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How one Army infantry division is using data analytics to keep soldiers safe
FORT CARSON, Colo.—Does the weather outside affect how ready troops are for battle? What about the cumulative stress of training, exercises, or overseas deployment?Before it can answer those questions, the Army must first determine how to…
US still needs to improve monitoring of arms sent to Ukraine, GAO finds
The Defense Department and the State Department aren’t doing a good job of communicating about some of the key arms transfers for Ukraine, according to a GAO report out Tuesday. The United States has pledged $6.33 billion in foreign…
Air Force announces new Pacific exercise to test how it would fight China
The Air Force will send units from across the United States to the Pacific next summer for an exercise designed to test the way it plans to deploy forces in a potential conflict with China. “We're calling our summer exercise 25…
The D Brief: Fires in Russia; Rising morale in Ukraine; US fugitive fighting for Putin; Assessing…
A Russian oil depot is in flames for a third consecutive day following a Ukrainian drone attack over the weekend in the southern Rostov city of Proletarsk, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. “There are 500 firefighters involved in the…
US military presence in Syria carries substantial risks—but so does complete withdrawal
U.S.-backed forces in eastern Syria launched a major attack on three posts manned by pro-government gunmen on Aug. 12, 2024, killing at least 18 fighters in a rare provocation near the border with Iraq.The assault marked the worst…
Pentagon unveils new biodefense-focused supercomputer
The Defense Department and National Nuclear Security Administration have a new supercomputing system focused on biological defense at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.Inaugurated on August 1, the system will “provide unique…
The D Brief: Collisions in the Pacific; Bridges down inside Russia; Ukraine seeks ‘buffer zone’ in…
New: At three o’clock this morning, China’s Coast Guard rammed several Philippine Coast Guard vessels in the South China Sea, ripping a one-meter hole in one of Manila’s ships, and a five-inch hole in another, according to Philippine Coast…
Russia is pulling some troops out of Ukraine to fight Ukrainians in Russia
How far will Ukrainian forces continue into Russia, and what are they trying to accomplish? The White House said this week that U.S. officials don’t yet know what Ukraine’s “intentions” are, but White House spokesman John Kirby told…
INDOPACOM wants more special operators in the Pacific
HONOLULU, Hawaii—U.S. Indo-Pacific Command is “underinvested” in special operations forces, “and I think SOF is underinvested in PACOM,” the command’s leader said Thursday. “But the time is now to get the SOF enterprise focused on the…
White House cyber czar is working to grow a new generation of cybersecurity workers
SOMEWHERE IN NEVADA — On a scorching August afternoon some 10 miles away from the DEF CON hacker conference situated in the heart of the Las Vegas strip, White House National Cyber Director Harry Coker and a small group of his staff were…
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