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Pathways through which advocacy training enhances engagement in advocacy among persons living with HIV (PLWH) are not well understood. In a secondary analysis from a randomized controlled trial of a peer advocacy training intervention for PLWH, we examined mediators of intervention effects on HIV prevention advocacy (i.e., encouraging others to engage in HIV protective behaviors) across members of their social network. A sample of 210 PLWH (105 in each of the intervention and control arms) provided information about their advocacy to their social network members at baseline, and 6-, 12-, and 18-month follow-up. Repeated measures linear regressions showed that PLWH…

Kielce, September 10th, 2026 – KNDS Mobility announces the commercial launch of CELERIS 8×8, a complete and highly innovative military mobility offer unveiled at MSPO 2026. Following its strategic integration into the KNDS Group in April 2026, KNDS Mobility now completes the range of offers for worldwide partners, with tracked as well as 4×4, 6×6 and now 8×8 dedicated military platforms.  A fully tailored, ready-to-Integrate, complete mobility platform Building on the commercial success of CELERIS 4×4—already selected and deployed across five countries—the new CELERIS 8×8 extends this unique partnership concept to the heavy-wheeled combat vehicle segment. Delivered as a series…

While Day 1 of ADCC has produced a lot of beautiful submissions, it’s the ugly brawl involving Gordon Ryan, Dorian Olivarez and Bezkat Kapashov that’s getting the most attention.After Olivarez got a submission win over Kapashov, a brawl erupted between him the large Kazakh contingent supporting Kapashov. Olivarez’s coach and teammate Gordon Ryan seems to have gotten the worst of it, as the Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) all-time great took punches from multiple attackers in the melee.Gordon Ryan releases statement on ADCC 2026 brawlMinutes after getting backstage, Gordon Ryan immediately released a statement and described his side of the brawl.“John (Danaher)…

Former U.S. Coast Guard contractor Peter Souders is allowed to proceed with his First Amendment lawsuit against the Trump administration, claiming he was fired over posts related to the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Sounders, an engineer and project manager for government contractor Advanced Concepts Enterprises Inc. (ACES) who began working at the Coast Guard in July 2025, alleges that he was fired in September 2025 “in retaliation for his private speech on a matter of significant national interest and attention,” citing a violation of his First Amendment rights. In November 2025, he filed a lawsuit in U.S.…

Connor Wood first started learning to sword fight when he was a child and that ultimately led him to join the Society for Creative Anachronism. In pursuing the historical sources, he soon crossed over in Historical European Martial Arts and saw a myriad of overlaps between the two movements. Today, Wood discusses the evolution of HEMA and the SCA, the cultural tensions that have developed between the two communities, and the ways tournament structures shape martial practice, along with mentorship, pedagogy, ranking systems, competitive incentives, and the ongoing debate between specialization and cross-training. MAYTT: There was not a real question.…

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NEW DELHI — India will source nearly all of $11.6 billion worth of recently approved military hardware from domestic manufacturers, underscoring New Delhi’s push to reduce dependence on foreign arms suppliers as it modernizes its armed forces.The Defense Acquisition Council headed by Defense Minister Rajnath Singh granted “in principle” approval, which is essentially a green light to begin the procurement process.“Approximately 98% of procurements will be made from the Indian Industry,” a Defense Ministry statement said on Monday.The ambitious goal to source nearly all of the latest round of military acquisitions domestically comes amid a significant shift in government policy.…

As Air Force One returned to Washington, D.C., on the night of Sept. 11, 2001, Michael Morell looked out a window and saw an F-16 off the aircraft’s wingtip. Beyond it, the Pentagon was smoldering.Morell, then-President George W. Bush’s intelligence briefer, had spent the day answering the president’s questions and relaying intelligence as the country tried to understand the attacks that had hit the Pentagon and the World Trade Center in New York City. A quarter-century later, that view from the window remains one of his most vivid memories.At the National Security Agency, Rick Ledgett recalled colleagues weeping in the…

He was the king of Ithaca and a combat veteran of repute who was the anti-hero of Homer’s Odyssey and a con artist “insatiate of deceit” whose trials of the heart in coming home would mirror those of many veterans 3,000 years later.For Jonathan Shay, author of Odysseus in America: Combat Trauma and the Trials of Homecoming, the 10 years of wanderings on a perilous sea as Odysseus took the really, really long way home could be seen as an “allegory for the real problems of combat veterans returning to civilian society.”Shay, a psychiatrist at the Boston VA Medical Center,…

Jean Silva seeks Noche UFC redemption Saturday.One year ago, Silva’s night ended in disappointment as he was knocked out by Diego Lopes to close out the Mexican Independence Day event, a result that Lopes parlayed into a title fight with Alexander Volkanovski. Tonight, Silva takes on Jose Miguel Delgado in a headlining bout with considerably lower stakes.Don’t blame Delgado. The featherweight prospect jumped on the opportunity to replace an injured Yair Rodriguez and can now shake up the contender picture if he beats Silva. Delgado might not be a household name yet, but in the Year of the Upset, this…