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Pentagon wants to use AI-generated ‘personalities’ for decoy cellphones
Using fake radio signals to spoof the enemy is a common stratagem.The Department of Defense wants to take that idea one step further and wield AI-generated “personalities” to mimic real people — and fool enemy AI trying to identify patterns in friendly cellphone traffic.The goal is to mask “digital exhaust,” the metadata automatically emitted by mobile phones, such as location…
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South Carolina base renamed to Joint Base Lindsey Graham
Joint Base Charleston is now officially Joint Base Lindsey Graham, honoring the late senator from South Carolina who served for decades in the U.S. Air Force.The Pentagon announced late last month that the base, located in North Charleston, South Carolina, would be renamed after Republican Senator Lindsey Graham. The renaming…
Veterans unemployment stable despite job market cratering in July, report shows
A volatile month of July saw employers shed 23,000 jobs and lay off another 153,000, according to the monthly jobs report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday. Amid the plunge, the unemployment rate for veterans appeared to stabilize at 4.2% despite the impact of artificial intelligence, tariffs and…
Major VA study to examine effectiveness of psilocybin on depression, PTSD
The Department of Veterans Affairs is launching research to determine whether psilocybin — the psychoactive ingredient in “magic mushrooms” — can be used safely and effectively to address veterans’ treatment-resistant depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.The trial, known as the Psilocybin Intervention for Veterans Overcoming Treatment-Resistant Depression,” or PIVOT, study aims…
Their military careers were cut short in combat. Now they’re fighting Congress for their full benefits.
Editor’s Note: This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service. Subscribe to their newsletter.The fall lasted only seconds, but the consequences would span a lifetime. Under the cover of darkness in Balad, Iraq, Army Sgt. Will Fisher was moving…
Senator introduces bill to stop VA from recouping military separation pay from disabled vets
An Arizona lawmaker introduced a bill Thursday that would prevent veterans from being surprised when the Department of Veterans Affairs docks their disability payments to recoup military separation pay they received at the end of active duty.Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., has proposed barring the VA from collecting voluntary or involuntary…
Everybody wanted to visit the wounded soldier. I wanted to be left alone.
Editor’s Note: This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service. Subscribe to their newsletter.It was only a month after the roadside bombing. I was still in Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, in June 2006, undergoing successive rounds of surgery.…