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Hasty US exit from Europe could drive allies away from American arms, RAND says
A rapid, uncoordinated U.S. military drawdown from Europe could push key NATO allies further away from American weapons over the long term, according to a new RAND study, a shift the authors say would hurt the U.S. defense industrial base. RAND released the report, “Anticipating Allies’ Responses to U.S. Retrenchment from Europe,” on Wednesday. It examines how France, Germany, Poland…
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DOD schools struggle to identify, support military children with learning disabilities, GAO finds
For military families, a permanent change of station can mean more than adjusting to a new school. Government Accountability Office officials told Military Times that parents have repeatedly reported problems transferring educational records and individualized education programs when military families move, sometimes delaying services or leaving educators to reconstruct a…
Who’s your online go-to for truck parts?
Regular readers may well remember this story, Overdrive's Matt Cole's survey of the parts-procurement landscape, including a bevy of owner reports of just how they were finding crankcase-ventilator sensors, DEF sensors, and all manner of other parts on backlog during the post-COVID shortages -- even tires in some cases. The…
West Point ordered professors not to teach human causes of climate change, lawsuit says
A longtime West Point professor is suing the academy, alleging that officials fired him after ordering instructors to stop teaching cadets that humans contribute to climate change. Adam Kalkstein, who taught climate science at the U.S. Military Academy for more than 17 years, filed a lawsuit this week accusing the…
FMCSA’s Motus mess costing small fleets thousands
The very day after Matt Cole's story about July Trucker of the Month Jeffrey Crise, hotshot hauler and now also employing a driver in addition to himself in a 2019 Peterbilt 579, Crise's A&J Transport and Recovery motor carrier authority was marked with an "Involuntary suspension" in Motus, the Federal…
FMCSA moves on broker transparency | SB I-5 closure incoming
FMCSA sends updated broker transparency rule to OMB for approvalThe wait is finally (almost) over. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, after numerous missed target dates, is moving forward with a new proposed rule related to brokered freight records and rates transparency.On Thursday, Aug. 27, the agency sent the new…
They survived an Iran war drone attack. Six months later, they’re struggling to get care.
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 soldier wakes at 6 a.m. after getting only three or four hours of sleep.He showers, shaves and puts on his uniform by 7 a.m., even…