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A Coast Guard commander miscarried. She nearly died after being denied care.
This story was originally published by ProPublica. The night the EMTs carried Elizabeth Nakagawa from her home, bleeding and in pain, the tarp they’d wrapped her in reminded her of a body bag.Nakagawa, 39, is a Coast Guard commander: stoic,…
The D Brief: Europe’s wartime crossroads; F-35’s training gap; Army’s to-do list; Space Force seeks…
NATO’s new chief wants more defense spending across Europe, where nations should shift to a “wartime mindset,” Secretary-General Mark Rutte said Thursday in Brussels. “It is true that we spend more on defense now than we did a decade ago,”…
Defense One Radio, Ep. 169: The Reagan National Defense Forum
Defense One Radio, Ep. 169: The Reagan National Defense Forum - Defense One
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Navy F-35s can’t play well with others, so the service is betting big on sims
ORLANDO, Fla.—The Navy’s most advanced fighter jets can’t partake in a key aspect of modern tactical training: “injecting” distant or even imaginary aircraft into their systems so aviators can practice scenarios too difficult or costly to…
The defense policy bill is handing the Army a to-do list
The Army would upgrade its tech to protect troops downrange and improve training at home, and may put its efforts to procure open-source intelligence tools under a program executive office under proposals in the compromise version of the…
Lawmakers wonder: why don’t we hack back against China?
The intrusion of Chinese-backed hackers into telecommunications systems in the U.S. and around the world drew questions in a Wednesday Senate hearing about whether American cyber warriors should be further authorized to digitally…
The D Brief: Russia races for gains; House passes NDAA; Taiwan talks to Trump team; USAF preps for…
Future of UkraineRussian invasion forces are advancing again in eastern Ukraine, approaching within roughly six kilometers of Pokrovsk, which the New York Times describes as “a key rail and road hub for Ukraine’s army.”Russian troops are…
How the Air Force is preparing for the new administration
SIMI VALLEY, California—Whatever changes the Trump administration makes to the Pentagon, Air Force Chief Gen. David Allvin says he’s ready to adapt. “I am not going to have the hubris to say I know which of these things are right or…
The D Brief: Immigration hits record; Costs, consequences of deportation plan; Aviators’ battered…
Deportation watchMore immigrants came to the U.S. during President Biden’s first few years than at any similar point in American history, including the famous Ellis Island period, David Leonhardt of the New York Times reported Wednesday,…
Defense officials hopeful incoming administration keeps funding cutting-edge tech
SIMI VALLEY, California—No one knows whether defense spending will grow or shrink in the next administration, whose publicly stated goals include rebuilding arsenals, curbing government expenditure, cutting taxes, and shrinking federal…
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