RT @StevenBeynon: This comes as the military trades, which cover the day-to-day of the services, and deliver critical news for troops, vets…
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Quil Lawrence
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Quil Lawrence
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NPR news covering veterans. Also climate and national security. Former Bureau Chief in Baghdad and Kabul. Signal: QuilNPR.10
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Citing DEI, Pentagon ends special treatment of black mold in barracks duffelblog.com/citing-dei-mil…
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Like it often does, the Pentagon's daily schedule said today that Gen. Caine had "no public or media events on his schedule."
CSPAN@cspan
Q: "What drew you to life of service why does it still matter?" Gen. Caine: "Through my folks, I learned the incredible gift service has...if you step into service, the returns on that investment of time will always be exponential."
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An Afghanistan War veteran, Jose Serrano, told @camiloreports his wife was told she would be released from ICE detention, but her attorney says she was instead being processed for deportation to Mexico based on a 2019 deportation order. cbsnews.com/news/wife-army…
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Mine warfare remains one of the most under-discussed yet potentially decisive dimensions of a cross-Strait conflict scenario.
Excited for you all to check out the latest for The Monitor, where I examine Taiwan’s offensive minelaying and mine countermeasures posture:
Taiwan Security Monitor (台灣安全觀測站)@TaiwanMonitor
New from TSM: Taiwan has invested in new minelayers, but its broader mine warfare posture still shows a significant gap between concept and wartime capability, particularly in a contested Taiwan Strait. The latest article in The Monitor by TSM’s Assistant Director @ethandconnell examines Taiwan’s offensive minelaying capacity, aging mine countermeasures fleet, and the operational constraints that could limit both in a cross-Strait conflict. Read it here: tsm.schar.gmu.edu/taiwans-mine-w…
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My latest on the issues plaguing military families' health care. The Defense Health Agency and its contractors say the challenges in processing medical claims was a glitch that's been fixed, but many people I talked to showed that's not the case at all.
The War Horse@TheWarHorseNews
A year after the military’s rocky start to a new health care contract, service members, veterans, and medical providers are still up in arms about denied care and unpaid claims thewarhorse.org/tricare-insura…
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Doing this right as the Navy’s biggest conference ends, after Phelan spent the last three days laying out the Navy’s priorities to industry and media, and amid Phelan meeting with lawmakers on the budget, is some wild timing:
Sean Parnell@SeanParnellASW
STATEMENT: Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan is departing the administration, effective immediately. On behalf of the Secretary of War and Deputy Secretary of War, we are grateful to Secretary Phelan for his service to the Department and the United States Navy. We wish him well in his future endeavors. Undersecretary Hung Cao will become Acting Secretary of the Navy.
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BREAKING NYT:
The FBI began investigating a New York Times reporter last month after she wrote about Kash Patel using bureau personnel to provide his girlfriend with government security and transportation, according to a person briefed on the matter. nytimes.com/2026/04/22/us/…
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The crime here to me is profiting from the scheme; the scheme itself highlights the absurd complexity and hypocrisy of immigration law wsj.com/us-news/louisi…
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GIF
Office of the Secretary of the Air Force@SecAFOfficial
In consultation with @SecWar, we will EXTEND the A-10 “Warthog” platform to 2030. This preserves combat power as the Defense Industrial Base works to increase combat aircraft production. Thank you to @POTUS for your unwavering support of our warfighters and quick, decisive leadership as we equip our force. More to come.
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NEW: The USS Gerald R. Ford is back in the Middle East, per 2 defense officials.
The Ford, which until recently was operating in the Eastern Mediterranean, transited the Suez Canal, along with 2 destroyers - USS Mahan and USS Winston S. Churchill - and is now in the Red Sea.
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Damn straight, and thanks for your 20 years. I always ask if people did Iraq or Afgh. I always feel like a jerk when they have to explain that, not by choice, they didn't.
Farva Price@FarvaPrice
In 2004 I joined VFA-137 on a Westpac deployment. The senior LT’s had all participated in the opening of OIF during the squadron’s previous deployment. My FRS classmates went to squadrons that participated in OIF and OEF. I deployed for another Westpac in 2007.
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Let us reject the logic of violence and war, and embrace peace founded on love and justice—an unarmed peace, not based on fear, threats or weapons. This peace is disarming, because it is capable of resolving conflicts, opening hearts, and generating trust, empathy, and hope. I strongly reiterate: The world thirsts for #Peace! Enough of war and all the pain it causes through death, destruction, and exile! #ApostolicJourney #Cameroon
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anyone who blames only one (1) of the four presidents who screwed up on Afghanistan is a hack.
InfantryDort@infantrydort
I actually fact checked this one a bit. And it's..... true. I did not have this on my bingo card. Pass GO. Collect $200.
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and compared them to the Jewish group that many modern Christians believe plotted Jesus' execution?
Steven Beynon@StevenBeynon
Hegseth spends some of the opening minutes of the Pentagon press briefing scolding reporters as "unpatriotic" for negative coverage of the war. He did not note anything as inaccurate.
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He brought up the Air Force hitting its recruiting goals as a positive being ignored, saying no one covered it.
Here is my story on that, which was published yesterday abcnews.com/Politics/air-f…
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USS Gerald R. Ford Breaks Post-Cold War Deployment Record — USNI News
news.usni.org/2026/04/15/uss…
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