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COPPERAS COVE – Retired U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Donna Wilson spent 20 years in the military, but she nearly did not make it past her first term of enlistment. “When I first went in, …

https://kdhnews.com/fort_cavazos_herald/career-military-vet-recalls-rough-transition-into-army-life/article_7e0a426c-4f79-11ef-a9a3-3bcb1926f55b.html

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In April 2023, junta chief Captain Ibrahim Traore signed a general mobilisation decree to battle the jihadist insurgency that has left more than 20,000 people dead and displaced hundreds of thousands since 2015. Figures considered hostile to the military …

https://www.barrons.com/news/burkina-junta-abusing-army-recruitment-to-punish-judges-hrw-00a613e6

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For all of the military services, having fewer available … In 1964, Lyndon Johnson created VISTA, which was meant to address the War on Poverty, and which together with other agencies was …

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/opinion-fix-military-recruiting-deficits-through-compulsory-national-service/ar-AA1ope1Q

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Community members who attended a meeting Monday night on the Sacramento Police Department’s use of military equipment discussed their prevailing concerns: Do the police really need military …

https://www.gazettextra.com/news/nation_world/sacramento-police-review-commission-examines-department-s-military-equipment-usage-report/article_ec53fa16-887a-5e6a-88c8-85fd1d43ca3e.html

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Sacramento residents addressed their concerns or support for the local police department’s initiative to use military-style weapons and equipment in the area. Yahoo News

https://www.yahoo.com/news/sacramento-residents-discuss-police-military-054540195.html

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Drones and less-than-lethal ammunition are at the top of the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office’s request for military equipment in the coming year. During a Board of Supervisors meeting …

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/sacramento-county-sheriff-s-office-wants-more-military-equipment-how-much-will-it-cost/ar-BB1nFF4y

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Sacramento City Councilmembers voted 6-3 to pass the police department’s latest military equipment use policy Tuesday, but dissenting city officials and advocates took issue with the new 2023 policy.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/sacramento-activist-says-police-military-equipment-use-policy-lacks-enforcement-protocol/ar-AA1glL1Y

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This may be because these individuals lose connection to their military support networks, have difficulty in transitioning to civilian life, or lose part of their group identity,” says Dr. Dan …

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-08-interplay-physical-combat-injuries-military.html

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A monthly bus tour program into U.S. Army Garrison (USAG) Yongsan in the middle of Seoul is set to resume next month, the land ministry announced Monday. This comes after a four-year hiatus of the bus tour visiting the nearly empty garrison’s historic and military sites due to the pandemic.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/govt-to-resume-bus-tours-of-us-military-base-in-yongsan-after-4-year-hiatus/ar-AA1p2jWG

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PORT-AU-PRINCE — The U.S. military said on Friday that it would deliver 24 additional armored vehicles to Kenyan personnel deployed in Haiti who are heading a long-delayed security operation in the conflict-ravaged Caribbean nation.

https://vifreepress.com/2024/08/us-military-to-deliver-24-more-armored-vehicles-to-kenyan-police-in-haiti/

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In an effort to prevent and diagnose traumatic brain injuries, the Department of Defense will require all new military recruits to take a baseline cognitive test.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/military-recruits-will-take-cognitive-tests-to-help-track-effects-of-weapons-blasts/ar-AA1oGhbt

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HB 2301 and SB 1144 both focus on honoring military service members. HB 2301 introduces new special license plates for veterans and recipients of military medals. SB 1144 designates several …

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/governor-shapiro-signs-key-legislation-into-law-what-it-means-for-pennsylvania/ar-BB1qag5L

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Vote in our poll Students could be paid to take part in a month-long military boot camp on their gap year or before heading to university under plans proposed by a military chief to build up a …

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/gap-year-students-could-be-paid-to-join-month-long-military-boot-camp-under-plans-to-build-up-citizen-army/ar-BB1hB48H

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The Pentagon in 2022 classified DJI as a Chinese military company, prohibiting procurements by the … But legislation recently pegged to the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) would ban the Federal Communications Commission from issuing …

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/lawmakers-call-for-crackdown-on-dji-drone-clones-as-ban-looms/ar-AA1pvri7

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July 26 (UPI) –On this date in history: In 1775, Congress establishes the U.S. postal system … Truman ordered desegregation of the U.S. military. In 1956, Egypt created a crisis by …

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/on-this-day-july-26-truman-orders-desegregation-of-military/ar-BB1qEOs1

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“I know that there are certainly folks that did far more than I did. I know that,” Walz said at the time. “I willingly say that I got far more out of the military than they got out of me, from the GI Bill to leadership opportunities to everything else.”

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/swift-boat-tim-walzs-military-233832098.html

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Starting a new Cold War with China is not. The challenge from China is more political and economic than military. As I note in my recent paper for the Brown Costs of War Project on Chinese …

https://www.forbes.com/sites/williamhartung/2024/01/17/this-is-no-time-to-supersize-the-military-industrial-complex/

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“For example, in the southern military district of the Armed Forces of the russian federation, in 5 months of 2024, the number of open criminal cases for illegal dismissal from service due to health conditions and granting of illegal vacations tripled.

https://ukranews.com/en/news/1023556-occupiers-pay-bribes-to-leave-the-army-rf-opening-criminal-cases-en-masse-defense-intelligence

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The use of AI in warfare has spread rapidly, pushing some technologists who build related … the lab’s leaders required that their AI technology would never be used for military or surveillance purposes. “Any involvement with military and weapon …

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/google-deepmind-staff-call-for-end-to-military-contracts/ar-AA1pgxAp

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Archimedes Defense and Up.Fit have joined forces to introduce the Sting. It is based on the Tesla Cybertruck and is designed for government, military, and civilian use. Three different versions are planned including a heavily armored Sting APC.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/archimedes-sting-is-a-military-tesla-cybertruck/ar-AA1oWrrb

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