Navy unmanned vessel operators are now earning specialized badges
As the Navy builds out new career fields focused on operating drone boats and submarines, it’s repurposing special insignia pins taken from other job fields with similar requirements to recognize the work they do. At the Surface Navy Association’s annual symposium in January, Lt. Miles Graham, commanding officer of the freshly established Chimera Detachment Alpha, revealed that his sailors were no...[Read More]
Navy unmanned vessel operators are now earning specialized badges
As the Navy builds out new career fields focused on operating drone boats and submarines, it’s repurposing special insignia pins taken from other job fields with similar requirements to recognize the work they do. At the Surface Navy Association’s annual symposium in January, Lt. Miles Graham, commanding officer of the freshly established Chimera Detachment Alpha, revealed that his sailors were no...[Read More]
Army general left classified maps on a train in Poland, watchdog finds
The two-star head of the command responsible for coordinating support for Ukraine left a tube of classified maps behind on a train in Europe, losing control of the sensitive material for 24 hours, a new report from the Department of Defense Inspector General’s office has found. Then-Army Maj. Gen. Antonio Aguto, now retired, was also found to have sustained a concussion following a night of drinki...[Read More]
Army general left classified maps on a train in Poland, watchdog finds
The two-star head of the command responsible for coordinating support for Ukraine left a tube of classified maps behind on a train in Europe, losing control of the sensitive material for 24 hours, a new report from the Department of Defense Inspector General’s office has found. Then-Army Maj. Gen. Antonio Aguto, now retired, was also found to have sustained a concussion following a night of drinki...[Read More]
Army general left classified maps on a train in Poland, watchdog finds
The two-star head of the command responsible for coordinating support for Ukraine left a tube of classified maps behind on a train in Europe, losing control of the sensitive material for 24 hours, a new report from the Department of Defense Inspector General’s office has found. Then-Army Maj. Gen. Antonio Aguto, now retired, was also found to have sustained a concussion following a night of drinki...[Read More]
Fincantieri is itching to build more ships for the US Navy
ROME — Fincantieri is ready to build everything from corvettes and unmanned vessels to ice breakers and cable laying ships for the U.S. government as it rebounds from the cancellation of the Constellation frigate program, a senior official has said. “We are ready to take on complex shipbuilding,” George Moutafis, the CEO of Fincantieri Marine Group, told Defense News. Fincantieri was ramping up pr...[Read More]
Fincantieri is itching to build more ships for the US Navy
ROME — Fincantieri is ready to build everything from corvettes and unmanned vessels to ice breakers and cable laying ships for the U.S. government as it rebounds from the cancellation of the Constellation frigate program, a senior official has said. “We are ready to take on complex shipbuilding,” George Moutafis, the CEO of Fincantieri Marine Group, told Defense News. Fincantieri was ramping up pr...[Read More]
Gulf States Intercept New Missiles and Drones as Iran Threatens to Widen War
The war, which shows no signs of ending soon, has upended global air travel, disrupted oil exports from the region and sent fuel prices rising across the world.
Pentagon identifies six airmen killed in KC-135 crash in Iraq
The Pentagon has identified six service members who were killed on March 12 when a U.S. Air Force KC-135 refueling aircraft crashed during combat operations against Iran. Maj. John “Alex” Klinner, 33, of Auburn, Alabama; Capt. Ariana G. Savino, 31, of Covington, Washington; and Tech. Sgt. Ashley B. Pruitt, 34, of Bardstown, Kentucky, were killed in the crash, the Pentagon announced. They were assi...[Read More]
Trump fundraising email uses photo of March 7 dignified transfer of deceased soldier
A fundraising email distributed Thursday by a political action committee linked to President Donald Trump included a photo of a March 7 dignified transfer of a U.S. soldier killed by an Iranian drone strike in Kuwait. The email, which was signed “President Donald J. Trump“ and paid for by Never Surrender Inc., promises to make donors part of a ”National Security Briefing Membership.” It was first ...[Read More]
US bombs key Iranian island amid oil concerns
President Donald Trump on Friday evening announced the most aggressive U.S. action to date aimed at easing concerns over global oil supply and getting shipping moving in the vital Strait of Hormuz. Writing on Truth Social, Trump said that at his direction, Central Command “executed one of the most powerful bombing raids in the History of the Middle East, and totally obliterated every MILITARY targ...[Read More]
Pentagon reportedly sending more warships and Marines to Middle East
The U.S. is sending more reinforcements to the Middle East in support of the Iran war. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly approved a request from U.S. Central Command for an element of an amphibious ready group and attached Marine Expeditionary Unit to help combat Iran’s regional attacks, the Wall Street Journal first reported Friday. The supplemental forces would include up to 5,000 p...[Read More]