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Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 aims bigger, hits harder and delivers
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 arrives with the weight of two decades of expectations behind it, yet the newest entry in Treyarch’s signature series feels less like a victory lap and more like a course correction. The studio spent years building this game, and the result is a tightly constructed mix of single-player storytelling, revamped multiplayer balance and an ambitious Zombies mode that sets the ...[Read More]
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 aims bigger, hits harder and delivers
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 arrives with the weight of two decades of expectations behind it, yet the newest entry in Treyarch’s signature series feels less like a victory lap and more like a course correction. The studio spent years building this game, and the result is a tightly constructed mix of single-player storytelling, revamped multiplayer balance and an ambitious Zombies mode that sets the ...[Read More]
Calls for tougher US bunkers, hangars go back years, analysts say
On March 27, an Iranian missile scored a high-value hit on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, reducing an Air Force E-3 (AWACS) command center aircraft worth up to $500 million to splinters and shards. While the strike underscored Iran’s capabilities, it also reignited a longstanding conversation about the need for the U.S. to protect its aircraft and other high-value equipment with undergrou...[Read More]
Camp Pendleton Marine killed in tactical training vehicle mishap
A Marine died Wednesday at Camp Pendleton, California, following a tactical training vehicle mishap, Marine Corps officials announced. The incident occurred in the early afternoon hours during routine training aboard the base, according to a service release posted Wednesday night. The announcement did not include any additional details of the incident, the personnel or equipment involved. The Mari...[Read More]
Can a tabletop game explain why America lost the Vietnam War?
How could America lose the Vietnam War? Even now, 50 years after the last American helicopters left Saigon, the answer is elusive. Despite pouring immense resources into Vietnam — including nearly 3 million military personnel, and suffering 58,000 dead — the world’s most powerful nation was unable to defeat an enemy that seemed hopelessly inferior in military power. Accusations still fly at a long...[Read More]
Can a tabletop game explain why America lost the Vietnam War?
How could America lose the Vietnam War? Even now, 50 years after the last American helicopters left Saigon, the answer is elusive. Despite pouring immense resources into Vietnam — including nearly 3 million military personnel, and suffering 58,000 dead — the world’s most powerful nation was unable to defeat an enemy that seemed hopelessly inferior in military power. Accusations still fly at a long...[Read More]
Can Ken Burns revitalize American patriotism?
Ken Burns has had a busy year. The famed documentary filmmaker and his co-producers, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, have stumped across the United States, speaking, gently of course, about their upcoming docuseries, “American Revolution,” which premieres Sunday on PBS. During their six-month promotional tour across 32 cities and 17 states, the trio has consistently delivered a nonpartisan, hope...[Read More]
Cao needs special waiver from Congress to become Navy secretary
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he was nominating Hung Cao for the full-time position of secretary of the Navy. Cao has been in the acting role since former Navy Secretary John Phelan’s abrupt departure in April. Yet, Cao will need more than the Senate’s majority rule approval — his nomination from Trump will also require a special waiver to assume the post. Under 10 U.S.C. §8013, fe...[Read More]
Captain (SEL) P. Scott Bennie
CAPT Bennie later served as the Deputy Director of Field Operations at Navy Recruiting Command before taking command of Navy Operational Support Center (NOSC) Erie, Pennsylvania, from June 2019 to June 2021.
Captain Kristin Shepherd
Captain Kristin Shepherd, a native of Leonardtown, Maryland graduated in 2006 from Virginia Polytechnic Institute with a Bachelor of Science degree in Nutrition, Foods and Exercise.
Captain Mark Moran
Captain Mark Moran is a native of Rochester, New York, and enlisted in the Navy in 1988 in St. Louis, Missouri.