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Steven Beynon @stevenbeynon.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Scoop: Pentagon planning to keep the National Guard deployed in DC through the rest of Trump's term abcnews.com/Politics/pen...
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Pentagon plans to keep National Guard in DC into 2029, 2 US officials say
Pentagon plans to maintain National Guard's mission in DC until Jan. 20 2029, through the rest of President Donald Trump’s second term, according to two U.S. officials.
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Steven Beynon @stevenbeynon.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
At least 140 U.S. troops have received TBIs from Iranian attacks - marking it as the most common wound of the war so far. abcnews.com/Politics/tra...
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Traumatic brain injury emerging as signature injury in Iran war: US official
Of 200 U.S. troops wounded so far, about 140 are TBI-related, the official said.
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Steven Beynon @stevenbeynon.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Hegseth says the U.S. has enough munitions to continue the war against Iran - with no defined endpoint and no clear public accounting of what victory would require. abcnews.com/Politics/heg...
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Hegseth says US has enough munitions to continue Iran war 'as long as we need to'
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday that the U.S. has enough munitions for the military operation against Iran.
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Steven Beynon @stevenbeynon.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
The infrastructure for troops abroad is still the Iraq/Afghanistan era shipping containers and trailers, where there were no threats from the sky. Now, it's being seen as a critical vulnerability. abcnews.com/Politics/bui...
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Building where US troops were killed was largely unfortified: Officials
The six U.S. troops killed in Kuwait were in a largely unfortified command-and-control center, two defense officials said.
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Steven Beynon @stevenbeynon.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Trump and the Pentagon are certain of one thing: More U.S. troops will likely die abcnews.com/Politics/pen...
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Pentagon, Trump warn more US troops likely to die in Iran operation
President Donald Trump said it was "likely" there would be more American casualties.
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Steven Beynon @stevenbeynon.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
The attack on Iran saw the combat debut of the Pentagon's 1-way attack drone Ironically, the American drone was reverse-engineered from Iran's Shahed drones that have been used by Iran against Israel & by Russia against Ukraine. abcnews.com/Politics/ira...
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Iran strike was Pentagon's 1st use of 1-way drones, CENTCOM says
Attack against Iran was Pentagon's first use of one-way drones and only about three months since their first notable field test, a rapid turnaround for a weapon system.
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Drew F. Lawrence @dflawrence.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Troops stung by ‘hard’ credit checks and unexpected denials in USAA’s relief loans — latest from me @taskandpurpose.com One soldier messaged USAA’s chatbot about his denied loan. It pushed a credit card, then said to consider opening an account with Navy Fed. taskandpurpose.com/military-lif...
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Troops stung by ‘hard’ credit checks and unexpected denials in USAA’s relief loans
Some troops were surpised by hard credit checks and unexpected denials for relief loans by military-friendly lender USAA.
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Steven Beynon @stevenbeynon.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Far-right activist and Trump confidant seeks to oust Army secretary www.military.com/daily-news/2...
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Activist and Trump Confidant Seeks to Oust Army Secretary
Far-right political activist and close confidant to President Donald Trump Laura Loomer launched an unusual public attack on Army Secretary Dan Driscoll after the service marked the anniversary of a M...
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Steven Beynon @stevenbeynon.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Political operatives are likely set to take over much of the Pentagon's communications, even on the service level, as its public messaging has become overtly partisan during the Trump administration. www.military.com/daily-news/i...
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Army Puts Political Operative in Charge of Public Affairs, Stoking Concerns of Creeping Partisanship
While it's not unusual for political hands to manage messaging at the highest levels of the Pentagon, the ongoing change to military public affairs marks a broader institutional pivot.
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Steven Beynon @stevenbeynon.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Ft Bliss will host a $1.26 billion immigrant detention camp, as Trump's immigration crackdown becomes increasingly militarized - with additional camps being set up at bases in the midwest and on the east coast www.military.com/daily-news/2...
