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Retired military leaders to Congress: Chinese Communist Party threat against Taiwan ‘shrinking our options’
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Retired military leaders to Congress: Chinese Communist Party threat against Taiwan ‘shrinking our options’

By Jack Davis | The Western Journal Protecting Taiwan against a Chinese invasion is an urgent mission that requires the United States to up its game in the Pacific, experts recently told Congress. “America’s ability to defeat a coercive attack conducted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) against Taiwan continues to shrink,” retired Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery said in his testimony recently during a hearing of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party. Addressing that requires urgency, said retired Army Gen. Charles Flynn, who until last year commanded U.S. Army forces in the Pacific, according to the Washington Times. “The threat of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan is no longer distant or theoretical,” he said. “The urgency to restore credible deterrence in the Indo...
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Congressman Gabe Evans introduces BELOS Act to support military families
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Congressman Gabe Evans introduces BELOS Act to support military families

By Tori Ganahl | Rocky Mountain Voice In a move to honor America’s fallen service members and their families, Colorado Congressman Gabe Evans has introduced the Benefits that Endure for Lifetimes of Service (BELOS) Act, a bipartisan bill that would provide free lifetime National Park passes to families of veterans who passed away due to service-related illness or injury​. The bill is named in honor of First Sergeant Marc Belo, a decorated U.S. Army soldier who dedicated 30 years of his life to serving his country.  Belo was a first responder at the Pentagon on 9/11 and deployed three times—to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kosovo. He passed away in 2024 due to cancer linked to his military service​. Rep. Evans, a fellow veteran who served alongside Belo, emphasized the signif...
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Pete Hegseth orders review of fitness, grooming standards in US military
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Pete Hegseth orders review of fitness, grooming standards in US military

By Thomas Stevenson | The Post Millennial On Wednesday morning, Trump administration Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a review of fitness as well as grooming standards in the military. “We must remain vigilant in maintaining the standards that enable the men and women of our military to protect the American people and our homeland as the world’s most lethal and effective fighting force,” Hegseth said in a memo. “Our adversaries are not growing weaker, and our tasks are not growing less challenging. This review will illuminate how the Department has maintained the level of standards required over the recent past and the trajectory of any change in those standards," he added. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE POST MILLENNIAL
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Presidents Bush, Clinton to be honored through naming of new Navy aircraft carriers
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Presidents Bush, Clinton to be honored through naming of new Navy aircraft carriers

By Riley Ceder | Military Times The Navy announced Monday it will name a pair of future vessels after two previous commanders in chief. During a private White House ceremony Jan. 3, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro introduced two future Gerald R. Ford-class of aircraft carriers that will bear the names USS William J. Clinton and USS George W. Bush, after the 42nd and 43rd U.S. presidents. “Their legacies will endure through these aircraft carriers, which serve as formidable platforms dedicated to safeguarding our national security and strengthening our resolve to protect this nation against any who would threaten our freedoms and way of life,“ Del Toro said in a press release. The ships will be the fifth and sixth of the Navy’s new Ford-class carriers. The USS Gerald R. Fo...
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Fort Carson training medical personnel for potential of large-scale European war
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Fort Carson training medical personnel for potential of large-scale European war

By MARY SHINN | The Gazette As the war in Ukraine kills and injures tens of thousands, European countries are getting more serious about medical training and ensuring the care is standardized across NATO nations. In a large-scale ground war in Eastern Europe, casualties could be, for example, transferred from a Danish Stryker ambulance to a Hungarian ambulance and then to a Lithuanian and Spanish joint field hospital, as they were in a recent European exercise. So, it’s key the medical standards are the same as patients are transferred, said Maj. Dylan Bryant, with the 140th Medical Group, who attended a recent Fort Carson training and the European exercise. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE GAZETTE
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The Navy has run out of pants for its working uniform, and it won’t get more until October
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The Navy has run out of pants for its working uniform, and it won’t get more until October

