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US airstrike blocks ISIS fighters evacuated in deal with Lebanon | WASHINGTON A U.S. warplane bombed a bridge and cratered a road in Syria to block the movement of Islamic State fighters who were being evacuated in a controversial deal that was hatched with Lebanon, Hezbollah and ISIS, according to Army Col. Ryan Dillon, a spokesperson for Operation Inherent Resolve. The convoy is "n... |
Soldiers shooting artillery off ships Tell it to the Marines | Some Arty soldiers are about to get their sea legs. Soldiers will fire Army artillery and rockets from the decks of Navy ships this summer in the largest maritime exercise in the world. For the first time last year, Marines successfully fired High Mobility Rocket Systems from the deck of the amphibious assault ship Ess... |
How the US dropped more munitions in Afghanistan this year than it has since the height of the war | U.S. forces in Afghanistan have dropped more munitions in the first three months of this year than during the same time period in 2011 a time widely considered the height of the war there. The spike in bombing comes after years of drawing down U.S. troops across the country's remote villages and looks like it relies ... |
Iran can expand range of its missiles says revolutionary guard commander | WASHINGTON A senior commander in Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps said Monday that Tehran has can expand the range of its missiles beyond the current limit of 2,000 kilometers the latest in a war of words with Washington. "We have the capability to build missiles with higher ranges," IRGC Aerospace Force commander Br... |
Pentagon identifies US soldier killed in Afghanistan | The Defense Department on Friday released the name of the soldier who was killed this week in Afghanistan. Sgt. James Slape, 23, died Thursday in Helmand province from wounds sustained from an improvised explosive device. He was deployed in support of Operations Resolute Support and Freedom's Sentinel. Slape, of Morehe... |
Streamlight launches ProTac railmounted HLX laser | Streamlight Inc. a leading provider of high-performance lighting and weapon light/laser sighting devices, introduced a laser-equipped model of its popular ProTac Rail Mount HL-X weapon light. The ultra-bright long-gun light delivers 1,000 lumens, while offering double-switch functionality and an integrated red aiming l... |
US Navy to add 46 ships in five years but 355 ships wont come for a long time | WASHINGTON The U.S. Navy will grow by more than 40 ships over the next five years, the Navy's Budget director said Monday. But while the fleet will grow rapidly in the near term, the gains will sputter out shortly thereafter. While the shipbuilding budget request saw a relatively modest increase in the service's 2019 ... |
First F35B Fighter Jets Arrive in Japan | MELBOURNE, Australia The first Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters have arrived in Japan, beginning the type's first permanent overseas basing assignment with the US Marine Corps. According to the III Marine Expeditionary Force, F-35Bs from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron VMFA 121 "Green Knights" a... |
Nuclear warhead manager seeks FY19 funding for new nuke designs | WASHINGTON The agency in charge of managing America's nuclear warheads is in discussions with the Office of Management and Budget about getting funding to start work on two new nuclear capabilities sought by the Trump administration. The National Nuclear Security Administration, a semiautonomous agency within the Depa... |
Hardware endstrength Russia and China sanctions Heres the deal lawmakers reached on the huge defense | WASHINGTON U.S. House and Senate negotiators reached agreement Monday on a 716 billion defense authorization bill that includes a sizable boost in military end strength, more ships and planes than the White House asked for, and a compromise on U.S. sanctions on Russia. The agreement comes months ahead of Congress' typ... |
Your new Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force talks promotions enlisted pilots dwell time and more | The Air Force's new top enlisted leader, Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Kaleth Wright, doesn't mince words when he talks about his rough, early days in the service. "I was a pretty crappy airman, honestly," Wright said in a Feb. 15 interview in his new, still-bare office at the Pentagon. "I used to get in troub... |
US Air Force secretary JSTARS recap decision coming this month | WASHINGTON A decision on the future of the JSTARS recap program appears to be imminent, with the U.S. Air Force's top civilian doubling down on statements that the service would decide whether to cancel the program this month. By the end of October, the U.S. Air Force will have completed a "rapid assessment" to determ... |
