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No money for Camp Lejeune toxic water victims unless GOP wins midterms, Trump says

Trump said the DOJ would settle claims with victims of the base’s contaminated water if the GOP wins the midterms. “If we don’t win, there’s no money.”

Pentagon AI oversight office struggles to keep pace with department’s ambitions, GAO finds

The Pentagon office tapped in 2022 to oversee the military’s responsible use of AI had filled just three of 10 authorized positions as of February 2026.
US Marine Corps makes Maven available service-wide

The service made the AI-enabled battlefield management system available to all commands and organizations within the service.

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Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer tapped as Barracks Task Force senior advisor

Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer was selected as Secretary Hegseth’s senior advisor and will visit military installations across the country.
Marine Corps creates first medium missile battalion

As the service’s first medium missile battalion, the 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, will be equipped with NMESIS as a complement to its artillery.
Academic institutions sever foreign research ties to comply with Pentagon order

The Pentagon ordered 30 universities to review their ties with foreign institutions or risk losing their federal funding.
Here’s the 2027 cost-of-living increase for retirees, veterans

It’s the biggest increase in four years.

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The Pentagon wants ketamine wafers as a battlefield medicine option

The Pentagon awarded a multi-million-dollar contract to the Singapore-based iX Biopharma to develop a small, ketamine-packed wafer.

Pentagon ignored cybersecurity flaws before data breach, Marines’ lawsuit says

A pair of Marines filed a class-action lawsuit Tuesday against the Pentagon over a data breach at the Defense Manpower Data Center.
Military spouse commission weighs expanding employment programs across services

The President’s Military Spouse Commission is examining how to expand existing employment programs across the military services and federal agencies.
Hegseth discusses Iran with Netanyahu in unannounced visit to Israel, officials say

Netanyahu and Hegseth discussed “the threats in the region” and the U.S.-Israel partnership in dealing both offensively and defensively with those threats.

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Hasan, a former Army officer who killed 13 people and injured 32 others during a mass shooting at Fort Hood in 2009, will be executed by firing squad.

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