Only months ago, in May, after the Supreme Court's partisan supermajority gave its approval to Donald Trump's ban on transgender military service, a Defense Department memo invited trans people with 15 to 18 years of military service to apply for its Temporary Early Retirement Authority program. TERA, as it's called, was created in 1993 for periods of military drawdown; the program gives those with between 15 and 20 years of service deserved benefits such as on-base housing, health insurance, and, of course, pension payments.
The Wall Street Journal reports that the Pentagon has blocked Ukraine from using US-made Army Tactical Missile Systems, or Atacms. Two US officials told the outlet that on at least one occasion, Ukraine had sought to use Atacms against a target but was denied under a review mechanism developed by Elbridge Colby, the Pentagon's undersecretary for policy, that governs how US long-range weapons or those provided by European allies that rely on American intelligence and components can be used.