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(Military Times) In 2013, the Marine Corps released an administrative message with an intriguing offer: Through a special pilot program, troops could hit pause on their active-duty career and transition to the Individual Ready Reserve for up to three years — giving them the chance to go to school, start a family or fulfill some other non-military pursuit.

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  Top 5  

• In 12 years, almost no takers for Marines’ career intermission program *
  (Military Times) In 2013, the Marine Corps released an administrative message with an intriguing offer: Through a special pilot program, troops could hit pause on their active-duty career and transition to the Individual Ready Reserve for up to three years — giving them the chance to go to school, start a family or fulfill some other non-military pursuit. Read More

• In Trump’s Pentagon, a growing skepticism about US military power *
  (Military Times) To understand how the second Trump administration may use the U.S. military, the best clues aren’t written in the pages of Foreign Affairs or sussed out during panel discussions at Washington think tanks. Read More

• VA blamed for creating barriers to veterans seeking private health care *
  (Stars & Stripes) A lack of consistent policies and protocols by the Department of Veterans Affairs for administering private-sector health care for veterans is leading to medical records not being transferred, denials for appointments and a lack of understanding about reimbursements for clinicians who are not part of the VA system. Read More

• White House funding freeze stokes uncertainty for military families as raft of programs under review *
  (Military.com) The White House's freeze on federal grants and loans that led to chaos across federal agencies after it was announced late Monday will not affect military families and veterans receiving direct public assistance such as food stamps and Women, Infants and Children, or WIC, vouchers, Trump administration officials pledged Tuesday. Read More

• Troops booted from military for refusing COVID-19 vaccine can return with back pay and benefits *
  (Task & Purpose) More than 8,000 service members who were booted from the military or who left on their own over the COVID-19 vaccine could get full back pay and benefits if they seek to be reinstated in the military, according to an executive order signed Monday night by President Donald Trump. Read More

  Ukraine  

• Suicidal tendencies and ’80s battlefield tactics: How North Korean soldiers are operating in Russia’s war on Ukraine *
  (CNN) Detonating a grenade under the chin rather than being captured. Using a fellow soldier to lure out attack drones. Removing body armor plates and helmets to enable faster attacks on foot. Writing pledges of allegiance to North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un. Read More

• Chastened by past wars, Kremlin tries to elevate its veterans *
  (New York Times) Russians who fought in Chechnya and Afghanistan came home to silence and stigma. There’s a very public push to make things different this time. Read More

• Putin says peace talks with Ukraine possible, but not with Zelensky *
  (France24) Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that his country could hold peace talks with Ukraine, but ruled out speaking directly with President Volodymyr Zelensky, whom he called "illegitimate". Read More

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  Pentagon  

• Pentagon says small business programs not part of grant funding pause *
  (Defense News) Two key Pentagon small business innovation programs that award technology funding to nontraditional firms have not yet been impacted by the White House budget office’s order to pause and review federal grant disbursement, according to a Defense Department spokesman. Read More

• Trump signs an order to revise the Pentagon’s policy on transgender troops *
  (The Associated Press) President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to revise the Pentagon’s policy on transgender troops, likely setting in motion a future ban on their military service. Read More

• To limit Chinese influence on commercial tech partners, Pentagon plans big changes *
  (Defense One) New rules aimed at exposing foreign influence over companies the Pentagon does business with are at odds with Defense Department efforts to work with more startups, but there could be a way to do both—if the DOD changes the way it approaches risk, security experts say. Read More

• Trump’s nominee for Pentagon weapons buyer was a key figure in the president’s first impeachment *
  (The Associated Press) President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the military’s top weapons buyer is an official who directed the Pentagon to withhold aid from Ukraine in 2019 as Trump sought a commitment from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to investigate the Biden family — a key component of the impeachment of Trump in his first term. Read More

• Appeals court skeptical of feds’ bid to back out of 9/11 plea deals *
  (Politico) A federal appeals court appeared reluctant Tuesday to allow the Pentagon to back out of plea deals that ruled out the death penalty for three alleged plotters of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Read More

• Army contracts are not halted, Pentagon clarifies after service email provokes confusion *
  (Defense One) U.S. Army contracting is not on hold, the Defense Department said Tuesday in an attempt to clear up confusion stemming from email guidance that circulated in anticipation of an administration memo to get all “financial assistance” in line with recent Trump administration executive orders. Read More

