Sailor sentenced to 44 years in prison for murder of Angelina Resendiz
A U.S. sailor who killed a fellow service member will spend 44 years behind bars after pleading guilty at a general court-martial, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service announced Tuesday. Culinary Specialist Seaman Petty Officer Jermiah Copeland admitted Monday to the unpremeditated murder of Culinary Specialist Seaman Angelina Petra Resendiz, whom he strangled to death in a barracks building a...[Read More]
Brazilian Navy Officer’s Award-Winning NPS Research Advances 5G Network Security
Brazilian Navy Lt. Fernando De Oliveira has been awarded the Naval Postgraduate School’s (NPS) Outstanding Academic Achievement Award for International Student for his NPS thesis research, a patent-pending breakthrough in 5G network security that could provide operators with a scalable, mission-tuned approach for secure tactical communications.
Marines to have their own barracks bedrooms at Japan base
The days of brotherly body odor and tossing and turning to the sound of a bunkmate’s late-night calls with his “one and only” may soon be over for junior enlisted service members stationed at Camp Hansen, Japan, as the installation prepares to move service members into new barracks with individual bedrooms. Last week, U.S. Marine Corps and local leaders attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the t...[Read More]
‘Flashpoint Campaigns: Cold War’ is the ultimate OODA Loop wargame
Fifty years ago, a U.S. Air Force colonel named John Boyd offered a profound insight into why battles are won or lost. His famous Observe, Orient, Decide, Act — or OODA — Loop described the mental cycle by which combatants, from fighter pilots to generals, assess and react to a constantly changing situation. Those with a faster OODA Loop could exploit opportunities while their befuddled opponents ...[Read More]
U.S. Navy Cryptologic Warfare Leaders Forge Warfighting Lethality Stance at Senior Leadership Summit
FORT MEADE, Md. – Vice Adm. Heidi Berg, commander of U.S. Fleet Cyber Command (FCC), Navy Space Command (NAVSPACE), and U.S. 10th Fleet (C10F), convened cryptologic commanders for the Cryptologic Warfare Senior Leadership Summit (CWSLS) from March 5-6, solidifying a unified, lethal posture in the electromagnetic domain. The two-day summit delivered a clear message to the team: Navy cryptologic for...[Read More]
U.S. Navy, Coast Guard Unite with Canadian, Mexican Partners for 2026 NAMSI Executive Meeting
NORFOLK, Va. – U.S., Canadian, and Mexican maritime leadership from U.S. Naval Forces Northern Command (NAVNORTH), U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area (LANTAREA), the Royal Canadian Navy Maritime Component Commander (MCC), and the Mexican Secretariat of the Navy MARINA convened to advance the North American Maritime Security Initiative (NAMSI). The executive meeting brought together key maritime forces...[Read More]
Pentagon reveals preferred munitions for one-way attack drones
The Pentagon recently named the winners of the Lethality Prize Challenge in the Drone Dominance program, a $1.1 billion effort to expand domestic drone production and reduce the cost of commercial drones for military use. The Defense Innovation Unit announced in a LinkedIn post last month that the winners — Bravo Ordnance, Kela Technologies, Kraken Kinetics, Mountain Horse Solutions and Northrop G...[Read More]
US soldiers rescued by drone after Apache helicopter goes down near the coast of Oman
Editor’s note: This is a developing story. Two U.S. Army soldiers were brought to safety by a drone on Monday after their AH-64 Apache helicopter went down near the coast of Oman, in what may mark the services’ first unmanned vessel rescue. “The surface drone that assisted in last night’s rescue of the Apache crew off the coast of Oman was a U.S. Navy Corsair unmanned surface vessel operated by U....[Read More]
Department of the Navy and University of Georgia Partner to Strengthen Shore Infrastructure Resilience
The Department of the Navy and the University of Georgia (UGA) have finalized a comprehensive Intergovernmental Support Agreement (IGSA) to strengthen military installation resilience and environmental health.
Navy investigating shooting death of sailor aboard USS John F. Kennedy
Editor’s note: This is a developing story. The U.S. Navy announced a probe into the Saturday morning death of a service member aboard the Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy. Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Jesse Braswell died following an incident involving a firearm. A sailor is currently in pretrial confinement in connection with the death, the Navy confirmed Monday, but no charge...[Read More]
Pentagon bows to criticism, admitting ‘mistake’ over new religious list
The Department of Defense — which is poised to slash its number of officially recognized faith affiliations from more than 200 to just 31 — updated its classifications following criticism from Republican lawmakers over its omission of The Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints from the Christian category. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, a close ally of President Donald Trump, says he raised the issue dir...[Read More]
US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet strikes, disables oil tanker in Gulf of Oman
The U.S. military on Monday disabled an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman that U.S. Central Command said “violated the ongoing blockade against Iran by attempting to sail to an Iranian port.” The Palau-flagged M/T Marivex, which was reportedly traveling without cargo, was transiting international waters in the Gulf of Oman when its crew failed to respond to directions from U.S. forces in the region. ...[Read More]