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In a suicide crisis, eligible veterans can go to any ER for free. Nearly 50,000 already have.
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. The COMPACT Act allows eligible veterans and certain former service members to receive Veterans Affairs-funded emergency suicide crisis care at VA and community ...[Read More]
In plain sight: The Pearl Harbor spy
Early one morning in fall 1941 Takeo Yoshikawa encoded a brusque telegram for the Japanese foreign ministry’s home office in Tokyo. In its entirety, the message read: “Details unclear.” It was an admission of failure, and Yoshikawa’s apparent testiness is easy to understand. The 27-year-old intelligence officer had spent much of the previous evening submerged in the shallows of Oahu’s Mamala sey, ...[Read More]
In reversal, DOD says troops can wear uniforms at Veterans Day events
The Pentagon has clarified that troops will not be barred from wearing their uniforms at Veterans Day events during the government shutdown, despite an email screenshot circulating online that says otherwise. Reports about uniforms not being allowed at Veterans Day events started spreading online Wednesday when the unofficial Facebook page Air Force amn/nco/snco posted an email from the public aff...[Read More]
In reversal, DOD says troops can wear uniforms at Veterans Day events
The Pentagon has clarified that troops will not be barred from wearing their uniforms at Veterans Day events during the government shutdown, despite an email screenshot circulating online that says otherwise. Reports about uniforms not being allowed at Veterans Day events started spreading online Wednesday when the unofficial Facebook page Air Force amn/nco/snco posted an email from the public aff...[Read More]
In reversal, Pentagon keeps women’s advisory group, adds four more
A 75-year-old commission advocating for women in the armed services will be revived as part of a phased restoration of 39 Pentagon advisory groups put on pause earlier this year, Military Times has learned. The move, detailed in an internal memo, follows a May memo that recommended termination for the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services, as well as a number of other committees now ...[Read More]
In shift, Trump announces deployment of 5,000 US troops to Poland
The United States is deploying 5,000 troops to Poland, President Donald Trump announced on Thursday. Trump, in a Truth Social post, wrote that the decision was sparked by the “successful election” of Poland’s President Karol Nawrocki, whom he “was proud to endorse.” This comment was met with some consternation, however, since Nawrocki was elected almost a year ago and inaugurated last August. Trum...[Read More]
In the bloody, urban combat to liberate Manila, this airborne ‘Angel’ sacrificed all
Airborne troops are extremely vulnerable when they are descending in their parachutes. To compensate, their intense combat training is designed to take charge from the moment their boots touch the ground… whatever that ground may be. One of the many cases in point is that of PFC. Manuel Pérez Jr. Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on March 3, 1923, Pérez was raised in Chicago, Illinois, after ...[Read More]
Inaugural Burlington Navy Week coming up last week of August
The U.S. Navy is coming to Burlington, Vermont, Aug. 24-30 for Burlington Navy Week, the first such event in the state of Vermont.
Incoming chief of naval operations sets new bar for sailor well-being
The newly appointed senior military officer of the U.S. Navy released objectives for the service that he intends to accomplish during his term. Adm. Daryl Caudle, who became the 34th chief of naval operations on Aug. 25, outlined his priorities in a Navy administrative message, as well as a graphic uploaded to X. “We stand at an inflection point — an era marked by great power competition, prolifer...[Read More]
Incoming chief of naval operations sets new bar for sailor well-being
The newly appointed senior military officer of the U.S. Navy released objectives for the service that he intends to accomplish during his term. Adm. Daryl Caudle, who became the 34th chief of naval operations on Aug. 25, outlined his priorities in a Navy administrative message, as well as a graphic uploaded to X. “We stand at an inflection point — an era marked by great power competition, prolifer...[Read More]
Incoming female students at US Naval Academy must cut hair below chin
The U.S. Naval Academy is returning to grooming standards it last instituted before 2018, the school announced. Incoming female students for the class of 2030 will have to chop their hair so that it does not exceed their chin, a standard the the academy abided by until 2019 when it only required students to follow Navy-wide grooming standards for female recruits. “Returning to a short haircut for ...[Read More]
Inside the inaugural meeting of Trump’s Military Spouse Commission
The newly created Military Spouse Commission held its inaugural meeting at the White House this week, giving military spouses representing senior leaders across the armed forces their first formal opportunity to lay out the problems they’ve heard about from families and discuss potential policy changes. The Sept. 21 meeting covered some of the most persistent challenges facing military families: s...[Read More]