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Plan to Build Houses on Contaminated Airfield Stalls as Texas City’s Fight with the Navy Continues
A plan to turn a contaminated former Navy airfield in Dallas into a neighborhood with 6,800 new homes continues to be delayed two years after official...[Read More]
Rollback of DOD anti-extremism efforts coming in 2025, experts predict
Following the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, where about 15% of the rioters were veterans or service members, the Pentagon launched an ef...[Read More]
New health care savings benefit coming to troops in 2025
Active-duty service members will have a new benefit in 2025: health care flexible spending accounts. Service members will have the option to open heal...[Read More]
Why the 1914 Christmas Truce changed nothing on the Western Front
By late December 1914 World War I had been raging for nearly five months. Had anyone really believed it would be “all over by Christmas,” then it was ...[Read More]
Cities Worldwide Hold Subdued Christmas Eve Celebrations Amid Conflicts
In Virginia, hundreds of sailors and their loved ones got an early Christmas present when the USS Cole docked at its home port in Norfolk after seven ...[Read More]
From Grinch greetings to Santa sightings, the holidays come to troops
Holiday helpers have been busy this month, as plenty of organizations and individuals have been working to make the days a bit brighter for troops and...[Read More]
From Grinch greetings to Santa sightings, the holidays come to troops
Holiday helpers have been busy this month, as plenty of organizations and individuals have been working to make the days a bit brighter for troops and...[Read More]
Santa catches a ride with troops to bring Christmas to Alaska village
YAKUTAT, Alaska — Forget the open-air sleigh overloaded with gifts and powered by flying reindeer. Santa and Mrs. Claus this week took supersized ride...[Read More]
Santa catches a ride with troops to bring Christmas to Alaska village
YAKUTAT, Alaska — Forget the open-air sleigh overloaded with gifts and powered by flying reindeer. Santa and Mrs. Claus this week took supersized ride...[Read More]
Indigenous WWI veterans get long awaited Medal of Honor review
“I’m so thankful that his blood runs in our veins,” said Tewanna Anderson-Edwards of her great uncle Otis W. Leader, a World War I Choctaw code talker...[Read More]
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USNS Comfort Arrives in Manta, Ecuador
MANTA, Ecuador – The Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) arrived in Manta, Ecuador for the third mission stop of Continuing Promise 2025 ...
Ship on Fire off Yemen After Being Attacked With ‘Unknown Projectiles’ in the Red Sea
The U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet referred questions to the military’s Central Command, which said it was aware of the incident without elaboratin...
Militarized zones now make up 1/3 of southern border, stirring debates
COLUMBUS, N.M. (AP) — Orange no-entry signs posted by the U.S. military in English and Spanish dot the New Mexico desert, where a border wall cuts pas...
Militarized zones now make up 1/3 of southern border, stirring debates
COLUMBUS, N.M. (AP) — Orange no-entry signs posted by the U.S. military in English and Spanish dot the New Mexico desert, where a border wall cuts pas...
Navy to stop sharing satellite weather data with NOAA
As of July 31, the Navy’s Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center will stop sharing satellite weather data with the National Oceanic and A...
House passes Trump megabill with $150 billion in military funding
The House passed President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax, health care, immigration and defense spending law Thursday by a vote of 218-214, securing the ...
Special Warfare Sailor Dies in Parachute Mishap, Navy Confirms
Special Warfare Boat Operator 2nd class Noah Tobin, a sailor assigned to Special Boat Team 20, died “while participating in a parachute training...
Navy did not document changes to recruitment procedures, watchdog says
The U.S. Navy failed to properly log new recruiting processes that helped the service reach its enlistment goals in fiscal 2024, according to a govern...
