Author: Tony Grist

BEMOWO PISKIE TRAINING AREA, Poland — U.S. Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 37th Armored Regiment conducted squad tactical exercises and live-fire training from Aug. 4-13, 2026 at the Bemowo Piskie Training Area, testing their ability to maneuver, communicate and engage targets in day and night conditions. The training progressed from team live-fire exercises to squad-level tactical movements, allowing Soldiers to build proficiency at the smallest level before operating as a larger formation. “You just have to make sure the lowest element is trained,” said Sgt. 1st Class Geordie Blower, platoon sergeant with Charlie Company, 2-37 AR. “You need to make…

Company has been granted a Department of War Certificate to Field and an Authority to Operate from the U.S. Intelligence CommunitySANTA BARBARA, Calif., Aug. 19, 2026 — MixMode, the AI cyber defense company, today announced two U.S. Government security milestones that clear its platform for wider use in some of the nation’s most secure operational environments: a Department of War Certificate to Field (CtF) and an Authority to Operate (ATO) granted by the U.S. Intelligence Community. MixMode defends large, mission-critical government networks against AI-driven attacks, insider threats and other emerging cyber threats. The platform autonomously observes an organization’s network traffic,…

The Pentagon on Friday fired the publisher, the editor-in-chief, and a Middle East correspondent from Stars and Stripes, a military newspaper that receives funding from the Defense Department but maintains editorial independence. The firings have raised concerns about infringements on the publication’s First Amendment rights. In recent weeks, Stars and Stripes has reported on the mental health struggles of sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, whose deployment was extended by months to support war efforts against Iran. Subscribe Today Get daily emails in your inbox A statement by Erik Slavin, the dismissed editor-in-chief, shed light on…

Pakistan’s army chief Asim Munir will visit Iran Monday to continue peace talks, the Iranian foreign ministry said Sunday. In June, Pakistan helped broker a framework U.S.–Iran agreement—the memorandum of understanding (MOU)—that quickly fell apart but still offers a possible off-ramp from the war. A Pakistani government source told Reuters that Munir planned to discuss recent threats of economic warfare by President Donald Trump, among other issues. “He will discuss peace under Islamabad’s MOU, Trump’s warning, and the situation after the Pakistan-Turkey-Saudi Arab Agreement and Houthi issues with Iranian leaders,” the source said. Subscribe Today Get daily emails…

Precision brain therapy uses new technology to target post-traumatic stress disorder at the source HOUSTON, Texas—Approximately 17.5 veterans die by suicide every day in the United States, and 7% of veterans are diagnosed each year with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Against that backdrop, Texas A&M Health researchers are helping to advance a more personalized approach to treating the disorder. New technology developed by Wave Neuroscience, a California-based company, in collaboration with the research team of Kenneth S. Ramos, MD, PhD, with the Texas A&M Health Institute of Biosciences and Technology, has recently received FDA clearance for a system that maps and treats the specific parts of the brain impacted by PTSD. While…

Getting troops and equipment across the battlefield is a vital part of every theater operation — Soldiers and their kits, as well as spare ammunition and other supplies, all need to arrive quickly, with nothing left behind — or risk jeopardizing the mission.The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle and Humvee have done a great job at performing those tasks so far, but the battlefield is always changing. In some cases, those vehicles are too heavy and impractical for the task at hand. So, the Army chose to develop a new, ultra-light troop transport vehicle.The Infantry Squad Vehicle is an ultra-light tactical…

Daniel P. Driscoll, President Donald Trump’s Secretary of the Army, is poised to leave the administration by the end of 2026, several outlets report.  Driscoll is a former Yale Law School student and longtime friend of Vice President J.D. Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance. At the nadir of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s perceived stock in Washington, Driscoll was widely tipped as a possible — if not likely — successor.  The Hill claimed Driscoll had been in a “months-long turf war” with Hegseth. But if anything, the palace politics at the Pentagon had seemingly cooled for much of 2026. …

NEW YORK, Aug. 21, 2026 — Accrete, the cognitive infrastructure company building Knowledge Engines for autonomous work, today announced that it has been awarded a sole-source contract by the U.S. Marine Corps to deliver Argus for Cognitive Advantage. The award was made on a sole-source basis. Under the award, Accrete will license its Expert AI Agents to the U.S. Marine Corps to help achieve cognitive advantage, enabling more informed, confident decisions. Adversaries increasingly compete below the threshold of armed conflict, using coordinated narratives, synthetic media, and inauthentic amplification to shape perceptions faster than human analysts can track. Rather than treating…

Iran’s military posture has shifted throughout its wars with the U.S. and Israel from defensive to offensive, a spokesman for the Iranian army said in comments reported Saturday. “We will respond to any act of aggression immediately and on a broader scale than the aggression itself,” Brigadier General Mohammad Akraminia told Iranian state media, clarifying that the new doctrine does not imply Tehran will launch preemptive attacks. Akraminia added that the Strait of Hormuz had become a source of “decisive geopolitical influence” for the Islamic Republic. Iran effectively closed the waterway, a critical trade chokepoint for energy, after the U.S.…

Curt Mills and Jude Russo talk to Jacob Heilbrunn of The National Interest about the backlash to Trump from left and right, the looming midterms, the Iran War, the Ukraine war, and the likely Democratic presidential nominee in 2028. Recorded August 19, 2026. Read the full article here