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Inaugural Red Skies exercise boosts orbital warfare readiness
The Space Force's first "Red Skies" orbital warfare exercise tested whether guardians could command and control multiple satellites amid simulated threats.
New legal bombshells explode on two Navy SEAL war crimes cases
Two SEALs offer up damaging testimony against a chief special warfare operator accused of war crimes -- and suggest the command did not initially investigate the sprawling allegations of misconduct, new legal documents show.
By Carl Prine
Special operations launches ‘secret surrogate’ missions in new counter-terrorism strategy
U.S. counter-terrorism missions will soon place more emphasis on a little known Pentagon program designed to embolden “surrogate forces,” rather than allied units that are dependent on U.S. training, advice, and assistance.
By Kyle Rempfer
DoD officials: Irregular warfare will no longer suffer a ‘boom-bust’ cycle in eras of great power competition
The Defense Department doesn’t want to lose its irregular warfare edge, honed through more than a decade of conflict across the Middle East, even as it directs its armed forces to refocus on state-level adversaries.
By Kyle Rempfer
SOCOM needs to step up its propaganda game, Pentagon deputy says
The Pentagon is pushing it’s special operations forces to move beyond the traditional leaflets-and-loudspeakers approach to information warfare, a senior Pentagon official said this week.
By Kyle Rempfer
War crimes prosecution against Navy SEALs takes a double hit
The setbacks for the prosecution set the stage for a dramatic Feb. 15 showdown inside a Naval Base San Diego courtroom.
By Carl Prine
Air Force selects finalists in Shark Tank-styled competition
The Air Force has announced finalists for the 2019 Spark Tank competition — a platform for airmen to showcase their innovative ideas to the service’s leadership and solicit funding for their product’s expansion.
By Kyle Rempfer
Why cyberwar is contributing to a potential doomsday
The rise of cyberattacks and information warfare is a contributing factor to an existential threat to humanity, according to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
By Justin Lynch
Sailor killed in bombing leaves behind a husband and two children
Navy Chief Cryptologic Technician (Interpretive) Shannon M. Kent, 35, of Pine Plains, New York, was based at Fort Meade, Maryland.
War game: If China or Russia downed an ISR aircraft, how would the US really respond?
A war game study challenges typical assumptions of drone warfare.
By Kyle Rempfer
Navy SEAL charged with war crimes to remain in the brig
Navy Region Southwest spokesman Brian O’Rourke told Navy Times that Capt. Aaron Rugh issued a ruling that keeps Special Warfare Operator Chief Edward “Eddie” Gallagher, 39, behind bars until his trial begins.
By Carl Prine