FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Eight Army National Guard information operations officers graduated from a newly developed Psychological Operations Qualification Course July 24 at the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, marking a significant milestone in Army transformation. For the first time, Soldiers from all three components — Regular Army, National Guard and Army Reserve — are training together to combat modern cognitive warfare threats. As adversaries increasingly rely on sophisticated disinformation campaigns and information warfare to undermine global stability, the Army recognized a need for a unified response. The new integrated training model ensures that Army psychological operations and information operations professionals across the Total Army share a common baseline of skills and strategic understanding required to counter these evolving nonkinetic threats on the battlefield. “The Army National Guard’s information warfare transformation is fundamentally prompted by the need to stay ahead of our adversaries’ ever-changing threats through continuous innovation,” said Brig. Gen. Isaac Martinez, assistant director of the Army National Guard for aviation, intelligence and information. Martinez explained that the constant threat of adversarial action drives changes to information operations, creating a need for Guard officers who can conduct rapid, strategic analysis and act accordingly. “Graduation…
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Saab Receives Order for RBS 70 NG from Finland Saab has signed a contract and received an initial order from The Finnish Defence Forces Logistics Command for deliveries of the RBS 70 NG air defence solution. The order value is SEK 1.2 billion. The new contract also enables Finland to…
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The U.S. and Iran exchanged strikes overnight into Monday for the first time since late July. The escalation centered on the Strait of Hormuz, the critical trade chokepoint that Iran effectively closed shortly after the war began. U.S. Central Command said it had struck launchers and troops on Larak Island…
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