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The second major gi event of the year happens over five days, with the 2026 IBJJF Pan Championship happening at the Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee, Florida.The 2026 IBJJF Pans happens TODAY (Wednesday, March 25, 2026) and will go on until Sunday, March 29, 2026. The gi Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) event) will stream live on FloGrappling, starting at 9:30 a.m. ET, and will go on for the next five days.After taking gold at the IBJJF Euros, BJJ champs like Diego Pato, Tainan Dalpra, Jalen Fonacier and Gabi Pessanha will continue their bids for a rare Grand Slam title as they…

NAVAL AIR FACILITY ATSUGI, Japan (March 30, 2026) – Nine Master Labor Contract (MLC) recruit firefighters are about to begin the Commander, Navy Region Japan (CNRJ) Fire Academy onboard Naval Air Facility (NAF) Atsugi. The 3-month academy starts this week on April 1st and is the first academy to be held onboard NAF Atsugi since 2024.“We are excited to begin [the academy] but it is a lot of work,” said Derrick Dimitris, deputy fire chief of training. “Essentially this academy is designed like a miniature university with several moving parts behind the scenes that are crucial to its success. With…

The past few weeks have been busy across the Procurement Leaders ecosystem. As we hosted senior leaders at Americas Procurement Congress and AI Forum in New Orleans, a group of Asia-based members congregated for a dinner and discussion in Hong Kong. Meanwhile, our various Cohort communities discussed everything from data infrastructure to supplier inclusion and how to build financial credibility into sustainable procurement strategies. But it was another conversation I facilitated just a few days before that provided most food for thought – with a group of future CPOs. The discussion was part of a mentoring programme we are running…

News March 27, 2026 Dan Taylor Technology Editor Military Embedded Systems Image via Thales PARIS, France. Thales launched Expeditionary PathMaster, a portable mine countermeasures system designed to let naval forces carry out full missions from shore, small boats, mine hunting ships, or other platforms, the company announced in a statement. The system is built around an expeditionary portable operations centre and is based on technology developed for the French Navy, the statement reads. Thales says the system supports both crewed and uncrewed assets and can also connect with third-party systems, including autonomous underwater vehicles, remotely operated vehicles, and conventional mine…

Issue Brief March 27, 2026 • 12:49 pm ET Print this page By Paul Amato Bottom lines up front The United States needs a nuclear force larger than today’s and flexible enough to influence adversary decision-making at all stages of crisis and conflict.A US strategic deterrent capable of delivering roughly 2,400 operationally deployed warheads in the near term should be sufficient to meet US strategy requirements.Force attributes and flexibility matter as much as numbers, though. Now that the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty has expired, the debate begins over what the United States should do next regarding its nuclear posture.…

President Donald Trump has long disdained the European Union. In his first term, he frequently railed against the bloc, describing it as a “foe” and “worse than China.” In his second term, Trump’s attitude has morphed into outright hatred. His desire, now, is to fracture the EU: a leaked draft of an earlier version of the 2025 National Security Strategy included the objective of “pulling” certain countries “away” from the bloc. That aim is also evident in Washington’s decision to impose high tariffs on the EU’s exports and in the final version of the National Security Strategy, which suggested that…

Joe Pyfer’s win over Israel Adesanya at UFC Seattle was the biggest result of his career, but the post‑fight story has been dominated by the middleweight’s decision to lay out the darkest stretch of his personal life. In recent interviews, Pyfer has described a period marked by “lust issues,” relationship damage, and suicidal thoughts, saying guilt over how he treated his long‑term partner pushed him toward therapy and a renewed focus on faith. Joe Pyfer On Cheating, Guilt And Why He Wanted To End It All Speaking at the post‑fight press conference in Seattle, Pyfer said he had been “a…

A senior executive working within the Veterans Affairs Department was charged with failing to disclose a slew of different gifts given to him by contractors working with the agency on its health records modernization, the Justice Department announced on Wednesday. John Windom served as the executive director at the Office of Electronic Health Record Modernization within the VA from 2017 to 2021. The Justice Department alleges that, while working on the $16 billion acquisition and deployment of the VA’s new electronic health records solution, Windom accepted a number of gifts, including thousands of dollars of cash, casino chips, gift cards and other items from…

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s recent decision to have chaplains remove their rank insigna in an effort to make them more approachable to lower ranks has some chaplains concerned that removing the rank could diminish their position and influence within commands. Under the directive, military chaplains in the Air Force, Army and Navy—the Space Force and Marine Corps don’t have their own chaplains—are still commissioned officers, but no longer wear their rank…

NFL players won’t go back to the negotiating table for a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) until 2030 but rumors have already started swirling about many of the issues the league might bring up including a new 18 game season as well as financial compensation packages with broadcast rights deals only continuing to balloon higher and higher with each passing year.Because every athlete in the NFL is represented by the Player’s Association, there are plenty of guaranteed rights made as part of that CBA, which even includes league minimum for salaries (currently $840,000 per season). It’s not that different from…