Senators push right-to-repair initiative to boost military readiness, cut costs
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Hegseth, Collins promise fixes to post-military transition programs
Defense and veterans officials will examine post-military transition programs to see where reforms and overhauls are needed, part of a new review announced by leaders from both departments on Wednesday. The two cabinet secretaries did not specify what program changes or reforms may come from...
Dangerous phosphorus pyrotechnics missing in Lake Michigan prompt Coast Guard warning
The U.S. Coast Guard is warning beachgoers to “remain clear” if they come across a silver-shaped cylinder along the shoreline, as it could be an armed flare. Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan said in a statement three phosphorus pyrotechnic flares were unaccounted for after a...
No clear plan for supporting Guam missile defense system, GAO finds
The Defense Department has yet to develop a clear strategy to guide the construction, deployment and long-term management of the missile defense architecture it is building on Guam, the Government Accountability Office has determined. The office is concerned that without such a plan, the effort...
Pentagon aims to slash permanent changes of station by half within 5 years
Just ahead of summer, the high season when military families are packing up for another round of having to relocate, known as permanent change of station (PCS) moves, the Pentagon is now signaling a dramatic shift in policy that could reshape military life for years...
Hegseth directs reorg of Pentagon testing office, appoints new leader
The Pentagon has appointed a new director of its operational test enterprise and directed a reorganization that would reduce its staff to 30 civilians, 15 military personnel and one senior leader. In a Tuesday memo, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the move to restructure the...
Navy relieves admiral in charge of unmanned systems office
The Navy relieved the executive officer for unmanned and small combatants programs on Tuesday, the service said. Dr. Brett Seidel, acting assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development & acquisition, dismissed Rear Adm. Kevin Smith as program executive officer for the Program Executive Office...
This WWII pilot crash-landed into a field hosting a Nazi soccer match
It was supposed to be a routine mission. On April 10, 1944, Maj. Donald K. Willis, flying with the 55th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, was tasked with escorting an Allied bombing run on a Nazi aerodrome in Gütersloh, Germany. What was expected to elicit...
Marines, Army deploying missile systems to Luzon Strait
Marine Corps and Army missile systems are set to deploy to a key chokepoint in the Philippine Island chains for anti-ship drills during the military exercise known as KAMANDAG. The unmanned, anti-ship Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System, or NMESIS, and the Army’s High Mobility Rocket...