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NTAG Chief Selects visit Navy Recruiting Command for PCPO training seminar [Image 3 of 4]
250901-N-XB641-1065 Capt. Gervy Alota, director of community outreach at Commander, Navy Recruiting Command, center, discusses leadership while chief selects from Navy Talent Acquisition Groups across the nation take notes during leadership training at Navy Recruiting Command headquarters in Millington, Tennessee, Sept. 1. The training is part of the Prospective Chief Petty Officer Training Semina...[Read More]
Number of US troops wounded in war against Iran rises to about 200
WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) — The number of U.S. troops wounded in the war against Iran has risen to about 200, the U.S. military said on Monday, as the conflict entered its third week. The U.S. military’s Central Command said the vast majority of those wounded had suffered minor injuries and 180 troops had already returned to duty. Ten of the injuries are serious, it said. Troops had been inju...[Read More]
Ocean isn’t free-fire zone for US military drug interdiction: Analysis
When the U.S. military sank a boat allegedly carrying illegal narcotics from Venezuela to the United States earlier this month, the incident created not just controversy but also a precedent. To some proponents, using the military is a justified means of mitigating a drug epidemic that killed 80,000 Americans last year. And if military force is to be used, sinking drug vessels is a particularly en...[Read More]
Ocean isn’t free-fire zone for US military drug interdiction: Analysis
When the U.S. military sank a boat allegedly carrying illegal narcotics from Venezuela to the United States earlier this month, the incident created not just controversy but also a precedent. To some proponents, using the military is a justified means of mitigating a drug epidemic that killed 80,000 Americans last year. And if military force is to be used, sinking drug vessels is a particularly en...[Read More]
Ode to James Ransone’s memorable portrayal of a junior enlisted Marine
The rumor began as an ember. But such scuttlebutt, spread among the dense fog blanketing smoke pits and fanned by whispers of the E-4 Mafia and Lance Corporal Underground, is prone to sparking. In mere moments, the falsehood became a conflagration of indisputable fact: Beloved pop icon Jennifer Lopez had passed away. Marines deployed to far-flung theaters during the early years of the global war o...[Read More]
Official trailer for Jimmy Stewart biopic released
In life, Jimmy Stewart never talked about his war. But in death, he granted his family — and now the world — a greater window into the Academy Award-winning actor turned combat pilot. “My father didn’t speak about his war experience very much,” his daughter, Kelly Stewart-Harcourt, told Military Times. “After he died, my sister found a journal, a handwritten journal that he had kept during the war...[Read More]
Onboard fire extinguished on aircraft carrier in Red Sea, Navy says
The world’s largest aircraft carrier experienced a non-combat fire Thursday that was successfully doused, the U.S. Navy announced. The USS Gerald R. Ford, which is operating in the Red Sea in support of Operation Epic Fury, saw its main laundry room ignite in a non-combat-related incident. “There is no damage to the ship’s propulsion plant, and the aircraft carrier remains fully operational,” read...[Read More]
One man’s memory sparks search for US soldiers he saw executed in WWII
Editor’s note: This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service, under the headline “POW Witness: He was forced to watch an execution of U.S. soldiers. 80 years after WWII, his story sparks a search for their remains.” Subscribe to their newsletter. Growing up in the Philippines on the island of Mindanao, Ben Hagans...[Read More]
One National Guard member shot by Afghan national has died
President Donald Trump said that one of the two West Virginia National Guard members shot by an Afghan national near the White House had died, calling the suspect, who had worked with the CIA in his native country, a “savage monster.” As part of a Thanksgiving call with U.S. troops, Trump announced that he had just learned that Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, 20, had died, while Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24,...[Read More]
Only 1 in 4 F-35s is fully mission capable, GAO finds
The F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter’s readiness rates continued to decline through fiscal 2025, with the fleet’s full mission capable rate falling to 25%, according to a new Government Accountability Office report released Thursday. The mission capable rate, which measures the percentage of time aircraft can perform at least one of their tasked missions, dropped from 67% in fiscal 2021 to 4...[Read More]
ONR Announces First Winners of New CNR Fellows Program
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) today announces the first class of 12 winners in its inaugural Chief of Naval Research (CNR) Fellows program. Launched earlier this year, the fellowship is designed to foster a constant infusion of state-of-the-art knowledge, while simultaneously creating a growing network of researchers who can translate the Navy and Marine Corps’ most pressing challenges into s...[Read More]
