https://www.commondef.com Tue, 10 Nov 2026 14:08:42+0000 en-us hourly 1 https://www.commondef.com/2026/11/trump-says-iran-war-may-end-fairly-soon-calls-new-strikes-quite-unlikely/ https://www.commondef.com/?p=108550 2026-11-10T16:14:47+00:00 Frank Guy Trump said momentum was building toward ending the nine month conflict, while Washington reviewed an Iranian proposal delivered through Qatar and oil prices declined on expectations that military tensions could ease. https://www.commondef.com/2026/11/massie-unleashes-impeachment-threat-against-hegseth-over-iran-boat-strikes-and-maduro-raid/ https://www.commondef.com/?p=108532 2026-11-10T16:14:47+00:00 Common Defense Staff Massie’s eight impeachment articles challenge Hegseth’s conduct involving Iran, Yemen, Venezuela, civilian harm protections and military boat strikes, while Hegseth argues that attacks on those operations amount to attacks on the troops who carried them out. https://www.commondef.com/2026/11/blue-angels-aviator-booted-days-before-homecoming-finale/ https://www.commondef.com/?p=108529 2026-11-10T16:14:47+00:00 Julian Dorsett Marine Maj. Scott Laux was removed from the Blue Angels days before the season finale in Pensacola, leaving five jets to perform as the Navy declined to explain which squadron standards the #6 pilot failed to uphold. https://www.commondef.com/2026/11/army-permanently-shutters-live-fire-ranges-on-sacred-hawaiian-land/ https://www.commondef.com/?p=108540 2026-11-10T16:14:47+00:00 Vicki Schwarmer The Army has permanently ended live fire training at Makua Military Reservation while preserving cultural access and continuing limited security and fire suppression activities. The service is also reducing its Oahu leasehold footprint by 19,500 acres. https://www.commondef.com/2026/11/firm-makes-bold-bet-on-fishing-trawlers-to-hunt-russian-subs-in-the-arctic/ https://www.commondef.com/?p=108517 2026-11-10T16:14:47+00:00 Vicki Schwarmer Kongsberg Maritime wants to convert commercial fishing trawlers into unmanned Type 92 submarine hunters, giving the British Royal Navy vessels capable of operating for roughly 60 days near an Arctic route used by Russian submarines. https://www.commondef.com/2026/11/japan-and-u-s-expand-troop-orientation-after-marine-is-indicted-in-okinawa-murder-case/ https://www.commondef.com/?p=108546 2026-11-10T16:14:47+00:00 Vicki Schwarmer Japan and the United States are expanding troop education, orientation briefings and police patrols after a Marine’s indictment in an Okinawa murder case, while the island’s governor demands broader changes to the Status of Forces Agreement. https://www.commondef.com/2026/11/secretive-dutch-underwater-listening-breakthrough-draws-dozens-of-navies/ https://www.commondef.com/?p=108520 2026-11-10T16:14:47+00:00 Vicki Schwarmer Dutch startup Optics11 says dozens of navies are discussing its optical fiber sensing systems, with around 35 paid trials expected this year as the company expands secretive underwater monitoring technology, software and local partnerships across multiple regions. https://www.commondef.com/2026/11/army-special-ops-unit-widens-pilot-gate-as-aviation-experience-pool-runs-dry/ https://www.commondef.com/?p=108526 2026-11-10T16:14:47+00:00 Frank Guy The 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment eliminated its minimum flight hour threshold for applicants, widening eligibility as an experienced Black Hawk pilot warns that the Army’s broader aviation talent pool is steadily shrinking. https://www.commondef.com/2026/11/neros-secures-450m-pentagon-loan-to-supercharge-american-drone-production/ https://www.commondef.com/?p=108535 2026-11-10T16:14:47+00:00 Frank Guy Neros will use a $450 million conditional Pentagon loan and $165 million of its own funding to expand American drone component production, with roughly 80% of each drone’s dollar value expected to be manufactured internally by late next year. https://www.commondef.com/2026/11/final-eight-uss-indianapolis-sailors-identified-81-years-after-catastrophic-sinking/ https://www.commondef.com/?p=108538 2026-11-10T16:14:47+00:00 Bethany Loveland Previously unavailable government records resolved the final eight unknown USS Indianapolis cases, but investigators found no documentation showing the sailors’ families were notified. The Legacy Organization