  Congress & Politics  

• Six active duty service members file first lawsuit challenging Trump’s transgender troop ban *
  (The Associated Press) Six transgender active duty service members and two former service members who seek re-enlistment on Tuesday filed the first lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order that calls for revising policy on transgender troops and probably sets the stage for banning them in the armed forces. Read More

• Mysterious New Jersey drones were 'not the enemy' - White House *
  (BBC) The mysterious drones that lit up skies across the US late last year were authorised by federal regulators and "not the enemy," the White House has announced. Read More

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• Trump offering federal workers buyouts with about 8 months’ pay in effort to shrink government *
  (The Associated Press) The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it is offering buyouts to all federal employees who opt to leave their jobs by next week — an unprecedented move to shrink the U.S. government at breakneck speed. Read More

• 'No one knows who he is': Trump's pick for Army secretary faces confirmation hearing *
  (Military.com) President Donald Trump's surprise nominee for Army secretary, Dan Driscoll, heads into his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday as a largely unknown figure both inside and outside the Pentagon. Read More

• Hegseth takes actions against Trump foe Mark Milley *
  (Washington Post) The retired general, a frequent target of the president, will lose his security detail and face an inspector general investigation, senior defense officials said. Read More

  Army  

• Some training for US troops scaled down in favor of Ukrainian forces has impacted readiness, federal watchdog says *
  (Stars & Stripes) U.S. Army troops in Germany scaled down some training in favor of Ukrainian forces and faced challenges in keeping equipment functional, according to a federal watchdog report released Tuesday. Read More

  Navy  

• First Replicator Initiative Capability on track for August, officials say *
  (USNI News) The first iteration of lethal swarms of unmanned vehicles and the software that binds them together is set to reach viability by August, Navy officials said on Tuesday. Read More

• The Navy’s robot refueler is coming—even as the fleet works out integration *
  (Defense One) ABOARD THE USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN—Deep in the hull of this aircraft carrier, there’s a space about the size of three shipping containers that’s earmarked for naval aviation’s manned-unmanned future. When the Lincoln emerges from its next refit, the area will hold the command center for the air wing’s uncrewed aircraft, Capt. Pete Riebe told reporters during a recent visit. Read More

• Report to Congress on TAGOS-25 Ocean Surveillance Shipbuilding Program *
  (USNI News) The following is the Jan. 23, 2025, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Navy TAGOS-25 Ocean Surveillance Shipbuilding Program: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More

  Marine Corps  

• Marines optimistic about making FY 2025 recruiting goals *
  (USNI News) The Marine Corps just made its recruiting goals in Fiscal Year 2024, but Col. Charles Von Bergen, chief of staff at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Western Recruiting Region, is optimistic about meeting the goals for 2025. Read More

  Air Force  

• What Air Force maintainers think of the new force design *
  (Air & Space Forces Magazine) When the Air Force revealed a new force design for its aircraft maintenance career fields Jan. 27, it kicked off a wave of discussion on social media forums about what it might mean for one of the branch’s largest career fields. Air & Space Forces Magazine checked in with former and current maintainers for their thoughts on the sweeping change, which would start to take effect in 2027. Read More

• Pilot safe after F-35 military jet suffers ‘significant damage’ in accident at Alaska base *
  (The Associated Press) A U.S. Air Force pilot was reported to be safe after a single-seat F-35 fighter jet crashed Tuesday during a training exercise at a base in Alaska. Read More

• Now CCAs can do things ‘we didn’t think were possible’ *
  (Air & Space Forces Magazine) The Air Force now believes a single manned fighter can control a larger number of drones than previously thought, and can do so using less-sophisticated autonomous technology, according to USAF’s director of force design. Read More

• Air Force triples funding for prototype sixth-gen fighter engine *
  (Defense News) The Air Force on Monday greatly expanded funding for the prototype engine for the service’s planned sixth-generation fighter. Read More

• Pentagon hands out $7 billion for NGAP; RTX sees ‘tailwind’ for military propulsion *
  (Air & Space Forces Magazine) GE Aerospace and Pratt & Whitney received matching $3.5 billion contracts to prototype their versions of the Next-Generation Adaptive Propulsion engine this week, and the CEO of Pratt’s parent company, RTX, said things are looking up for the military engine business, even if the platform that could use NGAP is in some doubt. Read More

