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Japanese destroyer can now fire Tomahawk missiles, extending nation’s combat punch
MANILA, Philippines — The Japanese destroyer JS Chokai is now capable of launching U.S. Tomahawk cruise missiles, making it the first Japanese warship that can strike targets beyond 1,000 kilometers. This development marks a key shift in the country’s defense strategy. Japan committed to acquiring 400 Tomahawks last year to equip its eight Aegis destroyers as part of a larger standoff capability, ...[Read More]
Japanese torpedo sends US ship to the ocean floor during Valiant Shield exercise
The U.S. Navy’s decommissioned Austin-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Juneau (LPD-10) was sent to the ocean floor during the ongoing Valiant Shield exercise taking place from June 22 to July 1. Sunk more than 200 nautical miles off the coast in the Mariana Islands Range Complex, the death knell to the Juneau came from a torpedo strike from a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force submarine. “T...[Read More]
Jim Carrey Says SEAL Team Six Founder Helped Him Through ‘Grinch’ Panic Attacks
Jim Carrey says the eight-hour Grinch prosthetics process triggered panic attacks and nearly made him quit How the Grinch Stole Christmas. A Vulture oral history says Ron Howard and Brian Grazer brought in SEAL Team Six founder Richard “Dick” Marcinko to coach Carrey through endurance tactics, before the production cut makeup time and adjusted the schedule.
John Luckadoo, last B-17 pilot of the Bloody Hundredth, dies at 103
Maj. John “Lucky” Luckadoo, the last surviving B-17 pilot of the Eighth Air Force’s famed “Bloody Hundredth” Bombing Group, died in his home Sept. 1, his family announced. He was 103. “The Major left formation the evening of September 1st and completed his final mission to bluer skies,” a message on Luckadoo’s official website said. Born March 16, 1922, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Luckadoo would jo...[Read More]
John Phelan out as Navy secretary, Pentagon says
John Phelan is out as the secretary of the Navy, the Pentagon announced Wednesday. Phelan, who this week attended the Navy League’s annual Sea-Air-Space symposium in Washington, is departing the role “effective immediately,” Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell announced. U.S. Navy Undersecretary Hung Cao, a former Virginia Senate candidate and special operations veteran, will assume the role of ...[Read More]
Joint Chiefs head makes first official visit to post-Maduro Venezuela
Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made his first official trip to Venezuela this week, five months after the high-risk U.S. military operation that removed the country’s strongman leader, Nicolás Maduro, from power. Caine held bilateral discussions with senior leaders of the interim government and with U.S. embassy personnel. During those meetings, he underscored the impor...[Read More]
Jonny Kim’s resume already lists Navy SEAL, astronaut, doctor. He’s now returning to active duty.
A former Navy SEAL who completed an illustrious career as a NASA astronaut and engineer over the last decade is returning to active-duty military service, according to NASA. Jonny Kim will continue serving as a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy and work in naval aviation training once he leaves the government agency Thursday. “Contributing to space exploration and serving NASA has been the hon...[Read More]
Jordan says its air force joined US strikes on Islamic State in Syria
Jordan confirmed Saturday that its air force took part in strikes launched by the United States on Islamic State group targets in Syria in retaliation for the killing of three U.S. citizens earlier this month. The U.S. launched military strikes Friday on multiple sites in in Syria to “eliminate” Islamic State group fighters and weapons in retaliation for an attack by a Syrian gunman that killed tw...[Read More]
Jordan says its air force joined US strikes on Islamic State in Syria
Jordan confirmed Saturday that its air force took part in strikes launched by the United States on Islamic State group targets in Syria in retaliation for the killing of three U.S. citizens earlier this month. The U.S. launched military strikes Friday on multiple sites in in Syria to “eliminate” Islamic State group fighters and weapons in retaliation for an attack by a Syrian gunman that killed tw...[Read More]
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260407-N-TL932-1010 (From left to right) Dr. Kevin Sullivan, executive director, Commander, Navy Recruiting Command, Maj. Gen. David J. Bligh, Judge Advocate General of the Navy, Lt. Cmdr. Jessica Darling, staff judge advocate for Commander, Navy Recruiting Command, and Capt. Kristin Shepard, Chief of Staff for Commander, Navy Recruiting Command, pose for a photo at CNRC, in Millington, Tennessee,...[Read More]
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Judge Advocate General of the Navy Visits CNRC [Image 3 of 9]
260407-N-TL932-1034 Maj. Gen. David J. Bligh, Judge Advocate General of the Navy, left, speaks with Rear Adm. James Waters, Commander, Navy Recruiting Command, at CNRC in Millington, Tennessee, April 7, 2026. Maj. Gen. Bligh visited Naval Support Activity Mid-South, Navy Personnel Command, and Navy Recruiting Command to learn more about JAG Corps recruiting, retention, and detailing. (U.S. Navy ph...[Read More]
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260407-N-TL932-1073 Rear Adm. James Waters, Commander, Navy Recruiting Command, left, briefs Maj. Gen. David J. Bligh, Judge Advocate General of the Navy, in the Recruiting Operations Center at CNRC in Millington, Tennessee, April 7, 2026. Maj. Gen. Bligh visited Naval Support Activity Mid-South, Navy Personnel Command, and Navy Recruiting Command to learn more about JAG Corps recruiting, retentio...[Read More]