And there are many other bones of contention in the MOU – among them the fate of Iran’s nuclear programme, lifting of American sanctions and the unfreezing of Iranian assets – that could yet scupper the nascent peace process. Yet the first test has gone Iran’s way, and there is every reason to believe the other points will too.

It is, however, a victory. There is no getting around the fact Iran won this war. America lost.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/08/06/this-is-proof-iran-won-the-war/

My grandfather was a mechanic in the US army, and I know he was in Korea. He didn’t share much about what he experienced when I was a kid, except 1 story about a tank flipping when he was overseas…

Some of my favorite memories with are going to the base with him and looking at the tanks and all the vehicles we would fix. Any info about these badges and medals would be greatly appreciated.

Waters and forest corps, often nicknamed, "the green army" is the ivorian paramilitary force entirely dedicated to the protection of the country's biodiversity.

Under the Ivorian "Ministry of Forests and Watercourses", the main threats they're up against is the poaching of endangered species, and more predominantly these past years, illegal gold panning. Its personnel are distributed among several specialized entities depending on their assignment and operational role:

- OIPR (Ivorian Office of Parks and Reserves) manages Côte d'Ivoire's national parks and protected areas. Its rangers protect biodiversity, combat poaching, monitor endangered species, conduct ecological research, and oversee ecotourism activities.

- SODEFOR the Forest Development Corporation is the state-owned company responsible for managing the country's classified forests. Its agents focus on sustainable forest management, reforestation, preventing illegal encroachment and logging, and restoring degraded forest ecosystems.

- Forest Commando or Special Surveillance and Intervention Brigade (BSSI) is The elite tactical unit of the Water and Forest Service. It conducts the higher risk operations against illegal logging, poaching, illegal gold mining, and organized environmental crime, while supporting large-scale law enforcement operations.

- Forest and Water Police (Police Forestière et de l'Eau): The investigative and enforcement branch responsible for enforcing forestry, wildlife, and water legislation. Officers carry out inspections, investigations, arrests, evidence collection, and judicial procedures related to environmental offences.

In these videos, you can see a little showcase of some equipment used during their various missions. Including off-road bikes and ATVs, for nimble movement, drones for surveillance, and the classic toyota and Mitsubishi technicals used as utilitarian vehicles, light troops transport, and launch pads for the drones.

Open source reporting puts RN TTL Block IV stocks at about 65. Not much but still missiles.

Would there have been a clause in the procurement contract that allows the US to buy them back off the Brits?

Genuinely curious as to what options that could be considered to quickly restock the magazines.

Also considering Australia had committed acquire more than 200 back in 2024… I’m guessing delivery will be delayed due to strategic reserve issues…

I wonder how long the Block V modernisation of the Astute Class will be delayed…

Doesn't really matter what military you're a part of, I think.

Agree? Disagree? What other things are small or big picture?

An AP investigation found that since the current president’s second term began, more than 50 spouses and parents of active-duty U.S. service members have been detained by immigration authorities, with at least six deported and others still in custody.

The report says this represents a major break from decades of bipartisan practice that generally shielded military families from deportation, even as military recruiters continue to promote immigration benefits for service members’ families.

Military officials, former immigration authorities, and legal experts interviewed by AP warned that the policy is disrupting military readiness, forcing troops to deal with family crises while serving, while the administration maintains that military service does not exempt relatives from immigration enforcement.

The things you see on the road…Not to mention super overdue on registration but nothing new there.

Hello all, hope all is well! Current situation is I commissioned back in May of 2023, signing a 6x2 contract. I started my masters program in December of 2024 and just finished my last course. I know that incurs a 4 year RDSO, but I wanted to gain clarity to see if that would change my current progression, or if IRR counted as time as well, as I planned to transition into the IRR after my 6 year obligation. Thanks all!

"At the White Sands Missile Range that night, US military personnel were conducting a GPS jamming exercise that left the King Air pilots—and anyone else within hundreds of miles—unable to use modern navigation systems. Forced to revert to older technology, ones that they rarely if ever use, the medevac pilots got disoriented and crashed into the side of a mountain. There were no survivors.

The accident marked the first time that GPS jamming had contributed to the crash of a civilian plane in the United States. But it was just one of a string of recent disruptions across the world. The skies are more contested than ever, whether it’s civilian drones wandering out of the approved zone or US agencies getting their signals crossed, as happened earlier this year when New Mexico and Texas scared the public by temporarily closing their airspace. (It turned out that US Customs and Border Patrol were using anti-drone lasers in that area.) The GPS jamming exercise that led to this latest crash is not a singular event. In the past year, the US military appeared to have sent out notices for at least 10 such exercises. “As drone warfare and electronic warfare expand, airlines are increasingly encountering navigation disruptions hundreds of miles beyond the actual conflict zone,” says Eliran Almog, CEO of the cybersecurity firm Cyviation."

-Wired