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Air National Guard collects climate data, fuels research station in Antarctica
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (498+ words) An LC-130 Skibird takes off from Antarctica, Dec. 23, 2025. The New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing is flying the aircraft during Operation Deep Freeze in support of the National Science Foundation in Antarctica. (Gabriel Enders/U.S. Air National Guard) The New York…...
USS Nimitz reactors could power future land-based AI data center
5+ day, 17+ hour ago (721+ words) USS Nimitz arrives at its homeport of Bremerton on Naval Base Kitsap, Wash., Dec. 16, 2025, following a nine-month deployment to Asia and the Middle East. The carrier is scheduled to be decommissioned beginning in 2026. (Gary Warner/Stars and Stripes) A pair…...
Army to ring in new year with new AI and machine learning career path for officers
1+ week, 1+ day ago (496+ words) Soldiers assigned to the Artificial Intelligence Integration Center and other units conduct drone test flights and software troubleshooting during a training exercise near Hohenfels, Germany, on March 6, 2024. The Army is establishing a new career pathway for officers to specialize in…...
USFJ denies Okinawa prefecture base access for ‘forever chemicals’ tests
2+ week, 3+ day ago (613+ words) High PFAS contamination levels have been recorded at Ubugaa spring in Ginowan city, downstream from Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa. (Keishi Koja/Stars and Stripes) CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa " U.S. Forces Japan has denied Okinawa prefecture's requests to test for so-called…...
From 100th Eastern Range space launch to Operation Midnight Hammer, Space Force celebrates its 6th birthday
2+ week, 5+ day ago (574+ words) Space Force guardians march during a graduation ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. The event, hosted by the 737th Training Group, saw guardians wear the service's new dress uniform amid the service's growing identity. (Jonathan Mallard/U.S. Air…...
Bear necessity: Japanese governor says troops’ help was only option amid fatal attacks
3+ week, 2+ day ago (422+ words) A poster in Tokyo warns residents that the metropolitan area is also home to bears, and that sightings have increased dramatically across the country. (Seth Robson/Stars and Stripes) The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force was deployed last month to confront…...
Quake emptied shelves at air base in northeastern Japan
4+ week, 19+ hour ago (436+ words) Misawa Air Base, a shared U.S. and Japanese fighter base in northeastern Japan, was spared serious damage from a magnitude 7.6 earthquake that struck the area this week. "Misawa Air Base sustained only minor, superficial damage to a few facilities, and no…...
Navy to invest hundreds of millions in AI to boost shipbuilding
4+ week, 1+ day ago (538+ words) The Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine USS New Hampshire arrives at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Virginia, Sept. 3, 2025, for a depot modernization period. The Navy is investing $448 million in AI to accelerate shipbuilding. The early program will focus on submarine shipbuilders, shipyards…...
Magnitude 7.5 quake in northern Japan injures 23 people and triggers a 2-foot tsunami
4+ week, 1+ day ago (763+ words) Papers are scattered on the floor at an office in Hakodate, Hokkaido, northern Japan on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, following a powerful earthquake on late Monday. (Kyodo News/AP) TOKYO " A powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck off northern Japan late Monday, injuring 23 people…...
Pentagon initiates rollout of AI platform powered by Google Gemini
4+ week, 2+ day ago (244+ words) Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Tuesday announced the launch of GenAI.mil, a military-focused AI platform powered by Google Gemini. (Department of War CTO on X) "The future of American warfare is here, and it's spelled AI," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said…...