America’s Dunkirk: The battle of Long Island
It was a miracle of deliverance. Orders had gone out to military officers to collect “every kind of watercraft … that could be kept afloat and had either oars or sails,” to slip roughly 9,000 men across the water to safe harbors and away from a much larger, determined enemy. Except this retreat was not in 1940. There was no Vice Adm. Bertram Ramsay feverishly stringing together Operation Dynamo to...[Read More]
Sailors to see $375 million in barracks improvements
Sailors at 56 U.S. Navy installations will be the beneficiaries of about $375 million in barracks improvements projects to address “critical living conditions,” Navy officials announced Thursday. About $300 million will go into major projects to benefit around 2,000 sailors and Marines at six bases with larger, more urgent needs. The remaining $75 million has been identified for 95 smaller project...[Read More]
Sailors to see $375 million in barracks improvements
Sailors at 56 U.S. Navy installations will be the beneficiaries of about $375 million in barracks improvements projects to address “critical living conditions,” Navy officials announced Thursday. About $300 million will go into major projects to benefit around 2,000 sailors and Marines at six bases with larger, more urgent needs. The remaining $75 million has been identified for 95 smaller project...[Read More]
CMDCM Andrew “Andy” J. Hochgraver
Master Chief Petty Officer Andrew J. Hochgraver is a South Side native of Chicago, Illinois.
U.S. Navy in Middle East Employs Attack Drone at Sea for First Time
Personnel assigned to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. 5th Fleet (NAVCENT/C5F) successfully launched a one-way attack drone from a ship at sea for the first time, Dec. 16.
‘Warrior dividend’ is on the way to troops, Trump says
A “warrior dividend” of $1,776 is on its way to service members, President Donald Trump announced in a speech Wednesday evening. Because of money received from tariffs this year, along with the One Big Beautiful Bill, he said, “more than 1,450,000 service members will receive a special warrior dividend before Christmas.” The $1,776 is “in honor of our nation’s founding” 250 years ago in 1776, he s...[Read More]
‘Warrior dividend’ is on the way to troops, Trump says
A “warrior dividend” of $1,776 is on its way to service members, President Donald Trump announced in a speech Wednesday evening. Because of money received from tariffs this year, along with the One Big Beautiful Bill, he said, “more than 1,450,000 service members will receive a special warrior dividend before Christmas.” The $1,776 is “in honor of our nation’s founding” 250 years ago in 1776, he s...[Read More]
‘Warrior dividend’ is on the way to troops, Trump says
A “warrior dividend” of $1,776 is on its way to service members, President Donald Trump announced in a speech Wednesday evening. Because of money received from tariffs this year, along with the One Big Beautiful Bill, he said, “more than 1,450,000 service members will receive a special warrior dividend before Christmas.” The $1,776 is “in honor of our nation’s founding” 250 years ago in 1776, he s...[Read More]
Attention, ladies: You can now wear the iconic Marine Corps boat cloak
The few and the proud just got a bit more debonaire. For the first time since its authorization for wear in the 1800s, both male and female Marines whose rank or officer status qualifies them can wear one of the Corps’ rarest and most pricey dress accessories: the boat cloak. That’s according to a Marine Administrative message published this month. According to the message, female officers and sta...[Read More]
Attention, ladies: You can now wear the iconic Marine Corps boat cloak
The few and the proud just got a bit more debonaire. For the first time since its authorization for wear in the 1800s, both male and female Marines whose rank or officer status qualifies them can wear one of the Corps’ rarest and most pricey dress accessories: the boat cloak. That’s according to a Marine Administrative message published this month. According to the message, female officers and sta...[Read More]
Hegseth orders overhaul of Chaplain Corps
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered an overhaul of the military’s Chaplain Corps in a Tuesday video message, saying he intends to “make the Chaplain Corps great again,” by restoring its focus on religious ministry. “In an atmosphere of political correctness and secular humanism, chaplains have been minimized, viewed by many as therapists instead of ministers,” he said in the video, since posted...[Read More]
Hegseth orders overhaul of Chaplain Corps
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered an overhaul of the military’s Chaplain Corps in a Tuesday video message, saying he intends to “make the Chaplain Corps great again,” by restoring its focus on religious ministry. “In an atmosphere of political correctness and secular humanism, chaplains have been minimized, viewed by many as therapists instead of ministers,” he said in the video, since posted...[Read More]