Marines sticking with JLTV after Army cancels future vehicle buys
The Marines are sticking with the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, even as costs may rise following the Army’s decision to halt the program. The joint program office for the Army and Marine Corps first picked Oshkosh Defense to build the JLTV in August 2015, and...
Army investigating allegations Rangers fired blank rounds at civilians
Army officials are investigating allegations that a group of Rangers fired blank rounds from automatic weapons without warning at a Florida beach containing crowds of civilians. The incident prompted multiple calls to police and social media postings, with witnesses and footage showing men wearing Ranger...
From drone delivery to transfusions, blood plays vital combat role
From transfusion training to drone deliveries and even simulated fluid, the Army is finding ways to get blood where it’s needed most. On May 15, soldiers with the 173rd Airborne Brigade’s Charlie “Lifeline” Company, 173rd Brigade Support Battalion conducted drone-based blood resupply in a full-scale...
VA drops secondary review rule for community care medical appointments
The move was mandated by Congress last fall as a way to simplify VA’s community care procedures, which allow veterans to use taxpayer dollars to receive private medical care. About 40% of all medical appointments paid for by the department are conducted by private-sector doctors,...
Schumer fields bill in effort to scuttle Trump’s Qatar plane plans
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., wants to put the kibosh on President Donald Trump’s plan for the U.S. military to accept a Boeing airplane from Qatar to be used as Air Force One. The Democratic lawmaker has introduced a bill that would prohibit utilizing...
Iran BREAKS SILENCE On War With America. How Will Trump Respond?
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Fallen Mexican navy cadets identified in Brooklyn Bridge ship collision
Both victims who died on the Mexican navy tall ship Cuauhtémoc, which crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City on Saturday night, have been identified as cadets who fell to the ship’s deck after unbuckling their harnesses in an effort to try and...
Congressional appropriators criticize VA’s unapproved funding moves
House Republicans offered a mild but public reprimand for Veterans Affairs leaders last week after department planners shifted hundreds of millions of dollars into outside health care accounts without seeking permission from congressional appropriators. Democratic lawmakers went further, charging that the move was a serious...
Gen. McChrystal slams Pentagon focus on rooting out DEI as distraction
Decorated warfighter Ret. Gen. Stanley McChrystal lambasted recent moves at the Pentagon, arguing on Sunday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s focus on rooting out diversity, equity and inclusion is a “distraction.” “I think that the DEI thing is, frankly, a distraction. It’s not helpful,” he...
First armor brigade conducts combat center rotation with new tools
The Army recently put its first armor brigade through a combat training center rotation under its new Transformation in Contact initiative. The 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division launched Exercise Combined Resolve this past week in Hohenfels, Germany, at the Joint Multinational Readiness...
