Top 5     258 veterans are running for House, Senate in midterm elections (Military Times) A record number of veterans are running for Congress this year, including many female and independent candidates.       Greenland approves security deal with Denmark and US following months of Trump’s pressure (The Associated Press) Greenlandic lawmakers on Tuesday voted to approve an agreement between the Arctic island, Denmark and the United States to strengthen security in the Arctic and North Atlantic after months of pressure by U.S. President Donald Trump seeking to control the semiautonomous territory of a NATO ally.       Navy deploys proof-of-concept Man Overboard Detection System (Military Times) The Navy is developing an automated detection system designed to alert crews when someone goes overboard, a capability that could help close a gap in shipboard safety. But detecting a person in the water is only the first challenge in a rescue, and getting the technology from an engineering test to operational warships will require additional funding, testing and a clearer path to the fleet.       Trump mulls Iran strikes after midterms, as mediators push for peace deal (The Hill) Mediators are pushing the U.S. and Iran to reach a deal to end the war in the Middle East as President Trump mulls military strikes as early as this week. Trump has predicted the war will quickly draw to a conclusion after the midterms on Tuesday, though he’s been ambiguous about how that will happen....       Trump says he will end billions of dollars in military aid to Israel (Politico) President Donald Trump declared Tuesday that the U.S. will end nearly $4 billion in annual military aid to Israel, an unusually timed announcement on Election Day that could set up a standoff with Congress.   Operation Timeline     The human impact of policy changes at the DOD and VA (The War Horse) An ongoing timeline of the Trump administration’s actions focusing on the military and veterans.   Army     Fort Hood soldiers can now use meal entitlements at Exchange restaurants (Stars and Stripes) Soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, can now use their meal entitlements at participating Exchange restaurants through the Flexible Eating and Expanded Dining Program.       Fort Stewart opens ‘proving ground’ combat driving course with tricky obstacles (Stars and Stripes) The Humvee’s engine screamed as Army Staff Sgt. Christopher Bridgewater floored the pedal and sent the armored vehicle lumbering up a steep, 10-foot dirt-and-concrete berm.   AIr Force     First HH-60W to succeed aging Hueys arrives at Joint Base Andrews (Military Times) For the first time in nearly 60 years, the Washington, D.C., area is home to a new rotary-wing aircraft as Joint Base Andrews received their first HH-60W Jolly Green II.       Airman charged with negligent homicide in Montana base dorm shooting (Stars and Stripes) A 25-year-old airman was charged with negligent homicide after a shooting in a dorm room at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., on Nov. 1, 2026.   Space Force     Space Force officially activates Special Operations Command component (Military Times) The U.S. Space Force officially activated a service component in special operations, with the guardians to serve alongside other branches’ units.   Cyber, Space & Unmanned     OpenAI hires former Army Secretary Dan Driscoll to cybersecurity role (The Wall Street Journal) OpenAI has appointed former U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll to oversee national-security modernization.   Defense Industry     US Air Force asks industry for new cruise missile for Ukraine (Defense News) The U.S. Air Force is asking the defense industry whether it can deliver a new cruise missile intended for Ukraine.       On ‘NATO’s lake,’ Nordic allies worry about escalation with Russia (Defense News) When Sweden and Finland applied to join NATO in May 2022, it was hailed as the Baltic Sea’s transformation into “a NATO lak e.” Since then, however, the sea has been less than placid, as confrontations with Russia and interference with undersea infrastructure have raised tensions to new heights.       French defense minister kicks off ‘pact’ with industry in rush to field naval drones (Defense News) The French government is kicking off a new “pact” with the defense industry aimed at fostering a national ecosystem of drone makers that can quickly make new equipment tailored to its navy’s requirements.       India orders next-gen corvettes for $5.7b under broad naval modernization push (Defense News) In a major push to strengthen its naval capabilities, India signed a $5.7 billion contract with domestic companies Monday to build eight next-generation, corvettes that will undertake anti-submarine, anti-surface and coastal defense operations.       Australia preps Bluebottle USV for submarine-hunting role (Defense News) Australia’s Navy is doubling down on unmanned systems as it adopts platforms like the Bluebottle unmanned surface vessel and Ghost Shark and Speartooth extra-large autonomous underwater vehicles.       MBDA high-speed strike missile to have range ‘far’ exceeding Exocet (Defense News) MBDA targets a range for its future high-speed strike missile Status RS that will be “far, far, far” beyond that of the Exocet anti-ship missile with its more than 200-kilometer range, said Olivier Gauffin, the company’s deputy director for sales and business development, at a briefing at the Euronaval maritime-defense exhibition on Tuesday.       Defense contractors to demo cargo drones for US Marine Corps (Military Times) The U.S. Marine Corps and Navy will be conducting a technology demonstration for a Marine battlefield cargo drone early next year.   Ukraine     Ukraine’s rescuers deal with grim aftermath of aid shelter bombings as Moscow pounds energy targets (The Associated Press) Rescuers worked for a second night in a desperate search for survivors Tuesday at an aid distribution site destroyed by a series of Russian attacks in a village in southern Ukraine. The death toll reached 31 as they removed bodies throughout the day and looked for dozens of people still missing.       Ukraine probes clashes at military recruitment dorm (Reuters) Ukraine is investigating clashes that erupted late on Monday between protesters and authorities at ?a military dormitory near Kyiv, officials said on Tuesday, saying they believed the incident had been engineered to ?discredit Ukraine's war effort.   International     North Korea claims cruise missile warhead can devastate 15-acre area (Stars and Stripes) North Korea says it tested a cruise missile warhead capable of scattering explosives across an area as large as 15 acres, its second reported test of a cluster-type weapon in three days.   