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Court upholds order requiring VA to build housing for veterans in LA

Dec 30th: "There are now scores of unhoused veterans trying to survive ... despite the acres of land deeded to the VA for their care," the judge wrote. Read more ▸

Army stands up AI, machine-learning career field for officers

Dec 30th: The Army is considering broadening the program in the future to include warrant officers. Read more ▸

How the Continental Army became the lords of Spanktown

Dec 30th: Spanktown, name thusly after an early settler publicly took his spouse across his knee and chastised her, was to play an important role in the Forage Wars. Read more ▸

Navy doubles annual PT test requirement, updates failure guidelines

Dec 30th: Sailors who fail three physical fitness assessments within four years will be processed for administrative separation, the new Navy policy states. Read more ▸

US forces kill, capture ’nearly 25 ISIS’ fighters in Syria operations

Dec 30th: Over a nine-day period, U.S. and allied forces conducted 11 operations that killed at least seven ISIS fighters and destroyed four weapons caches. Read more ▸

Lockheed still paid $1.7 billion despite poor readiness rate of F-35s

Dec 30th: An audit found that the defense department paid the aerospace company $1.7 billion by July in spite of poor performance. Read more ▸

What is Nifty Nugget? NDAA revives 47-year-old military exercise

Dec 30th: In 1978, the 21-day exercise, dubbed “Nifty Nugget,” brought two dozen military commands to bear to support a notional conflict in Europe. Read more ▸

Marine Corps launches six drone training programs open to any MOS

Dec 30th: Six pilot training programs and eight certifications are being established to provide fundamental skills in using both armed and unarmed systems. Read more ▸

Army, NATO allies test stealth in new FPV drone warfighter competition

Dec 29th: A U.S. team from 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment finished in second. Read more ▸

Department of Veterans Affairs reinstates near-total ban on abortions

Dec 29th: New guidance from the Justice Department concluded that the VA lacks legal authority to provide the procedure — including in cases of rape or incest.  Read more ▸

Ukraine peace plan ‘scares the bejesus out of us,’ officials say

Dec 29th: The U.S.-led plan caps Ukraine's military end-strength at a smaller number than it currently stands, while doing little to check Russian hostilities. Read more ▸

Trump says US ‘hit’ facility where alleged drug boats ‘load up’

Dec 29th: Trump declined to say if the military or CIA was involved or where it occurred. Read more ▸

Iran leader says country in ‘full-fledged’ war with US, Israel, Europe

Dec 29th: Pezeshkian is ramping up rhetorical attacks on what he sees as unfairly repressive measures emanating from Washington and its allies. Read more ▸

This company is rethinking PTSD treatment for veterans — with VR

Dec 29th: Brenden Borrowman, a retired Army veteran, founded Neurova Labs to focus on treating the physiological injury underlying conditions like PTSD and TBI. Read more ▸

US Army’s 10th Mountain Division stands up new drone attack unit

Dec 29th: The newly formed company will also work alongside the division’s innovation unit to develop and produce in-house drone components. Read more ▸

Soldier became the first Mexican national to earn the Medal of Honor

Dec 29th: After surviving World War II, Marcario García had another war to fight. Read more ▸

Latest class of guardians first to don new dress uniform at graduation

Dec 26th: The graduation ceremony marked the first time trainees were authorized to wear the service dress uniform instead of prototypes. Read more ▸

Soldier regains sense of touch through neural-enabled prosthetic limb

Dec 26th: A U.S. Army soldier is participating in a clinical trial at Walter Reed testing a neural-enabled prosthetic limb designed to restore the sense of touch. Read more ▸

What to know about the militants targeted by US airstrikes in Nigeria

Dec 26th: President Donald Trump said on social media that the “powerful and deadly” strikes in the Nigerian state of Sokoto were carried out against IS gunmen. Read more ▸

Trump says US struck Islamic State targets in Nigeria

Dec 25th: The president says the U.S. launched a “powerful and deadly" strike against ISIS forces in Nigeria, claiming the group targeted Christians. Read more ▸

How America observed Christmas — at home and abroad — during WWII

Dec 24th: Amid shortages, rationing, separation and grief, Americans fought to keep the yuletide spirit alive. Read more ▸

Navy needs to improve fire safety enforcement on ships, watchdog warns

Dec 24th: Staffing shortages and ineffective ways of ensuring contractors comply with safety standards threaten to derail fire prevention efforts, GAO found. Read more ▸

China’s military buildup makes US increasingly vulnerable, DOD says

Dec 24th: The Pentagon's latest annual report on the People’s Liberation Army described China’s recent buildup as “historic.” Read more ▸

The real story of how NORAD began tracking Santa Claus

Dec 24th: Seventy years ago, a wrong number prompted the U.S. Air Force to begin issuing reports of St. Nick’s progress on Christmas Eve. Read more ▸

New charges for Guard shooting suspect enable death penalty talks

Dec 24th: Lakanwal remains charged with first-degree murder, assault with intent to kill and illegal possession of a firearm in the Nov. 26 shooting. Read more ▸

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