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Some landlords of privatized military housing are resuming the utilities billing process for military families. The resumption varies across the service branches, and by installation, and starts with mock billing before actual billing begins. The Air Force appears to be further along in restarting its billing program, based on responses from the other services to Military Times’ questions. The Navy and Marine Corps expect to resume their billing at some locations at some point later this year, with the Marine Corps beginning with housing in Hawaii. At least two privatized housing communities — Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, and Little…

Ahead of the 101st Airborne Division’s receipt of the Bell MV-75, its personnel tested the tiltrotor waters in a training exercise with the Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey.On Jan. 23, the Army’s 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, used aircraft from the North Carolina-based Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 744 for Operation Lethal Eagle, according to a video release.The operation, a 21-day exercise featuring mock-up Army initiatives, aims to cultivate large-scale and long-range air assault capabilities throughout the division, per the video’s description.The exercise continues the 101st Airborne Division’s experimentation on tiltrotor aircraft as the service prepares to receive its own…

When U.S. President Donald Trump returned to office for a second term, he inherited a historic opportunity to reshape the standoff between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran, then in its 46th year. Tehran entered 2025 weaker than at any point since the 1979 revolution. Its economy continued to suffer under the weight of U.S. sanctions and mismanagement. Its regional proxy network was significantly weakened by the fall of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad and by Israel’s decisive campaign against Hezbollah and Hamas. Public resentment of the government was mounting. Washington, as a result, had real leverage; it…

A federal judge on Wednesday directed the Office of Management and Budget to publish certain information about how federal dollars are spent after a government watchdog nonprofit accused officials of contravening an earlier court order. U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan, who was appointed to the position by President Bill Clinton, mandated that OMB post spend plans as part of a database with apportionments, which detail when appropriated agency funding becomes available. Trump administration officials in March took down the database but were forced to put it back up in August after a panel of U.S. Court of Appeals judges rejected their…

Sputnik News 20260130 Moscow agreed to US President Donald Trump’s request to refrain from strikes on Kiev until February 1 to create favorable conditions for negotiations, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. “It’s about creating favorable conditions for negotiations… Yes, of course, there was a personal appeal from President Trump,” Peskov told journalists in response to a question about whether Moscow agreed to refrain from strikes on Ukraine. Donald Trump has indeed appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin with a personal request to refrain from strikes on Kiev for one week until February 1, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday.…

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Spain – Ministry of Foreign Affairs PRESS STATEMENT 013 30 Jan 26 The Spanish Government welcomes the announcement of the ceasefire agreement between the Syrian Government and the Syrian Democratic Forces, an essential step towards stability in Syria, ending the violence, moving towards a definitive cessation of hostilities and greater access to humanitarian aid. Spain reiterates its firm commitment to a peaceful, inclusive political transition that fully respects the rights of all Syrians, without exclusion or discrimination. Only a process that listens to all parties and guarantees the effective participation of Syrian society as a whole can lay the foundations…

The U.S. Navy’s second nuclear-powered Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier steamed out to sea Wednesday for sea trials ahead of its much-anticipated arrival to the fleet in 2027.The USS John F. Kennedy left Newport News Shipbuilding, Virginia, for initial trials, the ship’s manufacturer Huntington Ingalls Industries, announced in a post on X.“These trials will test important ship systems and components at sea for the first time,” the post read. “This huge milestone is the result of the selfless teamwork and unwavering commitment by our incredible shipbuilders, suppliers and ship’s force crew.”Several ship spotting social media accounts on X posted videos…

The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. The Finnish Army, reacting to a query from The War Zone, is pushing back on a published statement that its forces were asked to “go easy” on U.S. troops during a major joint military exercise in the Arctic last year. That claim, made in a The Times story on Jan. 21, went viral on social media and it comes at a time when the U.S. military’s ability to operate at scale in the frigid north remains very much a work in progress.…