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Vicki Schwarmer

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Boeing Caps Blockbuster Week with First Full Rate Grey Wolf Order

By Vicki Schwarmer

The Air Force’s roughly $85 million order moves the MH-139A Grey Wolf into full rate production as the faster, higher capacity helicopter begins replacing aging UH-1N Hueys that secure America’s intercontinental ballistic missile fields.

Pentagon

Navy Rebrands Expeditionary Command to Match the New Face of Warfare

By Vicki Schwarmer

The Navy’s expeditionary command is getting a new name while retaining its current missions, reflecting its growing role in autonomous systems, subsea warfare and the preparation of security forces for ships, ports and installations.

Pentagon

Marine Corps Plans Rigorous Warfighter Test for Future Generals

By Vicki Schwarmer

The Marine Corps is building a new evaluation that will test aspiring generals through a complex operational scenario, adding a direct measure of planning, communication and critical thinking to its existing promotion screening process.

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Powerful Military Education Benefits You May Be Leaving on the Table

By Vicki Schwarmer

Navy lieutenant commander Jai Salters explains how Tuition Assistance, examinations, apprenticeships and careful planning helped him earn degrees and credentials while preserving his Post-9/11 GI Bill for his daughters.

Intel

Investigation Exposes UAE Missions with Sanctioned Russian Shadow Airline in Africa

By Vicki Schwarmer

Flight records and leaked documents suggest the UAE used sanctioned Aviacon Zitotrans aircraft for more than 100 missions, linking Emirati bases with Africa and Pakistan despite the airline’s role in Russian military and weapons operations.

Pentagon

USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. Triumphantly Returns After Grueling 10 Months at Sea

By Vicki Schwarmer

The USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. is home after 300 days at sea, more than 85,000 nautical miles and missile defense operations supporting American forces during the Iran war.

Pentagon

Ohio Races to Land the U.S. Space Academy as Washington Weighs Its Blueprint

By Vicki Schwarmer

Ohio is racing to secure the U.S. Space Academy for Wright-Patterson while federal officials decide how the school will operate, whom it will admit and what role Congress must play in establishing it.

Pentagon

Heavy MQ-9 Reaper Losses Loom Over Air Force Replacement Plans

By Vicki Schwarmer

The Reaper fleet has fallen to around 135 aircraft while its production line remains closed. Congress is weighing retirement restrictions as the Air Force pursues a cheaper replacement fleet of 500 aircraft by 2032.

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