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Illustration on the war in Ukraine by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

A lesson for America’s military from the Ukrainian war

By L. Scott Lingamfelter

Navy's Tai Lavatai speaks during a news conference at the Navy NCAA college football Fanfest Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022, in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Tommy Gilligan) **FILE**

Navy hopes 2021 victory over Army turning point for program

By Noah Trister - Associated Press

This handout photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Monday, Aug. 8, 2022, shows the Russian military's Grad multiple rocket launchers firing rockets at Ukrainian troops at an undisclosed location. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service photo via AP)

Russia hosts annual military ‘Olympics’ as the war in Ukraine grinds on

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

U.S. Army service members assigned to the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, receive travel briefs prior to deployment to the U.S. Army Europe and Africa area of operations, from Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia, Feb. 28, 2022. The armored brigade recently completed a nine-month deployment supporting U.S. allies and partners in the Pacific. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Anthony Ford) **FILE**

U.S. Army reboots, reorients to confront China, back allies in region

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this image provided by the U.S. Army, recent Army basic combat training graduates have their temperatures taken as they arrive at Fort Lee, Va, on March 31, 2020, after being transported using sterilized buses from Fort Jackson, S.C. COVID-19 has had a dramatic impact on military recruiting, shuttering enlistment stations around the country and forcing thousands of recruiters to woo potential soldiers online. Recruiters have had to abandon their normal visits to high schools and malls, and instead rely almost exclusively on social media to reach young people. (U.S. Army via AP) **FILE**

Army tests prep course for recruits who don’t meet fitness, academic standards

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

U.S. soldiers take part in NATO-led Noble Partner 2017 multinational military exercises at the military base of Vaziani, outside Tbilisi, Georgia, Aug. 9, 2017. While Ukraine and Georgia aren't yet ready for NATO membership and have little prospect of being invited to join soon, the Western allies insist that NATO's doors must remain open to them. In 2008, NATO promised to eventually embrace the two nations, although it hasn't offered them a specific roadmap to membership. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov, File)

Army to shift $1 billion to recruiting, retention efforts; rely more on reserves as ranks shrink

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

About 130 soldiers with the U.S. Army's 87th Division Sustainment Support Battalion, 3rd Division Sustainment Brigade, wait to board a chartered plane during their deployment to Europe, March 11, 2022, at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Ga. The Army is significantly cutting the total number of soldiers it expects to have in the force over the next two years, as the U.S. military faces what a top general called “unprecedented challenges” in bringing in new recruits. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, File)

Army cuts force size amid unprecedented battle for recruits

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

President Joe Biden listens as first lady Jill Biden speaks during a Fourth of July celebration for military families on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, July 4, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Army suspends retired general for tweet aimed at first lady Jill Biden

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Army Spc. Tristan Spoerri, with the Utah National Guard Medical Detachment, administers the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to a soldier on Camp Williams, Utah, Sept. 11, 2021. The Department of Defense ordered mandatory vaccinations to protect the Force and ensure their readiness to defend the American people. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Alejandro Lucero)

No pay for Guard, Reserve troops who refuse COVID-19 vaccine, Army says

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016, photo, a British soldier walks by a Typhoon aircraft before take off for a mission in Iraq, at RAF Akrotiri, near the southern coastal city of Limassol, in Cyprus. British Tornado and Typhoon aircraft stationed at a U.K. air base in Cyprus are pounding Islamic State targets ahead of a major offensive by Iraqi security forces next month to recapture the key northern city of Mosul from IS militants, a senior Royal Air Force officer says. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, Pool) **FILE**

U.K. military investigates hacks on Army social media accounts

Associated Press

In this image provided by the U.S. Army, recent Army basic combat training graduates have their temperatures taken as they arrive at Fort Lee, Va, on March 31, 2020, after being transported using sterilized buses from Fort Jackson, S.C. COVID-19 has had a dramatic impact on military recruiting, shuttering enlistment stations around the country and forcing thousands of recruiters to woo potential soldiers online. Recruiters have had to abandon their normal visits to high schools and malls, and instead rely almost exclusively on social media to reach young people. (U.S. Army via AP) **FILE**

