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An AUKUS First, Seven Royal Australian Navy Enlisted Sailors Graduate Nuclear Power School
Twelve Royal Australian Navy uniformed personnel, including the first seven enlisted sailors, graduated the U.S. Navy’s Nuclear Power School.
Army and Navy Football Both Ranked in AP Top 25 for First Time Since 1960
Not only are the programs in the running to win the conference, but they’re both also in the College Football Playoff conversation.
Former SECDEF Panetta Shared Concerns, Insights During Guest Lecture at NPS
Leadership, alliances and speed were key themes stressed by former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta as he shared deeply-informed perspectives and concerns on current events and national security during a 90 minute presentation and Q&A at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in the latest Secretary of the Navy Guest Lecture (SGL), Oct. 8.
Navy Demonstrates First At-sea Reloading of Vertical Launching System
USS Chosin (CG 65) demonstrated underway reloading the ship’s MK 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS).
Navy revamps medical training to bolster combat trauma readiness
The Navy stood up a new, restructured command this month to bolster its expeditionary medical capabilities as part of a “strategic shift” in how the service navigates combat trauma readiness. Previously known as the Naval Expeditionary Medical Training Institute, the revamped Naval Expeditionary Medicine Warfighter Development Center at Camp Pendleton, California, aims to provide unit level traini...[Read More]
Navy revamps medical training to bolster combat trauma readiness
The Navy stood up a new, restructured command this month to bolster its expeditionary medical capabilities as part of a “strategic shift” in how the service navigates combat trauma readiness. Previously known as the Naval Expeditionary Medical Training Institute, the revamped Naval Expeditionary Medicine Warfighter Development Center at Camp Pendleton, California, aims to provide unit level traini...[Read More]
New program aims to help DOD civilians in Japan get better health care
Thousands of Defense Department civilians in Japan may get some help with access to local medical care under a new pilot program, but advocates are skeptical and point to continuing flaws in the system. The nine-month pilot program for supplemental health support services begins Jan. 1 and runs through Sept. 29, according to the DOD announcement. About 11,000 DOD civilians working in Japan will be...[Read More]
Nimitz Passes Final Evaluation Problem
USS Nimitz (CVN 68) completes planned incremental availability exercise.
Pentagon changes discharges for 800-plus vets kicked out for being gay
About 820 veterans previously kicked out of the military for their sexual orientation will have their dismissals upgraded to honorable discharges following a year-long review of their service records. The upgrades were announced Tuesday morning by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who said the effort was undertaken “to redress the harms done by ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ and other policies on these for...[Read More]
Plans for multiple VA medical clinics remain stalled despite funding
Getting 15 new Department of Veterans Affairs medical locations up and running remained sidelined more than two years after their approval because of ongoing bureaucratic wrangling over pricing methodology for location leases, leaving those tracking the issue fearful that veterans will get fewer health care options than promised. Veterans Affairs leaders and congressional officials in recent years...[Read More]
Truman Strike Group Transits Strait of Dover for the North Sea
The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group transits the Strait of Dover for the North Sea.
Trump aims to expand domestic military use if reelected
During his first term as president, Donald Trump tested the limits of how he could use the military to achieve policy goals. If given a second term, the Republican and his allies are preparing to go much further, reimagining the military as an all-powerful tool to deploy on U.S. soil. He has pledged to recall thousands of American troops from overseas and station them at the U.S. border with Mexic...[Read More]
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