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Fifty-seven years ago, Paul Critchett was a 20-year-old machinist in the U.S. Navy, stationed in the waters off the coast of Spain and tasked with repairing a stripped pipe fitting inside a reactor compartment on a nuclear submarine.

The Pentagon said Friday that two military C-130 Hercules aircraft equipped with a firefighting system are now flying over Los Angeles and helping with efforts to put out the massive fires that have devastated the area.

The EA-18G Growler jet crashed east of Mount Rainier, according to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island.

The attack on the ships was the latest in months of violence in the region by the Yemen rebels, who are backed by Iran and have targeted commercial shipping as well as the U.S. naval forces deployed to the region.

While the White House publicized the decision, the responsibility and authority to name ships lies squarely in the hands of the Navy secretary.

The USS George Washington aircraft carrier arrived in Japan as part of its home port shift less than two weeks ago, but its brief time in the country has been turbulent and marked by drunkenness, liberty restrictions and the deaths of two sailors.

Twenty years ago, on Nov. 7, 2004, a coalition assault force of more than 15,000 troops, mostly Marines, launched a massive attack on the city of Fallujah, Iraq. Over the next seven weeks they would retake the city, capturing or killing as many as 2,000 insurgents who had controlled the stronghold since April 2004 following the killing and mutilation of four private U.S. security contractors. But ...[Read More]

The Army and Navy may soon use alternative methods for building barracks, including 3D printing, in an effort to reduce the financial burden, according to a Defense Department release. Top engineers for the respective services met with lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Tuesday to discuss the potential use of 3D printing and mass timber construction as a means of maximizing cost efficiency. Dave Morrow,...[Read More]

Editor’s note: This report contains discussion of suicide. Troops, veterans and family members experiencing suicidal thoughts can call the 24-hour Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988 and dial 1, text 838255 or visit VeteransCrisisLine.net. Diagnoses of mental health disorders among active-duty service members increased by nearly 40% over the last five years, according to a new Defense Health Agency...[Read More]

Many people are forced to watch the Army-Navy Game, either because it’s the only game on that particular Saturday or because it’s part of some mandatory funday in a unit ruled by an academy alum.