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Aug 1, 2024 | 
msn.com | Cristina Stassis
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
airforcetimes.com | Cristina Stassis
The U.S. Air Force’s newly launched “Foundations” courses are meant supplement development in the ranks during traditionally slower periods of an airman’s enlistment, the service announced in a press release Monday. The courses reached full operational capability on July 19 following nine months of testing and training, according to the release. The Thomas N.
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Cristina Stassis
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
defensenews.com | Cristina Stassis
Several developments in the U.S. presidential race, including former President Donald Trump’s pick of JD Vance as vice president earlier this month, have left European NATO member countries worried as they contemplate the possibility of the U.S. reducing its leadership role in the treaty organization — or pulling out altogether — analysts say.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
militarytimes.com | Cristina Stassis
Two decommissioned U.S. Navy vessels sunk to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean off the northern coast of Kauai, a Hawaiian island, during live-fire sinking exercises, according to a U.S. 3rd Fleet release. The former amphibious transport dock Dubuque and amphibious assault ship Tarawa were sent 15,000 feet under July 11 and 19, respectively, as part of the 2024 Rim of the Pacific exercise, or RIMPAC.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
navytimes.com | Cristina Stassis
Two decommissioned U.S. Navy vessels sunk to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean off the northern coast of Kauai, a Hawaiian island, during live-fire sinking exercises, according to a U.S. 3rd Fleet release. The former amphibious transport dock USS Dubuque and amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa were sent 15,000 feet under July 11 and 19, respectively, as part of the 2024 Rim of the Pacific exercise, or RIMPAC.
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Jul 17, 2024 | 
militarytimes.com | Cristina Stassis
The Marine Corps has released a new system that will allow Marines to make barracks maintenance requests through a QR code on their phone. The QSRMax system is part of a larger initiative within the Marine Corps to improve Marines’ quality of life during service, dubbed “Barracks 2030,” with the goal of improving barracks, making management more accessible and modernizing barracks buildings. The new system will allow Marines to submit their requests to USMCMax through a QR code on their phone.
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Jul 11, 2024 | 
defensenews.com | Cristina Stassis
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Ca., urged his fellow members of Congress to educate themselves on the crises within the South China Sea region and protect international law. The first keynote speaker at the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ Fourteenth Annual South China Sea Conference said forces in the region need to operate legally within international law, which the People’s Republic of China has not been doing.
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
defensenews.com | Cristina Stassis
A trio of NATO defense ministers whose countries share a border with Russia urged their NATO counterparts to live up to their defense spending commitments. Countries in NATO are supposed to be committed to spending at least 2% of their GDP on defense to fund the organization. But not all member nations are meeting the target, they said.
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
federaltimes.com | Molly Weisner |Cristina Stassis
Dozens of presidentially appointed positions in the U.S. government have been sitting empty for years, stymied by a slow Senate confirmation process that has become even less efficient in the years since the Obama administration. A new study by the nonpartisan nonprofit Partnership for Public Service identified more than 80 appointed positions spanning 15 cabinet agencies that were vacant for at least half the years between 2009 and 2023.
