15,000 operational days lost due to US submarine maintenance delays, GAO finds
Maintenance delays for U.S. Navy attack subs have resulted in boats that are frequently idle in port when they should be at sea. Over the last decade, “these delays resulted in an estimated $3.4 billion in costs to sustain crews and submarines that provided no...
Marine One crew failed to reach air traffic control before safety incident, NTSB says
The National Transportation Safety Board said on Thursday the crew of a military helicopter carrying President Donald Trump that came too close to a passenger jet on Aug. 4 failed to reach air traffic controllers before departing. The incident involving a plane departing Reagan Washington...
They survived an Iran war drone attack. Six months later, they’re struggling to get care.
Editor’s note: This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service. Subscribe to their newsletter. The soldier wakes at 6 a.m. after getting only three or four hours of sleep. He showers, shaves and puts...
Navy offers select special warfare officers up to six-figure bonuses to stay in uniform
The Navy announced financial incentives to keep specialized senior officers in the service that can pay up to $100,000. Chief warrant officers with 7151 and 7171 designators, otherwise known as SEALs and crewmen aboard special warfare combatant-craft, with between four and 16 years of commissioned...
Pentagon upgrades awards for 3 Marines at Abbey Gate attack
Five years after a suicide bombing killed 13 U.S. service members and around 170 civilians at Abbey Gate in Kabul, Afghanistan, the Pentagon upgraded the awards of three Marines who survived the blast and then worked to save others in its immediate aftermath. The service...
Pentagon’s NATO review preparing troop options for Hegseth by November 6
A Pentagon review of U.S. troop deployments in Europe will create at least four sets of options for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth by Nov. 6, well ahead of a December deadline for the review’s completion, according to a document seen by Reuters. NATO allies worry...
Marines fielding new laser sights at School of Infantry
The Marine Corps started fielding a new laser aiming system for squad weapons earlier this summer, introducing the technology to students at the School of Infantry at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. In an August statement, Harry Mandeles, the service’s project officer for the Optics Team...
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US Navy eyes port stops in Africa, India after USS Abraham Lincoln’s marathon deployment
The Navy’s top admiral says the service is changing how it does pre-deployment stocking and resupply and looking at different places to make port calls, including on the African continent, after the carrier Lincoln’s punishing 270-day deployment. Speaking to reporters in Norfolk, Virginia, on Wednesday,...
