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SAN DIEGO — One of the first faces the Artemis II crew sees when they return to Earth will be that of a Michigander! Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Steve Kapala from Alpena, Michigan, is a member of the dive medical team that will open the Orion capsule when it splashes down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego on Friday evening.

All the unethical, illegal things trump is doing is catching up with him. And now trump has given Iran control of the Straights of Hormuz which has made this issue of Iran worse than what it was before the war. Threatening and insulting our allies instead of building a consensus, Threatening and insulting NATO instead of building a consensus, giving Israel full reign in their attacks which is causing the average taxpayer to not only question the current administration, but the question our own military. The uptick is part of a larger pattern of military members seeking ways to end their service, according to NPR interviews with several organizations like Galvin's and military members who deal directly with these issues. While there is no hard contemporaneous data on the number of members seeking to exit, the people NPR spoke to for this story say they have seen undeniable cracks in the military's ability to retain troops, largely due to low morale or ethical concerns.

Proof positive that trump is trying to distract from the Epstein situation... resident Donald Trump went on a posting spree on Thursday after First Lady Melania Trump surprised everyone with an announcement about Jeffrey Epstein. The first lady delivered remarks from the White House regarding Epstein, a former friend of her husband’s.

An Arizona State University student, who was detained in Louisiana by immigration officials days after marrying a U.S. Army sergeant., has a GoFundMe in support of her legal defense. Twenty-two-year-old Annie Ramos, married to U.S. Army Sgt. Matthew Blank, was detained by ICE on April 2 while at a scheduled appointment at Fort Polk in Leesville, La., just five days after their wedding.

A new AI-assisted study is bringing unidentified anomalous phenomenon (UAP) orb sightings back into focus, pointing to flight behavior that appears inconsistent with known physics — including incidents tied to a US Navy vessel seven years ago.

WASHINGTON, DC — According to Democrats and some veterans’ advocates, VA staffing cuts are having a direct negative impact on patient care, despite promises from agency leaders that they would not. They also argue that the department’s effort to eliminate vacant positions only serves to camouflage the state of the agency’s staffing deficiency.

Doctors at the Veterans Affairs Department have yet to receive a pay bump despite a recent law authorizing the increases, which has drawn bipartisan criticism from lawmakers.

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Survivors of the deadliest Iranian attack on U.S. forces since the war began have disputed the Pentagon's description of events and said their unit in Kuwait was left dangerously exposed when six service members were killed and more than 20 wounded. Speaking publicly for the first time, members of the targeted unit offered CBS News a detailed account of the attack and its harrowing aftermath from the perspective of those on the ground.

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Under anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been blocked from publishing a scientifically vetted study finding significant health benefits from this season’s COVID-19 vaccines, according to reporting by The Washington Post. The move adds to longstanding concern among health experts that chaos and political interference under Kennedy—a staunch anti-vaccine activist who has long falsely maligned COVID-19 vaccines—is deeply undermining science at federal agencies and beyond.

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But there was another more subtle target for his words: the men and women of the United States military. The president was placing a choice before them. Do you serve Trump, or do you serve the Constitution? Do you serve Trump, or do you serve an even deeper law than the Constitution — the universal moral imperative to protect the innocent and the vulnerable?

Exchange Service Command, or Nexcom, the convenience store in Redzikowo doesn’t make much money. But it’s part of a sprawling system that plays a critical role in retention, morale and ultimately, U.S. national security by funneling profits into programs that support sailors and their families. Now, that network could be at risk as larger, savvier retail giants like Walmart, Amazon and Target chip away at Nexcom’s U.S. market share, forcing it to do what any good retailer does when sales slow: hire consultants and embark on an ambitious turnaround plan.

Letters from Leo can now independently confirm that the meeting took place — and that the Vatican was so alarmed by the Pentagon’s tactics that Pope Leo XIV shelved plans to visit the United States later this year. Many in the Vatican saw the Pentagon’s reference to an Avignon papacy as a threat to use military force against the Holy See.

Spoiler Alert: Operation Epic Fury has been a failure... President Trump's goals for the war with Iran included putting an end to the country's nuclear program, destroying its military capabilities and creating regime change. Yet after more than five weeks of fighting, and with a two-week ceasefire now in place, the president has fallen well short of those aims. In addition, Iran's control over the economically crucial Strait of Hormuz has created a crisis that didn't exist before the war began.

NAPLES, Italy — Navy bases in Italy are advising U.S. military personnel and their families to follow updated rules when entering or leaving European Union countries to avoid drawing unwanted scrutiny from immigration officials when traveling. Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2026-04-07/navy-european-union-travel-italy-passport-21304754.html Source - Stars and Stripes

Daalder, a senior fellow at Harvard's Belfer Center, told DW that several factors have brought NATO to this low point. It's not just the insults Trump flings at the alliance and its European members, to which they've become quite accustomed. Trump repeated his view on Monday that NATO is a "paper tiger" that won't support the US in its war against Iran. Nor, the former ambassador said, is it even Trump's repeated threats to withdraw from NATO, which is accompanied by the more practical concern that he would be unwilling to participate in collective defense if another ally were attacked, the guarantee pledged by NATO's Article 5.

The U.S. Navy is requesting $3 billion to replenish its stockpile of Tomahawk missiles that have been depleted over the course of the Iran war, according to the Defense Department’s fiscal 2027 budget request. As part of the $1.5 trillion budget request released Friday, the Navy has asked for a 1,200% increase in the number of the long-range land attack missile.

ICE releases newlywed wife of Army soldier, arrested at military base - will wear a GPS monitor

U.S. AGREES TO 2-WEEK CEASEFIRE WITH IRAN

A Jewish leader in the US decries US President Donald Trump’s threat to destroy “a whole civilization” as his deadline for Iran nears. “We know what it means when leaders call for communities and populations to be wiped out,” Amy Spitalnick, CEO of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, says in a statement. “Any suggestion that this advances Jewish or Israeli safety is simply an exploitation of our community to advance horrific war crimes and the President’s broader extreme anti-democratic agenda.”