Pentagon jobs cuts delay plans to expand assault, suicide prevention
Personnel cuts across the Defense Department will delay plans to hire at least 1,000 more civilians to help prevent sexual assault, suicides and behavior problems within the military, senior defense officials said. But they insist that crucial programs aimed at addressing sexual misconduct and providing help for victims are so far not affected. The officials told The Associated Press that plans to...[Read More]
This unit will be the next to field the Corps’ ship-killing missile
The Marines are slated to receive the first batches of four dozen mobile fires and missile platforms key to the Corps’ plans to fight dispersed across multiple islands alongside the Navy. Between now and March 2026, the Corps will receive batches of its new Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System, or NMESIS, which includes a Naval Strike Missile mounted on a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle...[Read More]
Commissary director sees opportunity for stores amid DOD upheaval
Amid the whirlwind of changes within the Defense Department under the Trump administration, commissary agency officials said the organization is looking to strengthen the benefit for customers. “We’re going to use everything that is happening to make [the Defense Commissary Agency] a better organization. This is a strategic opportunity for DeCA to transform itself,” said John Hall, director of the...[Read More]
Fighter jet slips off carrier hangar deck in Red Sea, one minor injury
An F/A-18 fighter jet slipped off the hangar deck of an aircraft carrier deployed to the Middle East, as sailors were towing the aircraft into place in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman on Monday, the Navy said. The crew members who were in the pilot seat of the Super Hornet and on the small towing tractor both jumped out before the jet and the tug went into the Red Sea. Accor...[Read More]
Fighter jet slips off carrier hangar deck in Red Sea, one minor injury
An F/A-18 fighter jet slipped off the hangar deck of an aircraft carrier deployed to the Middle East, as sailors were towing the aircraft into place in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman on Monday, the Navy said. The crew members who were in the pilot seat of the Super Hornet and on the small towing tractor both jumped out before the jet and the tug went into the Red Sea. Accor...[Read More]
Marines more than halfway through fielding of new 360-degree radar
The Marine Corps is more than halfway through receiving its most advanced radar system to date. So far, Northrop Grumman has delivered 35 of the AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar, or G/ATOR, systems to the service. A total of 60 are expected in the inventory by 2029, Katherine Rezniceck, product manager for the G/ATOR for Marine Corps Systems Command, told Marine Corps Times ahead of the an...[Read More]
Continuing Promise 2025/USNS Comfort Planning Complete
NORFOLK, Va. — Military and civilian planners from the United States and six partner nations met this week in Norfolk, Va., to make final plans for the upcoming Continuing Promise 2025 deployment.
Navy Reserve Force Officially 100% Manned, Advancing Warfighting Readiness and Strategic Depth
WASHINGTON — The Navy Reserve Force is officially 100% manned. This week, the Reserve reached its authorized strength of 57,700 Sailors for Fiscal Year 2025, the first time since 2020, reinforcing the Navy’s ability to project power, respond to global contingencies, and deliver warfighting capabilities across all domains.
Coast Guardsman’s wife arrested for expired visa after security check
The wife of an active-duty Coast Guardsman was arrested last week by federal immigration authorities inside the family residential section of the U.S. Naval Air Station at Key West, Florida, after she was flagged in a routine security check, officials said Saturday. “The spouse is not a member of the Coast Guard and was detained by Homeland Security Investigations pursuant to a lawful removal orde...[Read More]
Coast Guardsman’s wife arrested for expired visa after security check
The wife of an active-duty Coast Guardsman was arrested last week by federal immigration authorities inside the family residential section of the U.S. Naval Air Station at Key West, Florida, after she was flagged in a routine security check, officials said Saturday. “The spouse is not a member of the Coast Guard and was detained by Homeland Security Investigations pursuant to a lawful removal orde...[Read More]
Active-duty troops detained in DEA raid at illegal Colorado nightclub
Active-duty service members were among those detained during a crackdown by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration on an unlicensed, “underground” nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado. About 200 people were in the venue when DEA agents, as well as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, raided the club early Sunday morning. The agencies seized drugs and weapons and detained 114 undocumented...[Read More]
Poll shows young vets unhappy with Signal leak, federal program cuts
A new survey of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans released Monday shows significant dissatisfaction with national security officials’ recent handling of sensitive military information, as well as broad concerns about potential cuts to federal support services related to White House moves. The poll — from Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America and Columbia University’s Center for Veteran Transition a...[Read More]