is now searching for relatives to provide long delayed answers. https://www.commondef.com/2026/11/france-orders-e1-5-billion-military-earth-observation-overhaul/ https://www.commondef.com/?p=108522 2026-11-10T16:14:47+00:00 Vicki Schwarmer France’s €1.5 billion IRIS program will replace its existing CSO military satellites with two advanced spacecraft offering faster access to extremely high resolution visible and infrared imagery, while preserving the country’s sovereign intelligence capability beyond 2035. https://www.commondef.com/2026/11/hegseth-orders-sweeping-civilian-cuts-at-military-colleges-demands-focus-on-victory/ https://www.commondef.com/?p=108544 2026-11-10T16:14:47+00:00 Bethany Loveland Hegseth’s 33 directives reshape military service colleges through faculty changes, Artificial Intelligence war games and a sharper focus on preparing future leaders to achieve victory rather than accept defeat or stalemate. https://www.commondef.com/2026/11/trump-declares-ukraine-will-have-a-different-shape-after-war/ https://www.commondef.com/?p=108460 2026-11-10T16:14:47+00:00 Julian Dorsett Trump expects the Ukraine war to end soon as Washington prepares for Abu Dhabi talks, but Russian controlled territory remains the central obstacle and European officials will not have seats at the negotiating table. https://www.commondef.com/2026/11/trump-says-new-iran-strikes-highly-unlikely-if-tehran-seals-nuclear-deal-and-reopens-hormuz/ https://www.commondef.com/?p=108457 2026-11-10T16:14:47+00:00 Frank Guy Trump is offering Tehran a diplomatic off ramp, but three aircraft carriers, 38 targeted bridges and a new task force show the United States remains ready to hammer Iran if negotiations collapse. https://www.commondef.com/2026/11/denmark-and-lithuania-accelerate-baltic-mine-push-with-finlands-blocker/ https://www.commondef.com/?p=108362 2026-11-10T16:14:47+00:00 Frank Guy Denmark and Lithuania are moving ahead with Finnish Blocker naval mine purchases under a multinational agreement designed to coordinate procurement, logistics, training, exercises and system support as Baltic tensions remain high. https://www.commondef.com/2026/11/russia-fields-homegrown-starlink-rival-for-military-communications-over-ukraine-kyiv-says/ https://www.commondef.com/?p=108359 2026-11-10T16:14:47+00:00 Bethany Loveland Ukraine’s military intelligence says Russia’s growing Rassvet satellite network may improve drone communications, precision strikes, and resistance to electronic warfare, even as its current 32 satellite constellation provides only intermittent coverage. https://www.commondef.com/2026/11/us-and-colombian-troops-launch-sweeping-jungle-exercise-as-pentagon-pivots-to-the-hemisphere/ https://www.commondef.com/?p=108356 2026-11-10T16:14:47+00:00 Bethany Loveland Exercise Southern Vanguard 2027 brings hundreds of U.S. and Colombian troops together for jungle warfare, explosive threat, cyber and maritime training as the Pentagon places renewed priority on homeland defense and the Western Hemisphere. https://www.commondef.com/2026/11/european-troops-gear-up-in-poland-for-major-postwar-ukraine-mission-rehearsal/ https://www.commondef.com/?p=108353 2026-11-10T16:14:47+00:00 Bethany Loveland Britain and France will lead 2,800 troops from 11 nations in a major rehearsal for deploying the Multinational Force-Ukraine after a ceasefire, testing logistics, command systems, infrastructure protection and maritime mine clearance. https://www.commondef.com/2026/11/inside-the-afghanistan-war-soul-searching-behind-navy-expeditionary-commands-renaming/ https://www.commondef.com/?p=108263 2026-11-10T16:14:47+00:00 Common Defense Staff The Navy’s post Afghanistan review transformed its expeditionary command into a type command focused on training, force management and future combat needs, including growing roles for unmanned systems and expanded seabed and subsea warfare capabilities. https://www.commondef.com/2026/11/army-serves-up-a-whopping-new-job-title-for-its-cooks/ https://www.commondef.com/?p=108260 2026-11-10T16:14:47+00:00 Frank Guy The Army’s 92G culinary specialists are now tactical field feeding specialists, a lengthier title leaders say reflects their responsibility for food production, battlefield logistics, nutrition and sustaining soldiers during large scale combat operations.