WASHINGTON — The Army continues to make big strides in modernizing how it feeds Soldiers across its installations. Army leaders outlined the Army food ecosystem at the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual meeting during a panel on warfighter performance optimization, detailing how initiatives like Campus Style Dining Venues (CSDV), Flexible Eating and Expanded Dining (FEED) and partnerships are bringing generational change. “We are evolving the Army’s food program from a 20th century chow hall to a modern 21st century network that’s part of a larger food ecosystem on all of our installations,” said Jay Condrey, acting Army Materiel Command G-4. “It’s not just something we are doing out of convenience. It’s about quality of life. It’s about community, and at the end of the day, most importantly, it’s about warfighter readiness.” Central to this effort is a deliberate shift to separate garrison dining operations from tactical field feeding, ensuring Soldiers receive balanced nutrition while military culinary specialists sharpen their combat readiness. What makes this shift possible is the ability for the Army to partner with commercial food service providers. “Bringing in a commercial partner to focus solely on garrison feeding absolutely reduces that burden of Tactical Field Feeding Specialist…
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MoreThe 2025 series of the Decision Advantage Sprint for Human-Machine Teaming marked a significant step forward in the integration of artificial intelligence and machine learning into battle management operations. Through a series of groundbreaking experiments, including the recent DASH 3 iteration, the U.S. Air Force, alongside its coalition partners, Canada…
I have only been to the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) SHOT Show (Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoor Trade Show) once. I am attending the show, held annually in Las Vegas, for the second time this year. This made me realize I needed to set up a page for collecting my…
A masked ICE agent shot and killed a 37-year-old American woman on Wednesday in Minneapolis. The incident, captured on multiple videos from different angles, has gone viral on social media and sparked debate over responsibility for the shooting. In one widely circulated video, ICE officers are seen approaching and surrounding…
United States Secretary of Energy Chris Wright on Wednesday announced that the United States plans to exert long-term control over Venezuela’s oil industry, including overseeing its sale “indefinitely.” Subscribe Today Get daily emails in your inbox Speaking to Goldman Sachs’s annual energy banking conference in Miami, Wright said …
The United States seized overnight two oil tankers linked to Venezuela in back-to-back operations in the North Atlantic and the Caribbean, U.S. officials said Wednesday, escalating enforcement of sanctions against what Washington calls a “ghost fleet” moving illicit oil. U.S. European Command said it seized the merchant vessel Bella 1—later…
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MorePresident Donald Trump said Sunday that there would be no attack on Iran before the end of the weekend. “There will be no strike today,” he told reporters at a White House press gaggle. Before departing for a campaign event in Michigan, Trump commented to a separate gaggle at Joint…
Beretta USA Introduces New Multifield Performance Collection Accokeek, MD (October 9, 2026) – Beretta introduces its new Multifield Performance Collection, a versatile apparel line designed to transition seamlessly from the field and range to travel, the lodge and everyday life. Built on centuries of experience in hunting and shooting, the collection combines…
HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. — Air Force Special Operations Command will host its fourth annual Thunder Dome Innovation Competition in fiscal year 2027. The program allows Air Commandos to pitch tactical concepts directly to senior leadership for development funding and prototype support. Thunder Dome focuses on rapidly developing these…
Iran has “substantially increased” its efforts to target Americans in the Middle East and beyond, per a Friday memo from Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton to Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Subscribe Today Get daily emails in your inbox In the memo, initially reported in Axios, Clayton…
SAN DIEGO — 23 October 2026 — General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), the world leader in Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS), today is announcing our partnership with Spirit Defense, a Boeing Company, to support airframe production of the new FQ-42 Vengeance Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA). In June, GA-ASI won a contract…
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