At gathering of top generals, Hegseth outlines anti-‘woke’ vision for the ‘Department of War’
The secretary of defense made his pitch for a war-focused military, arguing "mounting urgency" required a cultural change against "ideological garbage."
Marines new ‘Fusion Center’ aimed transitioning cutting edge tech more smoothly
Marine Corps officials said the new office will act as a bridge over the Pentagon's infamous "valley of death" and will first focus on counter-drone systems.
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Russia, China Are Outmaneuvering US: Generals Recommend New Authorities, Doctrine
China and Russia are outmaneuvering the US, using aggressive actions that fall short of war, a group of generals and admirals have concluded. To counter them, the US needs new ways to use its military without shooting, concludes a newly released report on the Quantico conclave. The US military will need new legal authorities […]
Services Debate Multi-Domain: ‘Battle’ Or ‘Operations’
"'Battle' is very tactical," said another participant approvingly. "We've got to have a cultural shift." We need to recognize we're in conflict right now with great power adversaries, even if we're not shooting at each other.
Drone Delivery, Direct To The Grunt: Marines Experiment With Hive UAVs
It was a Marine reservist, transport officer Maj. Chris Thobaben, who had the idea to repurpose the scout drones for logistics after seeing too many comrades killed or wounded on supply runs in Iraq.
Counter-Drone Exercise Black Dart Expands, Moves To Eglin AFB
PENTAGON: The 2016 edition of Black Dart, the Defense Department’s formerly classified counter-drone exercise, expands to Eglin Air Force Base this year, in search of more space and more capabilities, including ships. “Eglin will allow us to deliver added uncertainty in the way of providing multiple locations for launching UAS at different distances so we can explore the […]
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Death To (Tiny) Drones: New Technologies Compete At Quantico
The military is devoting more and more attention to the threat of hostile drones on the battlefield, but what to do about the dangers posed by tiny micro-drones, especially in urban areas, where simply shooting them down isn’t usually a good option? Eight finalists in a technology challenge sponsored by the Department of Defense, Department […]
Marines Explore ‘Augmented Reality’
Think of it as Google Glass goes to war — only less nerd and more Marine. Budget cuts and readiness shortfalls have the US military looking at virtual reality as a partial replacement for expensive field exercises. But VR has real limits. So this month, young Marines at the Infantry Officer Course in Quantico tested a […]
F-35s, V-22s, And Samsung Tablets: Junior Marines Pioneer New Tech, Tactics
For the valedictory wargame of the Marine Corps’s Infantry Officer Course, young second lieutenants launched an airborne raid on San Clemente Island off the California coast to try out new tactics and techniques with V-22s and F-35s. Their mission: fly in on V-22 Ospreys, wipe out simulated missile launch sites so US warships could move […]
Marines, Army Stare Into Face Of Future War; Afghan Lessons Relevant?
QUANTICO, Va: Even though the administration’s strategic guidance swears off “large-scale, prolonged stability operations” while emphasizing air and naval forces, the lessons that ground troops learned in Afghanistan and Iraq will remain vitally relevant, both because we will still do stability operations in the future and because those skills apply to other kinds of conflicts […]
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