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Pentagon turns to Mike Rowe to reenergize skilled trades training | Headlines

TV presenter Mike Rowe’s foundation got a $10 million kickstart to help the Pentagon train workers for the defense industrial base. Plus, autonomous minelayers.
Army tests autonomous mass minelaying

Soldiers strapped a mine delivery system to an unmanned truck and let technology do the work to try to get combat engineers out of a dangerous mission.
Ukraine will get ‘license’ for making Patriot interceptors, Trump says at NATO meeting

President Trump told reporters he would grant Ukraine the ability to make its own Patriot interceptors, but offered few details.
The Medal of Honor and veteran transition assistance | Defense News Weekly Full Episode 7.7.26

Two Marines and one soldier were recently awarded the MOH. One foundation seeks to help vets with MMA training. Those stories and more on this week’s episode.