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The U.S. Navy continues to provide high-speed Wi-Fi to service members living in unaccompanied housing across the globe with the addition of free internet in Italy and Greece. The Defense Department announced a free Wi-fi initiative in September 2024 as part of a broader objective to improve troops’ quality of life. “This initiative is a direct reflection of our unwavering commitment to the well-b...[Read More]

To build new partnerships and develop accelerated warfighter capabilities, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) will host an Innovation Industry Day (I2D) — focusing on the command’s Power & Energy portfolio — on Thursday, May 14, at its headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. This event — which will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. — kicks off a series of Innovation Industry Days that will spotlight ...[Read More]

Three years after the captain of a military sealift command ship was accused of raping an assistant engineer in her quarters during a port visit, he has left the merchant mariner field — and, for the first time, been publicly identified. Yamil Sanchez Padilla was serving as captain of the USNS Carson City in December 2021, when engineer Elsie Dominguez accused him of forcing his way into her cabin...[Read More]

PACIFIC OCEAN – The Ecuadorian and U.S. Navies conducted a bilateral maritime engagement as part of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet’s Southern Seas 2026 deployment in the Pacific Ocean, April 7-8.

Editor’s note: This report has been updated to reflect the number of U.S. troops wounded in Operation Epic Fury as of April 8, according to U.S. Central Command. In the 40 days since the start of Operation Epic Fury against Iran, 13 U.S. service members have been killed and 381 have been wounded, according to data provided Wednesday by U.S. Central Command. The Defense Department has added the war...[Read More]

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) will highlight cutting-edge space-related programs and technologies during the 41st Space Symposium in exhibit booth #625 at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs April 13-16.

Nearly six weeks of war in Iran have ended, for now, with President Donald Trump claiming victory, but the U.S.-Iran ceasefire locks in a harsh reality: an entrenched, radical government with control over the Strait of Hormuz and a powerful lever over global energy markets and Gulf rivals, analysts say. The shockwaves have rippled outward, contributing to global economic strains and bringing confl...[Read More]

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued three passengers aboard a vessel that was missing for seven days near the Federated States of Micronesia, the service announced Tuesday. The Legend-class cutter Midgett successfully completed a search-and-rescue mission Monday of a family whose 23-foot skiff stopped working after its single engine malfunctioned. The three survivors, two men and one woman, had left Fana...[Read More]

Automatic registration into the U.S. military draft pool for eligible men is slated to begin in December, following efforts from lawmakers and the selective service agency to streamline the previous self-registration process. The Selective Service System, the federal agency that maintains a database of registered U.S. males who are considered draft-eligible in the event of a national emergency, su...[Read More]

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday emphasized that American forces would be “hanging around” in the Middle East for the duration of the armistice between the United States, Israel and Iran — even as Washington edges toward an offramp from its 38-day campaign. The remarks came one day after President Donald Trump declared a two-week ceasefire with Iran, stepping back from earlier threats t...[Read More]