June 3, 2026

Vets Can Prepare Own Online Memorials

VA planners expect to expand the Veterans Legacy Memorial platform by the end of the year. The project allows living veterans to prepare their own tribute pages with personal information about their time in the service and allows family members to update online memorials of deceased vets.

Exercises Prep for Possible Conflict in the Pacific

Pacific

Several recent US exercises have put the spotlight on a new era of military operations in the Pacific.

US Closes Arms Deal for Ukraine

More than a dozen European allies will get nearly $400 million in a deal to buy American military hardware to backfill weapons they’ve donated to Ukraine from their own stockpiles. It is not a donation of drawn-down US  stockpiles, but cash to purchase arms and military supplies from the US.