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Many U.S. Navy officers turn down the opportunity to attend the U.S. Naval War College. The prospect of living in scenic Newport while receiving a world-class education is attractive, but many senior officers do not wish to subject their families to the pain of moving twice within a single year.

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What started as a jovial interview between CNN’s Kaitlan Collins and Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins – who both chuckled as the host noted he is of “no relation” to her – quickly devolved into a tense confrontation as the Trump cabinet official unleashed an all-out attack on the network. VA sec Doug Collins, you are making statements that are other than the truth - perhaps inspired by the commander-in-chief and Department of WAAH (D'oH!) head hedgehog. "The VA secretary took heat earlier this month when he lashed out at a reporter over claims her reporting was “scaring veterans.”" It is you VA sec Doug Collins, that is scaring vets by firing staff and degrading services. And I would like to know why CNN is hostile to veterans, especially one in Florida where you just had a $5 million defamation suit taking offense at a veteran who is trying to help people. In fact, one of your employees actually said, 'we're going to nail him.'" CNN is not hostile to veterans. Stop kissing trumps butt and improve the VA. That one single incident in no way is indicative of CNN being hostile to vets. In fact, read below you big dummy. Young later filed a separate defamation lawsuit against the Associated Press over their coverage of the verdict, but that case was dismissed, and he was ordered to pay AP's legal fees under Florida’s anti-SLAPP statute, according to reports from Faruki PLL and The Hollywood Reporter.

Two Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) alumni will lead the historic Artemis II mission on a 10-day space flight around the Moon — mission commander retired U.S. Navy Capt. Reid Wiseman and spacecraft pilot U.S. Navy Capt. Victor Glover. The target launch window opens on April 1, 2026, the first of seven possible launch days in April. Artemis II will be the first crewed lunar fly-by in more than 50 years.

The change reflects Hegseth's wider effort to infuse the chaplaincy, and the military more broadly, with more explicitly religious sentiments.

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NAHA, Okinawa — A Japanese court handed a U.S. sailor a two-year, suspended sentence Tuesday after convicting him of attempting to smuggle magic truffles onto Okinawa through the Japanese mail system. Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2026-03-24/sailor-okinawa-attempted-drug-smuggling-21166149.html Source - Stars and Stripes

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YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — A janitorial contractor has been barred from this U.S. airlift hub in western Tokyo after allegations of inappropriate interactions with students at an on-base elementary school, officials said Monday. Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2026-03-23/school-janitor-misconduct-yokota-japan-21156813.html Source - Stars and Stripes

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CFL/ACFLs, Data Load Widget Tile. CFLs are highly encouraged to use the preformatted CSV file to mass upload PFA data into PRIMS for any current and open PFA cycle. The PFA Data Load Widget is located on the bottom of the PRIMS Homepage. See PRP Guide-7 for additional information. FEP Auto-Enrollment Issue. A Sailor may be erroneously enrolled into FEP despite being within BCA standards. The CFL must manually disenroll the Sailor from FEP when this occurs. See PRP Guide-9 for additional information. Command Information Update Issue. Commands are currently unable to manually update their command information. A solution is in development. All are reminded to review PRP Guide-3 (CFL/ACFL) and Guide 11 (PRCO) to ensure role responsibilities and requirements are being met.

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And why is the VA working with that corrupt Department of (In)justice in the first place? Veterans’ advocates are raising concerns that a new agreement between the departments of Veterans Affairs and Justice could take away veterans’ autonomy over their health care decisions and deter them from seeking care, particularly those facing homelessness. The memorandum, announced by the departments last week, would authorize VA attorneys to “initiate and participate in state court guardianship or conservatorship proceedings” while serving as special assistant US attorneys appointed by the Justice Department.

Amid the ongoing Iran war, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared a video on social media Friday of a U.S. servicemember urging fellow servicemembers to be “combat ready” and ready for deployment, but over the weekend, the post soon backfired after critics pointed out it was five years old and featured a retired Marine who had been relieved of duty amid controversy.

Moscow proposed a quid pro quo to the U.S. under which the Kremlin would stop sharing intelligence information with Iran, such as the precise coordinates of U.S. military assets in the Middle East, if Washington ceased supplying Ukraine with intel about Russia.

“Those who drafted the First Amendment believed that the nation’s security requires a free press and an informed people and that such security is endangered by governmental suppression of political speech. That principle has preserved the nation’s security for almost 250 years. It must not be abandoned now,” the judge wrote.

A program at Surface Warfare Schools Command (SWSC) is giving junior officers a new tool to sharpen their leadership skills. The Leadership Assessment Program – Surface (LAP-S) provides 360-degree feedback to students of SWSC’s Advanced Division Officer Course to better prepare them for the challenges of leading Sailors in the Fleet. As part of LAP-S, ADOC students sat for assessment boards with senior Surface Warfare Officers and developmental feedback professionals March 16-20. “We are investing in our officers starting at a very junior level,” said Capt. Ralph Lufkin, SWSC’s director of Intermediate Training (N76). “We are making sure that we provide tangible, action-oriented feedback to these officers at the ADOC level and then at the department head level.” The LAP-S process, which is part of a broader Navy Leadership Assessment Program initiative, begins with a 360-degree feedback survey. Participants also complete cognitive and non-cognitive assessments before sitting for their board. “We are intentionally taking time in the midst of the curriculum to sit this officer down with folks they haven’t worked with previously,” Lufkin said. “Two senior surface warfare officers and a developmental feedback professional.” To provide this unique perspective, board members from across the fleet flew in to Newport to participate, interviewing the junior officers to get a holistic view of their leadership capabilities, character development, and the intangible connections that strong leaders build with their teams. One member of each board was a Navy medical professional who served as the developmental feedback professional to provide clinical analysis of the responses, Lufkin said. The goal of this intensive process is to provide junior officers with the descriptive feedback they need to succeed. “[The officers] who participate in LAP-S walk away from these boards with some significant increases in self-awareness,” said Lufkin. “That allows them to lean into their strengths and working on areas that might be blind spots.” By investing in the leadership development of its junior officers, SWSC aims to ensure that the Fleet is led by the most capable and well-prepared leaders, ready to meet the challenges of a complex global environment. The LAP-S program is a key component of this effort, providing the tools and feedback necessary for the next generation of Surface Warfare Officers to succeed. O-3 and O-4 Surface Warfare Officers who are interested in participating in the LAP-S Program as board members can contact the LAP-S Program Manager at AADOC_KF360@us.navy.mil or call (401) 841-2402 to be added to the distribution list with no commitment required.

With Operation Epic Fury growing in the Middle East, four families share how they manage the anticipation and separation of deployment Caryl Banks dragged a kitchen chair beneath the overhead light and climbed onto it with a bucket of warm, soapy water balanced on the countertop. She wrung out a sponge, lifted it toward the ceiling, and began working it in slow, deliberate circles. Water slid down her forearm and dripped onto the kitchen floor.

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“What I heard through tears, through hugs, through strength and through unbreakable resolve was the same from family after family. They said, ‘Finish this. Honor their sacrifice. Do not waver. Do not stop until the job is done,’” Hegseth lied. Simmons recalled his exchange differently. “I can’t speak for the other families. When he spoke to me, that was not something we talked about,” he told NBC News in an interview Thursday.

White House official says Trump has no plans to send troops into Iran, despite new deployment