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On the beaches east of Havana, you can still see rusted remnants of watchtowers on the roofs of buildings along the island’s northern coast. Constructed in the early 1960s, after the failed Bay of Pigs invasion, these emplacements were designed to provide early warning of an attack by the United States—or “the Empire,” in Cuban revolutionary parlance. But by the time I saw them in 2002, during my time in the country as a young U.S. foreign service officer, they seemed like relics of a bygone era, monuments to Cuban leader Fidel Castro’s inability to accept the end of the…

FORT SILL, Okla. – Soldiers who need to qualify on machine guns at Fort Sill will soon have a centralized, upgraded range built by Soldiers who know exactly why that training matters. By applying critical thinking and looking beyond the standard path, leaders and engineers at Fort Sill are demonstrating how “getting to yes” can save time and taxpayer dollars while significantly improving the quality of training facilities. The 104th Engineer Construction Company, 62nd Engineer Battalion, 36th Engineer Brigade, is converting Fire and Movement Range 2 into a Multi-Purpose Machine Gun Range to support machine gun qualification for Fort Sill…

Two new pieces of equipment have recently joined the ranks of the US Marine Corps (USMC): the NMESIS – short for Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System – and the MADIS (which stands for Marine Air Defense Integrated System). Both items were put through their paces in the Philippines in the multinational Exercise Balikatan held from 20 April to 8 May 2026. The Hawaii-based 3d Marine Littoral Regiment (3d MLR) fielded both the NMESIS and MADIS during Balikatan 2026. It is itself a relatively new formation in the USMC, after being created in March 2022. In addition, the 12th MLR was…

Greater access for TRICARE beneficiaries at lower costs is a win for the warfighter, veterans, their families, DoD and the U.S. taxpayer. Roger Waldron June 5, 2026 3:16 pm 3 min read On May 28, the Defense Health Agency announced that upcoming meeting dates and related documents for the Uniform Formulary Beneficiary Advisory Panel (BAP) should be posted soon. This is good news for the healthcare of members of the United States military and their beneficiaries, as well as the American taxpayer. The Defense Department’s TRICARE Pharmacy Benefits Uniform Formulary provides for the availability of pharmaceutical agents in the complete…

Iran Press TV Saturday, 06 June 2026 8:40 AM Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, has warned against sacrificing the Resistance for hollow promises, saying sustainable peace grows from a balance of power rather than appeasing the enemy. Velayati wrote in a post on his X account on Saturday that the “longstanding nightmare and historical fear of Western theorists regarding Iran’s rise to power has turned into reality, and a new geometry has taken shape.” He added that the admission by Western media outlets Reuters and The Guardian of US President Donald Trump’s…

Contracts AIR FORCE Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace, Kongsberg, Norway, was awarded a $240,904,098 firm-fixed-price contract for the Joint Strike Missile Lot Two production. This contract provides for the purchase of all up rounds with containers, test hardware, and support items being produced under this contract. Work will be performed at Kongsberg, Norway, and is expected to be completed by Nov. 30, 2028. This contract was a sole source acquisition. Fiscal 2024 procurement missile funding in the amount of $137,970,866; and fiscal 2025 procurement missile funding in the amount of $102,933,232, are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force…

Alex Pereira has reacted to Ciryl Gane’s training with Artem Vakhitov before the UFC White House showdown.Pereira is the first UFC fighter chasing three-division glory in the UFC. This weekend, when he faces Gane in the co-main event of UFC 250, the interim heavyweight title will be up for grabs.Gane is training with Pereira’s kickboxing rival, who defeated “Poatan” by majority decision in a rematch at Glory 78. Ciryl Gane training with Artem Vakhitov ahead of his upcoming fight against Alex PereiraVakhitov is the last man to beat Pereira in kickboxing 👀 pic.twitter.com/x5u8B714HO— Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS) April 20, 2026 Reacting…

News June 05, 2026 Dan Taylor Technology Editor Military Embedded Systems Image via Fincantieri OTTAWA, Canada. WASS Submarine Systems and Magellan Aerospace signed a memorandum of understanding to explore Canadian industrial cooperation involving heavyweight torpedoes and torpedo countermeasures capabilities, the company announced in a statement. The agreement was signed during CANSEC 2026 and is intended to identify areas of cooperation tied to Canada’s underwater defense capabilities, the statement reads. WASS Submarine Systems is a Fincantieri subsidiary focused on underwater defense systems, while Magellan Aerospace has an industrial presence in Canada, according to the statement. Under the agreement, the companies will…