Russia warns of consequences following Norways call for more Marines | Russia issued threats following Norway's decision to invite several hundred more Marines to the Arctic country for training. The threat was made via a posting to the Russian Embassy's Facebook page on Thursday. "Such acts are contrary to the Norwegian decision of 1949 to "not open bases for foreign forces in Norwegian ... |
Numbers game How the Air Force is following the Army and Navys bad example | On Sept. 17, Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson stole a page from the Army and the Navy, announcing that the Air Force needed to grow its number of operational squadrons by 25 percent, from 312 to 386. The Army and the Navy have both mastered the art of using absolute numbers of soldiers and ships, respectively,... |
Punishments but no criminal charges in US attack on Afghanistan hospital | WASHINGTON A U.S. gunship attack on a hospital in Afghanistan that killed 42 people occurred because of human errors, process errors and equipment failures and none of the crew knew they were striking a trauma center, a top U.S. general said Friday. No criminal charges have been leveled against U.S. military personnel... |
Corker erupts at GOP leaders for derailing vote on Trump tariffs | WASHINGTON Republican Sen. Bob Corker gave Republican colleagues an earful Tuesday for blocking a vote on his legislation to check U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff authority. The proposed amendment to the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act would have given Congress a shot at overturning the president's steel ... |
Space Force and midterms share stage as Trump signs Pentagon policy bill | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump signed the 716 billion defense policy bill for fiscal 2019 into law at the Army's Fort Drum in New York on Monday making personal pitches for Republican candidates and his controversial Space Force proposal. At a giant ceremony in an aircraft hangar, Trump called out specifics i... |
Lockheed planning big shift away from LCS propulsion system for its future frigate offering | PARIS Lockheed Martin is planning to shift from its littoral combat ship's water-jet propulsion to a propulsion system that the U.S. Navy is more familiar with for its future frigate offering, Lockheed's vice president for small combatants and ship systems told reporters at the 2018 Euronaval show. As it works through... |
B2 Spirit stealth bombers 200 airmen deploy to Guam | Three B-2 Spirit stealth bombers and approximately 200 airmen arrived at Andersen Air Force Base on Guam Monday. The aircraft and airmen, assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, deployed to Guam in support of U.S. Pacific Command's bomber assurance and deterrence mission, according to Pa... |
Another government shutdown is possible Whats at stake for the military | WASHINGTON Congress could cause a partial government shutdown next month, with proposed defense spending at the center of a looming feud between Capitol Hill and the White House. The Trump administration on Thursday unveiled its proposed fiscal 2018 budget for all federal programs and a plan to fund the last few month... |
Government asks high court to hear transgender military case | The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to issue an unusually quick ruling on the Pentagon's policy of restricting military service by transgender people. It's the fourth time in recent months the administration has sought to bypass lower courts that have blocked some of its more controversial propos... |
Diplomats ousted US Europe punish Russia over spy case | WASHINGTON The United States and more than a dozen European nations kicked out Russian diplomats on Monday and the Trump administration ordered Russia's consulate in Seattle to close, as the West sought joint punishment for Moscow's alleged poisoning of an ex-spy in Britain. Warning of an "unacceptably high" number of... |
Pentagon investigators slam militarys oversight of supply ships | The Navy's failure to oversee maintenance of supply ships operated by contractors has gotten so bad that one "developed a hole in the hull" while it was transporting Marine Corps gear to an exercise and never made it to its destination, according to a Pentagon Inspector General report released last month. The IG's prob... |
After a combined 21 years of service these military working dogs got the sendoff they deserve | Air Force veterans aren't usually presented a bone with their certificate of retirement, but Astra and Marky aren't your typical airmen. The ribbon-decorated vests they wore at their joint retirement ceremony weren't unusual, nor was their combined 21 years of service. It was their tails that stood out at Shaw Air Forc... |
Taliban ceasefire halted fighting but not the Corps mission in Helmand | The brief few days of peace between the Taliban and Afghan government was a watershed moment for the war-torn region, when thousands of Taliban fighters entered Afghanistan's cities to join government officials in celebrating the annual Muslim holiday of Eid. The three-day cease-fire boosted hopes of ending the nearly ... |
