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…

BEIRUT (AP) — As the White House has soured on Israel’s war with Hezbollah in Lebanon, U.S. President Donald Trump has shocked many in the region by pushing an alternative: Let Syria fight the Iran-backed militant group instead. He has suggested that the battle-hardened and Islamist-led insurgents who overthrew Syria’s…

A new agentic-AI tool will continuously scan intelligence feeds and operational networks to provide U.S. military commanders with targeting options “within seconds,” the Pentagon announced Thursday.Dubbed Agent Network, the new tool will employ “agents”—artificial-intelligence entities that perform tasks on behalf of a user, such as running a scheduled search or…

Craig Ridenhour said military suicide is a “personal” issue for him. Ridenhour is chair of the Tampa, Fla.-based nonprofit organization Stop Soldier Suicide, which works to dedicate each day to stopping soldier suicide. Studies, some released by the U.S. Department of Defense and other federal agencies, have shown suicides being…

Subj: Systemic Vulnerabilities and Strategic Overextension: Takeaways from the Recent Western Asian ConflictComrade, As requested urgently for your upcoming briefing to the Central Military Commission, I respectfully offer this preliminary strategic analysis regarding the ongoing military conflict involving the United States and Islamic Republic of Iran.While the current leader of…

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