As the Pentagon focuses on countering major military competitors such as China and Russia, it's closing down some units created during the global war on terror that were stood up to provide quick reactions to battlefield problems. But will that move make it lose its edge in irregular warfare? | Military Times

Defense News Weekly brings back highlights from this year's Sea-Air-Space defense conference, and a Senator leads the charge in battling a little-known problem: hunger among military families. Plus, a bombshell update in the investigation into the fire that destroyed a Navy vessel, and a look a how nanotechnology might improve body armor. | Military Times