Soldier’s wife deported to Australia after detainment in Hawaii
A woman attempting to visit her military husband in Hawaii was detained and eventually deported after the Department of Homeland Security said it flagged her for dubious behavior. Nicolle Saroukos, of Australia, landed at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Oahu, Hawaii, on May 18, to visit her husband Matt, a U.S. Army lieutenant stationed in the area, according to Hawaii News Now. She ...[Read More]
Soldier’s wife deported to Australia after detainment in Hawaii
A woman attempting to visit her military husband in Hawaii was detained and eventually deported after the Department of Homeland Security said it flagged her for dubious behavior. Nicolle Saroukos, of Australia, landed at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Oahu, Hawaii, on May 18, to visit her husband Matt, a U.S. Army lieutenant stationed in the area, according to Hawaii News Now. She ...[Read More]
Pentagon targets fewer moves for troops to trim PCS costs
Military members should be moving less frequently for greater stability — and to save taxpayers’ dollars, according to defense officials who have set the process in motion for those reductions. In a memo announced Wednesday, Pentagon officials ordered the military service branches to cut in half the amount of money they spend on permanent change-of-station, or PCS, moves by fiscal 2030. DOD spends...[Read More]
Pentagon targets fewer moves for troops to trim PCS costs
Military members should be moving less frequently for greater stability — and to save taxpayers’ dollars, according to defense officials who have set the process in motion for those reductions. In a memo announced Wednesday, Pentagon officials ordered the military service branches to cut in half the amount of money they spend on permanent change-of-station, or PCS, moves by fiscal 2030. DOD spends...[Read More]
Behemoth Golden Dome may face lackluster scrutiny in Trump’s Pentagon
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s decision this week to cut more than half of the Pentagon’s test and evaluation office personnel was driven, in part, by concerns over the office’s plans to provide testing oversight for the Trump administration’s $175 billion Golden Dome missile defense project, multiple sources told Defense News. In a memo released Wednesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announc...[Read More]
Pentagon aims to cut 14 defense advisory boards, including DACOWITS
The Pentagon is proposing to terminate 14 different defense advisory groups following a 45-day review, with the cut list including the 74-year-old Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services, Military Times has learned. An email sent earlier this month by Pentagon Deputy Director of Washington Services Bob Salesses and reviewed by Military Times asks members of the Senior Executive Service...[Read More]
Advocates for homeless vets wary over proposed changes to VA programs
When Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins addressed a conference for homelessness advocates Friday, he pledged significant reforms to how his department approaches providing aid to struggling veterans, with an eye toward “finding homes for all of them.” But he also acknowledged skepticism among some advocates about what those looming changes will mean. “Every organization I speak to, I say this...[Read More]
Pentagon ends new radar effort meant for Guam missile defense
Early this year, the Pentagon issued a memo halting development of a new radar meant to protect Guam from high-end air and missile threats, according to a May 22 Government Accountability Office report on the effort to protect the strategic island in the Pacific. “On January 7, 2025, the Deputy Secretary of Defense [Kathleen Hicks] directed the [Missile Defense Agency] to cease development of one ...[Read More]
Pentagon ends new radar effort meant for Guam missile defense
Early this year, the Pentagon issued a memo halting development of a new radar meant to protect Guam from high-end air and missile threats, according to a May 22 Government Accountability Office report on the effort to protect the strategic island in the Pacific. “On January 7, 2025, the Deputy Secretary of Defense [Kathleen Hicks] directed the [Missile Defense Agency] to cease development of one ...[Read More]
Five Navy ships now outfitted with augmented reality maintenance tech
Five U.S. Navy ships now have working Augmented Reality Maintenance Systems that allow technicians to remotely troubleshoot problems from a sailor’s point of view. Within less than a week, the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division installed the systems, also known as ARMS, on the aircraft carrier Nimitz and the guided missile destroyers Curtis Wilbur, Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee, Gridley ...[Read More]
Lockheed eyes better stealth, unmanned option for F-35
Advanced stealth capabilities, new weapons and possibly even an unmanned piloting option could be in the works for Lockheed Martin’s F-35 as the company seeks to boost the jet with sixth-generation technology. In a webcast of a Wednesday discussion at the Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference in New York, Lockheed CEO Jim Taiclet expressed confidence the company could have a “meaningful increas...[Read More]
Top lawmaker says VA, DOD leaders continue to ignore Hill requests
Sen. Richard Blumenthal believes his relationship with Pentagon and Veterans Affairs leaders has never been as adversarial as it is right now. “I’ve been in the United States Senate for almost 15 years, and throughout most of my career … my requests for information were answered, and the departments have been responsive,” the Connecticut Democrat said during a recent interview with Military Times....[Read More]