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FORT POLK, La. — The Virginia Army National Guard’s Staunton-based 116th Mobile Brigade Combat Team is testing its combat readiness during a Joint Readiness Training Center, or JRTC, rotation May 31 – July 1. The rotation marks a historic milestone for the brigade and the Army National Guard. The 116th is the first Army National Guard brigade to conduct a JRTC rotation as a mobile brigade combat team, or MBCT, after officially transforming from an infantry brigade combat team to an MBCT in October 2025. The training gives Soldiers and leaders an opportunity to validate new formations, equipment and tactics…

Win. Lose. Win. Lose. Win. Lose. Masaaki Noiri has described his ONE Championship record himself, in exactly those terms, and said it ends now. Noiri enters the ONE SAMURAI Featherweight Kickboxing Tournament at ONE SAMURAI 2, broadcasting live and exclusively on live.onefc.com from Ebara Wave Arena Ota in Tokyo, Japan on Saturday, August 8. The 33-year-old Team Vasileus fighter opens with a quarterfinal rematch against Chinese contender Liu “Spirit Dragon” Mengyang, who handed him a decision loss at ONE Friday Fights 92 in December 2024. Noiri responded to that defeat with consecutive finishes of Shakir Al-Tekreeti and Tawanchai PK Saenchai,…

Reality star Dylan Efron does his best to stay in great shape so that when nature calls—quite literally—he is ready to go. “I like to play sports,” Efron says to Muscle & Fitness exclusively. “There’s a tennis court outside my hotel just now, and I went out there and was trying to hit balls. I play beach volleyball and soccer, and I try to just play as many sports as I can to stay loose and then go work out as much as I can. I just want to be ready for when those opportunities come because like that rock…

Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao on June 8 established the Department of the Navy Communication Strategy, aimed at combat not of the seas, but of information. “We are in a fight for the narrative,” Cao wrote. “Our adversaries compete not only with steel, but with coordinated disinformation designed to undermine our will, divide our alliances, and erode the confidence of the American people. We will not cede the information domain.”The purpose of the overarching communication strategy, according to Cao, is to streamline “enterprise-wide communication posture” in order to reinforce “an unwavering trust with the American people.”Further details regarding the…

A sealed copy of 1985’s Super Mario Bros. has broken the world record for the most expensive video game ever sold at auction, fetching a staggering $3 million. This particular copy of Super Mario Bros. caught the attention of collectors for several reasons, most notably its high-graded Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA) certification, which essentially makes it the finest known example among its variants. Super Mario Bros. was originally released for the NES in 1985. It is widely regarded as one of the pioneering games of the platformer genre and, as the first entry in the Super Mario series, holds a…

News June 15, 2026 Dan Taylor Technology Editor Military Embedded Systems Image via Renault Group BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT, France. Renault Group and Thales unveiled 4 TROOP, a prototype tactical vehicle for land forces that combines Renault vehicle architecture with Thales onboard communications, connectivity, and decision-support systems, the company announced in a statement. The 4×4 prototype, unveiled at Eurosatory 2026, is based on a Renault Group vehicle platform and is intended to support roles including reconnaissance, troop coordination, escort, logistics support, site surveillance, and the deployment of uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) and uncrewed ground vehicles (UGVs), the statement reads. The vehicle includes onboard…

The U.S. Army has awarded General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems a contract to validate a maneuvering 155mm artillery round designed to strike targets beyond the reach of conventional rounds.The contract, announced last week, is part of the Army’s Extended Range Artillery Projectile Program, or ERAP, which seeks to field a next-generation munition that can maintain precision in GPS-degraded or denied situations. The Army is aiming to reach initial operational capability by fiscal 2030.The company tested a version of the projectile at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, last year, successfully hitting targets more than 74 miles away after being fired from an M777…

FORT BONIFACIO, Taguig City, Philippines — More than 2,000 service members from the Philippines, the United States, Japan, and the Republic of Korea commenced Exercise Kaagapay ng mga Mandirigma ng Dagat (KAMANDAG) 10 on June 15, demonstrating combined readiness, interoperability and the enduring strength of the U.S.-Philippine alliance through training conducted across the Philippine archipelago. KAMANDAG 10, the premier annual exercise between the Philippine Marine Corps and U.S. Marine Corps, is a multi-domain, joint and combined exercise designed to enhance maritime security, strengthen interoperability, improve contested logistics capabilities, and increase combined readiness among allied and partner forces. Conducted from June…

Today, Eurosatory 2026 in Paris has opened its doors! Until June 19, General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) will showcase innovative solutions for a transforming battlefield – ready to be industrialized within short timespans for production and delivery atscale. Our displays at two stands in hall 5A/B416 and outdoor/A170 focus on three major topics: Manned-Unmanned-Teaming fusing our mobility expertise as vehicle OEM and systems integrator and the experience of Alpha Robotics, an established leader in unmanned solutions for firefighting and rescue missions. You are cordially invited to learn more about this partnership in a media event at our booth B416 on…

People’s Daily Online (Xinhua) 09:47, June 15, 2026 ULAN BATOR, June 14 (Xinhua) — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said here on Saturday that his talks with Mongolian Foreign Minister Batmunkh Battsetseg had yielded a broad consensus on bilateral relations and regional cooperation. Both sides agreed that, amid a turbulent international environment and increasingly complex global challenges, China and Mongolia should stand together through thick and thin and continue working toward building a China-Mongolia community with a shared future characterized by peaceful coexistence, mutual support,…