• Air Force shaving waivers will soon expire under new policy *
  (Task & Purpose) Starting on March 1, medical shaving waivers that were once good for five years will now expire 90 days after an airmen or guardians’ annual physical. Read More

• Air Force chief of staff nixes career field ID patches, 57 shades of nail polish *
  (Stars & Stripes) Career field identifier patches and 57 colors of nail polish are out, gig lines and short hair are in, according to an Air Force order that reverses dress and appearance regulations loosened just one year ago. Read More

• Two Air Force leaders fired this month in unrelated incidents *
  (Air & Space Forces Magazine) A colonel and a brigadier general were each fired from high-profile jobs within two weeks of each other following investigations, according to the Air Force. Read More

  Space Force  

• Space Force still mapping out strategy for in-orbit logistics and satellite services *
  (SpaceNews) The U.S. Space Force is taking a measured approach to developing its in-orbit logistics capabilities, as military leaders continue to evaluate commercial technologies and interagency responsibilities for satellite servicing operations, senior officials said Jan. 28 at the Space Mobility Conference. Read More

  Pay & Benefits  

• Pentagon should update BAH calculations to insulate against large rental price spikes, new study suggests *
  (Stars & Stripes) The Pentagon should consider changes to its Basic Allowance for Housing methodology to better insulate troops against swift changes to the housing market and better reflect the types of residences in which they choose to live, a new study suggested. Read More

  Your Military  

• Texas sends more than 400 Guardsmen to US-Mexico border *
  (The Texas Tribune) Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday said he’s sending more than 400 soldiers from Houston and Fort Worth to the U.S.-Mexico border to collaborate with Border Patrol agents “to stop illegal immigrants from entering our country and to enforce immigration laws.” Read More

• Cocaine or pre-workout? Airman fights drug conviction *
  (Military Times) What if the drug bust that tanked your military career might have actually been the result of a bad batch of workout supplement? Read More

• Armed troops arrive in Texas, California to begin work at the southwest border *
  (Stars & Stripes) Marines on Monday began to hang temporary barriers along a wall in San Ysidro, Calif., marking the U.S. border with Mexico as an Air Force flight crew prepared to take off from Fort Bliss, Texas, to Ecuador with the military’s fourth planeload of deported migrants. Read More

• President's latest order gives uniformed military 30 days to eliminate diversity efforts *
  (Military.com) President Donald Trump footstomped his agenda to remove all diversity efforts within the ranks on Monday evening by issuing an executive order directly related to the military, a move that comes as the services are working to comply with similar actions issued on his first day in office. Read More

  Veterans  

• Democrats urge Trump to halt freezes on VA hires and federal funds for veterans community services *
  (Stars & Stripes) Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and other Democrats harshly criticized President Donald Trump’s plan to invoke a federal freeze on filling vacancies and adding jobs for non-clinical positions at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Read More

  Education & Transition  

• How Army Rangers constantly train in hand-to-hand fighting *
  (Task & Purpose) An Army Ranger hand-to-hand instructor spells out how the elite soldiers are taught hand-to-hand combat skills from their first day of selection through every phase of their career.An Army Ranger hand-to-hand instructor spells out how the elite soldiers are taught hand-to-hand combat skills from their first day of selection through every phase of their career. Read More

  Cyber, Space & Unmanned  

• Trump revives push for space-based interceptors in ‘Iron Dome for America’ edict *
  (DefenseScoop) President Donald Trump issued an executive order Monday night tasking the Pentagon to build a plan for a multilayered missile defense system underpinned by both space-based sensors and interceptors. Read More

• Fischer regains leadership of Senate Strategic Forces Subcommittee *
  (SpaceNews) Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) has reclaimed the chairmanship of the Senate Armed Services Committee’s Strategic Forces Subcommittee, the panel announced Jan. 24. Fischer previously served as the subcommittee’s ranking Republican. Read More

  Defense Industry  

• BAE awarded $70 million Navy contract to overhaul Mk 45 guns *
  (Defense News) The U.S. Navy expanded a contract with BAE Systems, awarding the company more money to upgrade and overhaul the service’s Mk 45 naval gun systems in an effort to improve their long-range strike and air defense capabilities, the company announced Monday. Read More

• Report finds large gap in CMMC readiness among defense industrial base *
  (DefenseScoop) Despite having years to get ready, a majority of defense contractors still feel unprepared to implement necessary protocols required by the Pentagon’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 2.0 (CMMC 2.0) initiative, according to a new report. Read More

