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The U.S. Navy and industry teams at General Dynamics Electric Boat are planning sweeping changes to its penultimate Block V Virginia-class fast attack submarine, the future USS Baltimore (SSN 812), with an ultimate goal of converting the submarine into a special operations, special warfare, and seabed manipulation attack submarine capable of fulfilling missions currently carried out by the USS Jimmy Carter (SSN 23).

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), who voted to confirm Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, is renewing his call for President Trump to fire the Pentagon chief after Army Secretary Dan Driscoll resigned. “He needs to go, whether it’s impeachment or the most expedient route — just the president to replace him — would be great,” Tillis told reporters Thursday.

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Lawmakers demanded answers from the Department of Veterans Affairs about its support for women veterans. Thursday, U.S. Congresswoman Veronica Escobar and 11 other Democratic members of Congress sent a letter to VA Secretary Doug Collins. The letter noted the Advisory Committee on Women Veterans (ACWV) hasn't met since 2024, and a required report wasn't filed in 2025.

Hegseth, 46, met his third wife, Jennifer Rauchet, 49, when she was a producer on Fox & Friends, and he was co-hosting the show in 2017. The pair started an affair that year. At the time, Hegseth was married to his second wife, Samantha Deering, with whom he has three children, Gunner, 16, Peter Boone, 14, and Rex, 10.

In a statement carried by state media KCNA, Kim referred to the Pacific Vanguard 2026 naval exercise near Guam, calling it another threatening US-led "war game" and part of Washington's efforts to expand military influence in ⁠the Asia-Pacific ⁠region through cooperation ⁠with allies including South Korea and Japan.

WASHINGTON, Sept 17 (Reuters) - The Pentagon is reinstituting a mandatory testing program ‌for testosterone deficiency among US service members ‌age 30 and older, a spokesperson said on Thursday, bringing back a program that many medical experts have described as unnecessary and potentially harmful.

Burner phones. Pay phones. Borrowed devices. Whatever it takes to reach us without being traced. Pentagon staffers are risking their careers to blow the whistle on the disarray and discontentment consuming the Department of Defense under Secretary Pete Hegseth. 'People should know what a mess it is,' one Army officer confided. 'Things have gone from bad to worse. It's unbelievably chaotic and demoralizing.'

Experts commissioned by the U.N.’s top human rights body say they have found “reasonable grounds” to believe the United States committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran, including on a school in the southern city of Minab. They also accuse Iran’s theocratic government of carrying out crimes against humanity against its own people, in a report published Thursday.

While adding one more day to that extended recess appears insignificant, the move allows Republican leaders to avoid — at least for now — an attempt from Rep. Thomas Massie, Kentucky Republican, to force a vote on impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

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The Veterans Affairs Department is having a harder time finding candidates to meet its staffing needs across its nationwide network of healthcare facilities, VA officials are telling the agency’s watchdog office.

The emails said members selected to attend must be “consistently rated as top performers within their formations”; have a “clear record of integrity, discipline and selfless service”; “demonstrate strong presence, clear communication and sound judgment under pressure”; and “serve as role models for their peers and subordinates,” per the Journal.

Pentagon's Defense Chief Pete Hegseth's bitter clash with Sen. Mark Kelly has now become part of a formal impeachment push against the defense secretary, RadarOnline.com can exclusively reveal. According to a 34-page House resolution obtained by Radar, Republican Rep. Thomas Massie introduced articles of impeachment against Hegseth accusing him of multiple abuses of power — including an entire article centered on his treatment of Kelly.

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CFL/ACFLs, Previous PFA Results Displaying as “Incomplete.”  An issue within PRIMS is causing some Physical Fitness Assessments (PFAs) conducted prior to 2026 that previously reflected as “PASS” to now display as “INCOMPLETE.” There is currently no system-level correction available for this issue. Current solution is for the command where the PFA was conducted, needs to submit a Letter of Correction (LOC) via askmncc@us.navy.mil with the appropriate supporting documentation. Once this PRIMS issue has been resolved, the PRP Office will process all LOCs submitted as a result of this error. NRA/NRC CFL/ACFL Role Assignments. Only Navy Reserve Activity (NRA) and Navy Reserve Center (NRC) personnel may be assigned the Command Fitness Leader (CFL) role within PRIMS, unless the NRC Commanding Officer (CO) or Officer in Charge (OIC) UICs provides written authorization for the assignment to the Assistant Command Fitness Leader (ACFL) role. Commander, Navy Reserve Forces Command (COMNAVRESFORCOM) policy dictates ACFL role assignments for drilling Reserve personnel. REFERENCE: PRP GUIDE-7.

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Representative Thomas Massie on Tuesday filed eight articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, accusing him of violating the War Powers Resolution and committing other abuses of power tied to U.S. military operations.

Sailor for Life - Issue #5

This is an eye opener... The Pentagon watchdog’s report paints a picture of significant losses to US forces and facilities in the region, far more than previously acknowledged.

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Two former U.S. Navy sailors who are married have admitted to federal drug charges after selling counterfeit oxycodone tablets laced with fentanyl to military personnel in San Diego, leading to a fatal overdose.

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On May 16, more than a year after Hernandez applied her father for the Military Parole in Place program, ICE officers detained Hernandez-Reyna at a gas station just outside of Phoenix in front of Hernandez's two younger brothers. She was 2,000 miles away at the time, stationed at Fort Stewart, Georgia.

When Japanese bombs turned USS Franklin into a floating crematorium, a claustrophobic Jesuit priest walked into its burning guts and showed the Navy what courage looked like before the brass tried to make his medal smaller.