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Last month, Trump repeatedly claimed Iran had agreed to all of his demands, which to this day appears completely baseless. His rhetoric about the war has been consistently, remarkably detached from reality. At one point, he claimed his own vice president had departed on an airplane to Pakistan to negotiate an end to the war. Except JD Vance was still on terra firma (and ultimately didn’t go).
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When I think of suicide, I don’t think of annual training slides, 22 pushup challenges, or the “thoughts and prayers” from social media posts. Instead, I think about the phone call with my mom. I think about needing to call her because I had just been told that my friend had taken his own life. I think about the concern in her voice when she paused to ask me if I was OK. I think of the cold, wet mud on my knees when I fell to the ground next to my truck and began to sob into the phone because I couldn’t answer.
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This idea is turning into another waste of taxpayer's money... The new Trump-class battleship will be powered by a nuclear reactor and is not a successor to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers, the Navy revealed Monday in its annual 30-year shipbuilding blueprint. The Navy’s shipbuilding plan officially acknowledges for the first time what naval observers have suggested for months – that the potentially $17.5 billion battleship could be nuclear-powered.
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The World Health Organization is leading outbreak efforts, but the U.S. is no longer part of the WHO. Here's how that impacts hantavirus communications. After a rare hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship killed and sickened several passengers, you can’t go online without seeing rumors and news about new cases and suspected infections — or so-called treatments that are most definitely not treatments. It’s hard not to panic about a new virus after the terror of the COVID-19 pandemic, but infectious disease researchers stress that hantavirus is not at that level of concern right now. Still, people’s very real trauma from COVID is only making the misinformation and grossly exaggerated statements worse.
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4 Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Captured by Kuwaiti Forces Don't have the news article yet but there are claims that Kuwait capture 4 Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps during an attack on Bubiyan Island. It was an attempt to target U.S. forces and satellite infrastructure on that island.
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“This is one truly beaten-up supercarrier. My gut tells me that the USS Gerald R. Ford is in worse shape than we know in the press. I think she will be out of action for 2 years. She needs extensive repair work, and my sense is that the Navy will need time, energy, and resources to get this right. In any case, she isn’t going out to sea anytime soon.” That’s what a retired U.S. Navy officer told me yesterday when I asked what he thought the USS Gerald R. Ford’s repair timeline might look like as she heads home to Virginia after a nearly year-long deployment. Needless to say, she will need extensive repairs and upkeep, but how long that might take could surprise even the most seasoned naval experts.
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The Pentagon revealed the location of a U.S. Navy nuclear-armed submarine in a rare move a day after President Trump rejected the latest peace proposal from Iran. The Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine arrived in Gibraltar, a British territory on Spain’s south coast, on Sunday, the U.S. Sixth Fleet said on Monday.
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With the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford en route home from what has become the longest U.S. Navy float since Vietnam, the service is reconsidering how to sustain a wartime fighting force. That’s according to Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy John Perryman, who addressed service needs and quality of life concerns at a forum hosted by Military Officers Association of America this month.
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Julie Roland published a compelling op-ed in the April 21 issue of The Fulcrum, titled “Hegseth, Trump and the desecration of the American Military.” It is a straightforward essay from a 10-year Lieutenant Commander for the U.S. Navy who was deployed as a helicopter pilot at the South China Sea and Persian Gulf. While her research-based piece is focused on the secular aspect of our military, let’s explore what effect Mr. Hegseth's and Mr. Trump’s firing of 15 senior military officers may have on Department of Defense (DOD) service employees and the military's readiness to protect America’s 348 million citizens.
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On Tuesday afternoon, March 17, a distressed veteran named Lawrence Michels walked into the Department of Veterans Affairs community clinic in Jasper, Georgia—a small, quiet town nestled at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Staff escorted him for a mental health consultation with Nic Crews, the clinic’s social work case manager. During the appointment, Michels drew a handgun, shot Crews, and fled the building. Local police intercepted him outside and exchanged gunfire, killing him.
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One of the Navy’s Ford-class aircraft carriers is delayed by two years, stretching the schedule to build the future USS Doris Miller (CVN-81) out to 15 years, USNI News has learned. Carrier Doris Miller will now deliver to the Navy in February of 2034, according to the service’s Fiscal Year 2027 budget justification books. Last year’s books projected the ship’s delivery in February of 2032.
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The Department of the Navy currently operates 291 battle force ships, while the Navy requirement by law is 355. Over the past two decades, the shipbuilding budget has doubled, yet we have no more ships now than in 2003. This is a persistent problem and one that is not just industrial. It is structural and the result of how we buy, how we plan, and how we manage risk in Navy acquisition.
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US fires on and disables 2 more Iranian tankers as tensions rise in the Strait of Hormuz