Military/Defense News

'Everybody screwed up': Blame game begins over turbulent U.S. exit from Afghanistan

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Military suicides up 16 percent in 2020, but officials don’t blame pandemic

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Today's D Brief: Taliban offer amnesty; The moderation question; Who are the Taliban's leaders?; SO

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Vaccine Mandates Sow Mass Chaos Throughout Military As Service Members Seek Religious Accommodation

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‘This Doesn’t Need to be Defeat. But at the Moment, it Damn Well Feels Like It’

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US WWII veteran reunites with Italians he saved as children

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Army Simplifies and Unifies the Tactical Network

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The Army Brief: In-flight training; Using AI tools; AUMF stays alive; and more...

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Informal Institute for National Security Thinkers and Practitioners

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Counter-Hypersonic Program Enters Next Phase

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Pentagon: US is NOT coordinating evacuation with anyone, even allies

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From Battlefield to Tokyo: Combat Vets Vie at Paralympics

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H-20 Stealth Bomber: Is China's latest firepower overhyped?

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Why Is the U.S. Navy Retiring a Littoral Combat Ship So Early?

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Congress Approves $200 Million for Israel’s Missile Defense Needs

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World War II veterans remember bringing aid to China, mark 80th anniversary of 'Flying Tigers'

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Expeditionary Warfare Highlighting 150 years of expeditionary warfare in U.S. Naval Institute Procee

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US arms warplanes in Mid-East with bunker buster bombs vs Iran, Syia

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A DOD Official Exposes The Intellectual Bankruptcy Of Diversity

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China Tests an Orbital Hypersonic Nuclear-Capable Weapon

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The USMC Is about to Lose 12,500 Marines thanks to Vaccine Mandate

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'Irresponsible act': U.S. raps Russia after missile strike on its own satellite

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He went viral, to the brig and is now leaving the Marines. His family says the Corps failed him

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Taliban Official Claims Role in US Chinook Shootdown that Killed 38 in 2011

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EALs going ‘back to the future’ in shift to near-peer warfare

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CH-47D/F / MH-47E Chinook Transport Helicopter

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Marine Raider veteran receives second highest valor award for Iraq fight

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Here’s why Marine expeditionary units could soon take a hit

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Lessons from the Philippines: Irregular Warfare in Action

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Stanley McChrystal Accidentally Reveals the Dishonesty of U.S. Generals

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The Naval Brief: Vaccine refusal consequences; Navy firefighting scrutinized; U.S. missile deterren

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China’s Nuclear Threat Against Japan: Hybrid Warfare and the End of Minimum Deterrence

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Marines clarify combat evaluation orders in aftermath of deadly AAV sinking

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Why These Bada*ss Balloons Are the Pentagon's New Secret Weapon

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Today’s D Brief: Deadly violence in Gaza &amp Israel; ‘Ransomware explosion’; Army end-strength cap;

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Pentagon Threatens to Downgrade Oklahoma National Guard to a "State Militia" Unless It Com

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Milley says civil war in Afghanistan ‘likely’ after US withdrawal, could lead to 'reconstitution of

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The Naval Brief: MARCENT reorganization; Amphib readiness concerns; Aviation 2030; and more...

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US Marine commandant: Fund ‘Force Design 2030,’ or leave the Corps in a ‘lurch’

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BETTER CURRICULA, BETTER STRATEGIC OUTCOMES: IRREGULAR WARFARE, GREAT POWER COMPETITION, AND PROFESS

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Army Strykers Destroy Attacking Drones & Mortars With 50kw Laser

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JUST IN: Austin Emphasizes Need to Help New Tech Cross ‘Valley of Death’

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Marine 3-star: Technology remade combined arms, the Corps must adjust

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European Combat Air Power: A Snapshot

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Seven decades later, remains of soldier lost in Korean War returned home

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Space, Climate, and Comprehensive Defense Options Below the Threshold of War

