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Pentagon creates advisory council on human performance, health

After creating a new directorate on warfighter optimization within the Department of Defense, the Pentagon announced it will form a federal advisory committee to weigh in on issues affecting troop performance and health.
Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest, famously captured by ‘Band of Brothers,’ deliberately set ablaze

A 33-year-old German citizen was arrested over the weekend after a fire tore through one of the last architectural relics of Nazism.
Pentagon cautions personnel against betting using insider information

Hostile foreign intelligence services can track bets made by U.S. military personnel on prediction markets to anticipate American movements, targets and timing, Hegseth warned.
US military needs ‘urgent revolutionary institutional change’ to prepare for modern war, Petraeus says

Ret. Army Gen. David Petraeus praised the Pentagon’s new Autonomous Warfare Command but said the U.S. must rapidly prepare for modern autonomous war.

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US Army queries industry’s ability to build 21,000 Infantry Squad Vehicles

The U.S. Army published a market survey Monday in an effort to learn whether the defense industrial base could deliver 9,000 ISV-9s and about 12,000 ISV-Us.

A shipwreck, two Nazi spies and the Boy Scout who noticed

Author Sara Vladic tells the tale of how an alert Boy Scout and an observant local mother thwarted Nazi spies — and how one recently discovered shipwreck weaves it all together.
Congressmen launch bipartisan military range, test facility caucus

A bipartisan group of U.S. representatives launched the Congressional Military Range and Test Facility Caucus in an effort to highlight the role of those ranges in advancing research and test missions for the military.
US Army looks to high-flying balloons to help see, strike along front lines with China

Amid renewed interest in high-altitude balloons, soldiers are looking to them to extend their reach along the first island chain.

Supreme Court to hear case on division of retirement, disability pay in military divorces

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider a case that challenges whether divorce settlements are enforceable if they agree to protect a former spouse’s share of military retirement pay and the amount is later affected by disability compensation.

Cost estimate for Iran war rises to more than $47 billion

The U.S. military has spent about 25% more on the war in Iran than estimates projected in July, according to Pentagon data obtained by Reuters.