NCC Harsh

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 had drama aplenty to go around, but one of the standouts did not involve a battleship, but a humble repair ship moored nearby. Capt. Cassin Young’s actions that day gave a new meaning to the slogan “Don’t give up the ship,” though later, aboard a heavy cruiser, he would carry those words to a watery grave. Young was born in Washington, D.C. on Ma...[Read More]

Military personnel at Naval Support Activity Bahrain initiated a $15.8 million unaccompanied housing modernization project on Jan. 12, according to a Navy release. The facelift, done in partnership with the Public Works Department Bahrain, fulfills the Navy’s “Sailors First” initiative and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Barracks Task Force initiative. The former was a set of objectives provided ...[Read More]

I was in southern Afghanistan in May 2014 when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near me while covering a routine patrol as a public affairs specialist. It was something I had a dozen times before, but in a flash I was on my back, ears ringing, lungs full of dust. The blast knocked me out cold. When I came to, nothing was where it had been. The explosion left me with a traumati...[Read More]

Under the Trump administration, wait times for mental health care at the Department of Veterans Affairs have increased while morale among employees has plummeted with the loss of 40,000 people, Senate Democrats said in a new report released Thursday. Actions taken by President Donald Trump, VA Secretary Doug Collins and the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, in the past year have affect...[Read More]

Neurable, a consumer neurotechnology startup, has partnered with the Air Force to study whether electrode-studded headphones can track service members’ cognitive fitness, much like Garmin smartwatches have monitored Space Force members’ physical fitness, company and government officials said this month. The $1.2 million project adds to the Pentagon’s growing investment in the $3 billion market for...[Read More]

The world’s largest aircraft carrier is experiencing difficulties with a service that is an integral part of every sailor’s life — the bathroom. The USS Gerald R. Ford, which cost roughly $13 billion to manufacture and most recently played a part in U.S. strikes against Venezuela that saw the capture of its sitting President Nicolás Maduro, is facing consistent plumbing issues with the nearly 650 ...[Read More]

The U.S. Army has ordered several dozen additional active-duty soldiers to prepare for a possible deployment to Minneapolis if needed, a defense official said Wednesday, amid protests over the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement crackdown. The defense official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive plans, confirmed that members of an Army military police brigade who a...[Read More]

“Don’t try to tell the British that America won the last war or make wise-cracks about the war debts or about British defeats in this war,” came the sage advice from the U.S. War Department in 1942. A then-seven-page pamphlet, issued to American GIs about to travel overseas to Britain, was intended to ease any friction between the young servicemen and the local populace. According to librarian Joh...[Read More]

The U.S. Coast Guard is facing further scrutiny after a recent Government Accountability Office report cited ongoing failures in how the service has reported cases of sexual assault and harassment to Congress since 2022. The GAO found that in a 2022 report to Congress on this issue, the Coast Guard reported 226 incidents of sexual assault and 88 incidents of sexual harassment. That report, however...[Read More]

Thousands of U.S. Marines are deploying to Norway this month to begin training for a NATO military exercise as President Donald Trump’s push to control Greenland continues to unsettle European leaders. The Norwegian-led drills, called Cold Response 26, will test the alliance’s ability to operate in the Arctic. “This exercise isn’t just about preparing for today’s threats,” Maj. Gen. Daniel L. Ship...[Read More]

Aircraft from the U.S. Air Force and Navy are set to fly over the upcoming NFL Super Bowl to celebrate America’s 250th birthday. The aircraft will conduct a joint flyover during the Feb. 8 football game at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, the Air Force said in a release Wednesday. “At one of the most-watched events in the world, the flyover at Super Bowl LX is a visible reminder that Ame...[Read More]