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US Navy leaders embrace Trump-class battleships

Jan 15th: U.S. Navy leaders speaking at a military conference outlined what they described as the strategic opportunities of the recently announced battleships. Read more ▸

Lunday becomes US Coast Guard’s 28th commandant

Jan 15th: Adm. Kevin Lunday was sworn in Thursday as the U.S. Coast Guard’s 28th commandant, nearly a year after he had been acting in the role. Read more ▸

Lockheed delivered record 191 F-35s as it cleared out TR-3 backlog

Jan 15th: The government refused to accept delivery of new F-35s for a year between 2023 and 2024, which led to jets being stockpiled at Lockheed Martin facilities. Read more ▸

US seizes sixth sanctioned tanker it says has ties to Venezuela

Jan 15th: The U.S. Coast Guard boarded the tanker, named Veronica, early Thursday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wrote on social media. Read more ▸

Naval Station Norfolk sailor found dead in building

Jan 15th: NCIS is investigating the death of Alonzo Tablet Martin Jr., who was an instructor at Surface Combat Systems Training Command Middle Atlantic in Virginia. Read more ▸

Female troops bristle at Pentagon’s review of combat roles

Jan 15th: Some women say they suspect the review has been launched merely to buttress a predetermined conclusion: that they do not belong in the infantry. Read more ▸

Remains of Cuban officers killed during Venezuela strike repatriated

Jan 15th: The bodies of 32 Cuban officers killed during a stunning U.S. attack on Venezuela have been repatriated to their homeland. Read more ▸

Gunner killed off Guadalcanal accounted for after 82 years

Jan 15th: It has been 82 years since Staff Sgt. Nicholas J. Governale crashed into the sea off the coast of Guadalcanal. Now, the gunner is coming home. Read more ▸

‘Department of War’ rebrand could cost up to $125 million, CBO says

Jan 15th: A “modest implementation” of DOW would cost taxpayers about $10 million, the report said. That figure could rise to $125 million if adopted more broadly. Read more ▸

US Navy to deploy unmanned systems with surface forces this year

Jan 15th: The Navy is on course to stand up new unmanned surface vessel divisions in the coming weeks, service officials said. Read more ▸

NATO nations send scouting teams to Greenland amid US annexation talk

Jan 15th: European governments are still coming to grips with the unprecedented situation of a NATO ally threatening one of their own. Read more ▸

War powers resolution fails in Senate

Jan 14th: Senate Republicans have voted to dismiss a war powers resolution that would have limited President Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks on Venezuela. Read more ▸

Dozens of military commissaries now offering doorstep delivery

Jan 14th: Customers within a 20-mile radius of the stores have the option of doorstep delivery. Read more ▸

US, Denmark trade barbs over Greenland as NATO boosts Arctic presence

Jan 14th: The U.S. and Denmark remain at odds over Greenland's future, Denmark's foreign minister said Wednesday following a tense White House meeting. Read more ▸

After 30 years, an Army colonel asks: Who am I without the uniform?

Jan 14th: "The Army had been more than a job; it was my compass," writes retired U.S. Army Col. Alan M. Evans. Read more ▸

Ex-Navy SEAL convicted for plot to kill officers at California protest

Jan 14th: Gregory Vandenberg bought fireworks to harm law enforcement officers at the "No Kings Day" protests held in California on June 14, the DOJ said. Read more ▸

What Americans think about Trump’s military intervention abroad: Poll

Jan 14th: More than half of U.S. adults believe Trump has “gone too far” in using the U.S. military to intervene in other countries, according to an AP-NORC poll. Read more ▸

Trump administration lawyers blessed Maduro operation, memo shows

Jan 14th: A legal memo that came out days before the U.S. military operation said such a move would “not rise to the level of a war in the constitutional sense.” Read more ▸

US military has a long history in Greenland, from WWII to Cold War

Jan 14th: "Before charging headlong into this icy island again, the U.S. would be remiss not to learn from past failures," argues an environmental science professor. Read more ▸

This WWII sailor stepped in to save a fellow POW from a beating

Jan 14th: Japanese soldiers were beating a POW to the brink of death... that is until Richard Antrim stepped forward and offered to take the rest of the punishment. Read more ▸

Navy must take risks, act like the US is at war, says Phelan

Jan 14th: Navy Secretary John Phelan delivered remarks at the 38th Annual Surface Navy Association National Symposium in Arlington, Virginia, on Tuesday. Read more ▸

US forces in Qatar eye evacuating some personnel amid Iran tension

Jan 14th: The decision to move personnel comes in the wake of a senior official in Iran bringing up an earlier Iranian attack on U.S. troops there. Read more ▸

Europeans trumpet Arctic defense in bid to soften US Greenland claims

Jan 14th: To many Europeans, the most urgent threat to Greenland right now seems not to be China, Russia or North Korea but rather their longtime U.S. ally. Read more ▸

Army shifts advisory mission to Western Hemisphere Command

Jan 13th: The newly created Western Hemisphere Command will assume responsibilities formerly fulfilled by the Security Force Assistance Command. Read more ▸

Plane used in boat strike painted like civilian aircraft: Report

Jan 13th: The plane used by the U.S. military to strike an alleged drug boat off Venezuela last fall was painted to look like a civilian aircraft, AP reports. Read more ▸

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