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DC National Guard gets its first security vessel
The District of Columbia National Guard has commissioned its first maritime security vessel this week, giving the unit a waterborne capability to support security at major events and overall homeland defense in the nation’s capital. The vessel is assigned to the 260th Special Purpose Brigade, which was created in response to an executive order signed by President Donald Trump in 2025 to address a ...[Read More]
DC National Guard troops have orders extended through December
District of Columbia National Guard troops who are deployed as part of President Donald Trump’s federal law enforcement intervention in the nation’s capital have had their orders extended through December, a National Guard official said. The main purpose of the extension is to ensure that any D.C. Guard members out on the streets of Washington will continue to have uninterrupted benefits and pay f...[Read More]
DC sues Trump administration over National Guard deployment
The attorney general for the District of Columbia says the nation’s capital is suing the Trump administration for deploying the National Guard within the city’s boundaries. The attorney general’s office alleges the administration’s efforts are an “involuntary military occupation.” “No American city should have the US military – particularly out-of-state military who are not accountable to the resi...[Read More]
DC sues Trump administration over National Guard deployment
The attorney general for the District of Columbia says the nation’s capital is suing the Trump administration for deploying the National Guard within the city’s boundaries. The attorney general’s office alleges the administration’s efforts are an “involuntary military occupation.” “No American city should have the US military – particularly out-of-state military who are not accountable to the resi...[Read More]
Deadly Iran school strike casts shadow over Pentagon’s AI targeting push
KYIV, Ukraine — On the first day of the U.S.-Iran war, a Tomahawk cruise missile struck Shajareh Tayyebeh elementary school in Minab, southern Iran. At least 168 people were killed — more than 100 of them under the age of 12, according to UN and Iranian officials. The school building sat fewer than 100 yards from a long-time Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps naval installation and was previously l...[Read More]
Debate over women in combat prompts NDAA battles
During a marathon House markup of next year’s mammoth defense policy bill earlier this month, two proposed amendments that failed to make it out of committee tell a story of concern for the future of women in uniform. The amendments to the Fiscal 2027 National Defense Authorization Act, proposed by Reps. Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pa., and Clay Higgins, R-La., both pertain to the implementation of gender...[Read More]
Decoding the Battlefield: NPS Students Develop Solution to Support Urgent U.S. and NATO Need
Adversarial soldiers, vehicles, drones, and other assets communicating wirelessly — whether stationary or on the move in the battlefield — emit electromagnetic (EM) signals that can be detected and recorded. Because deciphering signals that are mixed together can be extremely difficult, oftentimes information about their sources is unknown.
Defense Bill Will “Turbocharge” Surging Military Recruiting Numbers: Senator
Sen. Joni Ernst told Military.com that provisions included in the new NDAA will “turbocharge” military recruiting efforts.
Defense Department proposes splitting military health system budget
The Defense Department wants to change how it pays for the military health system, splitting the account into two programs to safeguard funds for providing medical care to U.S. service members. The Pentagon’s fiscal 2027 budget request calls for dividing defense health program funding into two: a Combat Operational and Medical Readiness account, or COMP, and a Private Sector Care Program section, ...[Read More]
Defense secretary’s Navy flag board actions are unprecedented and deeply troubling
The defense secretary’s recent removal of several qualified officers from the fiscal 2027 Navy O-7 Flag list should be of immediate concern to military personnel, veterans and to all Americans, regardless of political affiliation. By now, it seems clear that the Navy approved, via a selection board, a list with 31 names on it. The final promotion list only contained 22. While this has not been con...[Read More]
Dem senator to oppose military honors for Capitol rioter Ashli Babbitt
A Democratic senator will attempt this week to block the Defense Department from providing full military funeral honors to the veteran killed while attempting to breach the House floor during the Capitol riots on Jan. 6, 2021. Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego, who served in the Marine Corps in Iraq, in late August wrote on social media that the veteran, former airman Ashli Babbit, “deserves nothing, cer...[Read More]
Dem senator to oppose military honors for Capitol rioter Ashli Babbitt
A Democratic senator will attempt this week to block the Defense Department from providing full military funeral honors to the veteran killed while attempting to breach the House floor during the Capitol riots on Jan. 6, 2021. Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego, who served in the Marine Corps in Iraq, in late August wrote on social media that the veteran, former airman Ashli Babbit, “deserves nothing, cer...[Read More]