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The US is moving to change the Selective Service registration process this year, but that does not mean a military draft is in the works. Here is what’s happening. Loading audio narration… After Congress approved automatic registration in last year’s defense policy bill, which was signed into law in December,…
Ever since the last draft call was issued in the US on December 7, 1972, during the Vietnam War, Americans haven’t had to give much thought to military conscription.While 18-year-old men are required to register for the draft, the Selective Service plans to implement automatic registration by the end of…
A Russian governor has ordered large firms in his region to shortlist employees as “candidates” for military service, in a rare push for businesses to get involved with recruitment. Loading audio narration… The order — signed by Pavel Malkov, the governor of Ryazan, a region 130 miles southeast of Moscow…
The growing US air superiority over Iran is opening the door for B-52 Stratofortress bombers to fly overland missions, America’s top general said Tuesday. Loading audio narration… The US Air Force has been flying its B-52 bomber fleet for over 70 years. Although it lacks the speed and stealth of…
A top Pentagon official provided a rare look inside how the military uses Palantir’s Project Maven to carry out strikes. Loading audio narration… Once you detect something you want to target, “this is what we do,” Cameron Stanley, the Department of Defense’s chief digital and artificial intelligence officer, said during…
Iran has wielded its missiles and drones to strike most neighboring states in this ongoing war that’s raged for 10 days. However, their destructive scale has so far been blunted by the advanced defenses of Israel, the US and their regional Arab partners. Iran’s powerful regime armed forces, utilizing a…
The US has been battling Iran for more than 24 hours, and the scale of what the American military brought into the fight is now coming into focus.After a slow but steady drip of details, we now have a clearer, more comprehensive picture of the kind of US combat platforms…
The Pentagon is pulling back on plans to cut ties with Scouting America, as long as the nonprofit organization adopts policies that echo new military directives, including eliminating diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and banning transgender youth from the Scouts.In a video posted to X Friday, Secretary of Defense Pete…
There are an estimated 7,800 children on US military childcare waitlists. Military families and advocates say the number masks deeper shortfalls that continue to sideline working spouses and strain service members.Lawmakers raised the issue during a recent congressional hearing, calling the persistent backlog a quality-of-life problem, even as the waitlist…
University officials and military students say they were blindsided by a Pentagon decision to not only sever ties with Harvard University, but also put dozens of other colleges under review.Troops pursuing military legal and specialist careers are barred from attending Harvard through certain Defense Department-funded programs, officials say, and recent…
