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US is selling weapons to NATO allies to give to Ukraine, Trump says
The United States is selling weapons to its NATO allies in Europe so they can provide them to Ukraine as it struggles to fend off a recent escalation in Russia’s drone and missile attacks, President Donald Trump and his chief diplomat said. “We’re sending weapons to NATO, and NATO is paying for those weapons, 100%,” Trump said in an interview with NBC late Thursday. “So what we’re doing is, the we...[Read More]
US is selling weapons to NATO allies to give to Ukraine, Trump says
The United States is selling weapons to its NATO allies in Europe so they can provide them to Ukraine as it struggles to fend off a recent escalation in Russia’s drone and missile attacks, President Donald Trump and his chief diplomat said. “We’re sending weapons to NATO, and NATO is paying for those weapons, 100%,” Trump said in an interview with NBC late Thursday. “So what we’re doing is, the we...[Read More]
US Marines start partial transfer from Okinawa to Guam
TOKYO — The partial transfer of U.S. Marines from Okinawa to Guam began Saturday, 12 years after Japan and the United States agreed on their realignment to reduce the heavy burden of American troop presence on the southern Japanese island, officials said. The relocation started with 100 members of III Marine Expeditionary Force stationed on Okinawa moving to the Pacific island for the initial logi...[Read More]
US might be gearing up for UK-based nuclear program, report says
The United States appears to be poised to reassert its nuclear footprint in the United Kingdom after nearly two decades of inactivity, according to a new watchdog report. The Federation of American Scientists published a report Wednesday compiling evidence it says strongly suggests the U.S. Air Force is planning to bring nuclear weapons back to Royal Air Force Base Lakenheath, England. “Even witho...[Read More]
US military changes tone in Africa, urges burden-sharing among allies
The U.S. military is backing off its usual talk of good governance and countering insurgencies’ underlying causes, instead leaning into a message that its fragile allies in Africa must be ready to stand more on their own. At African Lion, its largest joint training exercise on the continent, that shift was clear. “We need to be able to get our partners to the level of independent operations,” Gen....[Read More]
US military changes tone in Africa, urges burden-sharing among allies
The U.S. military is backing off its usual talk of good governance and countering insurgencies’ underlying causes, instead leaning into a message that its fragile allies in Africa must be ready to stand more on their own. At African Lion, its largest joint training exercise on the continent, that shift was clear. “We need to be able to get our partners to the level of independent operations,” Gen....[Read More]
US military chaplaincy marks 250 years of providing spiritual support
In 1775, a year before there was a United States and six weeks after the Continental Army was formed, George Washington made a declaration that has shaped the military ever since. “We need chaplains,” he reportedly remarked, prompting action by the Continental Congress near the start of the Revolutionary War. The U.S. military chaplaincy marked 250 years on July 29 as the national military marked ...[Read More]
US military readies first migrant deportation flight to Guantanamo Bay
The U.S. military will fly a small group of migrants to its base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Tuesday, as the Trump administration pledges to use the site as a mass deportation detention center. Ten migrants are on the flight, transported like previous groups on large C-17 cargo planes, said a defense official, granted anonymity to discuss the plans. Unlike other deportation flights, which have sen...[Read More]
US military’s mini space shuttle returns to Earth after secret mission
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The U.S. military’s classified mini space shuttle returned to Earth on Friday after circling the world for 434 days. The space plane blasted into orbit from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in December 2023 on a secret mission. Launched by SpaceX, the X-37B vehicle carried no people, just military experiments. Its predawn touchdown at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California was...[Read More]
US moves 11 Guantanamo detainees after two-plus decades without charge
The Pentagon said Monday it had transferred 11 Yemeni men to Oman this week after holding them for more than two decades without charge at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The transfer was the latest and biggest push by the Biden administration in its final weeks to clear Guantanamo of the last remaining detainees there who were never charged with a crime. The latest release brings the...[Read More]
US Naval Academy Ends Affirmative Action in Admissions
The change in policy was made in February by Vice Adm. Yvette Davids, the academy’s superintendent, in response to an executive order issued by President Donald Trump in January.
US Naval Academy ends affirmative action in admissions
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The U.S. Naval Academy will no longer consider race, ethnicity or sex as a factor for admission to the service institution, a response to an executive order by President Donald Trump, according to federal court documents made public Friday. The change in policy was made in February by Vice Adm. Yvette Davids, the academy’s superintendent, in response to an executive order issued b...[Read More]