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Last year, the American Southwest was amid a drought so severe, it left some questioning the logistics behind maintaining such sprawling cities in such an arid region.  Residents of California and surrounding states looked to the skies in shared hope; without a significant increase in rainfall, their homes and ways of life would face dramatic […]

In the two years since a ceasefire agreement ended large-scale fighting between the Ukrainian Army and pro-Russian rebels controlling a large portion of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine, things remained fairly quiet, but as violence has once again been increasing in the region, the United States Defense Department made a statement in support […]

Senior defense officials spoke before the House Armed Services Committee this morning, arguing that current levels of funding will not be enough to sustain the armed forces and meet modernization needs. Army Vice Chief of Staff General Daniel Allyn, Vice Chief of Naval Operations Admiral William Moran, Air Force Vice Chief of Staff General Stephen […]

Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense, retired Marine General James Mattis, doesn’t seem to be pleased with how the President Elect is filling high level positions within the Department of Defense. Although the Trump transition team, by way of incoming press secretary Sean Spicer, has denied claims that Trump and Mattis are at odds regarding […]

The Pentagon has buried an internal study that exposed $125 billion in administrative waste in its business operations amid fears Congress would use the findings as an excuse to slash the defense budget, according to interviews and confidential memos obtained by The Washington Post. Pentagon leaders had requested the study to help make their enormous back-office […]

The Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) is the principal defense policy advisor to the President. Under the direction of the President, the Secretary exercises authority, direction, and control over the Department of Defense. The Secretary of Defense is not a Joint Chiefs of Staff on steroids. It’s a policy implementation role, final authority, and principal liaison to the […]

In a press release, the Department of Defense identified the two US Army Soldiers killed by an suicide bomber inside Bagram Airfield in Nov 12. The suicide bombing also killed to US contractors, and injured 16 US Soldiers and one Polish Soldier. Based on an the update below, out of the 17 injured Soldiers, 5 […]

“I know in the past we’ve — as we’ve said, we would call on our partner forces not to fly the American flag on their own, certainly. And so, I — I would imagine that that would be communicated if indeed that’s taken place in this instance.”

Wherein she broadcasted an act of dissent across social media, on base; for every foreign intelligence service, opportunists, and terrorist from here to Kandahar to see and seek to exploit. Above all else, and as a service member, she should have known the security risk involved in such a selfish act. Similarly, the apparent violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, breach of oath, and total dereliction of duty . After all, who wants to be shoulder to shoulder in defense of the nation with a seditious service member? A service member who has not only taken action without regard of her own integrity and a disregard of duty, but has also failed to conduct any independent research.

The Defense Department’s own Africa Center for Strategic Studies, a research institution dedicated to the analysis of security issues on that continent, drew attention to skyrocketing terrorism fatalities there in recent years. It also published a map of “Africa’s Active Militant Islamist Groups” that showed 22 organizations menacing the continent

The first female ever to try out for the Army’s elite 75th Ranger Regiment has flunked out, but will get the opportunity to try again later this year.

But wait, there’s more, as the Army also wants new uniforms, again.