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Commander, Navy Recruiting Command Celebrates the 133rd Chief Petty Officer Birthday [Image 1 of 2]
260401-TL932-1037 (From left to right) Chief Navy Counselor Kim Nolan, Chief Gas Turbine Systems Technician (Electrical) Amanda Keane and Capt. Kristin Shepard, Chief of Staff for Commander, Navy Recruiting Command, pose during a Chief Petty Officer birthday cake cutting at CNRC in Millington, Tennessee, April. 1. The U.S. Navy established the rank of chief April 1, 1893, and for the past 133 year...[Read More]
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Commander, Navy Recruiting Command Celebrates the 133rd Chief Petty Officer Birthday [Image 2 of 2]
260401-TL932-2011 Chief Petty Officers and staff members assigned to Commander, Navy Recruiting Command, pose during the 133rd CPO birthday outside of CNRC in Millington, Tennessee, April. 1. The U.S. Navy established the rank of chief April 1, 1893, and for the past 133 years, Navy chiefs have served as technical experts in their rating and as mentors for both junior Sailors and officers. (U.S. N...[Read More]
Commander, Self Defense Fleet Hosted Japan-U.S. Navy Commanders’ meeting KONDANKAI.
Vice Adm. Katsushi Omachi, commander Self Defense Fleet, hosted Vice Adm. Fred Kacher, commander U.S. 7th Fleet and Japan and U.S. maritime commanders during an annual bilateral meeting known as “KONDANKAI” at the Maritime Operation Center on Yokosuka Naval Base, Sept. 4, 2025.
Commanding officer of Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 36 fired
The commanding officer of the Okinawa, Japan-based Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 36 was fired Wednesday, according to a Marine Corps notice. Lt. Col. Calischaran G. James was relieved of his duties by Maj. Gen. Marcus B. Annibale, the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing commanding general, “due to a loss of trust and confidence in his ability to command,” the Marine Corps announced. Military services of...[Read More]
Commissaries reverse decision to charge for single-use bags
Military commissaries stopped charging customers for single-use paper or plastic bags Wednesday, reversing a policy implemented just one month ago. In a short statement, the Defense Commissary Agency said only that the change took effect Wednesday and applied to commissaries worldwide. Commissaries in states or localities that mandate bags fees would still have to comply with those laws. “The poli...[Read More]
Communities honor West Virginia National Guard members shot in DC
West Virginia communities and officials were honoring two members of the state’s National Guard who were shot in Washington this week, lauding their dedication to serving their country. U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, 20, died, and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, remains hospitalized after Wednesday afternoon’s shooting. West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey said Friday that Wolfe remain...[Read More]
Competing with Dick Bong to be WWII’s top ace this pilot met a fateful end
“On 7 January 1945, while leading a voluntary fighter sweep over Negros Island, he risked an extremely low altitude in an attempt to save a fellow flier from attack, crashed and was reported missing in action.” This was the last of several citations summarizing the deeds that added up to a Medal of Honor for Maj. Thomas McGuire Jr. It also chronicles a culmination of ambition and hubris that ended...[Read More]
Congress Redrew Military, VA Benefits in 2025. The Changes Are Massive.
Congress passed 14 laws in 2025 that reshaped pay, housing, education and transition rules for millions of service members and their families.
Congress seeks to limit US Navy vessels built in foreign shipyards
The Trump administration’s recent push to buy foreign-built warships is being waylaid by congressional defense committees who are seeking to limit the executive office’s ability to tap overseas construction yards to build out America’s naval fleet. First reported on by the U.S. Naval Institute, the Senate Armed Services Committee’s markup of the Fiscal Year 2027 defense policy bill seeks to strip ...[Read More]
Congress to require greater oversight of military health restructuring
Members of Congress are seeking to more closely monitor the Defense Department’s plans to modify or downsize military hospitals and clinics by requiring more oversight and adding years to a ban on reducing the services’ number of medical personnel. The proposed fiscal 2026 National Defense Authorization Act released this week calls for the Joint Chiefs of Staff and service surgeons general to revi...[Read More]
Congress to require greater oversight of military health restructuring
Members of Congress are seeking to more closely monitor the Defense Department’s plans to modify or downsize military hospitals and clinics by requiring more oversight and adding years to a ban on reducing the services’ number of medical personnel. The proposed fiscal 2026 National Defense Authorization Act released this week calls for the Joint Chiefs of Staff and service surgeons general to revi...[Read More]
Congressional Lawmakers Hear From Retiring Navy Admiral Overseeing Boat Strikes
The U.S. Navy admiral who is retiring early from command of the campaign to destroy vessels allegedly carrying drugs near Venezuela is speaking to key lawmakers.