• Full F-35 upgrade package might not happen this year, Lockheed says *
  (Defense One) The Pentagon’s fleet of F-35 fighter jets may not receive the full, combat-ready version of the TR-3 upgrade this year, Lockheed Martin executives acknowledged today. Read More

  International  

• At least 11 Baltic cables have been damaged in 15 months, prompting NATO to up its guard *
  (The Associated Press) With its powerful camera, the French Navy surveillance plane scouring the Baltic Sea zoomed in on a cargo ship plowing the waters below — closer, closer and closer still until the camera operator could make out details on the vessel’s front deck and smoke pouring from its chimney. Read More

• Portugal taken to task over minimal defense spending rise amid Russian menacing *
  (Stars & Stripes) NATO ally Portugal is doubling down on its intent to raise defense spending only slightly, even as leaders in the bloc warn of the dangers from Russian long-range bombers to a country that hosts a strategic U.S. airfield. Read More

• Philippines launches comic to counter China’s South China Sea claim *
  (The Associated Press) The Philippines launched a comic book on Friday to counter what the country says is China’s disinformation campaign to push its expansive territorial claims in the South China Sea. Read More

• Philippines to train with US Typhon Missile system next month *
  (Agence France-Presse) A Philippine platoon will be trained on using a US mid-range missile system next month, ahead of joint drills, Manila’s military said Tuesday, in a move that will likely further fuel tensions with China. Read More

• US soldiers help Estonia gear up for HIMARS era with live-fire drill on Russia’s doorstep *
  (Stars & Stripes) Rockets fired by members of a U.S. Army-led mission in this Baltic country lit up the sky this week on the cusp of Russian territory, a show of strength that heralded more to come. Read More

• Danish leader on European tour as Copenhagen moves to strengthen presence around Greenland *
  (The Associated Press) Denmark’s prime minister embarked on a tour of major European capitals Tuesday as the continent faces what she called “a more uncertain reality” and her country moves to strengthen its military presence around Greenland. Read More

• Italy's PM investigated over release of Libyan war crimes suspect *
  (BBC) Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says she has been placed under judicial investigation over Italy's surprise release of a Libyan citizen who had been wanted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court (ICC). Read More

• US Senate blocks bill sanctioning ICC over Israeli arrest warrants *
  (Al Jazeera) Democrats in the United States Senate have blocked the passage of a bill that would sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) over its issuance of arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes in Gaza. Read More

• North Korean leader Kim inspects nuclear facility as Pyongyang pressures Trump administration *
  (The Associated Press) North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected a facility that produces nuclear material and called for bolstering the country’s nuclear fighting capability, state media reported Wednesday, as the North looks to increase pressure on the United States following the inauguration of President Donald Trump. Read More

• What's the fighting in DR Congo all about? *
  (BBC) The mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been dogged by conflict for more than 30 years, since the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Read More

• At least 15 dead in Northern India after stampede crushes sleeping pilgrims at religious festival *
  (The Telegraph) A stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in northern India killed at least 15 people on Wednesday and injured dozens, many of whom were sleeping on the riverbanks... Read More

• Russian diplomats make first visit to Syria since al-Assad’s removal *
  (Al Jazeera) A delegation of Russian officials has arrived in Damascus on the first such visit since Syria’s longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad was toppled by opposition fighters. Read More

• A US shutdown on foreign aid is hitting worldwide. Rubio adds more exemptions. *
  (The Associated Press) U.S.-funded aid programs around the world were firing staff and shutting down or preparing to stop operations, as the Trump administration’s unprecedented freeze on almost all foreign assistance brought their work to a sudden halt. Read More

  Video  

• Military planes conduct first migrant deportation flights *
  (Military Times) NEW FOOTAGE: Military planes conduct first migrant deportation flights Read More

  Commentary & Analysis  

• Will AI redefine human roles in space exploration? *
  (SpaceNews) Space exploration is changing fast. And the big question now facing us is: Do we still need humans out there? With AI taking over many tasks, it’s time to think about what role humans should play in space missions. Read More

• DeepSeek shatters beliefs about the cost of AI, leaving US tech giants reeling *
  (The Conversation) Almost A$1 trillion (US$600 billion) was wiped off the value of artificial intelligence microchip maker Nvidia overnight on Monday, when a little-known Chinese startup, DeepSeek, threatened to upend the US tech market. Read More

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