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Russia and Iran Forge a Dangerous Weapons Partnership Across Two War Zones

By Common Defense Staff

Russia’s wartime upgrades to Iranian drone technology are flowing back to Tehran alongside targeting intelligence, missile assistance and expanded production, creating a military partnership that officials warn is threatening American forces and naval assets across the Middle East.

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Space Force Launches Massive Push to Add 10,000 Guardians in Five Years

By Common Defense Staff

The Space Force plans to add 10,000 guardians within five years, forcing dramatic growth across basic training, commissioning and professional education while STARCOM races to recruit more than 200 instructors for the coming surge.

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Deadly Betrayal: Former Sailors Admit Selling Fentanyl Pills That Killed USS Abraham Lincoln Sailor

By Common Defense Staff

Two former sailors admitted participating in a controlled substance conspiracy involving counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl, a scheme that killed one USS Abraham Lincoln sailor and hospitalized another before an NCIS investigation exposed the operation.

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Army Basic Trainee Struck and Killed Outside Fort Sill Before Sunrise

By Common Defense Staff

Questions remain unanswered after a 27 year old Army basic trainee was struck and killed near Fort Sill’s Key Gate before dawn while investigators examine the death and the post withholds further details.

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Future USS John E. Kilmer Hits Major Milestone Honoring Medal of Honor Hero

By Common Defense Staff

Shipbuilders in Bath, Maine, laid down the keel for the future USS John E. Kilmer, advancing a destroyer named for the Navy corpsman whose courage under fire earned the Medal of Honor in 1953.

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U.S. Navy and Boeing Seal First MQ-25A Stingray Production Contract

By Common Defense Staff

The Navy’s $562 million contract launches production of three MQ-25A Stingrays, even as technical risks, labor disruptions, and delayed testing push the unmanned tanker’s possible initial operational capability to 2029.

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Oregon Guard F-15EX Jets Make History with First Live Bomb Drops

By Common Defense Staff

Oregon’s 142nd Wing completed the first live bomb drops by an operational F-15EX unit at Nellis Air Force Base, advancing its transition from air superiority operations toward full air-to-ground mission capability.

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Iran Blew the Hell out of Key Bahrain Base, Acting Navy Secretary Admits

By Common Defense Staff

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