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Navy/USMC

Future Marine Corps Force Posture Will Increase Small Unit Engagement With SOF

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Friday, July 1st, 2011

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The number and role of small Marine Corps units working alongside members of U.S. special operations forces will likely increase as combat personnel begin to withdraw from ongoing operations in Afghanistan, a senior service officer said yesterday. The anticipated increase of small-unit engagement with special operations forces falls in line with a lighter, faster and more lethal Marine Corps that service leaders envision for a post Afghanistan combat environment, Lt. Gen. Dennis Hejlik, commander of Marine Corps Forces Command, Fleet…

Congress

Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

Munitions fired in the two-month old “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran represent most of the $25 billion cost the Pentagon has incurred thus far in the conflict, the acting Defense […]

Congress

Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

The Pentagon should be using Anthropic‘s recently announced Mythos artificial intelligence model to spot gaps in cyber security, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said on Tuesda. “I think the thing that […]

Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

Two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), have introduced the Airpower Acceleration Act, which would authorize multi-year procurements of […]

Congress

HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.– Congress’ work to pass $350 billion in reconciliation funds to support the Trump administration’s push for a $1.5 trillion fiscal year 2027 defense topline is “going to […]