Tuesday, September 22

1x David Cyr thought he was going to lunch. Instead, a fellow Army first sergeant walked him into an education center, sat him down with a college adviser and changed the trajectory of his life. Cyr had spent years focused on his Army career while largely putting his education on…

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has approved over $13.6 million in funds to create a veterans cemetery in Augusta, Ga. Proper burials are important to honor deceased service members and to provide closure for their families. But military families in Augusta currently often travel long distances for burial services,…

Rice and beans get a lot of attention for long-term food storage, and for good reason. I would add another dry staple to that list: lentils. Lentils have much in common with dry beans. They’re inexpensive, nutritious, compact, and capable of very long storage when properly packaged. But lentils have…

Lawmakers are done asking how the Pentagon is spending $23 billion allocated for the Golden Dome missile-defense program. Now they’re writing their queries into law.In the annual defense appropriations bill on Tuesday, House and Senate appropriators wrote that while they “support the operational objectives of Golden Dome for national security,”…

DETROIT—Car enthusiasts milling around the floor at the Detroit auto show this week will get the first public glimpse of the Army’s new main battle tank, as the service prepares to roll out its M1A1 Abrams replacement five years ahead of its original timeline. Rather than wait to field the vehicles…

HONOLULU—As the Defense Department works to overhaul its antiquated and clunky acquisition system, it wants to hear from you.“Bring us your most disruptive, most unconstrained ideas,” Mike Cadenazzi, assistant defense secretary for industrial base policy, said during a keynote speech at the Honolulu Defense Forum last week. “We need radically…

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