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Army targets people, readiness, modernization initiatives with fiscal 2022 budget request. The Army released its $173 billion budget proposal for fiscal year 2022 Friday, with a deliberate decision to fund people initiatives, readiness goals, and modernization efforts with a $3.6 billion reduction from last year's enacted budget. "The Army's budget supports all the requirements asked of the Army in the Interim National Security Strategic Guidance, said Maj. Gen. Paul A. Cham...Continue reading

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Military Police on D-Day: The Enormous Roles Performed Under-Fire Although golden-aged, some of those military policemen talk about their wartime-conflict experiences, others shut down. I respect both sides of that coin. As our nation reflects and reminisces on D-Day and all the overlapping heroism transpiring during that military conflict, my thoughts transported to the US Army military police (MP’s) and their role during the Normandy Invasion throughout June 6, 1944. Oper...Continue reading

Chinese State Media Warns Of ‘Nuclear Showdown’ A Chinese state-run newspaper has launched a ferocious attack on the United States, threatening it with a possible nuclear showdown. The editor of the Chinese government’s mouthpiece newspaper the Global Times said that enhancing China’s nuclear program has become vital to the country’s strategic deterrence against the United States. The statement was published as a result of U.S. Intelligence opening a formal investigation in...to origin of C19 which occurred last year. If proven that the Novel Strain was manufactured then the country could be held legally liable. China was estimated by the Federation of American Scientists to have an arsenal of about 260 total warheads as of 2015, which made it the second smallest nuclear arsenal amongst the five nuclear weapon states acknowledged by the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, and one of 320 total warheads by the SIPRI Yearbook 2020, the third highest. The United States currently holds 6000 Nuclear Missiles.

Iran’s largest warship catches fire, sinks in Gulf of Oman The largest warship in the Iranian navy caught fire and later sank Wednesday in the Gulf of Oman under unclear circumstances, the latest calamity to strike one of the country’s vessels in recent years amid tensions with the West. The blaze began around 2:25 a.m. and firefighters tried to contain it, the Fars news agency reported, but their efforts failed to save the 207-meter (679-foot) Kharg, which was used to resup...Continue reading

The US Army only ever fired one nuclear artillery shell from its 'Atomic Annie' cannon, and this is what it looked like The US Army successfully test-fired an atomic cannon exactly 68 years ago Tuesday. It was the first and only time the US military ever fired a nuclear weapon from a conventional cannon, according to the Army. During the Cold War, the US military developed many different ways to unleash nuclear destruction on an enemy, including a towed artillery piece built ...Continue reading

Futuristic 'Defiant X' in Running to Become Army's Future Long-Range Assault Helicopter Sikorsky and Boeing Co. have unveiled the futuristic helicopter they're proposing to be the U.S. Army's Future Long Range Assault Aircraft. In a series of mockup photos and videos, Sikorsky and Boeing officials on Monday revealed Defiant X: a compound coaxial helicopter, like its predecessor the SB>1 Defiant, but with significant upgrades for troops headed into combat zones....Continue reading

Farewell message from the Secretary of the Army To the Army Team: Soldiers, Army Civilians, Army Families, thank you for who you are and what you do. It has been my highest honor to serve alongside you. When I was a young officer, I bought into an oath that I would never fail my comrades and continue to believe in that same oath today. I have always strived to be the leader you deserve, not just in words but in deeds. I will continue to be an advocate for the Army Team. Thank... you, be good teammates to one another, and may God bless you. I am immensely proud of all of you. Sincerely, Ryan D. McCarthy