Revealed The new structure for the Pentagons tech and acquisition offices | LONDON Pentagon leaders, already worried about the emerging technologies that will shape the next generation of war, have reorganized their leadership structure to emphasize quantum science, artificial intelligence and directed energy, Defense News has learned. The new effort is a major restructuring for the two Penta... |
Congress to MDA Prepare for spacebased missile attacks | WASHINGTON Congress made another aggressive push for space-based missile defense by carving out language in the fiscal 2018 defense policy bill that asks the Missile Defense Agency to develop capabilities to track and respond to missile attacks from space. Specifically, the bill would require MDA to develop both a per... |
Tech problems shut down DoD spouse scholarship program | Military spouses eligible for up to 4,000 in tuition assistance through a Defense Department program can't apply for the benefit thanks to technical problems that have extended a planned July server outage into August. The planned updates to the My Career Advancement Account online portal, including the move to a new w... |
S400 Strengthens Chinas Hand in the Skies | TAIPEI A deal between Russia and China for procurement of the new S-400 air defense system will serve as a force multiplier for Beijing in its quest to dominate the skies along its borders, experts said. The 400-kilometer-range system will, for the first time, allow China to strike any aerial target on the island of T... |
DoD Embraces Commercial Space Boom But Warns of Its Limits | COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. From reusable rocket engines to hypersonic spaceplanes, the Pentagon is looking to leverage a recent boom in commercial space innovation for military applications. But not all missions can be outsourced, according to one top military official. Space Command Chief Gen. John Hyten laid out the ca... |
The Air Forces next step after its light attack demo A combat trial | HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. This month, three industry teams will hand over four different light attack aircraft to Air Force pilots for a series of flight demonstrations to test just how well the aircraft can prosecute targets on the ground while operating in austere desert environments. Those that prove their mett... |
Boeing pushes back on the KC46 programs bad reputation with the Air Force | SEATTLE Boeing has now racked up more than 3 billion worth of pretax charges on the KC-46 due to cost overruns and schedule delays, but the head of its defense business told reporters Thursday that the program's problems are, for the most part, in the rearview mirror. Last week, the company disclosed another 81 millio... |
The Corps is dishing out big bonuses for grunts and other jobs Heres whats in it for you | The Corps' latest Selective Retention Bonuses are packing all kinds of goodies for a slew of job fields, but this year's plan dishes out nearly 70,000 for qualified Marines in specific infantry billets. New for this year are kickers for air traffic controllers, infantry squad leaders and a series of squad leader initia... |
This battalion commander tried to withhold holiday time off for recruiters who didnt make quotas | Army Recruiting Command is undermanned and tasked with filling a large gap of recruits after missing last year's goal. Though the service is trying to fill those recruiter slots and coming up with new marketing to get young Americans in the door, there have been a handful of drastic measures floated this year, and the ... |
Benefits basics Commissaries and exchanges | , Commissaries and exchanges have undergone some major changes in the last year, with more proposals on the horizon that would affect the benefits ... including a proposal by Defense Department officials to consolidate the programs. What you need to know about both, What they are Commissaries are on-base stores that se... |
North Korean leader agrees to dismantle main nuclear site if US takes similar action | PYONGYANG, North Korea The leaders of North and South Korea announced a wide range of agreements Wednesday which they said were a major step toward peace on the Korean Peninsula, but with a big condition for denuclearization. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stated he would permanently dismantle his main nuclear comple... |
Dont reactivate the old frigates internal US Navy memo recommends | WASHINGTON A move gaining traction in the upper echelons of the Navy to bring back mothballed Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates would cost billions, cut into modernization accounts for other ships and add little to the Navy's capabilities, according to documents obtained by Defense News. The Navy estimates that bring... |
