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US to send Ukraine more howitzers with new $100 million military aid package With the additional $100 million, the U.S. has now sent Ukraine a total of $3.9 billion in military aid since Russia invaded the country on Feb. 24. Read more >

Milley speaks with top Russian general days after post-Ukraine invasion call between Austin and Russian defense minister Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Gen. Valery Gerasimov, chief of the Russian General Staff, held a conversation that the Pentagon declined to further detail beyond acknowledging it had happened. Read more >

Senate passes $40 billion aid bill for Ukraine, sending military and humanitarian assistance to bolster war effort The legislation will be sent to President Joe Biden for his signature just as his ability to transfer weapons from U.S. stockpiles runs out. Pentagon officials warned Congress last week that it urgently needed additional funding to keep arming Ukrainian forces. Read more >   Busy agenda awaits Biden on his first presidential trip to South Korea and Japan South Korea has a plan to protect President Joe Biden in case the North tests a nuclear weapon or ballistic missile during the initial leg of his first presidential trip to Asia, according to the White House. Read more >   US and allied military bosses gather in Brussels to chart path for NATO in east US European Command’s Gen. Tod Wolters and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley are among the officials taking part in a meeting of the NATO Military Committee, the alliance’s highest military authority. Read more >

More mustache freedom? Air Force proposal would give facial hair room to grow Airmen aspiring to mustachioed greatness, your time may have finally come. Read more >   US Navy drawing up plans for fleet operations facility in Italy The Navy is planning a four-story operations center at the home of 6th Fleet, which oversees naval forces in Europe and Africa. Read more >   K-pop star serving with US Army wins Best Warrior competition in South Korea South Korean pop star Kang Young Hyun, who is serving his compulsory military service, is among Eighth Army’s Best Warriors. Read more >   DODEA teacher, school nurse jailed for alleged cannabis possession on Okinawa A teacher and school nurse at Defense Department schools on Okinawa were arrested by Japanese police this week for alleged cannabis possession. Read more >   Marines aim to stem tide of drowning deaths with ocean-safety expos in Okinawa, Hawaii Drowning claims more U.S. service members’ lives on Okinawa than any other cause of accidental death, and the Marine Corps aims to beat it. Read more >   Roadway near Marine base where fatal crashes occurred is one of Okinawa’s most dangerous Two more vehicular crashes recently occurred at a spot near this Marine Corps base where two earlier incidents claimed two lives. Read more >

 

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