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Prioritizing infrastructure resilience to secure the homeland
Audrey Oxendine, Fort Liberty’s energy and utilities branch chief, shows the base’s floating microgrid to U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Kevin Vereen on July 28, 2023. U.S.…
Fentanyl smuggling on the U.S. Southern Border has grim consequences
Fentanyl is being smuggled in great quantities across the southern border of the United States, the U.S. Border Patrol says. AFP/GETTY IMAGES
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U.S warns Latin America, Caribbean nations about PRC tech, hackers
Rising People’s Republic of China (PRC) technological influence in the Caribbean and Latin America worries the U.S., which convened a summit to discuss…
Norwegian general visits demilitarized Svalbard Peninsula
The isolated Svalbard peninsula, about halfway between mainland Norway and the North Pole, has seen increased presence by the Norwegian military in recent…
China’s network of ports grows in Latin America
The People’s Republic of China has invested in many ports in Latin America, including Freeport in the Bahamas.
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Finland supports NATO by meeting 2% of GDP spending goal
A Finnish Soldier operates a 155 mm field gun during an exercise in May 2023.
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NATO’s newest member Finland plans to spend 2.3% of its gross…
Homeland Defense Awareness Symposium outlines threats and opportunities…
An LC-130 Hercules aircraft sits on an Arctic skiway created by the 109th Airlift Wing.
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NORAD, allies track Russian military aircraft
Royal Air Force Typhoon fighters, such as the one pictured in this file photo, scrambled to shadow Russian long-range bombers operating near Scotland on August…
U.S. and Canadian forces launch newest chapter of Operation Noble…
A NORAD F-15C aircraft from the Massachusetts Air National Guard's 104th Fighter Wing receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker during Operation Noble Defender.…
U.S. and Canadian icebreakers rendezvous in Beaufort Sea
Ensign Zane Miagany, a marine science officer on the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy, demonstrates use of bridge equipment to an officer from the Canadian Coast…