Plane used in boat strike painted like civilian aircraft: Report
The plane used by the U.S. military to strike a boat accused of smuggling drugs off the coast of Venezuela last fall was painted to look like a civilian aircraft, a move that appears to be at odds with the Pentagon’s manual on the laws of war. The plane, part of a secret U.S. fleet used in surveillance operations, also was carrying munitions in the fuselage, rather than beneath the aircraft, raisi...[Read More]
Plane used in boat strike painted like civilian aircraft: Report
The plane used by the U.S. military to strike a boat accused of smuggling drugs off the coast of Venezuela last fall was painted to look like a civilian aircraft, a move that appears to be at odds with the Pentagon’s manual on the laws of war. The plane, part of a secret U.S. fleet used in surveillance operations, also was carrying munitions in the fuselage, rather than beneath the aircraft, raisi...[Read More]
Study of female troops supports COVID vaccine before, during pregnancy
A new study of female U.S. service members has found that contracting COVID-19 can increase the risk of developing high blood pressure or hemorrhage during pregnancy but getting a COVID-19 vaccine before or while expecting did not raise the risk of such complications. Researchers with the Defense Health Agency’s Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division examined nearly 40,000 deliveries by service...[Read More]
Study of female troops supports COVID vaccine before, during pregnancy
A new study of female U.S. service members has found that contracting COVID-19 can increase the risk of developing high blood pressure or hemorrhage during pregnancy but getting a COVID-19 vaccine before or while expecting did not raise the risk of such complications. Researchers with the Defense Health Agency’s Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division examined nearly 40,000 deliveries by service...[Read More]
Pentagon to start measuring troops’ body fat by waist-to-height ratio
The Pentagon on Monday issued a memo directing the U.S. military to evaluate the body fat of troops using a waist-to-height ratio, replacing traditional height-and-weight tables as the primary measure of physical standards. “The upper limit for allowable [waist-to-height-ratio] for Military Service body composition policies shall be less than 0.55,” the memo declared. The new body fat expectations...[Read More]
Pentagon to start measuring troops’ body fat by waist-to-height ratio
The Pentagon on Monday issued a memo directing the U.S. military to evaluate the body fat of troops using a waist-to-height ratio, replacing traditional height-and-weight tables as the primary measure of physical standards. “The upper limit for allowable [waist-to-height-ratio] for Military Service body composition policies shall be less than 0.55,” the memo declared. The new body fat expectations...[Read More]
Retired Navy officer takes helm of DOD’s military health care
A retired Navy commander who was a former director of the White House Medical Unit and a former Department of Veterans Affairs health care executive was sworn in as the Defense Department’s top medical leader Monday. As the new assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, Keith Bass will oversee health policy and budgeting across the Military Health System, which is responsible for the healt...[Read More]
Navy recognizes leading installations with Battle ‘E’ Award
The U.S. Navy announced that several installations will be receiving an award acknowledging stellar support of the “fleet, fighter, and family,” according to a Navy release. The service announced the winners of the Battle “E” Award, which recognizes installations that promote excellence in “generating and supporting combat capabilities,” as well as the Installation Excellence Award, which rewards ...[Read More]
Navy recognizes leading installations with Battle ‘E’ Award
The U.S. Navy announced that several installations will be receiving an award acknowledging stellar support of the “fleet, fighter, and family,” according to a Navy release. The service announced the winners of the Battle “E” Award, which recognizes installations that promote excellence in “generating and supporting combat capabilities,” as well as the Installation Excellence Award, which rewards ...[Read More]
Navy recognizes leading installations with Battle ‘E’ Award
The U.S. Navy announced that several installations will be receiving an award acknowledging stellar support of the “fleet, fighter, and family,” according to a Navy release. The service announced the winners of the Battle “E” Award, which recognizes installations that promote excellence in “generating and supporting combat capabilities,” as well as the Installation Excellence Award, which rewards ...[Read More]
Former US sailor sentenced to 16 years for selling ship intel to China
A former U.S. Navy sailor convicted of selling technical and operating manuals for ships and operating systems to an intelligence officer working for China was sentenced Monday to more than 16 years in prison, prosecutors said. A federal judge in San Diego sentenced Jinchao Wei, 25, to 200 months. A federal jury convicted Wei in August of six crimes, including espionage. He was paid more than $12,...[Read More]
Pentagon is embracing Musk’s Grok AI chatbot as it draws global outcry
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok will join Google’s generative AI engine in operating inside the Pentagon network, as part of a broader push to feed as much of the military’s data as possible into the developing technology. “Very soon we will have the world’s leading AI models on every unclassified and classified network throughout ou...[Read More]