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New US Marine units are taking position on 'key terrain' around Taiwan as tensions rise with China

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Getting Competition Wrong: The US Military’s Looming Failure

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Senators Tear into Pentagon Nominee to Oversee Chaplains as Being Anti-Christian

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The US Air Force Has a Fighter Gap Problem

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Futuristic Mortar Turret Seen In Action At U.S. Special Ops Base In Syria

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Mission of Navy SEALs, SOF to Shift Focus For Future Conflicts

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Pentagon quietly hid 130,000+ Afghan war photos, videos from public view

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The Army Brief: Florida trainers are back; Military backbone; Pacific budget concerns; and more...

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Artificial Intelligence and the Urban Battle

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Ending Production of This Warship Is a Mistake

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Over 200 US, S Korean Warplanes Conducting Secret Ops Amid Pyongyang’s Missile Test

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SOFIC NEWS: Special Operators Must Learn to Exist Without ‘Tethers’

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Video:; Burial aboard USS Arizona

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Air Force General: China is Preparing for High-End Fight with United States

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As veterans process end of Afghanistan war, Pentagon to sort through lessons learned

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‘Absolutely Not True’: Army CIO Answers Claim US Has Already Lost To China In AI

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Decoding intelligence on Afghanistan

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Informal Institute for National Security Thinkers and Practitioners

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US Central Command absorbs Israel into its area of responsibility

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US, Russia set up military communication line to prevent accidental clash

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Marines Remove AAVs From Deployment, Water Ops

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Navy Reconsidering Plan to Cut Medical Staff in Light of COVID-19 Pandemic

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"We need help": Current and former Navy SEALs say fame has undercut their mission

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This is the Army’s plan to stop physically breaking so many of its soldiers

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Is the Cure for America’s “Next War-itis” a Military Culture Shift?

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Indispensable but Insufficient: The Role and Limits of Special Operations in Strategic Competition

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Why didn’t the Navy see the USS Bonhomme Richard fire coming?

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Today's D Brief: Kabul departures to begin, Qatar says; SASC oversight coming soon; Chinese influen

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Needed: A Strategy for Unmanned Vehicles

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Why Military Leaders Need to Rethink Battlefield Intelligence in a Smartphone Era

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It’s OK for troops and veterans to not be OK

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Military Must Move Out to Implement Zero Trust

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NEW INITIATIVES AIM TO STEM WARRANT OFFICER SHORTAGE

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The Army wants reusable, networked landmines

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JUST IN: Top General Still Pushing for Creation of a Space National Guard

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Navy willing to pay more for more maintainable ships

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A Common Concern Veterans Aren't Talking About

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The Uncomfortable Reality of the U.S. Army’s Role in a War Over Taiwan

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Japan to shoulder more cost of hosting U.S. military forces

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Army tests climate model in Azure cloud

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Afghanistan IG: We Left ‘Tons’ of Equipment in Afghanistan with ‘No Logistics’ for Afghans to Get Th

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A Slavish Devotion to Forward Presence Has Nearly Broken the U.S. Navy

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House Impatient With Air Force’s and Navy’s Electronic Warfare Progress

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These Deadly Grenade Launchers Are the Ultimate Navy SEAL Weapons

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What you should know about ‘Bitskrieg: The New Challenge of Cyberwarfare’

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Baby Girl Born to Widow of Marine Killed in Kabul Bombing

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Thousands of smartphones purchased by VA went unused

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Air Force general to review errant Kabul drone strike, make recommendations for discipline

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US Navy Lists Consequences for Sailors Who Refuse COVID Vaccination

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How US Special Forces Are Still Waging a War on Terror in Africa

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Bombcat: The Navy’s Plan to Turn The F-14 Tomcat Into a Bomber

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NASA to crash spacecraft into asteroid in hopes to test planetary defense systems

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7/30/2021 Korean and National Security News and Commentary

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Ukraine Says It Destroyed Another Ship As Rumors Swirl Of Russian Warship On Fire

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