Marines Offer Fast Promotions to Reenlisting Corporals
The Marines say that this new program, dubbed the “Small-Unit Leader Initiative,” is being rolled out to continue the push to remake the Corps into an older and more mature force.
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CISA On Track With Rulemaking For Cyber Incident Reporting, Easterly Says
After more than two dozen listening sessions and an official request for information that resulted in 130 comments, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has created a draft rule […]
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#RSAC: Organizations Warned About the Latest Attack Techniques
A range of experts provide insights into new techniques being used by cyber-threat actors
2 Air Guard Leaders in Accused Pentagon Leaker’s Massachusetts Unit Suspended
The 102nd Intelligence Support Squadron’s operational commander and federal orders administrative commander have been suspended during an investigation into the alleged leaking by Airman 1st Class Jack Teixeira.
GE Nabs $684 Million Contract For CH-53K Engines
Naval Air Systems Command this week awarded General Electric [GE] a $684 million contract to build and deliver 169 T408-GE-400 (T408) turboshaft engines for CH-53K King Stallion heavy lift helicopters […]
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Avoiding a Costly China-US Conflict
A direct China-U.S. conflict would cause hundreds of billions or trillions of dollars’ worth of economic damage through business disruptions alone.
2 Lawmakers Trying to Expand Access to Outside Doctors for Vets Despite VA Push to Rein in Costs
Sen. Jerry Moran, the Veterans Affairs Committee ranking member, and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema are introducing a bill that would codify existing guidelines for when patients can seek non-VA care.
Space Force to implement Santa’s ‘naughty list’ of contractors for under-performance
If contractors are put on the Contractor Responsibility Watch List for failure to meet cost and schedule performance goals, the Space Force has “the ability at that point not to award them any new contracts.”
The High Costs of India’s INSTC Ambitions
The country risks being pulled into the middle of ongoing tensions between the West and Israel on the one hand and Iran on the other.
Cleopatra was light-skinned, Egypt tells Netflix
Egypt’s antiquities ministry insisted on Thursday that Cleopatra had “white skin and Hellenistic characteristics” in an ongoing row over a Netflix drama-documentary depicting the famed beauty of antiquity as black.”Queen Cleopatra”, produced by Jada P…