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Ships Announced to Participate in Navy and Marine Corps 250th Birthday Celebration
The cities of Philadelphia and Camden will host the Navy Marine Corps 250 celebration October 9-16, 2025, with four U.S. Navy ships, two Coast Guard cutters, and four U.S. Navy Academy Yard Patrol boats (YPs) and sailboats. These vessels will participate in the Parade of Ships on Thursday, Oct 9.
Ships Set Sail During Phoenix Express 2026
TUNIS, Tunisia – The at-sea phase of Phoenix Express 2026 began Sept. 11 as participating ships set sail from Bizerte and La Goulette Naval Bases in Tunisia.
Shots fired after truck rams into California Coast Guard base
A truck driver who backed into a U.S. Coast Guard base in the San Francisco Bay Area — the site of earlier protests against federal immigration agents — was shot at by law enforcement officers and wounded, authorities said Friday. The driver was being held for a mental health evaluation after “attempting to weaponize the vehicle to ram into Coast Guard Base Alameda” on Thursday night, the U.S. Dep...[Read More]
Shrapnel, broken bones and head trauma: New records show how US troops were wounded in Iran war
Editor’s Note: This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service. Subscribe to their newsletter. The United States recorded at least 17 life-threatening casualties during the first phase of the war with Iran, according to newly obtained Defense Department records that provide the most detailed accounting yet of troop...[Read More]
Shutdown causes turmoil for some military families’ food assistance
Families across the country are facing a Nov. 1 cutoff of key food assistance because of the government shutdown, including military families who find themselves in a variety of different situations depending on where they live. The good news for about 10,000 military families using WIC Overseas is their benefits have experienced no disruption, and they won’t be affected if the shutdown continues ...[Read More]
Sikorsky Awarded $11 Billion Contract for Marine Corps Helicopters
Sikorsky Aircraft, the Stratford-based helicopter manufacturer, has been awarded a nearly $11 billion contract with the U.S. Navy in a major win for the state.
Silent crashes: Hidden toll of brain trauma on naval aviators
Flying a fighter jet is often compared to being in a car crash over and over again. Retired Navy F/A-18 Hornet pilot Matthew “Whiz” Buckley, a TOPGUN graduate and former instructor, remembers being hurled off the deck of an aircraft carrier at 150 to 200 miles-per-hour in less than two seconds. Every catapult launch, every high-G turn, felt like an assault on the body and the brain. Arrested landi...[Read More]
Six dead, 18 service members injured in Iran operation
This is a developing story. It will be updated as news unfolds. The number of American personnel killed and injured in Operation Epic Fury rose Monday as the United States continued its assault on Iran, U.S. Central Command officials confirmed. In a statement on X, Central Command said a service member who had been “seriously wounded” in the initial assault had succumbed to their injuries. Two oth...[Read More]
Sixteen Indo-Pacific Maritime Forces Commence 25th SEACAT Exercise
SINGAPORE – Maritime forces from 16 Indo-Pacific partner nations, including the U.S. Navy, and personnel from non-governmental and international organizations, kicked off the 25th iteration of Southeast Asia Cooperation and Training (SEACAT) in Singapore Aug. 4, 2026.
Small Satellites, Big Impact — MC3 Network Inspires Space Innovation at NPS
On Jan. 14, 2025, a commercial SpaceX rocket successfully launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, carrying an NPS small satellite, also known as a CubeSat, called Otter. Two hours later, a small team of NPS researchers huddled inside the school’s Satellite Operations Center (SOC), the hub for interacting with NPS assets in space as well as the central node of its globe-spanning Mo...[Read More]
SOCOM wants to revive legacy M4 carbine with ‘hypervelocity’ cartridge
With so many services adopting new weapon systems, Special Operations Command wants to breathe new life into the legacy M4 carbine. In a new solicitation, SOCOM is asking for a new M4 upper receiver capable of firing “emerging hyper velocity ammunition” modeled after the 5.56x45mm NATO cartridge. SOCOM said the Hypervelocity Improved Carbine, or HICAR, program will “leverage the performance benefi...[Read More]
SOCOM wants to train operators to build, wield FPV drones
Wielding drones in combat missions and being able to repair them on the spot could soon become a new standard among the skills fielded by the operators of U.S. Special Operations Command, per a solicitation released Wednesday. SOCOM wants a contractor to develop a 10-day course for six operators twice a year to train them in all aspects of building and flying first-person view drones, according to...[Read More]