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Lawmakers on Friday accused the Pentagon of gutting a congressionally mandated effort to reduce civilian harm after a new Inspector General investigation found the Defense Department had started shutting down the initiative despite a legal requirement to maintain it. During a House Armed Services Committee hearing, lawmakers pressed Army Secretary Dan Driscoll and Acting Army Chief of Staff Gen. Christopher LaNeve over the watchdog’s report that the DoD had proposed hollowing out civilian harm mitigation efforts while prematurely scaling back parts of the program across the military. That move, the congressmen said, was against the law. Rep. Adam Smith of…

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Army leaders struggled Friday to respond to congressional furor over the Pentagon’s decision to abruptly cancel a deployment of more than 4,000 soldiers to Poland this month. Acting Army Chief of Staff Gen. Christopher LaNeve said in an Army budget hearing that the order to halt a planned 9-month rotation to Europe by 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division to Eastern Europe came from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. LaNeve and Army Secretary Dan Driscoll said they were informed of the order and had been consulted, but they wouldn’t provide the exact timing of the decision. On May 1,…

Sometimes outside events and situations can have an impact on the Fighting Game Community, and this is apparently one of those times. The Esports World Cup 2026 is reportedly relocating this Summer due to the conflict in the Middle East. According to GamesBeat, the organizers are said to be moving the event from where it was originally going to take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Instead, the EWC is…

The specter of large-scale combat operations dominates contemporary US military professional discourse. A conflict against a peer or near-peer adversary like China or Russia will demand a profound shift in the US Army’s focus, training, and culture. To get ahead of this demand and effect this before facing the imperative of doing so under fire, senior leaders have rightly emphasized a single, vital attribute: lethality. But discussions of lethality often reduce it to mere weapon-system performance or kill counts. This is dangerously insufficient. With the potential for large-scale combat operations, we must embrace a more demanding and holistic definition that moves beyond…

HONOLULU — Anduril is slated to deliver at least 3,000 surface-launched cruise missiles to the U.S. Army beginning in 2027, part of an effort to quickly advance affordable munitions procurement at scale.Over the course of the three-year framework agreement, Anduril will supply the Army with a minimum of 1,000 surface-launched Barracuda-500Ms per year, according to a company release.“Long-range precision fires and stand-off strike weapons are fundamental to America’s ability to deter our adversaries, but existing solutions are too expensive, too exquisite and too hard to produce at scale,” the release states.Meant for long-range strikes and designed for a variety of…

President of Ukraine 13 May 2026 – 20:42 Advisor – Commissioner of the President of Ukraine for Sanctions Policy, Vladyslav Vlasiuk, held a meeting with the First Secretary of the Embassy of the United Kingdom in Ukraine, Jack Meeson, and Political Advisor James Ford. Vladyslav Vlasiuk thanked the United Kingdom for its active sanctions policy and strong measures against various entities that help Russia continue its war. Since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion, the United Kingdom has adopted nearly 30 decisions enacting sanctions against more than 3,000 individuals and legal entities, as well as vessels of the Russian…

UFC featherweight contender Arnold Allen joins MMA Fighting’s José Youngs to discuss his favorite candy, movies, British music, Tesco advice, and tells a very bizarre Wu-Tang story from his childhood.In terms of competition, Allen (20-4) was last seen coming up short against Jean Silva on the main card of UFC 324 . This setback not only marked his first fight in more than a year, but also his third loss in his past four bouts. The man known as “Almighty” previously suffered losses to current “BMF” champion Max Holloway and the undefeated Movsar Evloev.

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Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org The leaders of the Pentagon’s Golden Dome program say a new “Ecosystem Hub” will make it easier for companies to pitch technology for the effort and for the government to monitor supply chain and cyber risks.  The program established the hub in April, which Golden Dome Director Gen. Michael Guetlein has called a “one-stop-shop for industry” to do business with one of the Defense Department’s largest programs.  “Really, what’s coming out…