U.S. Navy Fleet Master Chief Lateef Compton, U.S. Central Command senior enlisted leader, visits Airmen and Guardians in the CENTCOM area of responsibility, Jan. 7, 2026. Compton visited multiple sites around the base and had lunch with Airmen and Guardians assigned to U.S. Space Forces – Central. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Devlin Bishop)
“We have proven that spacepower produces battlefield success. This means providing effective and well-equipped space forces, in the right quantities, to combatant commands on the front lines…
A U.S. Army soldier assigned to 6th Battalion, 35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, performs set-up tasks on an air defense system as part of Exercise Dragon Flag on Kunsan Air base, August 18, 2026. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Spc. Samantha Mussatti)
The 8th Army has been learning from what’s happening in Ukraine and the Middle East, and working through changes in its own tactics, techniques and procedures, Lt.…
US President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth salute as a US Army carry team carries the flag-draped transfer case containing the remains of Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, during a dignified transfer solemn event for US service members killed during operations in the Middle East, at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware, on July 22, 2026. Swinton was killed in action on July 19 at at Erbil Air Base in Iraq. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)
James Mazol, deputy undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, speaks at DefenseTalks, Sept. 22, 2026. (Photo credit: Stephanie Boyles/EPNAC)
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine visits Joint Task Force Southern Border in Sierra Vista, Az. April 19, 2025. DOD photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist James Mullen)
“We have to assume from now on that our formations will be hunted by autonomous systems, jammed across the spectrum, and tracked in real time," Gen. Dan…
The Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) fired from a U.S. Army M270A2 and HIMARS at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. (Official U.S. Army photo by Christopher Bohn)
Sailors assigned to Unmanned Undersea Vehicle Group (UUVGRU) 1 and Undersea Vehicle Squadron (UUVRON) 3 conduct training with the Navy’s newest Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (LUUV), the Anduril Dive-LD, in Keyport, Washington, Dec. 11, 2024. (U.S. Navy photo by Loren Nichols)
U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 147th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron perform postflight checks on an MQ-9 Reaper drone assigned to the 147th Attack Wing, Texas Air National Guard, at Keflavík Air Base, Iceland, during exercise Northern Viking 26, Aug. 21, 2026. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Edgar Grimaldo)
Smoke rises after Iran carried out a missile strike on the main headquarters of the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet in Manama in retaliation against US-Israeli attacks, in Bahrain February 28, 2026. (Photo by Stringer/Anadolu via Getty Images)
NETCOM Commanding General Maj. Gen. Jacqueline D. McPhail (right) also participated in “AI, ADOCs, and All Things Cyber” discussion at the annual TechNet Augusta conference. (Army photo)
The point, according to the NETCOM commander, was so that “theaters in crisis can focus on the crisis, and theaters outside of that crisis can focus on…