Army eases education enlistment requirements over recruiting woes

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

The LAV-25 (Light Armored Vehicle) is an eight-wheeled amphibious armored reconnaissance vehicle used by the United States Marine Corps, United States Army, and the Canadian Army. It was built by General Dynamics Land Systems Canada, developed from the Canadian built AVGP versions of the Swiss MOWAG Piranha 6x6 family of armored fighting vehicles. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. John Robbart III)

Army awards contract for new light tank to General Dynamics

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, center, and his wife Fran, right, talk with specialist Emily Milosevic as they tour the Defense Supply Center Columbus in Columbus, Ohio, as members of the Ohio Army National Guard prepare to deploy to aid Ohio hospitals during the current surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations Jan. 6, 2022. Up to 40,000 Army National Guard soldiers across the country - or about 13% of the force — have not yet gotten the mandated COVID-19 vaccine, and as the deadline for shots looms, at least 14,000 of them have flatly refused and could be forced out of the service. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon, File)

Army Guard troops risk dismissal as vaccine deadline looms

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

In this June 4, 2017, file photo, New Army recruits take part in a swearing-in ceremony before a baseball game between the San Diego Padres and the Colorado Rockies in San Diego. A year after failing to meet its enlistment goal for the first time in 13 years, the U.S. Army is now on track to meet a lower 2019 target after revamping its recruitment effort. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Army relaxing tattoos rules to help recruiting woes

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this file photo from Dec. 14, 2019, President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Mark Esper cross the field after the first half of an NCAA college football game between Army and Navy. Traditionally played yearly in Philadelphia, the 2023 game will be played at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. The 2024 game will be at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland, followed by M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore in 2025, the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, New Jersey, in 2026, and Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia in 2027. ( AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Army-Navy game coming to FedEx Field in 2024, Baltimore in 2025

Associated Press

U.S. army soldiers line up at the Vay Adam Military Training Base near Hajduhadhaz, northeastern Hungary, Wednesday, June 15, 2022. The American unit carries out a joint patrol with Hungarian troops in County Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg bordering Ukraine. (Zsolt Czegledi/MTI via AP) **FILE**

Tough times for the Army on its birthday

By Thomas Spoehr

This image provided by the U.S. Army shows former Col. Gail Curley. When Curley began her job as Marshal of the U.S. Supreme Court less than a year ago, she would have expected to work mostly behind the scenes: overseeing the courts police force and the operations of the marble-columned building where the justices work. Earlier this month, however, she was handed a bombshell of an assignment, overseeing an investigation into the leak of a draft opinion and apparent votes in a major abortion case. People who know Curley described the former Army colonel, a military lawyer by training, as the right kind of person to be tasked with investigating a highly charged leak: smart and unlikely to be intimidated but also apolitical and private. (U.S. Army via AP)

Search for Supreme Court leaker falls to former Army colonel

By Jessica Gresko - Associated Press

National Security Council aide Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, left, walks with his twin brother, Army Lt. Col. Yevgeny Vindman, after testifying before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019, during a public impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump's efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) ** FILE **

Pentagon watchdog finds Trump officials illegally retaliated against whistleblower Vindman

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Air Force Academy cadets make their way to their seats as family and friends cheer from the stands during the United States Air Force Academy's Class of 2021 graduation ceremony at the USAFA in Colorado Springs, Colo., on May 26, 2021. Four cadets at the Air Force Academy may not graduate or be commissioned as military officers in May 2022, because they have refused the COVID-19 vaccine, and they may be required to pay back thousands of dollars in tuition costs, according to Air Force officials. (Chancey Bush/The Gazette via AP, File)

4 Air Force cadets may not graduate due to vaccine refusal

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Sig Sauer responded to the U.S. Army's request for a battlefield upgrade for troops by supplying 6.8 mm hybrid ammunition, a lightweight machine gun, a rifle, and suppressors. The system is referred to as NGSW. (Image: Sig Sauer, press release, for the Next Generation Squad Weapons)

Army chooses new rifle for combat troops

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times