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Pentagon updates guidance for protecting military personnel from 'blast overpressure'

Aug. 14, 2024 09:29 AM EDT

The U.S. Defense Department is going to require cognitive assessments for all new recruits as part of a broader effort to protect troops from brain injuries resulting from exposure to blasts, including during training. The new guidance also requires greater use of protective...

Pentagon Arctic report calls for more investment in sensors, equipment to keep up with Russia, China

Jul. 22, 2024 19:09 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Defense Department must invest more to upgrade sensors, communications and space-based technologies in the Arctic to keep pace with China and Russia who are increasingly operating there, including in joint military exercises, a new Pentagon strategy says. ...