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Texas' Fort Bliss Set to Host 5,000-Bed Immigrant Detention Camp
The massive Fort Bliss project reflects the Trump administration's effort to militarize its increasingly aggressive national immigration crackdown, which has entangled American citizens and sparked co...
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Steven Beynon @stevenbeynon.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Military bases in Indiana and New Jersey set to host new migrant camps as the Trump administration's immigration crackdown becomes more militarized www.military.com/daily-news/2...
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Additional Military Bases in New Jersey, Indiana Set to Host Migrant Detention Camps
Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, colloquially referred to as "Fort Dix," in New Jersey and Camp Atterbury in Indiana, both relatively low-profile installations, have been identified as housing sites.
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Steven Beynon @stevenbeynon.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Scoop: The Army is planning to make cuts to its NCO training to cut costs www.military.com/daily-news/2...
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Army Set to Overhaul Length of Noncommissioned Officer Academies to Cut Costs
The Advanced Leader Course, or ALC, and Senior Leader Course, or SLC, would be compressed from eight to 16 weeks down to just three weeks, regardless of occupational specialty.
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Sightline Media Union @sightlineunion.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Saturday marked one year since Sightline Media Group unjustly laid off 9 reporters and editors, including 7 union members. We in the Sightline Media Union continue to support our brothers & sisters, and still fight to challenge their layoffs and get them the fair treatment they deserve. #solidarity
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Steven Beynon @stevenbeynon.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
After the Vietnam War, the Army noted its shaving requirements were discriminatory in its own medical research. Now it's reverting back to policies that may lead to Black men being kicked out of the service. www.military.com/daily-news/2...
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Army Policy Severely Limiting Shaving Waivers Goes into Effect
Troops will be granted short-term shaving exemptions if they require it, but will be removed from the service if they are on those waivers for 12 months during a two-year period.
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Steven Beynon @stevenbeynon.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
The mission concept for the CA Guard's 1-18th Cavalry's part in an immigration raid at a park. "Cherokee 5," being the callsign, particularly given the context, is interesting.
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Steven Beynon @stevenbeynon.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Personal news: Happy to be joining Military Reporters and Editors (MRE) as a board member, particularly during such a crucial time for national security reporting. Covering the military and its unique community is so important, and I'm grateful to be part of the best beat in media.
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Steven Beynon @stevenbeynon.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
National Guard troops will work as security for Trump's "Alligator Alcatraz" migrant camp in Florida as the administration increasingly leans on the military for its immigration crackdown www.military.com/daily-news/2...
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Guardsmen Help Operate 'Alligator Alcatraz' as Trump Increasingly Leans on Military for Immigration Crackdown
Roughly 70 Florida National Guard troops have been deployed to the newly built, remote immigration detention site deep in the Florida Everglades dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" as the Trump administration...
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Steven Beynon @stevenbeynon.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
National Guard troops will work as security for Trump's "Alligator Alcatraz" migrant camp in Florida as the administration increasingly leans on the military for its immigration crackdown www.military.com/daily-news/2...
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Guardsmen Help Operate 'Alligator Alcatraz' as Trump Increasingly Leans on Military for Immigration Crackdown
Roughly 70 Florida National Guard troops have been deployed to the newly built, remote immigration detention site deep in the Florida Everglades dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" as the Trump administration...
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Steven Beynon @stevenbeynon.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
The Army is shutting down or reorganizing ROTC programs at 84 universities. www.military.com/daily-news/2...
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Army ROTC Programs at Dozens of Campuses Are Being Shut Down or Reorganized
The Army is undertaking a major shake-up of its Reserve Officers' Training Corps footprint, shutting down or reorganizing programs at 84 college campuses.
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Steven Beynon @stevenbeynon.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
The wealthy tech executives the Army commissioned to be senior officers won't recuse themselves from DoD business dealings as millions of dollars are on the table. www.military.com/daily-news/2...
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Tech Executives Commissioned as Senior Army Officers Won't Recuse Themselves from DoD Business Dealings
The new formation is set to recruit tech executives to work on major Army challenges, but the service has not articulated exactly what those individuals would do -- instead focusing on recruiting tale...
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Steven Beynon @stevenbeynon.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Scoop: The Army is set to kick out soldiers for skin conditions that primarily affect Black men www.military.com/daily-news/2...
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New Army Shaving Policy Will Allow Soldiers with Skin Condition that Affects Mostly Black Men to Be Kicked Out
The Army is preparing to roll out a new policy that could lead to soldiers diagnosed with a chronic skin condition that causes painful razor bumps and scarring to be kicked out of the service -- an is...
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Zachary Fryer-Biggs @zachfb.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
We're undertaking a major project looking at domestic violence in the military community, which experiences disproportionate rates. The first story, looking at sharp increases in convictions by @stevenbeynon.bsky.social and @patriciakime.bsky.social is out. Please reach out if you can help us.
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Military Domestic Violence Convictions Skyrocketed After Commanders Were Removed from Process
Courts-martial are on the rise for domestic violence charges across the Defense Department services.
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Steven Beynon @stevenbeynon.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
In practice, a lot of the Guardsmen deployed to LA aren't tasked or doing a whole lot. They're playing video games, working out, or doing unrelated training. Also, we talked to the vet detained by Marines in LA and how he played it cool and calm. www.military.com/daily-news/2...
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A Veteran Was Detained by Marines. It Highlights Concerns over the Military's Growing Ties to Law Enforcement.
Marcos Leao's detention by Marines marks what many legal, defense and policy experts say is an unprecedented violation of the Posse Comitatus Act, which bars the U.S. military from performing domestic...
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Steven Beynon @stevenbeynon.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Large political shadows loomed over the Army parade, but many soldiers were able to divorce it from Trump and the greater context. "This was about us, not him." www.military.com/daily-news/2...
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The Army Parade Was Marked by Quiet Crowds, Trump-Linked Sponsors. But Soldiers Kept Politics at Bay.
Despite the mixed feelings, the Army birthday parade was also an overdue opportunity to engage with the public and highlight the service's rank and file.
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Steven Beynon @stevenbeynon.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Large political shadows loomed over the Army parade, but many soldiers were able to divorce it from Trump and the greater context. "This was about us, not him." www.military.com/daily-news/2...
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The Army Parade Was Marked by Quiet Crowds, Trump-Linked Sponsors. But Soldiers Kept Politics at Bay.
Despite the mixed feelings, the Army birthday parade was also an overdue opportunity to engage with the public and highlight the service's rank and file.
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Steven Beynon @stevenbeynon.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Hard to tell how big the crowd is because it's stretched down the street, but it feels thin.
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Steven Beynon @stevenbeynon.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
The official White House feed has ads for this drink
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Steven Beynon @stevenbeynon.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
This new energy drink is a collab between Dana White - UFC CEO -and Anheuser-Busch. It launched a week ago and they're being handed out at the Army parade for free. Trump has a tight relationship with White/UFC.
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Zachary Fryer-Biggs @zachfb.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Army Eliminates Office for Minimizing Civilian Deaths on Battlefields - part of a broader trend with the Pentagon closing offices in March that tried to account for civilian deaths as well as prevent them. @stevenbeynon.bsky.social has the story.
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Army Eliminates Office for Minimizing Civilian Deaths on Battlefields
The Civilian Protection Center of Excellence, which once housed roughly 30 staff, has been folded into the Army's dense web of unrelated bureaucratic policy shops.
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Steven Beynon @stevenbeynon.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
SCOOP: The Army pushed back on a MAGA pop-up shop being set up at Bragg for Trump's speech but were overruled. Here's how orgs with deep Trump campaign and Jan 6 ties got merch to be sold to troops. www.military.com/daily-news/2...
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Army Officials Pushed Back on Pop-Up MAGA Shop Ahead of Fort Bragg Trump Speech
Ahead of President Donald Trump's rally-style appearance at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on Tuesday, Army officials raised alarms over a vendor planning to sell Trump-branded merchandise on site.
