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New tactical comms system for US ground troops aims to break network silos
General Dynamics revealed a new artificial intelligence-enabled, portable communications system on Thursday called the Vion, a Mission Partner Environment solution. Although its basic purpose is to give ground troops a suitcase-sized platform to exchange messages and files, the company said its real value is how it connects allied systems. In an interview with Military Times, Jason Myers, vice president of…
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They served in Asia and came home. Decades later, the kids they left behind are searching for them.
This story was originally published by The War Horse, a nonprofit newsroom covering the human experience and cost of military service. Get more reporting like this in your inbox.Bernardino Mijares has spent most of his life searching for his father. For many years, all the 33-year-old tricycle taxi driver knew…
Veteran suicides declined in 2024 for second straight year
Editor’s note: This report contains discussion of suicide. Troops, veterans and family members experiencing suicidal thoughts can call the 24-hour Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988 and dial 1, text 838255 or visit VeteransCrisisLine.net.Fewer veterans died by suicide in 2024 than the previous year, and the rate — the number…
Supreme Court hears incarcerated veteran’s case challenging process for VA claims appeals
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in the case of an incarcerated veteran who, in challenging federal rules that reduce benefits for imprisoned vets, has questioned the judicial review of claims decisions.Floyd Johnson, who served in the Army from 1983 to 1985, was sentenced in 2013 to 40 years…
US Army tests counter-drone tech at Mexican border as cartel drone use rises
The U.S. Army is testing counter-drone technology in the U.S.-Mexico border area, seeking to sharpen its defenses against the growing threat of drone use by cartels and emulate the rapid battlefield innovation happening in Ukraine’s war with Russia.At Falcon Peak, a U.S. Northern Command exercise held in September in Arizona,…
2 veterans battle in court and online over defamation, for-profit claims processing
A county government official and U.S. Navy veteran in Illinois is suing a for-profit company and its founder, a U.S. Army veteran, for alleged defamation of character in connection with issues related to veterans’ disability claims.Andrew Tangen, attorney and superintendent of the Veterans Assistance Commission of Lake County, Illinois, alleges…
Unemployment rate for post-9/11 vets up as job market slumps
The unemployment rate for the nation’s post-9/11 generation of veterans rose from 3.5% in August to 4.1% in September as the number of jobs added that month fell by more than 100,000, according to the final monthly jobs report released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics ahead of the…