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The Office of the Director of National Intelligence is among the most significant institutions established in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, yet the DNI’s role and effectiveness continue to be up for debate more than two decades after it was established. Now, 25 years after the attacks, lawmakers are looking at how to address persistent shortcomings in the DNI role and advancing bipartisan recommendations aimed at strengthening it. But the future of ODNI remains unclear following controversial workforce cuts by the Trump administration. The DNI role was created by Congress at the recommendation of the 9/11 Commission. The position…

The arrival of new weapons has often been followed closely by their use against civilian populations for strategic effects. Submarines, bombers, rockets; The Lusitania, Dresden, London. This 20th-century history portends that the emerging capabilities of the 21st century—cyber attacks, information warfare—will be similarly used against civilian targets. The challenge will be all the greater as extreme weather becomes more common. This month’s Fictional Intelligence narrative, set in the late 2030s, explores how adversaries could exploit the combination to raise existential questions about political, military, and societal resiliency. An empty bar is a terrible thing to waste.Tomec took in the Loui Bar…

CAMP SMITH TRAINING SITE, Cortlandt Manor, N.Y. — Two hundred and eleven New York National Guard Soldiers and Airmen tackled the rugged trails of the Hudson Highlands Aug. 28 to earn the Royal Danish Air Force March ribbon. The event, hosted by the 53rd Troop Command, required participants to carry a 23-pound pack on a 20-kilometer (12.4-mile) course. The march was sanctioned by the Royal Danish Air Force’s A7 Training and Exercises Office as a decentralized host site for its annual endurance trial, known as the Flyver March. According to the Danish Air Force, more than 45,000 American service members…

Naval drones (USVs) have become increasingly prominent in the Russo-Ukrainian War since 2022. Today, in a world first, two naval drones engaged in combat. The Ukrainian Sargan-3000 USV sunk the Russian USV. For the first time in history, an uncrewed surface drone (USV – uncrewed surface vessel) has destroyed another USV in combat. The Ukrainian Navy Sargan-3000 USV, operating on intelligence from the Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR), interdicted a Russian attack USV in the Black Sea. The Russian naval drone was sunk. The Russian USV can be positively identified as an improved Orcan type (also referred to as Zefir/Zephyr in…

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 General Stephen Whiting took command of U.S. Space Command in January 2024, and if customary three-year tenures hold, his tour would end in January 2027. The question now before the President and Senate is who should follow him?   Whoever they choose, it has to be a Guardian—and so should every successor thereafter.   The reason is operational, not parochial: Guardians are the military professionals best prepared to integrate spacepower into global, multi-domain…

Joint Interagency Task Force 401 hosted its second interagency summit last month to accelerate cooperation against rapidly evolving drone threats. The gathering brought together more than 200 leaders and experts from 75 departments and agencies to synchronize efforts to strengthen homeland defense against drones.   The task force is the War Department’s premier counter-unmanned aircraft agency. Building on the momentum following the first full year since it was established in August 2025, the summit emphasized growing interagency partnerships that are rapidly delivering counter-UAS capabilities to warfighters, federal partners and local law enforcement.  “Drones have fundamentally changed the operational environment,” said…

Most beginners start chest training with the same two options: the barbell bench press and standard push ups. Both can work very well, but neither is automatically the best place to start. A barbell can feel intimidating, while floor push ups may be too difficult to perform with a full range of motion and stable body position. The good news is that your chest does not know whether an exercise looks conventional. It responds to sufficient muscular tension, challenging effort, progressive overload, and consistent training. A beginner also needs movements that are easy to learn, comfortable on the shoulders, and…

Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. U.S. Customs and Border Protection will begin implementing more stringent customs reporting requirements for importers next week as it continues to ramp up enforcement measures directed by the Trump administration. Starting Sept. 18, the agency will revoke a shipper’s ability to import goods into the country should they provide inaccurate customs information in CBP forms, per a Federal Register filing published last month. The agency could also take additional punishment actions, according to the filing, although CBP did not elaborate beyond that. …

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Beginning along any journey is an exciting time, and for martial artists, the beginning of the journey is White Belt. At the start of the journey, the student has no knowledge of the martial arts, and so everything is new, and skills are gained in every class. Progress is rapid at this time, as there is so much to learn and every lesson uncovers new ideas, new techniques, and new ways of moving. Training in martial arts is not a seasonal activity. Students enroll at any time they feel ready, and their Instructors plan for them to continue training at…