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WAR (Air Force Senior Airman Mason Hargrove) - Sentinel Samurai Strengthens Joint EOD Readiness Wed Sep 2 20:36:31 2026

Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy explosive ordnance disposal technicians participated in Exercise Sentinel Samurai at Kadena Air Base, Japan.

WAR (Army Capt. Lydia Laga, 75th Field Artillery Brigade) - Army Artillery Brigade Builds Tactical Proficiency Wed Sep 2 17:33:55 2026

Soldiers assigned to the 75th Field Artillery Brigade's 2nd Battalion, 4th Field Artillery Regiment, recently trained at Fort Sill, Okla., to execute Artillery Table VI section qualifications and validate Role 1 combat medical support capabilities.

WAR (Air Force Senior Airman Brenden Beezley) - Airlift Wing Builds Mobility Readiness During Exercises Tue Sep 1 17:09:26 2026

The 86th Airlift Wing recently supported Exercise Saber Junction 26 with joint air mobility operations alongside Army and Marine Corps forces at Ramstein Air Base, Germany.

STRIPES (Lydia Gordon) - US troops in Germany among thousands around globe to earn Danish military medal  | Stars and Stripes Tue Sep 1 00:14:14 2026

American service members took part in the Royal Danish Flyver March, a 12.5-mile military test of endurance.

STRIPES (Corey Dickstein) - Air Force directs gas mask training for all airmen and guardians to meet Hegseth grooming policies | Stars and Stripes Tue Sep 1 00:13:59 2026

irmen and guardians complete new annual gas mask training by the end of the year as part of the effort to enforce more stringent grooming standards.

AF (Capt. Jackie Noffsinger) - Initial operating capability of MH-139 Grey Wolf announced Mon Aug 31 17:29:12 2026

Air Force Global Strike Command announced that the MH-139 Grey Wolf has officially achieved Initial Operational Capability as of August 10, ushering in a new era of modernization for AFGSC’s nuclear security operations.

STRIPES (Seth Robson) - US Marines join amphibious, island-recapture drills across Indonesia | Stars and Stripes Mon Aug 31 10:29:34 2026

U.S. troops are training to recapture islands during a 15-nation exercise that includes amphibious assaults, airborne operations and live-fire drills.

STRIPES (Corey Dickstein) - Marines push drones and defenses to squad level to prep ground forces for tech-heavy battlefield | Stars and Stripes Sat Aug 29 00:31:12 2026

The Marines believe moving advanced technology into their smallest units will allow those forces to operate farther apart, making them harder to find.

STRIPES (Matthew M. Burke) - ‘That’s a lot’: Nearly 2,000 drone systems to be sprung on troops at Germany exercise | Stars and Stripes Sat Aug 29 00:31:08 2026

The annual Saber Junction exercise in Germany is testing how U.S. and allied forces adapt to an increasingly drone-saturated battlefield modeled on Russian tactics.

THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Trump Signs Order Establishing U.S. Space Academy. Fri Aug 28 22:16:54 2026

President Donald J. Trump has signed an executive order establishing a NASA-led Presidential Commission to develop a federally chartered United States Space Academy.

President Donald J. Trump has signed an executive order formally establishing the United States Space Academy, a federally chartered institution to provide formal education and training to astronauts and related personnel. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: - DETAIL: Announced during a speech on Friday at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, the proposed U.S. Space Academy will be modeled on institutions such as West Point and the U.S. Air Force Academy. The President declared that the U.S. must prepare “an entire generation of skilled service members, engineers, and civil operators.” The Space Academy will be used to train future leaders in space exploration, defense, and technological advancement. The proposed institution…Open