McCain warns Trump to watch his words after North Korea fire and fury | WASHINGTON Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain said Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump has to watch his words better after the commander in chief threatened North Korea in an escalating nuclear standoff. "It's a difficult challenge, and I hope the president, which he is not now doing, would be v... |
Persian Gulf veterans still fighting for proper health care 25 years after war | Retired Marine Capt. David Winnett is grateful for his Tricare health program, which keeps him from having to go to the Veterans Affairs Department to treat his Gulf War-related illnesses. At the VA, says the moderator of the 10,003-member Facebook group Gulf War Illnesses, veterans often are sent to mental health prov... |
From specialists to sergeants major the Army is overhauling its education system | Top to bottom, the Army is changing the way it educates soldiers. From professional military education to the transition back to civilian life, the Army is trying to grow better leaders and give soldiers tools to translate their knowledge into civilian education, officials said during a presentation Oct. 10 at the Asso... |
Warren a critic of Pentagon bloat and nukes heads to 2020 presidential run | WASHINGTON Sen. Elizabeth Warren, an advocate of reining in America's military budget and commitments around the globe, on Monday took the first major step toward launching a widely anticipated campaign for the presidency. While Warren's banking her reputation as a populist fighter can help her navigate a Democratic f... |
Trumps halt of war games could weaken defenses in Korea | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump's decision to suspend major U.S. military exercises in South Korea could weaken allied defenses, depending on the length and scope of the hiatus. But the potential for diplomatic damage seems even greater. The United States, South Korea and Japan were making a public display of solida... |
Amazon cloud automation help resuscitate OCX program | COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. When Raytheon ran into trouble developing the U.S. Air Force's next-generation GPS control stations, it turned to a tiny Pentagon office populated with technology geeks from Silicon Valley for software help. The Operational Control System program called OCX for short had been plagued with cos... |
European Defense Agency chief questions unhealthy defense trade with the US | PARIS The head of the European Defense Agency said Europe must wean itself from U.S. high-tech weaponry, proposing that arms deals with Washington could decrease in an effort to achieve greater "strategic autonomy" for the continent. Jorge Domecq said the development would be a natural outcome of emerging efforts by t... |
UK prime minister moves to reassure industry as Brexit terms lose support | LONDON British Prime Minister Theresa May put her Brexit troubles aside July 17 to open the Farnborough Airshow with a speech promising increased spending on research and technology and a possible deal to raise performance in the local aerospace sector. But industry executives are hoping she will approve a similar dea... |
Hybrid warfare in the Middle East | Special operations commanders cover a range of threats in the Middle East for attendees of MESOC in Amman, Jordan. |
Infantry Officer Course lowers requirement for hikes | Faced with towering attrition rates, the Marine Corps has steadily modified its grueling Infantry Officer Course changes that top Marines say are not attempts to water down standards, but to more accurately replicate today's real-world requirements. Recent changes include the number of evaluated hikes required to pass... |
Japans potential buy of 100 more F35s would have big international significance | WASHINGTON and MELBOURNE, Australia Japan is reportedly interested in buying another 100 F-35s, including a version of the aircraft that could allow it to operate from its Izumo-class destroyers. If it does, aerospace experts expect that the massive deal will have reverberations beyond Japan, or even beyond China. Jap... |
Secret cellphone recording of barracks hazing leads to six NJPs and a courtmartial | A spate of aggressive room inspections and an assault in the barracks at Camp Pendleton, California, last year resulted in a punishment of at least seven noncommissioned officers for hazing-related misconduct, according to a Marine Corps investigation. The incident occurred in April 2017 when two junior ranking Marines... |
Retirement Guide Army officer wonders if injuries affect retirement decision | Army Maj. Matthew Riley is the classic example of why the decision about whether the new Blended Retirement System is a distinctly individual one. He has more than nine years of service and works as a microbiologist at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick, Maryland. But becaus... |
