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The Government Accountability Office two years ago recommended defense officials overhaul the way the Pentagon calculates troops’ housing allowances, but the department is still reviewing those procedures. Bacon said too many bases still have “deplorable and unacceptable” unaccompanied housing options, and promised recommendations for fixes with that too.
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Troop pay, housing problems lead senior enlisted leaders’ concerns

Lawmakers are weighing possible changes to military compensation systems as a way to improve families' quality of life.
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Predicting Heart Disease From Chest X-Rays With AI | Storing New Memories During Sleep​

Dr. Eric Topol discusses the promise of "opportunistic" AI, using medical scans for unintended diagnostic purposes. Also, a study in mice found that the brain tags new memories through a "sharp wave ripple" mechanism that then repeats during sleep. How AI Could Predict Heart Disease From Chest X-Rays Research on medical uses for artificial intelligence in medicine is exploding, with scientists exploring methods like using the retina to predict disease onset. That's one example of a growing body of research on "opportunistic" AI, the practice of analyzing medical scans in unconventional ways and for unintended diagnostic purposes. Now, there's some evidence to suggest that AI can mine data from chest x-rays to assess the risk of cardiovascular disease and detect diabetes. Ira talks with Dr. Eric Topol, founder and director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute and professor of molecular medicine. Neurons 'Tag' New Memories For Storage During Sleep All day long we're taking in information and forming memories. Some stick around, others quickly fade away. But how does your brain push those memories into long term storage? And how does our brain recognize which memories should be kept and which should be discarded? This topic has been debated for decades, and a recent study in mice may help scientists understand this process. Researchers found that during the day, as the mice formed memories, cells in the hippocampus fired in a formation called "sharp wave ripples." These are markers that tell the brain to keep those memories for later. Then, while the mice slept, those same sharp wave ripples activated again, and locked in those memories. Ira talks with Dr. György Buzsáki, professor of neuroscience at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine, about the findings of the study, which was published in the journal Science. Transcripts for each segment will be available after the show airs on sciencefriday.com. Subscribe to this podcast. Plus, to stay updated on all things science, sign up for Science Friday's newsletters.

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Barrett .50 Caliber Sniper Rifle Replacement For SOCOM May Fire A Smaller Round

A gun in a smaller caliber could replace the iconic .50 caliber Barrett, as well as Mk 15 rifles, in U.S. special operations inventory.
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Col. Lancaster did not name the rifle program that ELR-SR is leveraging, but an IWTSD did previously develop a new very-long-range sniper rifle under a program called Extreme Sniper Strike Operations (ESSO). The effort resulted in a bolt-action rifle known as the M30-Tactical System (M30-TS) chambered in a cartridge called .375 EnABELR (Engineered by Applied Ballistics for Extreme Long Range). Applied Ballistics is the company behind both the M30-TS and the .375 EnABELR cartridge. The .375 EnABELR round was explicitly developed to be reliably effective against targets out to at least 2,500 meters.
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An M30-TS rifle in .375 EnABLER

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The 375 & 338 EnABELR Cartridges - Applied Ballistics

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All of this aligns perfectly with the requirements, as SOCOM has publicly laid them out to date, for the ELR-SR. SOCOM has also said it wants the ELR-SR to be a bolt-action design that is no more than 56 inches long and 22 pounds in weight. This is both shorter and lighter than the latest versions of the Barrett M82/M107 family (57 inches long and some 28 and a half pounds) and the McMillan Mk 15 (57 inches long and around 27 pounds) that are now in use in the U.S special operations community. You can read more about the publicly released ELR-SR requirements here.

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