The U.S. military flies and maintains decades-old planes and helicopters — sometimes well beyond the planned years of service for the aircraft. But as the Defense Department works to counter fast-paced military advancements from China and Russia, it needs to think differently about investments, Marine Commandant Gen. David Berger said Tuesday. “The path we have …

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Here’s what’s happening Tuesday with the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S.: THREE THINGS TO KNOW TODAY: – The Biden administration will begin shipping COVID-19 vaccines to U.S. pharmacies next week as it seeks to ramp up vaccinations with the appearance of new and potentially more serious virus strains. Coronavirus coordinator Jeff Zients said Tuesday that …

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The head of the Pentagon’s counter-drone effort wants every soldier — from cooks to riflemen — trained to fight off swarms of enemy unmanned aerial systems, or UAS, capable of inflicting casualties on combat units. The Army-led Joint Counter Small UAS Office, or JCO, completed its strategy in early January to combat the growing threat …

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The Navy is eyeing a plan to administer as many as 16,000 rapid COVID-19 tests per day to asymptomatic workers at 12 major bases in an effort to keep new outbreaks at bay. According to an active request for information posted on the federal government’s contracting website, Naval Air Systems Command wants to hear from …

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SAN DIEGO — An estimated $211 million worth of cocaine and marijuana seized by the U.S. Coast Guard and Navy from smuggling vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean has been brought to San Diego. The 11,400 pounds (5,171 kilograms) of cocaine and 9,000 pounds (4,082 kilograms) of marijuana was offloaded from the USS Gabrielle Giffords …

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