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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (Sept. 20, 2024) – Gunner’s Mate 1st Class DeAngela Smith has built a reputation as a dedicated leader and mentor in the U.S. Navy. Since beginning her Navy journey aboard the USS Pinckney (DDG 91), where she advanced from E-3 to E-6 within four years, Smith now brings her expertise to the Surface Combat Systems Training Command (SCSTC) San Diego. As an instructor, she teaches Sa...[Read More]

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (Sept. 20, 2024) – Gunner’s Mate 1st Class DeAngela Smith has built a reputation as a dedicated leader and mentor in the U.S. Navy. Since beginning her Navy journey aboard the USS Pinckney (DDG 91), where she advanced from E-3 to E-6 within four years, Smith now brings her expertise to the Surface Combat Systems Training Command (SCSTC) San Diego. As an instructor, she teaches Sa...[Read More]

The jury awarded Zachary Young $5 million in damages and is now being asked to determine whether CNN must pay additional punitive damages.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore received a Bronze Star for his deployment to Afghanistan 18 years ago, several months after a controversy arose when a newspaper reported he had claimed to have received it on a 2006 White House fellowship application when the paperwork had not been fully processed. The private ceremony at the governor’s residence in Annapolis, Maryland, on Friday was confi...[Read More]

The U.S. Navy held an assumption of command ceremony Saturday to usher in new leadership for the service’s legal branch, according to the Navy. Navy Secretary John Phelan welcomed Marine Corps Maj. Gen. David J. Bligh as the next Judge Advocate General, or JAG, at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington. “He is a proven warfighter, a seasoned leader, warrior and patriot of the highest order,” Phela...[Read More]

YOKOSUKA, Japan— The U.S. Navy qualified the first Royal Australian Navy officer on a nuclear-powered Virginia-class submarine at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Dec. 12. In a pier-side ceremony, Rear Adm. Chris Cavanaugh, commander, Submarine Group 7 awarded Royal Australian Navy Lt. Cmdr. James* the first U.S. Navy Submarine Warfare Device earned by a Royal Australian Navy submariner.

For the last two years, Army Sgt. 1st Class Andrew Jay has been dutifully guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. Rain or shine, snow or sleet, for 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, Jay and the other guards on watch duty serve as both protectors and commemorators of a national tribute to America’s unidentified and missing service members. With Jay’s final walk sched...[Read More]

Editor’s note: April 30, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War. In commemoration, Military Times is highlighting stories about the Vietnam War. ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Vietnam War greatly impacted U.S. society from the passage of the War Powers Resolution that restricts the president’s ability to send troops into extended combat without congressional...[Read More]

Editor’s note: April 30, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War. In commemoration, Military Times is highlighting stories about the Vietnam War. ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Vietnam War greatly impacted U.S. society from the passage of the War Powers Resolution that restricts the president’s ability to send troops into extended combat without congressional...[Read More]

NORFOLK, Va. — The United States’ most advanced aircraft carrier left its base in Virginia on Tuesday for a regularly scheduled deployment that could position it near Israel after the U.S. inserted itself in Israel’s war to destroy Iran’s nuclear program. The U.S. was already planning to deploy the carrier Gerald R. Ford when American warplanes bombed three Iranian sites early Sunday to support Is...[Read More]

NORFOLK, Va. — The United States’ most advanced aircraft carrier left its base in Virginia on Tuesday for a regularly scheduled deployment that could position it near Israel after the U.S. inserted itself in Israel’s war to destroy Iran’s nuclear program. The U.S. was already planning to deploy the carrier Gerald R. Ford when American warplanes bombed three Iranian sites early Sunday to support Is...[Read More]