DSCA head looking at creating security cooperation university among other ideas | WASHINGTON The new head of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency is seriously considering the creation of a security cooperation university, as he looks for ways to speed the famously deliberate foreign military sales system. Lt. Gen. Charles Hooper, who took over DSCA in August, is intrigued by expanding the curren... |
US India and Japan launch joint naval exercises to keep China in check | NEW DELHI The navies of the United States, India and Japan have begun war gaming in the Bay of Bengal as part of the Malabar 2017 exercise. Three aircraft carriers the USS Nimitz of the U.S. Navy, INS Vikramaditya of the Indian Navy and the JS Izumo of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force are part of the 21st editi... |
This is why A10s have been training to land on highways near Russia | The U.S. Air Force's A-10 Thunderbolts and special tactics airmen have been practicing rough landings on improvised runways in the Baltic countries this month. , In early June, A-10s from the Michigan Air National Guard's 107th Fighter Squadron and combat controllers from the 321st Special Tactics Squadron practiced la... |
Army Looks to Accelerate AirandMissile Defense Programs | HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- The Army is taking a hard look at the possibility of accelerating some existing air-and-missile defense programs to keep pace with emerging threats, according to service leaders speaking Tuesday at the Space and Missile Defense Symposium.Army Space and Missile Defense Command Commander Lt. Gen. Davi... |
A congressional perspective on the Fitzgerald McCain collisions Commentary | Unfortunately, the tragic collisions of both the U.S. Navy destroyers Fitzgerald off the coast of Japan and John S McCain near Singapore were preventable. Since these incidents, Congress and the Navy have worked together to assess why these collisions occurred and, more importantly, determine what fundamentally needs t... |
The lightattack aircraft competition will be down to two competitors | WASHINGTON The U.S. Air Force is preparing to begin buying light-attack aircraft next year and the winner is going to be either Textron's AT-6 Wolverine or the Sierra Nevada Corp.-Embraer A-29 Super Tucano. According to a pre-solicitation posted on FedBizOpps on Aug. 3, the service will put out a final request for pr... |
India cleared to buy protection system for Boeing VIP aircraft | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department on Wednesday cleared the government of India to purchase two Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures Self-Protection Suites SPS for a pair of Boeing-made 777 aircraft. The systems, which come with an estimated 190 million price tag, will be used for "head of state" aircraft. India ... |
Mattis Deployorgetout rule is about fairness | WASHINGTON New rules requiring members of the military to be able to deploy or get out were put in place to ensure fairness in deployment rates, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said. "You're either deployable, or you need to find something else to do. I'm not going have some people deploying constantly and then other peo... |
Do your homework on militaryfriendly real estate agents | Military families moving to or from areas with high concentrations of service members will have no problem finding real-estate support from agents boasting "military-friendly" service. Like most advertising claims, these should be vetted as much as possible when you select the person who will help you buy or sell somet... |
Pompeo to visit North Korea next week with Ford exec as envoy | WASHINGTON Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday appointed a senior executive with Ford Motor Co. to be his special envoy for North Korea and said they both would visit Pyongyang next week. Pompeo announced that he had chosen Stephen Biegun to handle day-to-day negotiations with the North over dismantling its nuc... |
Ensign commissions her 63yearold father as a Navy officer | Tyrone Krause raised his right hand Friday at Naval Station Norfolk aboard the guided-missile destroyer Ramage to take the oath to become a Navy officer at the ripe age of 63. Krause, the chief of cardio-thoracic surgery at Jersey City Medical Center, was commissioned as a commander after the Navy determined his 24 ye... |
Tillerson hopes to mend strained USTurkey ties | ISTANBUL U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Monday acknowledged severe strains in U.S.-Turkey relations, although he said he is hopeful of mending ties with the NATO ally and partner in the anti-Islamic State coalition. He also said he hoped that the U.S. and Turkey could replicate an agreement reached last week... |