By Konstantin Toropin | Military.com The Navy is dealing with what could be called a sartorial crisis: The sea service has run out of pants. And it may not get more for months. Specifically, service officials confirmed Friday that pants for the Navy Working Uniform, or NWU, the go-to uniform for most sailors, are out of stock at Navy Exchanges. Courtney Williams, a spokeswoman for the Navy's Exchange Service Command, told Military.com that it is "experiencing severe shortages of NWU trousers" both in physical stores and online. READ THE FULL STORY AT MILITARY.COM
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Larimer County veteran, injured twice by explosives 54 years ago in Vietnam, receives Purple Heart
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Larimer County veteran, injured twice by explosives 54 years ago in Vietnam, receives Purple Heart

By Shaun Boyd | CBS Colorado More than 50 years after being injured in the Vietnam War, a Larimer County veteran received one of the armed service's most distinguished medals -- the Purple Heart.  U.S. House Assistant Minority Leader Joe Neguse presented the veteran with the long overdue honor at an emotional ceremony. For Carl Smith, it is the final leg of a decades-long journey that took him to the jungles of Vietnam, where he was injured twice by explosives, making him eligible for the Purple Heart. It is an honor he should have received 54 years ago but, the military couldn't find his medical records. Congressman Neguse found the medic who treated him instead and set the record straight. Neguse called Smith a local hero, "Whose courage under fire and willingness to ser...
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The U.S. Navy’s warship production is in its worst state in 25 years. What’s behind it?
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The U.S. Navy’s warship production is in its worst state in 25 years. What’s behind it?

By David Sharp | Associated Press, via Military.com The Navy’s ability to build lower-cost warships that can shoot down Houthi rebel missiles in the Red Sea depends in part on a 25-year-old laborer who previously made parts for garbage trucks. Lucas Andreini, a welder at Fincantieri Marinette Marine, in Marinette, Wisconsin, is among thousands of young workers who’ve received employer-sponsored training nationwide as shipyards struggle to hire and retain employees. The labor shortage is one of myriad challenges that have led to backlogs in ship production and maintenance at a time when the Navy faces expanding global threats. Combined with shifting defense priorities, last-minute design changes and cost overruns, it has put the U.S. behind China in the number of ships at its dispo...
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Pilot errors blamed for Osprey crash that killed Colorado Marine, 2 others
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Pilot errors blamed for Osprey crash that killed Colorado Marine, 2 others

By TARA COPP | Associated Press, via Fox 31 News An Osprey crash in Australia that killed three Marines, including one from Colorado, was caused by multiple pilot errors during a near mid-air collision, a military investigation has found. It also found that squadron leadership had permitted “a culture that disregarded safety of flight.” Two Marines pilots were killed by the Aug. 27 crash: Capt. Eleanor V. LeBeau, 29, and Maj. Tobin J. Lewis, 37, who was born and raised in Conifer, Colorado. A third Marine, crew chief Cpl. Spencer R. Collart, 21, was killed as he “heroically re-entered the burning cockpit of the aircraft in an attempt to rescue the trapped pilots,” the investigators said in a report released late Friday. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31 NEWS
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Military could go all in on hybrid, EVs for combat vehicles, other uses
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Military could go all in on hybrid, EVs for combat vehicles, other uses

By Scott Murdock | Military.com Have you heard who's in the market for a new electric vehicle? No, I'm not talking about the public radio devotee or bleeding-edge tech-bro -- I'm talking about the U.S. military. If you're like me, this news conjures up visions of tanks, armored vehicles and futuristic gadgets fit for a science-fiction thriller. The reality (for now) isn't quite that exciting. Still, technological advancement waits for no one, least of all those who need every possible edge to survive and win in combat. U.S. government agencies have been very vocal about using alternative energy sources to protect the environment, but the Defense Department has a more specific view of electric vehicles in particular. READ THE FULL STORY AT MILITARY.COM
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