9 nations back Ukraine’s Patriot alternative, Freyja — and want it flying in a year
KYIV, Ukraine — Nine nations have joined Ukraine in a nascent anti-ballistic coalition to speed up production of Ukraine’s Freyja interceptor system and get it operational within a year, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced at a meeting of defense allies in France on Monday. He...
Navy christens Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer after Korean War hero
The U.S. Navy on Saturday christened the future USS George M. Neal (DDG 131), the fourth Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer to be built by Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. William Toti, performing the duties of the under secretary of the Navy, presided over the ceremony...
Nearly 12,000 military Tricare beneficiaries warned of data breach
TriWest Healthcare Alliance officials notified 11,844 beneficiaries of a data breach that may have affected their protected health information. In a letter to one beneficiary dated July 2 and provided to Military Times, TriWest officials said they had discovered a security incident April 16, in...
German-American veteran of the Battle of the Bulge dies at 100
Col. Frank Cohn, a veteran of the Second World War, Korea and Vietnam, died on July 4 at the age of 100, the Friends of the National WWII Memorial confirmed. He was one month shy of turning 101. Born in Breslau, Germany (present day Wrocław,...
Lawmakers demand Pentagon release findings from probe of Iran school strike
Democratic senators led by Kirsten Gillibrand called on Monday for President Donald Trump’s administration to disclose within the next week the findings from a U.S. military investigation into a Feb. 28 strike at a girls’ school in Iran. Reuters first reported on March 5 that...
Active-duty airmen have 18 days to submit current waist-to-height ratio, Wilsbach says
Air Force officials continue to reinforce the necessity of focusing on fitness, dress and appearance standards to airmen in a Monday letter sent to the force. In the letter, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Ken Wilsbach argued that every airman needs to focus on...
US to begin enforcing maritime blockade on Iran on Tuesday
The U.S. military will begin enforcing a maritime blockade on Iran on Tuesday, the U.S. Navy-led Joint Maritime Information Center said on Monday. The blockade, covering all of Iran’s ports, oil terminals and coastal areas, will be enforced for all vessel traffic — regardless of...
US recovery teams begin new search in China for remains of MIAs amid looming budget cuts
Recovery teams from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency traveled over the weekend to China to renew searches for the remains of missing service members ahead of projected budget cuts that would severely curtail future missions. The mission to China was expected to last through early...
US creates task force to prosecute leaks to news media, Hegseth says
The U.S. Department of Justice and the Pentagon have created a joint task force to identify and prosecute what Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth described as unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information to news media. “I have delegated tasking authority to the War Department’s Office of General...
F-16 pilot awarded Distinguished Flying Cross for bravery in Saudi Arabia deployment
The U.S. Air Force awarded its highest honor for aerial achievement to an F-16 pilot for his actions during a Saudi Arabia deployment last year. Capt. Nathanial “Icarus” Welch received the Distinguished Flying Cross with Valor earlier this month for bravery and devotion to duty...
