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Texas National Guard deploying to Chicago on Monday

October 7, 2025
About 200 Texas National Guard troops are set to deploy to Chicago on Monday night unless a judge blocks the order, a Pentagon official told Military Times. Illinois officials sued the Trump administration Monday for its attempt to deploy hundreds of National Guard troops to Chicago for federal protection missions. According to Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, President Donald Trump has activated…
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Fourth deadly US strike in Trump’s war on cartels

October 6, 2025
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a new strike on an alleged drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean on Friday, killing four people. “Our intelligence, without a doubt, confirmed that this vessel was trafficking narcotics, the people onboard were narco-terrorists, and they were operating on a known narco-trafficking transit route. These strikes will continue until the attacks on the…
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Pentagon downgrades leadership role for Air Forces-Europe to 3-star

October 3, 2025
The Pentagon has downgraded the rank of the Air Force’s top commander in Europe to a three-star general. President Donald Trump on Monday nominated Lt. Gen. Jason Hinds to be the next commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa. But unlike every other permanent USAFE commander since the late 1950s, Hinds’ new assignment will not come with a promotion to four-star general. A…
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US Air Force revamps pilot training as T-7 era nears

October 2, 2025
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Air Force is laying the groundwork to start incorporating the T-7A Red Hawk into its pilot training operations. But the service is still about two years away from the first student pilots learning in the new, fifth-generation, Boeing-made jet.
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Trump signs executive order vowing to defend Qatar

October 2, 2025
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — President Donald Trump has signed an executive order vowing to use all measures including U.S. military action to defend the energy-rich nation of Qatar — though it remains unclear just what weight the pledge will carry. The text of the…
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Australia’s fresh HIMARS hankering may signal ship-killer role

October 2, 2025
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — The Australian Army’s appetite for the M142 HIMARS is proving voracious. With the first two of 42 units arriving in Australia only in March, the country is already eyeing another 48 of these U.S.-built rocket launchers. This ambition was revealed in a notification issued by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency – or DSCA – published on Sep. 30. The DSCA stated…
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