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Vol. 15 · No. 121 · Saturday, 10 October 2026

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Hegseth opens up new TradWife MOS

Army says new career field will allow warfighters to focus on lethality while someone else remembers the kids

DTS works properly after hack by rogue AI

Lincoln sailor returning from deployment already broke

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Air & Space · Page 6

Space Force Special Forces team sidelined by mass carpal tunnel incident

They also serve, who only sit and click.

Filed · 0724

HOUSTON, Texas — Mere days from their first deployment, more than half of Space Team Three’s members suffered a severe overtraining injury—carpal tunnel syndrome. As a result, during a classified session regarding the newest military branch, Congress grilled Space Force top brass about training abuses.

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