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I struggled to keep a job. I started using my GI Bill for nursing school, just to end up too depressed to continue. I felt, and sometimes still do, like any day now I’ll just wake up back on the ship. After a year or so, I couldn’t take it. I tried VA. The first psychiatrist I saw diagnosed me with PTSD like it was the common cold, dismissing me with an Ambien prescription. It helped, but I was afraid of becoming dependent, so I never refilled it. Other therapists were quick to push religion, which doesn’t align with me. Aside from that, their help was mostly handouts and suggestions for activities like equine therapy. -
When aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) chops into U.S. Central Command in the coming days, it will be the fifth carrier to operate in the Middle East since the U.S. resumed deployments to the region in late 2023.
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CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED/ ROUTINE R 231655Z JUN 25 MID120002025288U FM CNO WASHINGTON DC TO NAVADMIN INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC BT UNCLAS NAVADMIN 137/25 MSGID/NAVADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N2N6/JUN// SUBJ/ACADEMIC YEAR 2026/27 ENLISTED CYBER MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE OPPORTUNITY AT NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL// REF/A/INST/OPNAV/07JAN15// REF/B/INST/OPNAV/30JAN07// REF/C/MSG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/201856ZMAY25// NARR/ REF A IS OPNAVINST 1520.23C CH-3, GRADUATE EDUCATION. REF B IS OPNAVINST 1160.8B, SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS PROGRAM. REF C IS NAVADMIN 112/25, BILLET BASED ADVANCEMENT 2025 UPDATE.// RMKS/1. This NAVADMIN solicits enlisted Sailor applications for enrollment in the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) 15-month Master of Science in Applied Cyber Operations (MACO) program. This opportunity is one of many Navy efforts to increase Cyber capabilities by building Cyber professionals. 2. The MACO program is available to E-6 and senior Active Duty and Training and Administration of the Reserves (TAR) members in the Information Systems Technician (IT) and Cyber Warfare Technician (CWT) ratings. It is designed to educate students on a range of operational and technical topics in defensive and offensive cyberspace operations, including computer network attack, active and passive defense, exploitation, cyber analysis via automated and manual toolsets, operations, policy, and engineering. 3. Applicants must meet the following eligibility requirements to apply: a. Must possess a Bachelor of Science degree in a relevant technical field including, but not limited to, computer science, electrical engineering, and information or engineering technology. The degree must have been awarded by an institution of higher learning, with Institutional Accreditation recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. To meet NPS academic requirements, performance in technical courses, including mathematics, must be exemplary. b. Must be E-6 or senior to be eligible and within one's 12-month orders negotiation window, commensurate with course start dates of January 2027 or July 2027. c. Per reference (a), candidates must be eligible to incur a 5-year active-duty service obligation by reenlistment or extension of enlistment prior to NPS enrollment. Selectees will be required to reenlist more than 1- year earlier, if they are unable to satisfy the 5-year obligated service requirement. Per reference (b), payment of the selective reenlistment bonus is not authorized for selectees who reenlist for the purpose of meeting the obligated service requirement. d. Must be within Physical Fitness Assessment (PFA) standards and must have passed the most recent PFA. e. Must have no evaluation marks below 3.0 within the last five years. f. Must hold, or be eligible for, a Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance. Applicants without a current TS/SCI clearance are still encouraged to apply if their clearance can be initiated by their Special Security Office (SSO) and adjudicated before the class convening dates. Orders to NPS will not be issued until TS/SCI clearance is finalized. g. Must possess a conditional letter of acceptance. To obtain a conditional letter of acceptance, applicants should apply to NPS at https://nps.edu/web/admissions/apply. Once registered, select Applied Cyber Operations, curriculum number 336. Upon application submission, applicants must arrange for submission of official transcripts to the NPS admissions office from each institution attended for all undergraduate and graduate education, as well as all Sailor/Marine American Council on Education Registry Transcripts, or Joint Services Transcripts. NPS applications must be submitted to NPS no later than 31 December 2025. Applicants will be notified by NPS via e-mail regarding their conditional acceptance. Prior application submissions to this program do not disqualify an applicant. However, applicants who did not receive previous conditional acceptance from NPS, and have no additional academic qualifications, should not apply again, as the academic standards have not changed. 4. Application letter template may be obtained by contacting the NAVIFOR MACO Program Coordinator via email NAVIFOR_MACO(AT)us.navy.mil. Completed applications must be sent via encrypted e-mail or DOD SAFE (https://safe.apps.mil) to NAVIFOR MACO Program within two weeks of notification of conditional acceptance by NPS. 5. Selectees will be assigned to Navy-funded education as full-time students under permanent change of station orders to Monterey, CA, with either a January 2027 or July 2027 start. As full-time students, Sailors will be required to carry a full academic load year-round. Degree requirements shall be completed in 15 months. Per reference (c), E-7/E-8 selectees enrolled in the MACO program are eligible to submit an Exception to Policy for promotion; approval authority resides with Chief of Naval Personnel (CNP). 6. Selection results will be disseminated via official e-mail from a Naval Information Force (NAVIFOR) MACO Program Officer. Due to the highly competitive nature of this program, notification of selection via official email is a binding commitment which selectees must accept or decline within five working days of receipt. 7. Graduates of the MACO program will earn the H07A Navy Enlisted Classification and should expect to serve in a utilization tour immediately following graduation. Graduates will contact their respective Detailer 6 months prior to graduation to negotiate follow-on PCS Orders. 8. The point of contact for this program can be contacted via e-mail at NAVIFOR_MACO(AT)us.navy.mil. 9. This message will remain in effect until superseded, or 1 September 2026, whichever occurs first. 10. Released by VADM Karl O. Thomas, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations For Information Warfare, OPNAV N2N6.// BT #0001 NNNN CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED/
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Base Housing U.S. Troops in Iraq Also Attacked The Ain al-Assad base housing U.S. troops in western Iraq was also targeted, an Iraqi security official who was not authorized to comment publicly told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. But Iran did not claim credit for that attack, which could have been carried out by militias. It was not immediately clear if there was damage to the Iraq base or any injuries.
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