Video     Cost estimate for Iran war rises to more than $47 billion (Military Times) The U.S. military has spent about 25% more on the war in Iran than estimates projected in July, according to Pentagon data obtained by Reuters.       Can the Army make camo that adapts to the environment? (Military Times) The U.S. Army is developing flexible, reversible camouflage coatings inspired by Arctic foxes ?????? that could allow vehicles and equipment to blend into rapidly changing landscapes.       National Air and Space Museum opens ‘Modern Military History’ exhibit (Military Times) The Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum timed a new addition to debut on Veterans Day that focuses on aircraft and weapons from conflicts post-WWII onward.       SEE IT: Sword-wielding Chinese troops charge on horseback in training demo (Military Times) What would you do in the face of a mounted cavalry charge from Chinese border troops?       Hegseth appoints Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer to Barracks Task Force (Military Times) Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth taps the Marine reservist to serve as a Senior Advisor and representative for the Pentagon’s effort to improve troops’ living conditions.       How do service members vote from an aircraft carrier? (Military Times) Sailors aboard the USS George Washington, currently deployed to support operations in the middle east, got a chance to vote from the ship while underway.   Commentary & Analysis     On American destroyers, avoid a self-inflicted wound in Spain (Military Times) Sometimes friends behave badly. When that happens, it is not smart to hurt yourself in retaliation for the friend’s bad behavior. That is true in one’s personal life — and also when it comes to defense strategy.       The Pentagon needs more ammo for the Iran war. Small communities are paying the price (The War Horse) When Hurricane Helene ripped up the East Coast in the fall of 2024, water from the New River flooded towns and destroyed bridges across parts of West Virginia, North Carolina, and Virginia.       US strikes in the Strait of Hormuz create more questions about what’s ahead (The Associated Press) What appeared to be a limited strike by the United States on Iranian targets in the Strait of Hormuz hours before Tuesday’s midterm U.S. elections is raising questions about what’s coming next.       What sanctions get right (Foreign Affairs Magazine) The United States frequently uses sanctions or embargoes to rein in malign actors. When policymakers become dissatisfied with the results, they often embrace military action next. Washington, for example, applied sanctions on Iraq for more than a decade before invading the country in 2003. It did the same with Iran, using sanctions to pressure the government into nuclear negotiations in the 2010s and then, after withdrawing from the resulting agreement in 2018, going to war with Tehran in February 2026.       The hidden cost of America’s war with Iran (The Cipher Brief) “The [U.S. Naval Support Activity Bahrain] base and Fifth Fleet headquarters have been rendered largely inoperable for their original functions, with repairs estimated at $400 million… Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Daryl Caudle and other senior defense officials stated that the Navy will not return to full normal operations at the Bahrain facility anytime soon…Because the Juffair surrounding area [to the U.S. Bahrain Navy facilities] is considered unsafe, [U.S. Navy] major logistical and port-call operations have been rerouted over 2,000 miles away to the Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia and other alternative hubs, causing significant resupply delays.”       The limits of China’s self-sufficiency (Foreign Affairs Magazine) When assessing the probability of a conflict in the Taiwan Strait, analysts tend to focus on a few obvious risks that China would face—namely, military defeat, economic slowdown, and restricted oil and technology imports. All of these are important, but an equally significant vulnerability is often left off the list: China’s reliance on soybean imports.       What Trump’s drastic reduction of US military aid to Israel could mean (The War Zone) By the end of the year, the U.S. will stop providing Israel with billions of dollars in annual assistance, President Donald Trump proclaimed Tuesday morning. The announcement was delivered as both Washington and Jerusalem are mulling plans for a new wave of attacks on Iran and amid increasing American voter antipathy toward the Israel in the wake of the Gaza war and America’s involvement in the war with Iran.       The coming age of robotic warfare (The Cipher Brief) A battalion of armed robots moves against a unit of soldiers, aiming to seize territory. In the ensuing battle, the robots open fire, communicate with one another and change tactics as needed. Air cover is provided by uncrewed drones; logistical support and supplies are delivered by a separate team of robots. Territory is taken, prisoners captured. When the battle is over, the attacking side has lost several drones and robots, but no human beings have been killed or wounded.       Humanity’s Promethean gap with AI (War on the Rocks) Frontier AI systems are beginning to test the limits of human oversight, while the companies developing them retain considerable power to define the risks and the terms of their scrutiny. In security and defense, the stakes are particularly high. The industry’s new calls to pace the frontier also risk becoming performative restraint, and defense establishments should act before agentic swarm systems enter chains of command.The OpenAI/Hugging Face incident provides a clear illustration of the emerging governance problem. Several reports in August from OpenAI, METR, and Redwood Research found that during internal cybersecurity evaluations, successive so-called generations of AI agents discovered       Quantum’s quietest branch: A case for magnetometry (War on the Rocks) After an F-15E went down in Operation Epic Fury, the weapons systems officer landed injured, behind enemy lines, and with a bounty on his head. CIA Director John Ratcliffe analogized locating him to finding a “grain of sand in the middle of a desert.” When commandos pulled him out 36 hours later, one detail in news reports of the rescue captured public imagination: “Ghost Murmur,” an alleged CIA quantum magnetometer, was said to have detected the officer’s heartbeat at long range. As one source ominously remarked, “If your heart is beating, we will find you.”Despite the story having all the