AUGUST 10, 2026 - The Department of War's Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) announced Friday a $400 million conditional loan commitment to Sunrise Energy Metals Limited (Sunrise) to build out the company's scandium operations. Sunrise is an Australian publicly listed company (ASX: SRL) that owns the Syerston Scandium Project in New South Wales, Australia. Scandium is a metal … [Read more...]
Boys & Girls Clubs Honor Military Youth
AUGUST 9, 2026 - Last week in the nation's capital, five young Americans from across the War Department were honored as finalists during the Boys & Girls Clubs of America's 2026 National Military Youth of the Year celebration, and one walked away with the honor and the opportunity to compete at the next level. Stephen B. Simmons, deputy assistant secretary of defense for … [Read more...]
DoW Releases Open Letter to Defense Industry
AUGUST 8, 2026 - The War Department is striving to reform acquisition so industry can produce at scale the systems, munitions and materiel needed for warfighters to fight and win. Last week, Michael P. Duffey, undersecretary of war for acquisition and sustainment, and Michael T. Powers, acting undersecretary of war comptroller, signed an open letter to the defense industrial … [Read more...]
Army Exercise to Cause Power Outage at Installations
AUGUST 8, 2026 — USAG Ansbach conducts an unannounced Black Start Exercise sometime between Aug. 15 – Sept. 15, 2026, resulting in power outages across all its installations. A Black Start Exercise, or BSE, is a planned power outage where electricity to the installation is temporarily shut off to test and access the installation’s readiness and power resilience. USAG … [Read more...]
Coast Guardsmen Join Airmen Leadership School
AUGUST 7, 2026 — The shade of blue may be different, but the meaning behind the uniform remains the same. Brought together by their commitment to serve, Airmen and Coast Guardsmen worked together during Airmen Leadership School class 26-Foxtrot. U.S. Coast Guard Yeoman Second Class Moisabley Gonzalez Guzman and Yeoman Third Class Maxwell Stillion traveled from the Pay and … [Read more...]