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JD Vance to take Marine veteran Daniel Penny as Army-Navy Game guest
Vice President-elect J.D. Vance announced he will be bringing Daniel Penny as his guest to the 2024 Army-Navy Game on Saturday, less than a week after Penny was acquitted of criminally negligent homicide in the 2023 death of New York City subway passenger Jordan Neely. Vance posted on X Friday that he was “grateful” that Penny, a Marine veteran like Vance, accepted his invitation. Prosecutors in t...[Read More]
Jimmy Carter, 39th US president and Navy veteran, dies at 100
Former President Jimmy Carter, the 39th leader of the United States, a Navy veteran and the only commander-in-chief to graduate from the United States Naval Academy, died on Sunday at his home in Plains, Georgia. He was 100 years old. Carter, who began hospice care at his home in Georgia in February 2023, is often remembered as the one-term president who led the nation in the wake of the Vietnam W...[Read More]
Jimmy Carter, the 39th US President, Has Died at 100
Businessman, Navy officer, evangelist, politician, negotiator, author, woodworker, citizen of the world — Carter forged a path that still challenges political assumptions.
JMSDF Fleet Air Force, U.S. Navy’s Task Force 70 sign memorandum to increase bilateral electronic attack capability
NAVAL AIR FACILITY ATSUGI – Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) Vice Adm. Koji Kaneshima, Commander, Fleet Air Force (CFAF), and U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Greg Newkirk, Commander, Task Force (CTF) 70, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to increase bilateral operations between the forces’ electronic attack squadrons Dec. 6, 2024.
Joint forces remove 1,160 pounds of trash from remote San Nicolas Island beach
SAN NICOLAS ISLAND, Calif. – Over 60 volunteer Sailors and civilians assigned to Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD), Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Southwest (NAVFAC SW) and Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) participated in an annual coastal cleanup on the remote beaches of San Nicolas Island (SNI), the most isolated of the Calif. Channel Islands, located sixty-five mi...[Read More]
Judge Sets Date for 9/11 Defendants to Enter Pleas, Deepening Battle over Court’s Independence
A U.S. military judge at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has scheduled hearings in early January for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants to enter guilty pleas in exchange for life sentences.
Judge upholds use of race in Naval Academy admissions
BALTIMORE — A federal judge on Friday ruled that the U.S. Naval Academy can continue considering race in its admissions process, ruling that military cohesion and other national security factors mean the officer training school should not be subjected to the same standards as civilian universities. During a two-week bench trial in September, attorneys for the school argued that prioritizing divers...[Read More]
Keel Laid for Future USNS Thurgood Marshall
SAN DIEGO – The keel for the future USNS Thurgood Marshall (T-AO 211), a John Lewis-class
Key congressional voices on defense face tough election fights
Several congressional incumbents with key defense and veterans policy leadership positions could be ousted next week when voters head to the polls Tuesday. Here are three of the biggest races advocates are monitoring and the impact they could have on critical legislation for troops and veterans next year: Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont. Tester’s reelection bid is one of the most closely watched races in ...[Read More]
Killer instinct: How one man taught US soldiers to fight dirty in WWII
Lecturing to a group of young U.S. Army Rangers on a field at Fort Meade, Maryland, in May 1942, U.S. Army lieutenant colonel Francois d’Eliscu ordered a trainee to level his rifle and bayonet and charge at him, full bore. “Come on, boy, like you mean business!” d’Eliscu shouted. His voice was startlingly loud and sharp, especially considering that it came from such an elfin, exotic-looking figur...[Read More]
Kongsberg wins biggest-ever missile contract from US Navy, Marines
PARIS — Norwegian defense firm Kongsberg won a five-year contract from the US Navy worth around US$900 million to supply anti-ship missiles, in what the company says is its biggest missile contract ever. The company will provide its Naval Strike Missile, which is being installed on the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships and Constellation-class frigates, the company said in a statement on Wednesday. The ...[Read More]
Kurdish forces in Syria accidentally shot down US Reaper drone
Kurdish-led forces in Syria, allied with the United States, shot down an Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone on Monday after mistakenly identifying it as a threat. Troops from the Syrian Democratic Forces, a key ally for the United States in its fight against the Islamic State, were conducting operations in the region when they downed the MQ-9, a U.S. official familiar with the situation confirmed to Defe...[Read More]