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☆ 3 active-duty Marines who work in intelligence arrested over alleged participation in the January 6 riot
  + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Konstantin Toropin | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +8 min
Three Marines were arrested Wednesday in relation to the US Capitol riot on January 6, 2021. All three Marines work in jobs connected to the intelligence community. All three Marines, who were arrested more than two years after the attack, work in jobs connected to the intelligence community. Records provided by the Marine Corps show that among his awards was a Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, an unusual and prestigious medal for a junior Marine. However, the men are not the only members of the intelligence community to be arrested for their alleged part in the siege.
☆ The US Army has to rename its new rifle after accidentally using the name of another gun
  + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Steve Beynon | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
The US Army is changing the name of its new rifle after accidentally taking a name from another gun. The light machine gun set to replace the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, or SAW, the M250, will not change. "The Army originally chose the designation XM5 as the name of the new rifle in March," a service spokesperson said in a statement. The 6.8mm was seen as a compromise between the light ammo currently used and the 7.62mm ammo used in the M240B machine gun that would be very heavy for a standard rifleman. Soldiers will also use 20-round magazines, a 10-round decrease from the magazines the Army has been using for decades.
☆ US Army general retires without 'reprimand or admonishment' after spat over Tucker Carlson segment about women in the military
  + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Steve Beynon | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +8 min
"I retired honorably and without any reprimand or admonishment," Donahoe told Military.com in an interview. Military.com interviewed multiple women Donahoe frequently engaged with on Twitter, none of whom described his behavior as inappropriate. Multiple senior service officials and rank-and-file troops interviewed by Military.com blasted the Army's slow response, saying it suggested women serving at all is inherently political. "So let me be clear: I expect [Army] leaders to stand up for women — and all Soldiers — who are unduly attacked or disrespected." Related: 'The Army Gave a Hunting Permit to Radical Partisans': What a General's Bout with Fox Could Mean for Women
☆ After years of arguing, Congress is finally letting the US Air Force send some A-10 Warthogs to the boneyard
  + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( Thomas Novelly | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
The defense policy bill for 2023 will allow the US Air Force to retire 21 A-10 Warthogs. The Air Force has wanted to get rid A-10s for years, but Congress has blocked it from doing so. The Air Force has another 260 A-10s in service, but lawmakers may be more open to scrapping them. That Air National Guard wing previously flew earlier models of the F-16 until they were replaced — to much fanfare — with the Warthog back in 2010. Airmen reconfigure weapons on an A-10 during an exercise at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida in November 2019.
☆ The US Army is reinventing basic training to appeal to Gen Z
  + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Steve Beynon | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +8 min
The revamp is driven partly by the Army's need to appeal to Gen Z, who are reaching enlistment age. Read Next: Airman Faked Racist Texts Claiming He Was Denied Special Duty, Investigation FindsThe shift follows substantial changes in the Army's physical training. And the revamp is driven partly by the Army's need to appeal to Gen Z, who are now reaching enlistment age. An Army drill instructor with new soldiers. A US Army drill sergeant walks through a formation of recruits at Fort Jackson in South Carolina in November 2019.
☆ After a general's clash with Fox News' Tucker Carlson, soldiers worry the US Army 'has gone full MAGA'
  + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Steve Beynon | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
"Intentionally or not, this whole thing showed women that we are not worth defending," one noncommissioned officer told Military.com. To some, scrutinizing Donahoe's defense of women online is being seen as the service bending the knee to right-wing media. … The Army has gone full MAGA," the general said, referencing former President Donald Trump's campaign slogan, Make America Great Again. Other Army leaders backed the sentiment, including Grinston, who said on Twitter, "Women lead our most lethal units with character. Department of DefenseDonahoe was an avid user of social media at a time when most military leaders were wary of some of the risks of being active in the military community online.
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