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Canada-led brigade in Latvia moves beyond tripwire role, commander says

“Right now I have a brigade, there is nothing on the other side of the border that can take out this brigade,” the unit commander told Defense News.
US Marines practice seizing remote islands in Philippine exercise

Based on Oahu, MADIS crews face limitations when live-firing at home, so Konien was enthusiastic about the opportunity to fire rounds and missiles abroad.
DoD faces mounting pressure to pass clean audit for the first time

To date, the DoD has never passed a full, clean audit since they first became mandated in 2018.
Near Russian border, NATO grapples with ground robots in combat

“We are a little bit behind because we’ve been using only the air drones,” a Latvian commander said.