AUGUST 4, 2025 - At the request of the government of the Philippines, U.S. Marines with the Marine Rotational Force – Darwin (MRF-D) 25.3 Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) are working alongside the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to provide urgent lifesaving support to communities affected by typhoons, tropical storms, and the Southwest Monsoon. The forward presence … [Read more...]
Exercise Tests Large-Scale Patient Movement
U.S. Air Force medical personnel off-load simulated patients from a C-130 Hercules during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2025 (UC25) at Travis Air Force Base, California, July 28, 2025. U.S. Transportation Command’s annual exercise, UC25, tested how the Defense Department and its interagency and industry partners coordinate military patient movement from the Indo-Pacific to the … [Read more...]
Army 3D-Printing Lethal Tactical Drones
AUGUST 4, 2025 - When the U.S. Army officially sunset the RQ-7B Shadow platform in April 2024, it left a void for Soldiers trained in unmanned aerial operations. But for Hawkeye Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, it was also an opportunity to redefine how small units integrate drone technology in the modern … [Read more...]
Sensor Upgrade Enhances Deep Space Surveillance
AUGUST 4, 2025 - U.S. Space Force Space Operations Command, in partnership with U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command, approved the operational acceptance of a milestone upgrade to the Ground-Based Optical Sensor System at the Ground-based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance site in White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. SpOC is now in the integrated testing phase of an … [Read more...]
Korean War 75th Anniversary
AUGUST 4, 2025 - 75 years ago, it was August 1950. UNC was formed but fighting desperately to hold Korea. After being steadily pushed back from the 38th Parallel over July 1950, US and Korean ground forces withdrew behind the Naktong River in the southeastern corner of the Peninsula. Establishing what journalists termed the Pusan Perimeter, UNC fought to hold this last … [Read more...]