Military Watch Defense & Armed Forces

Washington is pressing the Pentagon to explain why official tallies of U.S. troop injuries in the Iran conflict have trailed events on the ground,...

The VA has approved $1.2 billion in infrastructure projects as part of its largest-ever $4.8 billion maintenance budget for fiscal year 2026,...

The U.S. military is rapidly scaling low-cost kinetic options to counter small drones across services.

• Air Force awarded Tandem Defense up to $90...

A coalition led by Pinpoint FCU CEO Brenda Raker has submitted a grant proposal to the VA's Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox program for a...

NATO confronts simultaneous pressures from Chinese port leverage and Russian hybrid aggression.

• Chinese stakes in ports like Piraeus grant data...

Iran Operations and Casualties

• 🔥 Pentagon Injury Confirmation: The Pentagon confirmed nearly 100 U.S. service members injured since strikes...

The Marine Corps stood up the Marine Corps Robotics Integration Group (MCRIG) on July 8, 2026, to standardize small UAS and counter-drone training...

The executive order imposes strict new compliance demands on contractors like Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman.

• Deadline pressure: Full...

Nearly 100 U.S. service members have been injured since strikes on Iran resumed in July, yet 96 percent returned to duty with minor concussions and strong determination to rejoin the fight.

VA data reveals a 26% spike in traumatic brain injuries among enrolled veterans from 2021 to 2025, adding over 28,000 cases yearly and pushing the...

• 2,500 Marines from Camp Pendleton arrived off Iran in late June aboard USS Boxer
• Three US troops killed in weekend attacks on bases in Jordan and...

Ukraine's battlefield lessons are driving Congress to abandon exquisite weapons programs for rapid adaptation, scalable manufacturing, and allied...

• Trump executive order bans defense contractors from sourcing critical minerals from China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea, effective January 2027.
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US Army hypersonic training in Guam signals Pacific reach, yet masks deeper program troubles.

• Dark Eagle spotted on Guam during Valiant Shield...

North Dakota veterans are warned about deceptive postcards promoting a nonexistent "Veterans Saving Program" that mimics official VA mail.

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Mack Defense has won a $47 million order for 115 M917A3 Heavy Dump Trucks to support the Army National Guard under the U.S. Army program. This latest...

Pentagon has skipped press briefings for 2.5 months amid escalating US-Iran strikes.

• Defense Secretary Hegseth avoids explaining strategy or US...

A Senate bill introduced by Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Jerry Moran would permanently authorize and expand the VA’s Precision Oncology...

NATO's HALO initiative connects military satellites across eight allies for faster communications, missile tracking, and greater resilience against...

Lt. Gen. Niemi warns that low-cost, long-range drones have rendered the old Army-reliant model obsolete.

• Three priority threats: small UAS, one-way...