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Women in combat ‘proficient,’ SecDef says, dismissing calls for change
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Wednesday defended women in the military and their eligibility for combat roles, calling them “very courageous and very proficient” in their service to the country. “I think our women add significant value to the United States military, and we should never change that,” he said during a meeting with reporters during a stop in Laos. “[They] add value to the finest ...[Read More]
Women in combat ‘proficient,’ SecDef says, dismissing calls for change
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Wednesday defended women in the military and their eligibility for combat roles, calling them “very courageous and very proficient” in their service to the country. “I think our women add significant value to the United States military, and we should never change that,” he said during a meeting with reporters during a stop in Laos. “[They] add value to the finest ...[Read More]
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Woody Allen puts cook on chopping block over Army training, chef says
NEW YORK — Woody Allen’s former personal chef claims in a lawsuit that the filmmaker and his wife fired him because of his service in the U.S. Army Reserve and questions about his pay, then “rubbed salt on the wounds” by saying they didn’t like his cooking. Allen and Soon-Yi Previn “simply decided that a military professional who wanted to be paid fairly was not a good fit to work in the Allen hom...[Read More]
WWII podcast sets sights on stories that offer lessons for future wars
What happens when a retired Navy captain and a military historian walk into a bar? That’s what Capt. William Toti and Seth Paridon, hosts of the “Unauthorized History of the Pacific War” podcast, wanted to find out in 2022. Two years later, what started as a lark has turned into a powerhouse program — approaching 10 million listeners and accumulating a die-hard fanbase. Paridon, the former staff h...[Read More]
Yemen’s Houthis Signal They’ll Now Limit Their Attacks in the Red Sea Corridor to Israeli Ships
The Houthis’ announcement, made in an email sent to shippers, likely won’t be enough to encourage global firms to reenter the route that’s crucial for cargo and energy shipments moving between Asia and Europe.
‘Antwone Fisher’ is the most important military film you haven’t seen
Military films often depict war zones, firefights and battlefield heroics, but Denzel Washington’s 2002 directorial debut “Antwone Fisher” takes a different approach. Based on a true story, the film follows Antwone Fisher, a young Navy sailor whose violent outbursts and disciplinary issues stem from a deeply traumatic past. The story focuses on the internal war Fisher fights, a struggle some servi...[Read More]
‘Colder than hell’: Two vets recall Battle of the Bulge fears, mayhem
It has been dubbed by historians as “the greatest single victory in U.S. history.” But for veterans Harry Miller and Frank Cohn, it wasn’t the 200,000 Germans, 1,000 tanks and assault weapons, the 1,900 artillery pieces or even the 2,000 German supporting aircraft that they remember. It was the cold. “Colder than hell. I can’t describe it,” Miller recalled during a Nov. 13, 2024, conversation with...[Read More]
‘Fat Leonard,’ Navy scandal mastermind, sentenced to 15 years
SAN DIEGO — Former military defense contractor Leonard “Fat Leonard” Francis was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison for masterminding a decade-long bribery scheme that swept up dozens of U.S. Navy officers, federal prosecutors said. U.S. District Judge Janis L. Sammartino also ordered Francis to pay $20 million in restitution to the Navy and a $150,000 fine, according to a statement from the ...[Read More]
‘Game changing’: Navy reloads cruiser’s missiles at sea for first time
The Navy resupplied a warship’s weapons at sea for the first time last week – providing what Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro called a “game changing” update in combat readiness for the surface fleet. The cruiser Chosin and its sailors employed the Transferrable Reload At-sea Method device, known as TRAM, to load the ship’s MK 41 Vertical Launching System off the coast of San Diego on Friday. The TR...[Read More]
‘Game changing’: Navy reloads cruiser’s missiles at sea for first time
The Navy resupplied a warship’s weapons at sea for the first time last week – providing what Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro called a “game changing” update in combat readiness for the surface fleet. The cruiser Chosin and its sailors employed the Transferrable Reload At-sea Method device, known as TRAM, to load the ship’s MK 41 Vertical Launching System off the coast of San Diego on Friday. The TR...[Read More]
‘Golden Dome’ success will require national buy-in, official says
President Donald Trump’s order for the military to build an advanced homeland missile shield will require a level of government cooperation akin to World War II’s Manhattan Project, a top Space Force official said this week. “It’s going to take concerted effort from the very top of our government,” Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. Michael Guetlein said Wednesday. “It’s going to take national wi...[Read More]