective retention bonus “kickers” up to $50,000 as part of the Corps’ SRB program.
The service announced details about the program in a message that was signed Thursday.
“Retaining our most experienced and qualified Marines remain one of the service’s highest priorities,” the message stated.
The Corps is offering “kickers” for certain enlisted Marines whose current contracts expire in the Oct. 1, 2026 to Sept. 30, 2027 timeframe.

Armed Forces Minister Al Carns has condemned al

This year, the Defense Information Systems Agency will prioritize an effort to unify all of the combatant commands’ networks worldwide into a single, cloud-based platform to improve security and interoperability.
The Mission Network-as-a-Service program aims to break down disparate, geographically-siloed networks used by individual COCOMs into a unified network known as Combatant Command Net (COCOMNet).

Sailors and Marines are now banned from using products containing kratom, a plant derivative widely sold alongside vape and CBD products. Kratom is sold and widely touted as a “natural” treatment for health conditions ranging from anxiety to pain relief to weight loss but those claims have drawn heavy doubts from traditional medical providers. Some states have reported an increasing number of poison control reports, and in severe cases, lawsuits have alleged that users died from concentrated products containing the substance.

The Pentagon recently released a report detaili

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A former Royal Marines cold-weather specialist

Arlington National Cemetery is the final resting place of notable World War II leaders, including Gen. Omar Bradley and Adm. William Halsey. While Maj. Gen. George S. Patton IV is buried at Arlington National Cemetery, his famous father is not. In fact, he’s not even buried in the United States.
Related: America named four tanks after General George S. Patton
After Gen. George S. Patton Jr. died in Allied-occupied Germany in 1945, his body was transported to Luxembourg and buried there. The history of Patton as a military leader is storied, to say the least.

The French DGA has ordered long-range, remote-controlled munitions from the European defence company MBDA and Aviation Design.

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.***IranOnly days ago, the United States appeared poised to make good on President Donald Trump’s threat to intervene if the Iranian regime responded to widespread anti-government unrest with violence. However, while stepping up economic pressure via tariffs and additional sanctions, Washington held off on military action even as Tehran ferociously cracked down.

A quality-of-life issue often cited by rank-and-file soldiers is not being able to use on-base dining facilities, which they technically cover the cost of by having a portion of their monthly pay recouped to cover meal costs. During a recent town hall in Hawaii, a soldier said that the chow hall at Schofield Barracks, known as Warrior Inn, is often closed, and he asked if soldiers could be allowed to use their meal cards at restaurants off base.
“Warrior Inn has been closed for the fifth time within a year,” the soldier, a specialist, said during Tuesday’s town hall held by U.S.

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Elbit Systems UK has completed the full acquisition of UTACS, securing all necessary regulatory and government clearances.

On 17 January, President Trump announced a 10% tariff on US imports from various European countries in response to opposition to US control over Greenland.

Hailing from a small north Texas town, Charley Paddock grew up to become an Olympic gold medalist. Between serving in both world wars, Paddock worked as a newspaper executive. Those communications skills benefited him when he became an aide and public relations officer to Marine Corps Maj. Gen. William Upshur during World War II.
Upshur never achieved Olympic glory, but he achieved something much more valorous. The highlight of his four-decade military career came in 1915, when he was awarded the Medal of Honor during the Haitian Campaign.

Valerie Insinna, Breaking Defense
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The US Navy’s Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) is…

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Pentagon weighs arming new battleships with nuclear weapons, sparking debate over deterrence and escalation risks.

Jangoulun Singsit, Army Technology
It is equipped with digital backbone architecture that incorporates an onboard digital fire control system to manage firing data for its cannon system.

DefenseScoop
The Marine Corps officially designated GenAI.

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When journalists or policy experts fretfully discuss arms racing and military buildups in the Indo-Pacific, they tend to focus on Northeast Asian autocracies rather than Southeast Asian democracies. And yet Indonesia, a historically non-aligned nation with no recent history of great-power war, is currently engaged in a process of unprecedented military expansion. If fully realized, this sweeping set of reforms will grow its total active-duty personnel to over 1.2 million in just five years.

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