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Steven Beynon @stevenbeynon.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
SCOOP: The Army pushed back on a MAGA pop-up shop being set up at Bragg for Trump's speech but were overruled. Here's how orgs with deep Trump campaign and Jan 6 ties got merch to be sold to troops. www.military.com/daily-news/2...
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Army Officials Pushed Back on Pop-Up MAGA Shop Ahead of Fort Bragg Trump Speech
Ahead of President Donald Trump's rally-style appearance at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on Tuesday, Army officials raised alarms over a vendor planning to sell Trump-branded merchandise on site.
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Steven Beynon @stevenbeynon.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
SCOOP: Guardsmen deployed to LA aren't on formal orders, thus aren't set up to be paid or get healthcare yet www.military.com/daily-news/2...
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Guard Soldiers Deployed in Trump's LA Crackdown Aren't Getting Paid Yet
According to more than a dozen Guardsmen across four units who spoke to Military.com, none has received formal activation orders, the critical paperwork that not only authorizes their duty status, but...
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Steven Beynon @stevenbeynon.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Ft. Bragg goes full MAGA - Trump goaded troops into booing his enemies and cheering on partisan lines. The Army checked for allegiance to the president ahead of the event, and Trump merchandise was even sold on base to celebrate. www.military.com/daily-news/2...
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Bragg Soldiers Who Cheered Trump's Political Attacks While in Uniform Were Checked for Allegiance, Appearance
As Trump viciously attacked his perceived political foes, he whipped up boos from the gathered troops directed at California leaders, including Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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Carrie A Lee @carriealee.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
"This is probably not what the Army had in mind, to have a parade to celebrate its history and accomplishments and the people who served in it, and to be in the middle of a political fight between the president and a governor.” My understatement of the year right here.
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Steven Beynon @stevenbeynon.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
For the Army, this week is bookended by high profile events steeped in Trump-era symbolism as the service has historically, and desperately tried to appear apolitical. www.military.com/daily-news/2...
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Army Birthday Celebration Falls in Shadow of LA Military Deployment, Immigration Policy Protests
This week marks a jarring collision of the military and civilian relationship, one that has traditionally remained carefully apolitical. It's a week bookended by two high-profile events, both steeped ...
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Steven Beynon @stevenbeynon.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
With a second surge of 2,000 Guardsmen to LA, that puts the volume of troops at about 4,700 - about half as much deployed to the border
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Steven Beynon @stevenbeynon.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
LA Mayor Karen Bass is giving a press conference right now and effectively said the DoD and other federal agencies are not coordinating with local officials - saying her office is getting much of their info from the press.
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Steven Beynon @stevenbeynon.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Trump deploys hundreds of Marines to LA to join Guardsmen in a sharp escalation of military force on American soil www.military.com/daily-news/2...
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Trump Deploys Hundreds of Marines to LA in Growing Military Response to Immigration Raid Protests
The deployment marks a sharp escalation in the military's role in domestic unrest in the city caused by immigration raids by the Trump administration.
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Steven Beynon @stevenbeynon.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
If you're a currently serving senior National Guard official, or California Guardsman of any rank with thoughts regarding ongoing events -- I'd love to hear from you, even if off the record. Signal: SteveBeynon.28
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Steven Beynon @stevenbeynon.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
300 soldiers with the 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team have deployed to LA. The soldiers are on federal Title 10 orders.
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Steven Beynon @stevenbeynon.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Army faces bipartisan backlash for plan to gut funding for troops' housing to fund border mission www.military.com/daily-news/2...
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Army Faces Backlash over Plan to Divert Barracks Funds to Border Mission
The decision, reported last week by Military.com, would gut a key portion of the Army's Facilities Sustainment, Restoration and Modernization budget, a funding line meant to address mold, broken plumb...
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Steven Beynon @stevenbeynon.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Two neo Nazis allegedly beat a soldier with a hammer to rob equipment from the 75th Ranger Regiment, they've allegedly been stealing Army gear for years www.military.com/daily-news/2...