Marine F35s grounded due to software concerns | WASHINGTON F-35B joint strike fighters based at Yuma Air Station in Arizona have been temporarily grounded due to issues with a key support system.The issue centers on the stealth jet's Autonomic Logistics Information System, or ALIS, The software behind ALIS is woven through the F-35, and plays a vital role in everyt... |
Veterans at center of medical marijuana legalization push | A trio of senators pushing for nationwide legalization of medical marijuana are putting veterans at the center of that effort, saying the law today prevents war heroes from getting all the care they need. The measure, which would reclassify marijuana to allow more medical use and research, is a long shot to pass the Re... |
The Air Force needs more special ops airmen This is how it plans to get them | The Air Force has activated a new recruiting squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland's Medina Annex in Texas, focused on sourcing candidates for its special operations career fields. For the first time, a unit dubbed the 330th Recruiting Squadron will be solely dedicated to recruiting for the Air Force's ground-b... |
Air Force F22 Raptors are back at Kadena for the first time since 2014 | F-22A Raptors this week returned to Kadena Air Base in Japan for the first time in more than three years, the Air Force said. In a release, Pacific Air Forces said that the fifth-generation fighters, aircrew and support personnel were from the 525th Fighter Squadron at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska. They ar... |
Pakistan pushed into Chinas embrace as US cuts military aid | ISLAMABAD Pakistan is being further pushed into China's embrace as a consequence of the U.S. State Department's plan to cut military aid to Islamabad, analysts agree. The U.S. decision came days after President Donald Trump's New Year's Day tweet that accused Pakistan of playing U.S. leaders for "fools," reiterating l... |
What to expect from the Warrior Monk | The career and character of retired Gen. Jim Mattis has come under a microscope recently, since the revered Marine officer was tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to be the next defense secretary. The outpouring of reports and recollections published during the past several weeks offers some new insight into how the... |
New Army secretary committed to designing fresh future readiness blueprint | WASHINGTON The new U.S. Army secretary, confirmed in mid-November, has spent his first days in office on the ground with troops both in Afghanistan and at the National Training Center in California examining the readiness of the force and how the deployed are faring in their mission. But he's also turned his attention... |
Navy studies Training testing may kill whales dolphins | source GAIA package Sx_MilitaryTimes_M6201310308300011_5675.zip Origin key Sx_MilitaryTimes_M6201310308300011 imported at Fri Jan 8 181811 2016 , Navy training and testing could inadvertently kill hundreds of whales and dolphins and injure thousands over the next five years, mostly as a result of detonating explosives ... |
Report Russian jet buzzes US spy plane over Baltic Sea | A Russian jet came within 20 feet of a Navy surveillance aircraft as it flew in international airspace over the Baltic Sea on Tuesday, CNN reported. The intercept involving the Russian Su-27 jet and a Navy P-8 Poseidon was considered safe, but unprofessional, according to the CNN report. Navy officials would not confir... |
Joint AirtoGround Missile Destroys Small Boat in Test | WASHINGTON The missile that will ultimately replace the US Army's Hellfire missile successfully destroyed a small remotely piloted boat from more than 4 kilometers away, according to the service.In a Dec. 7 flight test at Eglin Air Force Base Maritime Range, Florida, the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile JAGM was launched b... |
Turkey says its Syria offensive against Kurdish fighters doesnt hinge on US pullout | ANKARA, Turkey Turkey's foreign minister says a planned Turkish military offensive against U.S.-allied Kurdish fighters in northeast Syria doesn't depend on whether the United States withdraws its troops from the region. Mevlut Cavusoglu said in an interview with NTV news channel on Thursday that Turkey would take the... |
Should US troops be involved in the Yemen civil war | WASHINGTON House lawmakers approved a measure to block all U.S. forces and equipment from involvement in the ongoing civil war in Yemen, in an effort to stop American forces from assisting Saudi Arabia in the hostilities there. The 248-177 vote could soon spur the first veto of President Donald Trump's administration,... |
2018 military pay raise is the biggest in eight years but how generous is it | WASHINGTON Congressional lawmakers are boasting that the recently passed fiscal 2018 defense authorization bill has the largest pay raise for troops in the past eight years. But that has less to do with newfound generosity among lawmakers and more to do with the expected rise in civilian wages next year. Included in t... |
