The Military Diet: All You Need to Know

The military diet is a restrictive intermittent fasting eating plan that may promote short-term weight loss. But it may be difficult and potentially unsafe to sustain.

The military diet, also called the 3-day diet, is a short-term diet that claims to help you lose up to 10 pounds (lbs) (4.5 kilograms) in 1 week. Despite its name, this diet is not associated with the military.

The diet plan involves a 3-day, calorie-restricted meal plan followed by 4 days off. You can then repeat the cycle for up to 1 month, or until you reach your weight loss goal.

The 3-day military diet is split into two phases over 7 days.

During the first phase of 3 days, the total calorie intake is roughly 1,100–1,400 calories per day. This makes it a low calorie diet, defined as a dietary pattern that provides 800–1,200 caloriesTrusted Source per day.

For the remaining 4 days of the week, the military diet simply encourages people to follow a 1,500-calorie diet.

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/the-military-diet-101

Report: Pentagon has so far committed only a fraction of its JWCC cloud contract’s $9B budget

The Pentagon has so far committed only a small fraction of the $9 billion it intends to spend on cloud services under its JWCC contract.

On a dollar basis, orders issued to Microsoft currently account for the lion’s share of the JWCC-related deal activity on USAspending.gov. The website indicates that the Pentagon has so far committed to spending about $22.8 million on cloud services from the company. Oracle is in second place with $9.3 million, while Amazon and Google have secured $7.8 million and $3.9 million worth of contracts, respectively.

The Defense Information Systems Agency, which is overseeing the rollout of the JWCC, told the Post that a total of 39 deals have been issued under the contract so far. Those deals are expected to be worth as much as $269.9 million if “all options” are exercised. An additional 40 or so purchases are currently being processed.

In 2019, the Defense Department launched a procurement program called DEOS that will be worth up to $7.6 billion over 10 years. It includes the participation of Microsoft, General Dynamics Corp. subsidiary CSRA LLC, Dell Technologies Inc. and Minburn Technology Group LLC. The goal of the program is to standardize the Defense Department’s email and collaboration workflows on the Microsoft 365 product suite.

https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/22/report-pentagon-far-committed-fraction-jwcc-cloud-contracts-9b-budget/

Migrant encounters at southern border near quarter of a million in November: CBP

Migrant encounters at the southern border neared a quarter of a million in November, according to data released by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Friday.

The agency reported 242,418 migrant encounters in November, up from October’s 240,986 recorded encounters, but down from September’s record of 269,735 encounters.

Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) told CNN that around 12,600 migrants were intercepted from Monday to Tuesday on the southern border. However, the Border Patrol has said those numbers are unofficial.

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4374621-migrant-encounters-southern-border-near-quarter-of-million-in-november-cbp/