Skip to content
DUFFEL BLOG

Free military brief. No CAC required.

For more than a decade, we've deployed pitch perfect satire to service members around the world.

Join thousands of troops, veterans, and defense insiders who read Duffel Blog before breakfast.

“A must-read for national security nerds.”

—The Daily Beast
Subscribe form

Free. No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.

14years publishing
4,200+dispatches filed
17,000+readers briefed

The Duffel Brief · the free edition, Monday, Wednesday and Friday

Vol. 15 · No. 122 · Monday, 12 October 2026

Army

AI deemed ‘too smart’ to replace infantry

Prototype proved too competent, financially responsible for infantry service

Hegseth opens up new TradWife MOS

DTS works properly after hack by rogue AI

Three editions a week, paid for by our subscribers

Vol. 15 · No. 122

Worldwide edition

Reader supported

Delivered 3× weekly

America's most trusted military news source

Duffel Blog

Established 2012 · Deployed worldwide

Vol. 15 · No. 122 · Deployed worldwide

Monday

12 October 2026

1254 Zulu

Next edition Wednesday

← Front page
Air & Space · Page 6

Space Force declares bankruptcy after silicon valley bank collapse

Times are tough for all sorts of startups.

Filed · 1104

The Space Force—which some have called “the Coast Guard of the U.S. military”—has declared insolvency following the crash of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). Initial reports estimate SVB held cryptocurrency for the service equivalent to some 80 percent of the Space Force's roughly $1.2 million budget.

The Chief of Space Operations, 22-year-old Gen. Brad "Kyle" Chadston, tweeted the news Sunday afternoon.

"Fuuuck. I just woke up from a wiiiiiiiiiiiiilddd coke bender to see SVB shit their pants,” the general tweeted. “They held all our funds. My Air Force parents are going to be pissssed, brah.”

The report of the loss comes just weeks after the Space Force Supreme Guardian was photographed taking a Scrooge McDuck bath in gold coins.

Also on this page

Your Cart

Your cart is empty

Browse the shop to find something you like.

Continue Shopping →
Subtotal

Add more for free shipping.

✓ You qualify for free shipping!