29 SEP 2026 @CopernicusCMS #Sentinel2# 🛰️📷 Strait of Hormuz Seven months ago, maritime chokepoints and contested logistics became hot topics for all those not previously paying attention. Who remembers when Congress tried to get DoD to submit a report on Maritime Chokepoints as part of the #FY22NDAA#? Seems like ages ago. I wonder if it would have made a difference if DoD had not blown off this Congressional requirement and actually complied, studied the problem and informed the public? -- See the @UANI Iran Shipping Update: -- @JemimaShelley @mercoglianos @TankerTrackers @brentdsadler @cdrsalamander @HunterStires

Improving Servicemember Quality of Life: The #FY27NDAA# supports servicemembers at every stage of their careers. It extends recruitment bonuses, strengthens pathways into military aviation, and improves military-to-civilian transition programs for careers in teaching, healthcare, and other professions. Read More:

America cannot rebuild its arsenal one year at a time. The #FY27NDAA# expands multiyear procurement for critical systems, giving manufacturers the certainty they need to invest, expand production capacity, and deliver more capabilities to our warfighters. 🇺🇸 Read More:

Improving Servicemember Quality of Life: Access to quality healthcare is essential to military readiness. The #FY27NDAA# expands dental care, improves access to OB-GYNs and midwives, ensures proper staffing at military treatment facilities by increasing the hiring of doctors, nurses, and medical administrators, and promotes long-term physical and mental wellness. Read More:

Rebuilding the Arsenal of Freedom requires both modern facilities and a skilled American workforce. 🇺🇸 The #FY27NDAA# strengthens our depots, arsenals, and shipyards while expanding training pipelines and partnerships to recruit and retain the workers needed to meet production demands. Read More:

Improving Servicemember Quality of Life: Military families should never have to choose between serving and finding reliable childcare or education. The #FY27NDAA# invests more than $226 million in new childcare centers, over $170 million in new DoW schools, and additional support for military-connected students. Read More:

Improving Servicemember Quality of Life: Taking care of our servicemembers starts with better pay and benefits. The #FY27NDAA# supports the President’s 5-7% pay increase for all servicemembers, expands bonuses and special pays, increases the Family Separation Allowance, and expands Basic Needs Allowance eligibility. Read More:

Improving Servicemember Quality of Life: Military families deserve safe, reliable housing. The #FY27NDAA# authorizes more than $1.8 billion for new barracks and family housing, strengthens maintenance standards, addresses housing shortfalls, and requires clear barracks improvement plans. Read More:

America’s military cannot depend on our adversaries for the materials needed to defend our nation. 🇺🇸 The #FY27NDAA# secures defense supply chains by reducing reliance on adversaries, onshoring key production, and addressing vulnerabilities and single points of failure. Read More:

Rebuilding the Arsenal of Freedom: Peace Through Strength starts in America’s factories, depots, and shipyards. The #FY27NDAA# revitalizes the Defense Industrial Base by expanding production capacity, unleashing private investment, cutting needless regulations, and creating skilled American jobs. 🇺🇸 Read More: