Saturday, September 5

The Navy’s experiment with manufacturing replacement parts at sea during RIMPAC 2026 showed that 3D printers can shorten supply lines. It also exposed a harder problem: The machines accomplish little without qualified operators, reliable materials, sound certification rules and a system capable of moving finished parts where sailors need them.…

As autonomous cars become more visible in certain cities, self-driving technology is being tested in other modes of transportation for the U.S. military. In late August, the U.S. Army conducted testing on a commercial offshore supply vessel in Hawaii, completing an 18-hour, fully autonomous trip from Pearl Harbor to the…

The FBI is seeking artificial intelligence capable of finding patterns across federal databases and producing predictive models for its Threat Screening Center, the office that maintains the government’s consolidated terrorism watchlist. The procurement request publicly available on SAM.gov moves the debate over “pre-crime” policing beyond local crime maps, and into…

Eugene Lucas spent about a decade working inside the Department of Veterans Affairs, treating veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder from conflicts spanning Vietnam through Iraq and Afghanistan. In a recent interview with Military.com otherwise focused on emerging GLP-1 research and alcohol use disorder, Lucas, a psychiatric nurse practitioner who is…

The Marine Corps will pay Overland AI $19.7 million to produce more than a dozen autonomous ground vehicles by early 2027.The vehicles, due to be delivered in about nine months, will be part of the Marine Air Defense Integrated Systems program, which is part of the service’s counterdrone approach, and…

On July 4, 1776, the thirteen colonies claimed their independence from England, which eventually led to the formation of the United States. Each year, Americans celebrate this historic date in a variety of ways. The following is a list of events offered for Independence Day 2026. Check our Base Guide…

The Department of Veterans Affairs has dramatically reduced the time it takes to process disability claims, pension benefits and survivor compensation as of 2026, posting some of the strongest performance numbers the agency has recorded in recent years. The average number of days needed to complete a disability claim fell…

The Family Separation Allowance sat at $250 per month for more than two decades, through multiple wars, multiple surges and a period of sustained operational tempo that put more American families through more separations than any stretch since Vietnam. But on Dec. 18, 2025, when President Trump signed into law…

Updated Jun 29, 2026, 5:36 PM EDT A servicemember with dependents who serves an unaccompanied tour of duty may be entitled to a family separation allowance A service member with dependents who serves an unaccompanied tour of duty or is away from their homeport may be entitled to a Family Separation…

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