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MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII—The Marine Corps’ “future lies in the Pacific,” Commandant Gen. Eric Smith said Tuesday as Lt. Gen. James Glynn transferred command of roughly two-thirds of the service to Lt. Gen. Roger Turner.Glynn is a “once-in-a-generation” talent whose “efforts under a constrained budget, doing things across the expanse of the Indo-Pacific” have been “truly Herculean,” Smith said at the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific change of command ceremony here. But Turner, who comes to the command from the Okinawa-based III Marine Expeditionary Force, also has “spectacular” leadership skills, technical ability, and interpersonal skills, Smith said.“We’re a Pacific-facing nation,…

James Graham Wilson, RealClearDefense The United States and Soviet Union were not on the brink of war eleven months later, when the two men faced off in Reykjavik for a “non-summit” that… Source link

HUNTSVILLE, Ala — An Army unit has been picked to begin training and testing out plans for the Pentagon’s Golden Dome air defense mission, according to a three-star general helping with plans.“It’s a battalion-size formation that will be the Army’s initial contribution to [Golden Dome], but there will be elements from other echelons that’ll have to play a role in that,” Lt. Gen. John Rafferty, who heads up Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) and Joint Task Force-Gold (JTF-Gold), told Breaking Defense today on the sidelines of the annual Army Space and Missile Defense Symposium.  While he didn’t disclose…

PASCAGOULA, Miss.—Thick puffs of clouds didn’t stop the sun from beating down on the shipyard. And only a strong morning breeze could cut that Gulf Coast heat. But prospective welders for HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding need not immediately contend with the elements to get a taste of the trade—thanks to the yard’s air-conditioned virtual-reality welding lab. “If you’ve never worked with your hands before, or used a welding torch, it can feel intimidating,” Brian Blanchette, president of Ingalls Shipbuilding, told Defense One. “Starting in a virtual-reality setting provides a controlled, low‑pressure environment. It not only helps reduce that initial fear, but it…

Donyale Hall, RCD VFW Has Forgotten the Meaning of Selfless Service by Opposing TCAVA Source link

DETROIT — The Army is awaiting new fleets of M1E3 Abrams and XM30 Infantry Fighting Vehicles, but in the meantime, some of the legacy platforms its using face a “readiness crisis,” in part due to supply chain woes, a top official in the Army’s office responsible for managing the sustainment of its ground vehicle fleet told Breaking Defense. “We have an aging fleet, and we have modernization on the horizon, but it’s not coming fast enough. We’re going to be maintaining some of these legacy platforms for decades, and so obsolescence issues that we have now, we have to live with…

Hackers have allegedly posted the personal data of 15 million Kazakhstani citizens for sale on the dark web. If confirmed, this would mark the second major breach of Kazakhstani citizen data in a little over a year. According to RFE/RL, the Mash Telegram channel, which the outlet characterized as linked to the Russian security forces, reported that hackers had put the personal data of 15 million Kazakhstani citizens up for sale on the dark web. The seller reportedly claimed to have obtained the data after hacking Kazakhstan’s eGov service. The file is apparently valued at around $32,000 and, the seller…

Military Times The deployment, which was anticipated to end in May, has been extended with no publicly announced return date. Source link

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. ― The Pentagon’s Golden Dome czar said that the 12 contenders for future space-based interceptor (SBI) development contracts have passed the first of four milestones in the Space Force’s demonstration effort. “All of the providers that are part of the competition are progressing exceptionally well, and Gate 1 just came to a closure. I have not seen the results of Gate 1, but as I have heard back from Space Systems Command (SSC), all providers look positive and will continue into Gate 2,” Gen. Michael Guetlein told the annual Army Space and Missile Defense conference here on Tuesday.…

Uzbekistan’s transition from the Cyrillic to the Latin alphabet is not merely a technical change; rather, it has a far-reaching dimension tied to the nation-building process. Since declaring its independence in 1991, Tashkent has revised its alphabet policies numerous times, yet the simultaneous use of both the Cyrillic and Latin alphabets has continued for over 30 years. Visitors to Uzbekistan will still see both alphabets — alongside the Russian language, which uses a Cyrillic alphabet – in many parts of daily life.  While conducting field research at Samarkand State University between 2022 and 2023, to collect data for my master’s…