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The back squat is one of the most respected exercises in strength training, and for good reason. It develops lower body strength, improves athletic performance, supports bone health, and teaches the body to produce force efficiently. Whether your goal is building muscle, improving sports performance, or simply staying strong as you age, the back squat remains one of the most valuable exercises you can perform. One of the most common questions people ask is simple: how much should you be able to back squat? The answer depends on several factors, including your training experience, body weight, age, sex, and goals.…

DoD is asking Congress to shift money away from a range of procurement programs to cover increased military personnel costs. Anastasia Obis July 14, 2026 6:48 pm 3 min read The Pentagon is shifting money away from weapons and technology programs to cover “higher-than-expected” military personnel costs, according to a recently released $4.3 billion omnibus reprogramming request.  Congress grants the Defense Department limited authorities to use funds for purposes other than what Congress originally approved — these authorities allow the department to transfer or reprogram money under certain conditions. In a June 29 reprogramming request, the Defense Department asked Congress…

By integrating NestAI’s NestOS as the AI foundation for Bittium’s tactical systems, military operators gain intelligent routing and acoustic sensing capabilities that work reliably in the most demanding conditions. Bittium and NestAI have announced a partnership to bring adaptive intelligence to tactical communications, with NestOS powering AI capabilities in two Bittium products. In the first phase of the collaboration, the AI capabilities will be integrated into the two products to enhance the performance and situational awareness of tactical systems. Modern military operations depend on communication networks that span tactical radios, civilian infrastructure and everything in between. The challenge is no…

July 14, 2026 ASHBURN, Virginia.  A Curtiss-Wright 3U OpenVPX offering aligned to the Sensor Open Systems Architecture, or SOSA, Technical Standard, the VPX3-656 time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) 10G Ethernet switch, delivers assured deterministic performance to standard Ethernet systems for aerospace and defense applications. The VPX3-656 switch complements several TSN-enabled SOSA aligned processors, making Curtiss-Wright the first company to offer an end-to-end TSN Ethernet solution from a single supplier, simplifying the building of a deterministic TSN system spanning compute and networking. As aerospace and defense platforms evolve toward increasingly networked, distributed, software-defined, and sensor-rich architectures, regular Ethernet struggles to meet the deterministic needs…

A sprawling urban center deep within contested territory had become a critical node in the adversary’s war machine. Captured and subsequently retained by enemy forces during the initial phases of the conflict, its dense urban terrain concealed command-and-control facilities, logistics hubs, and a key air defense system that shielded the surrounding region from US and allied airpower. For weeks, satellite imagery and electronic intelligence had confirmed that the city was the linchpin of the enemy’s ability to sustain operations across wide sections of the front. The joint force commander needed the enemy capabilities in the city to be neutralized, but…

On Friday, June 12, at 5:21 p.m. ET, artificial intelligence firm Anthropic received a letter from the US government directing the company to suspend access to its most capable AI models—Fable 5 and Mythos 5—for any foreign national, including those on Anthropic’s own staff. The order gave no advance notice and no timeline for restoration. Few institutions had built operational dependence on these specific models: Fable 5 had been public for barely a week, and Mythos 5 was only accessible to a small circle of partners under Anthropic’s Project Glasswing. And on July 1, the US government lifted the suspension, allowing…

Middleweight Michel Pereira has been removed from the UFC roster, as per MMA Fighting’s Guilherme Cruz, who posted the following update on X: “Michel Pereira has been removed from the UFC roster, I’m told. Pereira signed a 1-fight deal to face Shara Bullet at UFC Baku in June (after completing his previous deal) and lost via decision.” Check out the post below: Michel Pereira has been removed from the UFC roster, I’m told.Pereira signed a 1-fight deal to face Shara Bullet at UFC Baku in June (after completing his previous deal) and lost via decision.Story coming to @MMAFighting.— Guilherme Cruz…

Renee Good was murdered by Johnathan Ross, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent, on the 7th of January 2026 (Thomas, 2026) when attempting to flee ICE agents. Ross’s role as an ICE agent – an arm of the state—classifies this event as an act of state violence (Wertheimer, 2026). Through the case study of Good and the State narratives created around her murder, this essay seeks to demonstrate how state violence is fiercely legitimated through the state’s creation of narratives. Furthermore, the essay contends that the state’s monopoly over the use, designation, and definition of violence gives it a…

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The Pentagon has told American metal suppliers it wants to know exactly how much titanium and magnesium the country would need to keep building fighter jets and military hardware if a real war cut off the foreign supply chains both materials currently depend on. The Defense Logistics Agency, the Department of War’s supply and logistics […]