Parris Island evacuated ahead of Hurricane Irma | Nearly 6,600 recruits and 1,000 personnel are being evacuated from Parris Island, South Carolina, to Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, Georgia, officials said. It is not yet known how long the recruits will train in Georgia, said Capt. Adam Flores, a spokesman for Parris Island. It will depend on the weather and if t... |
Marines train Afghans in air support | As U.S. commanders prepare the Afghan security forces for an aggressive push against the Taliban this year, Marines are training a cadre of Afghan attack controllers to call in airstrikes. During recent operations around Marjah, Afghan troops used small ScanEagle drones to identify targets, which were then destroyed by... |
Number of Air Force dronerelated mishaps has remained steady since 2011 | The Air Force sustained 271 Class A, B and C aviation mishaps involving unmanned aerial vehicles from fiscal 2011 to 2017, according to data obtained by Military Times. The number of mishaps has been mostly stable during that time, with an average of about 39 incidents per year. The service documented 43 mishaps involv... |
The Navy sends a carrier back to Russias Arctic haunts | Navy carrier aviation is back in the Arctic Circle for the first time in nearly 30 years, the latest sign that the Pentagon is looking to flex its muscles during an era of great power competition. The Harry S. Truman entered the Norwegian Sea on Friday, the first flattop to do so since September 1991, according to a U.... |
The US Armys three focus areas to avoid protracted combat | WASHINGTON As the U.S. Army's Multi-Domain Operations concept continues to evolve and be tested, the service is finding three key areas to focus on ahead of any major conflict. Lt. Gen. Eric Wesley, the head of the Army Capabilities Integration Center, told reporters Dec. 9 that as his office continues to experiment w... |
Spec ops needs 5000 soldiers | If you dream of donning the coveted Green Beret or flying helicopters with the Army's elite Night Stalkers, now's your chance. This year alone, the Army is seeking about 5,000 candidates for special operations to include 3,000 candidates to try out for Special Forces more than 950 soldiers to serve in civil affairs and... |
Congress again facing a looming VA care funding crisis | WASHINGTON For the second time in less than a year, a controversial Veterans Affairs health program is just weeks away from running out of money and disrupting care for thousands of patients. And, for the second time over that span, lawmakers hoping for sweeping changes to VA health operations are scrambling to balanc... |
Rough Path Ahead for NuclearTestBan Treaty | WASHINGTON US Secretary of State John Kerry last week pledged to renew a push for the US to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, but the way forward appears rocky. Speaking at an Oct. 21 event organized by the National Nuclear Security Administration NNSA, Kerry pledged to spend his last year in office ma... |
Deterring Russia US Army hones skills to mass equipment troops in Europe | HUNTSVILLE, Ala. The U.S. Army is using heel-to-toe rotational deployments of armored brigade combat teams and combat aviation brigades in Europe to practice rapidly massing equipment and troops in countries near the Russian border.The 21st Theater Sustainment Command is laser-focused on decreasing the time it takes t... |
Trump expected to nominate head of US Fleet Forces Command for top post in Pacific | WASHINGTON Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is seeking to nominate the head of U.S. Fleet Forces Command to be the top U.S. military officer in the Pacific, according to three defense officials who spoke on background. , Adm. Phil Davidson's nomination sits with the White House, officials said, which means that barring an... |
US officials say theyre not conducting presence patrols in Manbij Syria but new photos show otherwis | Operation Inherent Resolve recently posted pictures of U.S. soldiers near Manbij, Syria, conducting what the captions called "presence patrols." , But after Military Times reached out to U.S. officials, the photos were quickly removed from DVIDs, the Defense Department's media distribution website. "I have pulled those... |
UK defense chief to reveal Type 31e shipbuilding strategy | LONDON Initial details on how Britain plans to build the first batch of new Type 31e general purpose frigates for the Royal Navy will be unveiled as the centerpiece of a national shipbuilding strategy scheduled to be released by the government on Sept. 6. Defence Secretary Michael Fallon will outline to Parliament on ... |
How the Buffalo Soldiers helped turn the tide in Italy during World War II | African Americans have fought in every major conflict in which the United States has been involved, from the Revolutionary War on. They frequently served with distinction the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War, the 9th and 10th U.S. Colored Cavalry regiments during the Indian wars and ... |