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2 Veterans Tied to 'Nazi White Nationalist Efforts' Allegedly Stole Gear from Army Base, Beat Soldier with Hammer
Police arrested Charles Ethan Fields and Levi Austin Frakes after executing a warrant for alleged assault, robbery and theft of government property, according to the complaint by the U.S. Attorney's O...
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Steven Beynon @stevenbeynon.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Army hits ambitious recruiting goal pitching service to those who previously have not been eligible to join and amid a weakening economy, which has historically driven up enlistments. www.military.com/daily-news/2...
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Army Hits Annual Recruiting Goal Months Ahead of Schedule
The Army announced Tuesday that it had already reached its annual goal of recruiting 61,000 active-duty soldiers, fueled by efforts to reach out to young Americans who historically have been unqualifi...
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Steven Beynon @stevenbeynon.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Scoop: The Army is set to hit its recruiting goal in a week or two. The Pentagon wants to keep recruiting past the milestone and is mulling exercising an obscure authority to grow the military without Congress. www.military.com/daily-news/2...
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Pentagon Weighs Bigger Army as Service Sees Early Recruiting Success
As of Monday, the Army had brought in 59,875 new active-duty enlisted soldiers with a total goal of 61,000 for fiscal 2025, which ends Sept. 30, according to data reviewed by Military.com.
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Steven Beynon @stevenbeynon.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Scoop: The Army is set to hit its recruiting goal in a week or two. The Pentagon wants to keep recruiting past the milestone and is mulling exercising an obscure authority to grow the military without Congress. www.military.com/daily-news/2...
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Pentagon Weighs Bigger Army as Service Sees Early Recruiting Success
As of Monday, the Army had brought in 59,875 new active-duty enlisted soldiers with a total goal of 61,000 for fiscal 2025, which ends Sept. 30, according to data reviewed by Military.com.
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Military.com @militarydotcom.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Pentagon Diverts $1 Billion from Army Barracks to Fund Border Mission www.military.com/daily-news/2...
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Pentagon Diverts $1 Billion from Army Barracks to Fund Border Mission
The Pentagon is shifting $1 billion meant for maintaining and renovating Army barracks to instead fund its surge of troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, a move that coincides with the service's gradual…
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Steven Beynon @stevenbeynon.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
The Pentagon is shifting $1 billion meant for Army barracks to fund its border mission, contrasting Hegseth's public persona as a champion for the rank & file www.military.com/daily-news/2...
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Pentagon Diverts $1 Billion from Army Barracks to Fund Border Mission
The Pentagon is shifting $1 billion meant for maintaining and renovating Army barracks to instead fund its surge of troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, a move that coincides with the service's gradual d...
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Steven Beynon @stevenbeynon.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Some paratroopers will get more pay, paid for by cuts to training and jump pay for others www.military.com/daily-news/2...
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Some Army Paratroopers Receive Pay Raise -- Funded by Cuts to Training Jumps
The Pentagon announced that it will increase hazardous duty incentive pay for paratroopers, commonly known as jump pay. The monthly stipend will rise from $150 to $200, marking the first increase sinc...
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Steven Beynon @stevenbeynon.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
The Army getting rid of its new light tank may be a sign it's too easily seduced by robots and drones, thinking that's all it needs for the next war www.military.com/daily-news/2...
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Army's M10 Booker Gets Nixed Leaving Question Mark for Future Infantry's Firepower
The Army is canning the short-lived M10 Booker, an armored fighting vehicle, amid concerns over its deployability and relevance on future battlefields -- but the move could also leave infantry units w...
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Steven Beynon @stevenbeynon.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
"This is the 'vet bro' Pentagon." Hegseth spends a lot of time to look like the man for the troops. But are the rank and file buying it? www.military.com/daily-news/2...
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Hegseth Works Hard to Portray Himself as a Man of the Troops. They Might Not Be Buying It.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News host and National Guardsman, has attempted to reframe the role of the Pentagon's top civilian leader during his first months on the job, casting himse...
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