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‘Iran on notice,’ says Pentagon spox of ongoing strikes against Houthis
U.S. forces are continuing strikes on Houthi sites in Yemen that began over the weekend, Pentagon officials told reporters on Monday, and the strikes will continue until the terrorist group agrees to stop shooting at ships in the Red…
The US just lowered its defenses against authoritarian propaganda, experts say
The Trump administration’s moves to gut much of the U.S. Agency for Global Media and its integrated government-funded news networks are priming overseas media consumers for exploitation by authoritarian regimes and influence campaigns,…
The D Brief: Strikes in Yemen; Border destroyer; DOGE vs. nuclear-security agency; ‘Buy Europe’…
The U.S. military carried out a series of airstrikes targeting the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists in Yemen on Saturday. The strikes killed at least 53 people and wounded another 98, according to the Houthis. Rewind: The Houthis began…
The end of nonproliferation?
The Trump administration’s abandonment of alliances in favor of a transactional, unilateral foreign policy portends the end of the nuclear nonproliferation regime. The main reason that Germany, Japan, South Korea, other states…
Defense One Radio, Ep. 174: Marine Corps Gen. Eric Smith
Defense One Radio, Ep. 174: Marine Corps Gen. Eric Smith - Defense One
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Pentagon hiring freeze holds previously approved job moves hostage
A hiring freeze that went into place March 2 is having unintended consequences across the Defense Department, as countless civilian employees preparing to move to new roles at new duty stations have been told to “cease and desist” with…
The Pentagon’s next major cloud contract is in the works
The Pentagon is developing a follow-on to the $9 billion Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract vehicle it awarded in 2022 to cloud-service providers Amazon Web Services, Google, Microsoft and Oracle.The Pentagon’s sequel to JWCC —…
Army’s 3rd Multi-Domain Task Force to get its own Typhon missile system
The Army’s latest modern concept unit is getting a new capability in the next year or so, as it works its way up to full operational capability.The Hawaii-based 3rd Multi-Domain Task Force is getting one of the two Typhon mid-range missile…
The D Brief: DOD ordered to reverse firings; Trump presses annexations; Putin declines quick…
Judge orders DOD, other agencies to rehire fired probationary workers. Roughly 24,000 employees are to be given their jobs back, according to figures compiled by Government Executive, under the Thursday injunction by Judge William Alsup of…
What military members need to hear from their leaders now
The four-star firings, anti-DEI campaign, and flurry of directives and counter-directives from the Pentagon have sown confusion within the ranks—and among their leaders, many of whom are grappling with how, when, and even if they should…
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