US Marines successfully test-fire new medium-range air defense system
U.S. Marines on Guam recently fired the service’s new Medium-Range Intercept Capability system, representing the validation of the Corps’ first medium-range air defense system since the divestment of the service’s legacy HAWK platform in the 1990s. The ongoing Exercise Valiant Shield became the proving ground...
Zelenskyy taps European allies to build Freya, a cheaper Patriot-alternative to Russia’s ballistic missiles
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine will hold its first coalition meeting on a homegrown ballistic missile defense system in France “in the coming days” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday, advancing Kyiv’s yearslong effort to begin producing a domestically made counter to Russia’s deadly ballistic missiles....
Retired Army officer tapped to lead military commissary system
A retired U.S. Army officer will take the helm of the Defense Commissary Agency and its 235 military discount grocery stores worldwide on Sept.18, defense officials announced. William G. “Bill” Fitzhugh, who has served as the agency’s deputy director since June 29, will transition to...
B-21 Raider to fly with two-pilot configuration
The U.S. Air Force’s B-21 Raider will operate with a two-pilot crew, the service announced Thursday. The service determined that a two-pilot configuration would best fit the country’s newest long-range strike bomber’s “mission profile,” according to the release. The Air Force is also creating a...
He left Mongolia to pursue higher education. He returned as a US soldier.
Fourteen years after leaving Mongolia on his own to pursue an education in the United States, Sgt. Munk Munkhzaya returned home in a U.S. Army uniform to support Exercise Khaan Quest 2026 as a translator and cultural liaison. Munkhzaya, a finance technician assigned to the...
Pentagon seemly lifts suspension of low-flying South Carolina Apache pilots
The Pentagon said the suspension of Apache pilots involved in a beach flyover last week has been lifted after videos of the helicopters flying low over a beach packed with onlookers circulated online and local news reported that the soldiers were subject to an investigation....
