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The Army is ending an experiment with a dedicated drone battalion less than a year after tasking the infantry unit to test how such a formation could operate, an Army official said on Thursday.In November 2025, U.S. Army Europe and Africa, in collaboration with the Department of the Army and U.S. European Command, charged the unit with learning from dedicated drone forces, including those fielded by Ukraine, and feeding those lessons back to the Army to support the Pentagon’s push for U.S. drone dominance. The official, who spoke on background, said in a statement that after the massive, multinational Exercise…

A strong, muscular back needs more than one movement pattern. Pull ups and rows both train the lats, upper back, rear shoulders, and elbow flexors, but they do not challenge those muscles in exactly the same way. That difference matters when your goal is hypertrophy, strength, athletic performance, or simply a back that looks complete from every angle. The direct answer is that neither exercise is universally better. Pull ups are usually the stronger choice for building vertical pulling strength and challenging the lats through a demanding bodyweight movement. Rows are usually the stronger choice for adding targeted upper back…

WASHINGTON (AP) — An Army unit based in Europe that was specializing in drone warfare has been directed to end its efforts to learn and use the battlefield technology and return to being a traditional infantry battalion, officials said Thursday. For more nearly a year, soldiers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade have been experimenting and building their own drones, as well as participating in drills on waging unmanned warfare after Ukraine pioneered such tactics in its yearslong conflict with Russia. Last November, 600 soldiers formed a battalion that specialized in drone warfare and was set up to be used as…

Written by  Jim Stewart Updated on Aug 20, 2026, 2:32 PM EDT If you are interested in joining the largest military branch, consider the 950,000-soldier strong U.S. Army. Find out how to enlist or be commissioned into a diverse set of careers in ground-combat, engineering, medical, intelligence and logistics. Requirements to Join the Army Enlisted soldiers make up 82% of the Army and get hands-on training, including for any career field that interests them. Enlisted To join the Army as an enlisted soldier, you must: Be between 17-42 years old. Have a high school diploma, GED or plan to obtain one.…

I’m already hyped by the premise of this new traditional roguelike RPG that just came onto my radar. It’s called Ad Iterum, and it basically puts us in the shoes, or rather, the bones, of an unfortunate, feeble pile of walking bones in a world that’s in even worse shape. Little by little, by recovering human remains and body parts, we’ll regain an ever-changing range of powers. So, if I’ve piqued your interest, here are all the details on Ad Iterum and its development by indie developer Gabriel Maldonado. Your Body Is Part of the Build Ad Iterum follows many…

Sean Jamshidi was a U.S. Marine Corps gunnery sergeant who served in some of the service’s most prized roles, including as an embassy security guard detachment commander and in psychological operations. But he feels helpless now to aid his brother, who worked for the U.S. government during the war in Afghanistan and has been stuck for nearly two years at a holding camp in Qatar, waiting for a visa to the United States.Jamshidi’s brother is one of roughly 150 family members of U.S. troops and veterans stranded at Camp As Sayliyah, according to the aid organization AfghanEvac. The camp is…

Well past midnight one day this spring, three police officers pulled up to a nightclub where a man was stomping on a young woman lying on the sidewalk.The officers stopped the attack and arrested him, according to a police report. It was the kind of assault police might encounter on almost any night in almost any city.But one detail stood out to police officer Xavier Jimenez, who wrote the report: “There was approximately 15 national guard members in the area on routine patrol who did not take any action.”President Donald Trump deployed thousands of National Guard troops to Washington last…

The Australian destroyer HMAS Hobart has completed the yard phase of its Destroyer Capability Enhancement programme. (ADF)Australia undocked HMAS Hobart on 20 August 2026, marking the completion of the yard phase of the Destroyer Capability Enhancement (DCE) programme that began in February 2026.Hobart is the first of three air warfare destroyers to undergo upgrades to their combat management systems and Aegis capabilities under this Sea 4000 Phase 6 effort. Work is being conducted by BAE Systems Australia at the Osborne Naval Shipyard in South Australia.A key element of the programme is the Combat Systems Integration – Integrated Project Team (CSI-IPT),…

FNSS unveiled U-MAV, the Multi-Purpose Modular Unmanned Amphibious Vehicle at TEKNOFEST Mavi Vatan 2026, hosted by the Gölcük Naval Shipyard Command in Kocaeli from 20 to 23 August 2026. İ-ZAHA designed to take the crew out of the first wave which is the highest-risk phase of any amphibious assault and to operate as part of a manned-unmanned team (MUM-T) with the Marine Assault Vehicles (MAV) already in service with the Turkish Naval Forces Command. It makes first contact with the opposing force’s shore defences ahead of the manned wave and keeps operators in a safe area. The 8-ton platform transits…

The Kremlin warned Britain this week of unspecified but inevitable “consequences” and accused London of “deliberately opting for escalation” following reports of British-made drones being used to strike targets inside Russia. This threatening language comes as Russian President Vladimir Putin steps up efforts to intimidate Ukraine’s allies with a campaign of gray zone aggression designed to deter further international support for Kyiv. Russia’s strongly worded statement was issued in response to British media claims that Ukraine has recently begun using drones produced by two separate British companies as part of Kyiv’s strategic bombing campaign targeting military and industrial sites across…