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Germany has stationed troops abroad on a long-term basis for the first time since World War II, with a new brigade starting operations in Lithuania on Thursday.The inauguration ceremony for Germany’s 45th Armoured Brigade “Lithuania” took place in Vilnius, Lithuania’s capital. Lithuania’s defense ministry said it marked “the official beginning…

Modern battlefields change quickly, and the trick to making sure weapons and capabilities keep pace with new threats and challenges is to put companies on the front lines with troops, a Defense Department official said Tuesday.It’s a “Silicon Valley” type of model, the DoD official said.US military officials, acquisition team…

Moscow and Pyongyang have, for the first time, officially acknowledged that North Korean troops are fighting in Russia’s war against Ukraine.It’s been widely reported for months that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had sent thousands of his elite troops to assist Russian ground assaults in Kursk.But Russia and North…

What does the US Army secretary want to see more of? Soldiers out in the field, “out in the world figuring out what we need to do as an Army,” not making PowerPoints, he told Business Insider.US Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll, a former armor officer and Iraq war veteran who…