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Logisticians battle distance, weather, red tape in giant Pacific exercise

A joint U.S.-Australian wargame turns its focus to supply challenges.

  • Sam Skove
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How to hide a helicopter refueling point, and other lessons from a giant Navy wargame

A stealthy Marine logistics team was just one small part of Large Scale Exercise 23.

  • Caitlin M. Kenney
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Today's D Brief: CNO retires sans replacement; Ukraine inches forward; Niger junta mixes messages; DC Guard shakeup?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Today's D Brief: WH asks for more Ukraine funds; African bloc readies force; China probes Taiwan’s defenses; 100K mines, removed; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Today's D Brief: Firefighting on Maui; Kim’s arms factories; Army’s peacetime awards; Nearly 100 Navy leaders on hold; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
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​​Nearly 100 Navy officers affected by senator’s hold

The service will become the third without a Senate-confirmed leader when CNO Adm. Mike Gilday steps down Aug. 14.

  • Caitlin M. Kenney
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Today's D Brief: Fireball in Moscow; China-Philippines standoff; Fighting ISIS in Iraq; Farewell to a whistleblower; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Today's D Brief: Counteroffensive cluster bombs; China, Russia off Alaska; Japan military, hacked; Afghan resistance; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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'Sudden surge' in cyberattacks on government: report

Blackberry's quarterly threat report said attacks on government agencies and the public sector rose 40% since last year.

  • Chris Riotta
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Today's D Brief: Another Ukrainian naval strike; Air war evolves; China’s rocket-forces purge; Niger junta digs in; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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US may make armed teams available to commercial ships sailing near Iran

The proposed move echoes a World War II initiative.

  • Caitlin M. Kenney
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Today's D Brief: Ukraine’s drone-boat attack; US troops on private ships?; Marines’ stopgap guidance; 1/4 of DOD cyber jobs are vacant; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Caitlin M. Kenney
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Today's D Brief: Evacuations from Niger; Navy’s destroyer plans; N. Korea’s US soldier; Guam’s typhoon woes; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Today's D Brief: Drone strikes on Ukraine; Trump indicted on election charges; 300 senior jobs unfilled; Retrofitting missiles; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Today's D Brief: Drone attacks in Moscow; No Space HQ for Alabama; USAF walks back tanker forecast; Marines’ recruiting success; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Army looking to hide bases, speed up anti-drone capabilities amid modernization drive, Under Secretary says

The service also sees AI as key, but warns that data management is a major hurdle.

  • Sam Skove
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Today's D Brief: New aid for Taiwan; Sex-assault rules change; Chinese-malware warnings; Niger coup ultimatum; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Jennifer Hlad and Bradley Peniston
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How the US is using open-source intel to track Russia's war in Ukraine

Analysts are moving beyond who-what-when-where to "really focusing on the why,” a senior defense intelligence official said.

  • Lauren C. Williams
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Afghanistan shows the U.S. needs a doctrine not just for fighting wars, but also leaving them

And other lessons from Thursday’s hearing on the 2021 evacuation.

  • Patrick Tucker
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Today's D Brief: Ukraine’s main campaign; Coup in Niger; Russian jet hits US drone; More troops lose abortion access; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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