Todd South
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Todd South has written about crime, courts, government and the military for multiple publications since 2004 and was named a 2014 Pulitzer finalist for a co-written project on witness intimidation. Todd is a Marine veteran of the Iraq War.
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National Guard exceeds recruiting goals for fiscal year 2025
The Army National Guard and Air National Guard combined to recruit 50,000 new enlistees.
The Army wants an anti-tank missile that shoots twice as far as its current weapon
The Army wants an anti-tank missile to replace the TOW, which was fielded in 1970.
New Army tech ‘sees’ through battlefield blind spots
Sensors, drones, artificial intelligence and machine learning will transform combat vision.
Your squad’s newest weapons: armed drones, shoulder-fired missiles and air-bursting munitions
To prepare for near-peer conflict, where squad-level soldiers would face increased firepower and have to handle a greater variety of threats, the Army is working to improve the weapons they need to prevail.
Army moves ahead on ‘mixed reality’ goggle with Microsoft in $21.8 billion contract
The Army wants 40,000 pairs over the next five years.
Goodbye, tanks: How the Marine Corps will change, and what it will lose, by ditching its armor
Commandant Gen. David H. Berger has said that should armor be needed by Marines, he would look to the Army to provide that capability.
Massive, Army-led NATO exercise Defender Europe kicks off
The exercise will span the Balkans and the Black Sea region and use key ground and maritime routes that bridge Europe, Asia and Africa.
31st MEU tests artificial intelligence sensing gear to help Marines, soldiers see invisible threats
Squad-size units will create their own "electronic-surveillance bubble."
SECDEF stand down on extremism not meant to be panacea, says Pentagon spokesman
DoD creates commission and orders stand down.
Marine Corps looks at building 3 new Pacific regiments to counter China
The first Marine littoral regiment is expected to be operational in three years.
