President Trump back in March put a hard-stop on all federal agency actions tied to preparing for climate change. It was one of his many moves to curtail Obama’s initiatives during his presidency — making good on a campaign promise. Under Obama, the Defense Department launched a “climate change roadmap” that included a defense-wide review to calculate risks associated with catastrophic weather events.
Trump’s executive order could have completely squashed this review. But kudos to the brains at the Pentagon who are artfully side-stepping the whole “Is climate change real?” debate.
DoD is continuing its review but focusing on weather events in general, factoring in all potential risks and just dropping the emphasis on climate change.
To disregard the threat altogether would be a huge mistake that could cost lives. In extreme weather, the military is always called to assist. Just check out the men, women, ships and resources tapped to assist in the wake of hurricanes Harvey and Irma.
“The last thing we want is to get mobilized and then somebody say, ‘Hey, I’ve had this injury, but I haven’t had health insurance to get it addressed.'"
Thomas Robertson will get credit for the 13 months he has already spent in custody.
The video explains why the rifle is such an efficient, and ultimately dangerous, weapon.
3M sold its Combat Arms earplugs to every branch of the armed forces, but design defects may have caused hearing loss for service members.
A lawsuit against the former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs could now go to trial.
“Everyone carries a cell phone...it’s a tool, [but] it can also be used as a weapon."
The report calls out the State Department for deeply underestimating the number of refugees.
Here is all of the publicly released testimony by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in one place.
Kelly Kennedy, War Horse managing editor, was the first reporter to cover burn pits and the resulting illnesses in service members returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
The National Guard is shipping doses of Novavax’s newly approved COVID-19 vaccine out to units in hopes it will help shrink the number of unvaccinated Guardsmen who face expulsion.
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