Commissary director sees opportunity for stores amid DOD upheaval
Amid the whirlwind of changes within the Defense Department under the Trump administration, commissary agency officials said the organization is looking to strengthen the benefit for customers. “We’re going to use everything that is happening to make [the Defense Commissary Agency] a better organization. This...
Navy F-18 fighter jet falls into Red Sea off the USS Harry S Truman
The U.S. Navy on Monday said that an aircraft carrier responsible for launching strikes in the Red Sea against Houthi terrorists lost an F/A-18 Super Hornet that went overboard. The USS Harry S. Truman lost the fighter jet and a tow tractor while operating in...
Fighter jet slips off carrier hangar deck in Red Sea, one minor injury
An F/A-18 fighter jet slipped off the hangar deck of an aircraft carrier deployed to the Middle East, as sailors were towing the aircraft into place in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman on Monday, the Navy said. The crew members...
Marines more than halfway through fielding of new 360-degree radar
The Marine Corps is more than halfway through receiving its most advanced radar system to date. So far, Northrop Grumman has delivered 35 of the AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar, or G/ATOR, systems to the service. A total of 60 are expected in the inventory by...
Coast Guardsman’s wife arrested for expired visa after security check
The wife of an active-duty Coast Guardsman was arrested last week by federal immigration authorities inside the family residential section of the U.S. Naval Air Station at Key West, Florida, after she was flagged in a routine security check, officials said Saturday. “The spouse is...
Active-duty troops detained in DEA raid at illegal Colorado nightclub
Active-duty service members were among those detained during a crackdown by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration on an unlicensed, “underground” nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado. About 200 people were in the venue when DEA agents, as well as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, raided the...
Poll shows young vets unhappy with Signal leak, federal program cuts
A new survey of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans released Monday shows significant dissatisfaction with national security officials’ recent handling of sensitive military information, as well as broad concerns about potential cuts to federal support services related to White House moves. The poll — from Iraq...
Veteran seeks nearly $500 million from AP
U.S. Navy Veteran Zachary Young is seeking nearly $500 million in his defamation lawsuit against the Associated Press. Young is seeking at least $18 million in economic loss, $50-75 million in reputational harm, $5-10 million in emotional distress and $300-350 million in punitive damages, according...
US says it’s hit more than 800 targets in Houthi bombing campaign
The U.S. military has hit more than 800 targets in Yemen during a 40-day airstrike campaign against the Houthis, a terrorist group threatening commercial ships in the region for more than a year. “We will continue to increase the pressure and further disintegrate Houthi capabilities...