Household goods delayed Heres how to make your inconvenience claim | One military wife was so frustrated by how long it was taking to get her family's unaccompanied baggage shipment from overseas that she took matters into her own hands She paid more than 200 to rent a U-Haul and drove it to pick up the small shipment out of storage herself. Like many other military families this moving... |
Reserves bolster deterrence efforts at Saber Guardian | CINCU, Romania and BEZMER AIR BASE, Bulgaria The U.S. Army-led Saber Guardian showed the U.S. Army reserve forces playing integral roles throughout the exercise across Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary this month. Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, the U.S. Army Europe Command commander, said many of the major reemerging capabilities n... |
Trump signs the largest VA budget ever | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump signed the Department of Veterans Affairs fiscal 2019 budget into law on Friday, giving the department a funding boost of more than 6 percent and pushing the agency's total spending over 200 billion for the first time. The president finalized the bill at a ceremony held in the North L... |
Bob Work has an idea to improve artificial intelligence | Former Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work, the architect behind the Department of Defense's Third Offset strategy, predicted the Pentagon could soon establish an Artificial Intelligence Center of Excellence. , Work, speaking on the Center for a New American Security's Brussel Sprouts podcast on Jan. 9, explained that... |
Merkel nudges China to help save the INF Treaty | MUNICH German Chancellor Angela Merkel wants China to join negotiations about saving the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. She made the appeal at the Munich Security Conference on Feb. 16, directing her words at the highest-ranking Chinese government official in the audience, Yang Jiechi, member of the Politbu... |
US Russia ultimately to blame for Syrian chemical attacks | PARIS Russia is ultimately to blame for any use of chemical weapons in Syria, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Tuesday amid reports of a suspected chemical attack this week near the capital, Damascus. Tillerson said Russia is violating a 2013 agreement it made with the U.S. on the removal of chemical weapons... |
The Army is already putting new gear in soldiers hands as it builds its modernization command | HUNTSVILLE, Alabama The new Army Futures Command is slated for initial operating capability this summer, with full capabilities a year later, but acquisition research teams are already down at the unit level to get soldier input on systems that in development. For example, an infantry battalion within the 82nd Airborn... |
Cruiser skipper fired after Tokyo Bay grounding | The commanding officer of the cruiser Antietam was fired Tuesday, a month after his ship ran aground during a botched anchoring operating in Tokyo Bay, according to a release from U.S. Pacific Fleet. Capt. Joseph Carrigan was relieved "due to a loss of confidence" in his ability to command the Yokosuka-based ship. The ... |
US Air Force kickstarts nextgen rocket development | WASHINGTON The U.S. Air Force on Thursday released a request for proposals for further development of a next-generation launch vehicle, which will give the service access to space through two companies with homegrown rockets and engines. The ultimate aim of the program, called Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle, or EEL... |
The Bundeswehr famously bureaucratic wants to charm technology startups | MUNICH Germany's tech companies could see new business with the military, as Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen seeks to funnel more funding toward cyber technologies under plans to grow the country's defense budget. At least that's the plan. Von der Leyen struck an optimistic tone here at the Munich Security Confe... |
Army Rangers look to kit up their specially trained canines with cameras sensors | U.S. Army Special Operations Command is looking to kit up the 75th Ranger Regiment's dogs with new vests, cameras and sensors. To do that, USASOC is seeking proposals for multi-purpose gear that can be issued to the 75th Ranger Regiment's regimental dog program, according to a statement of work posted Wednesday. The Ra... |
Lowes expands changes its military discount program | National home improvement retailer Lowe's has expanded its everyday military discount program to include all honorably discharged veterans, as of May. The chain also has expanded the 10 percent discount to Lowe's online shopping, which will include free parcel shipping. It will provide for faster checkout and add the a... |
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