USNS Comfort Arrives in Manta, Ecuador
MANTA, Ecuador – The Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) arrived in Manta, Ecuador for the third mission stop of Continuing Promise 2025 (CP 25), July 4, 2025.
Ship on Fire off Yemen After Being Attacked With ‘Unknown Projectiles’ in the Red Sea
The U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet referred questions to the military’s Central Command, which said it was aware of the incident without elaborating.
Militarized zones now make up 1/3 of southern border, stirring debates
COLUMBUS, N.M. (AP) — Orange no-entry signs posted by the U.S. military in English and Spanish dot the New Mexico desert, where a border wall cuts past onion fields and parched ranches with tufts of tall grass growing amidst wiry brush and yucca trees. The Army has posted thousands of the warnings in New Mexico and western Texas, declaring a “restricted area by authority of the commander.” It’s pa...[Read More]
Militarized zones now make up 1/3 of southern border, stirring debates
COLUMBUS, N.M. (AP) — Orange no-entry signs posted by the U.S. military in English and Spanish dot the New Mexico desert, where a border wall cuts past onion fields and parched ranches with tufts of tall grass growing amidst wiry brush and yucca trees. The Army has posted thousands of the warnings in New Mexico and western Texas, declaring a “restricted area by authority of the commander.” It’s pa...[Read More]
Navy to stop sharing satellite weather data with NOAA
As of July 31, the Navy’s Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center will stop sharing satellite weather data with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, according to a NOAA release. “This service change and termination will be permanent,” according to the NOAA release. Data gathered from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program, or DMSP, all Near-Earth Space Weather ins...[Read More]
House passes Trump megabill with $150 billion in military funding
The House passed President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax, health care, immigration and defense spending law Thursday by a vote of 218-214, securing the first part of the Pentagon’s bank-shot defense budget this year. Among other provisions in the massive spending package, the bill contains $150 billion for the Defense Department, slated for priorities like shipbuilding, the Golden Dome homeland defe...[Read More]
Special Warfare Sailor Dies in Parachute Mishap, Navy Confirms
Special Warfare Boat Operator 2nd class Noah Tobin, a sailor assigned to Special Boat Team 20, died “while participating in a parachute training event in Porterville, California,” a spokesperson for Naval Special Warfare Command told Military.com.
Navy did not document changes to recruitment procedures, watchdog says
The U.S. Navy failed to properly log new recruiting processes that helped the service reach its enlistment goals in fiscal 2024, according to a government watchdog report. The Navy Recruiting Command, or NRC, exceeded its objective of 40,600 recruits in 2024 by streamlining the medical waiver process and modernizing the operational recruitment process. But an improper chronicling of updates to the...[Read More]
Navy did not document changes to recruitment procedures, watchdog says
The U.S. Navy failed to properly log new recruiting processes that helped the service reach its enlistment goals in fiscal 2024, according to a government watchdog report. The Navy Recruiting Command, or NRC, exceeded its objective of 40,600 recruits in 2024 by streamlining the medical waiver process and modernizing the operational recruitment process. But an improper chronicling of updates to the...[Read More]
Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2 Disestablished; Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 10 Established
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – The U.S. Navy marked the end of an era and the beginning of a new chapter during a ceremony July 3, as Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2 was formally disestablished and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EOD) 10 was established aboard Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story.
US strikes set back Iran’s nuclear program up to 2 years, DOD says
U.S. military strikes on Iran’s three main nuclear facilities in June likely set that program back by 1-2 years, the Pentagon’s top spokesperson said Wednesday. “We’re thinking probably closer to two years — like degraded their program by two years,” said Sean Parnell in his first standalone briefing. Parnell’s assessment comes at a moment of confusion about the effect America’s massive airstrikes...[Read More]
US strikes set back Iran’s nuclear program up to 2 years, DOD says
U.S. military strikes on Iran’s three main nuclear facilities in June likely set that program back by 1-2 years, the Pentagon’s top spokesperson said Wednesday. “We’re thinking probably closer to two years — like degraded their program by two years,” said Sean Parnell in his first standalone briefing. Parnell’s assessment comes at a moment of confusion about the effect America’s massive airstrikes...[Read More]