Marines in the Caribbean: Poised for Any Potential Conflict
U.S. Marines currently deployed to the Caribbean are well poised for any potential conflict in the U.S. Southern Command Area of Operations. This article describes the experiences of Marines in the region and what any potential buildup may look like.
This nurse jerry-rigged a trach tube to keep a wounded Marine alive
Before the Second World War, there was little need nor interest in evacuating wounded military personnel to rear areas via aircraft. As the war turned global, however, the pressing need for the creation of medical air evacuation squadrons within the U.S. Army Air Forces became clear. According to the Air Force, a rushed training program for flight surgeons, enlisted medical technicians and flight ...[Read More]
US will share tech to let South Korea build nuclear submarine: Trump
GYEONGJU, South Korea — The United States will share closely held technology to allow South Korea to build a nuclear-powered submarine, President Donald Trump said on social media Thursday after meeting with the country’s president. President Lee Jae Myung stressed to Trump in their Wednesday meeting that the goal was to modernize the alliance with the U.S., noting plans to increase military spend...[Read More]
Navy outlines guidelines for government travel charge card use
A U.S. Navy memo released this month outlines guidelines for sailors’ mandatory use of government travel charge cards. The instruction was announced through a NAVADMIN message directed toward service members traveling for a permanent change-of-station. They are required to use the card for travel expenses such as lodging, meals, and transportation, according to the memo. Pentagon policy stipulates...[Read More]
White House Urged Firing Live Bombs, Not Dummies, for Trump’s Visit to Navy Celebration
The White House pressed Navy officials to launch 2,000-pound live bombs instead of dummy explosives during a recent military demonstration for the service’s 250th anniversary celebration that President Donald Trump attended.
Research on veterans is broken. This tool aims to fix it.
As the population of U.S. veterans becomes more diverse and vets’ needs, from employment to medical treatment, continue to evolve, the demographic remains among the most difficult to survey. A subset of the general population, veterans are most easily reached en masse through Department of Veterans Affairs rolls. But that leaves approximately half of all veterans out, according to the Pentagon-lin...[Read More]
Research on veterans is broken. This tool aims to fix it.
As the population of U.S. veterans becomes more diverse and vets’ needs, from employment to medical treatment, continue to evolve, the demographic remains among the most difficult to survey. A subset of the general population, veterans are most easily reached en masse through Department of Veterans Affairs rolls. But that leaves approximately half of all veterans out, according to the Pentagon-lin...[Read More]
Carrier’s move to South America leaves Mideast, Europe with none
President Donald Trump’s decision to shift the nation’s most advanced aircraft carrier to South America in his campaign against drug cartels is pulling the ship out of the Mediterranean Sea at a time when a tenuous ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has been threatened by new strikes in Gaza. The U.S. is set to be in the fairly unusual position of having only a single aircraft carrier deployed and...[Read More]
White House urged firing live bombs for Trump’s Navy visit: AP sources
The White House pressed U.S. Navy officials to launch 2,000-pound live bombs instead of dummy explosives during an elaborate military demonstration for the service’s 250th anniversary celebration that President Donald Trump attended, two people familiar with planning for the event told The Associated Press. One person familiar with the planning said White House officials insisted to Navy planners ...[Read More]
White House urged firing live bombs for Trump’s Navy visit: AP sources
The White House pressed U.S. Navy officials to launch 2,000-pound live bombs instead of dummy explosives during an elaborate military demonstration for the service’s 250th anniversary celebration that President Donald Trump attended, two people familiar with planning for the event told The Associated Press. One person familiar with the planning said White House officials insisted to Navy planners ...[Read More]
Vance says troops will be paid as pressure builds to end shutdown
Vice President JD Vance said Tuesday he believes U.S. military members will be paid at the end of the week, though he did not specify how the Trump administration will reconfigure funding as pain from the second-longest shutdown spreads nationwide. The funding fight in Washington gained new urgency this week as millions of Americans face the prospect of losing food assistance, more federal workers...[Read More]
Vance says troops will be paid as pressure builds to end shutdown
Vice President JD Vance said Tuesday he believes U.S. military members will be paid at the end of the week, though he did not specify how the Trump administration will reconfigure funding as pain from the second-longest shutdown spreads nationwide. The funding fight in Washington gained new urgency this week as millions of Americans face the prospect of losing food assistance, more federal workers...[Read More]