Tuesday, September 8

The Marine Corps confirmed a five-year growth plan that adds more than 6,500 billets across infantry battalions, drone units, air defenses, and new occupational specialties. The extra structure is meant to staff the systems the Corps has already bought and the units it is still building. A Sept. 1 statement…

For Masako Murphy, one of the most important conversations after Sept. 11, 2001, began with something her son couldn’t tell her. He was angry at his father. His father had been killed at the Pentagon, and he couldn’t understand why he hadn’t escaped after seeing the airplane coming. Murphy didn’t…

More than half a century after the F-15 Eagle first took off, the Pentagon is preparing to spend as much as $131.23 billion keeping the legendary fighter in production, upgrading the aircraft in service and supporting flights around the world. The Boeing Co. received the massive contract Monday for the…

The House approved a stopgap spending bill on Tuesday that will keep the federal government funded through early December, taking a government shutdown off the table until after midterm elections this fall. The House voted 370-48 to pass a continuing resolution that will keep the federal government funded through Dec. 11. The continuing…

A shooting between comrades stationed at U.S. Army Fort Carson, Colorado, ended in the death of one soldier and the arrest of another. According to a press release from the Pueblo Police Department, the suspect, 23-year-old Army Private Kalob Deyo, has been charged with manslaughter in the death of his…

Lockheed Martin Corp. agreed to tentatively negotiate the purchase of up to 15 tonnes of scandium oxide a year — roughly 33,000 pounds — for up to 10 years from the southeastern Nebraska mining company NioCorp Developments, according to an Aug. 4, 2026, announcement by NioCorp. A tonne is a…

Take the guesswork out of progressing toward your fitness goal, and start measuring and reporting. According to Pearson’s Law: “When performance is measured, performance improves. When performance is measured and reported back, the rate of improvement increases.” If you want to see results, you cannot rely on hard work and…

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