DefenseScoop The Army recently awarded a task order to Microsoft to start developing a better version of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) that is expected to improve how…
2,100 Sailors in Limbo With End of COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
USNI News The Navy separated 25 active duty sailors between Nov. 28 and Dec. 28 due to their failure to get vaccinated against COVID-19, the service told USNI News. Those sailors are likely…
Pentagon Begins Work To Strip DoD of Confederate-Linked Names
Stars&Stripes The Pentagon on Thursday instructed all Defense Department organizations to begin working to remove names and items associated with the Confederacy as recommended last year by…
Time to Plan for Drones in Other Domains
Zachary Kallenborn, Modern War Institute On October 29, Ukraine…
Our Troops Are Still Confused About the Government’s Vax Mandate
SOFREP SOFREP previously reported about
Refuting the Irregular Warfare Pipedream
Charlie Black, Small Wars Journal Let’s begin with stating that this forum is great for candid debate. I applaud James Armstrong who came out swinging in his recent rebuttal to an article…
Applying Lessons of the Naval War in Ukraine for China
Brent Sadler, Heritage
Summary
The war in Ukraine is approaching a year in length with little indication of it ending before spring 2023. While the naval war in the Black…
New US border measures ‘not in line with international standards’, warns UNHCR
Plans by the Biden administration to expand restrictions on people seeking refuge in the United States are “not in line with refugee law standards”, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday. Read the full story, “New US border measures ‘not in line…