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Ukraine asks EU to fund first Patriot missiles buy
Brussels is weighing a rare waiver that would let Kyiv tap its €90 billion loan for U.S.-made interceptors for the first time.
Pentagon wants to use AI-generated ‘personalities’ for decoy cellphones
The DoD wants to wield AI-generated "personalities" to mimic real people and fool enemy AI.
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Vance pledges to help airman’s widow after online backlash exposed benefit gaps
After Air Force Maj. Alex Klinner died in a KC-135 crash during operations against Iran, his wife Libby struggled to receive some combat-related benefits.
Adam Telle, former Senate staffer, now acting Army secretary
Trump tapped the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ top official to serve as the acting Army secretary, bypassing the service's No. 2 civilian.
Space industry lacks workers needed to rebuild satellites lost in war, report says
The U.S. does not have enough engineers, technicians and assemblers to rebuild military space assets destroyed in a war with China or Russia, per RAND.
Trump appoints Adam Telle as acting Army secretary
Trump said he was appointing Adam Telle, assistant secretary of the Army for civil works, as the acting U.S. Army secretary.
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Navy works with 80 female sailors to evaluate future uniforms
The Navy conducted fit evaluations with 80 female sailors as it continues to modernize its service uniform.
Trump to travel aboard Qatari-donated Air Force One to Ireland
U.S. President Donald Trump will use the Qatari-donated jet to travel to Ireland next week, the plane's first international trip since the swap in Turkey.
Unexpected hiring surge drives down unemployment rate for post-9/11 veterans
The unexpected surge of 162,000 jobs added to payrolls last month drove the unemployment rate for the post-9/11 generation of veterans down.
Marines offer up to $15,000 enlistment bonuses for cyber, electronics jobs
The Marine Corps will offer people entering the service up to $15,000 to enter cyber, crypto and electronics-maintenance jobs as it prepares for FY27.
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Opposition from the U.S. and Russia has raised doubts that countries meeting Friday will agree on international rules about the use of autonomous weapons.
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Sailor reportedly finds dead rat in finished energy drink
The sailor said medical personnel informed him, “with the chemicals that are in Monster, that it should be OK.”
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That time the Air Force proposed making a ‘gay bomb’
The Air Force once explored the idea of a chemical weapon that would make enemy soldiers sexually irresistible to one another — striking a blow to morale.
Master Chief actor condemns use of character in White House’s Iran war hype video
“I demand that the producers of this disgusting and juvenile war porn remove my voice immediately,” Steve Downes wrote in a post on X.
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