US Military Says its Troop Removal from Somalia is Complete The U.S. military says its troop withdrawal from Somalia is complete, in one of the last actions of President Donald Trump’s presidency. Some experts have warned that the withdrawal of an estimated 700 U.S. military personnel comes at the worst possible time for Somalia, as the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremist group improves its bomb-making skills and continues to attack military and civilian targets even in the c...apital, Mogadishu. The withdrawal comes less than a month before Somalia is set to hold a national election. The U.S. personnel trained and supported Somali forces, including its elite special forces, in counter-terror operations. They are being moved to other African countries such as neighboring Kenya and Djibouti, home of the only permanent U.S. military base in Africa, but U.S. Africa Command spokesman Col. Chris Karns would not say how many are going where. Asked whether the administration of President-elect Joe Biden will reverse the withdrawal, Karns replied in an email: It would be inappropriate for us to speculate or engage in hypotheticals. Karns said the operation enters its next phase of periodic engagement with Somali security forces. He would not go into details. The withdrawal was announced late last year, with a Jan. 15 deadline. The U.S. military, which has carried out a growing number of airstrikes against al-Shabab and a small band of fighters linked to the Islamic State group during Trump’s administration, says it will continue to pressure al-Shabab. The extremist group has an estimated 5,000 to 10,000 fighters. Those Somali forces, even U.S. assessments have said, are not ready to take over responsibility for the country’s security, especially as a 19,000-strong multinational African Union force is also set to withdraw by the end of this year. The U.S. Africa Command commander, Gen. Stephen Townsend, noted no serious injuries or significant loss of equipment, despite significant efforts to target us by al-Shabab during the intense operation to remove the U.S. personnel. Townsend on Saturday visited Manda Bay in Kenya, where the U.S. Africa Command said substantial enhancements have been made to physical security after a deadly al-Shabab attack a year ago destroyed U.S. aircraft used against it in Somalia.

Army taps industry for autonomous drones to resupply troops The Army is tapping industry for drones that can deliver supplies to infantry brigade combat teams in the field, according to a request for information posted to the federal contracting website Beta.Sam.Gov on Jan. 15. Army Futures Command’s Sustainment Capabilities Development and Integration Directorate as well as the Marine Corps’ Capabilities Development and Integration office began looking in earnest at a concep...Continue reading

Army’s future battle command system is cleared for production Army’s future battle command system that will link sensors and shooters across the battlefield has been cleared for production, a Pentagon spokesperson confirmed to Defense News Jan. 13. As part of a long and bumpy road, the Army delayed the production decision for the Northrop Grumman-developed Integrated Battle Command System in November due to administrative issues and the Defense Acquisition Board was schedule...d to meet again Dec. 18 to determine whether the critical capability was ready to move into low-rate initial production. Ellen Lord, the undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment, signed a formal acquisition decision memorandum for the program Jan. 13, just days before she expects to depart her post. She will step down Jan. 20, and Stacy Cummings, the acting deputy assistant secretary of defense for acquisition, will temporarily fill the department’s top acquisition office once Joe Biden becomes president. IBCS which has cost the Army $2.7 billion to date to develop was originally meant to serve as the command-and-control system for the Army’s future Integrated Air and Missile Defense System against regional ballistic missile threats. But the service has since expanded its role to tie together a broader array of sensors and shooters capable of defeating other complex threats such as cruise missiles and unmanned aircraft. The program experienced an almost a four-year delay and struggled in a 2016 limited-user test, but following several soldier checkouts and other test events over the past few years as well as a successful limited-user test this summer, it was expected the battle command system would be approved for production by the end of 2020. The decision to move into low-rate production, also triggers the start of the system’s initial operational test and evaluation phase this year. The Army plans to equip its first unit with the system in the third or fourth quarter of fiscal 2022. The program is not only important to the United States but also Poland, which is the first international customer under contract to purchase the IBCS system for its Patriot batteries.

Army’s Robot Tanks Will Make Great Bait! The U.S. Army is developing remote-controlled robotic vehicles that, the service hopes, will be able to fight alongside conventional tanks, fighting vehicles and infantry as soon as the 2030s. The service doesn’t plan for any of these Remote Combat Vehicles, or RCVs, to be fully autonomous with their own self-contained artificial intelligence. But it’s not a huge leap to turn a remote-controlled fighting ‘botthink a ground version of ...Continue reading