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I thought he was supposed to stay away from that whiskey bottle!?!?... LAST WEEK, SECRETARY OF WAAH Pete Hegseth released a video on social media asserting that “a real problem facing our nation’s military” is “the weakening of our chaplain corps.”

He wants to make sure the battleship he is naming after himself also looks pretty... The Navy is tasked with leading the design of the new battleships, which are expected to be ready early next decade, according to the Defense Department. Trump said he will also play a role, "because I’m a very aesthetic person."

Yesterday, CBS News pulled a story titled “Inside CECOT” just hours before it was set to air. The report examined the Trump administration’s controversial deportation of more than 250 people — most of them Venezuelan nationals — to CECOT, a sprawling prison in El Salvador where detainees were held under severe conditions. The segment featured interviews with deportees who described brutal treatment and alleged abuse inside the facility.

A leap of faith and hopes of becoming a pilot set one Sailor on a path from enlisted ranks to officer candidacy. For Petty Officer 1st Class Fonanti Sapee, an enlisted outreach coordinator at the Office of Naval Research (ONR), the dream of becoming a naval officer began not in a recruiter’s office or at a career fair, but through watching friends succeed. Aboard his previous command, USS Columbus, Sapee, whose rate is Machinist's Mate Nuclear, witnessed fellow Sailors apply for and gain acceptance to the Seaman to Admiral-21 (STA-21) program — the Navy’s commissioning opportunity for active-duty enlisted personnel.

What a misguided commander-in-Thief... He appeared to suggest during his televised address that the bonus was made possible by tariff revenue. However, the money is coming from a congressionally approved housing supplement.

The Army and Navy exceeded the legal level of recruits with the lowest acceptable Armed Forces Qualification Test scores, according to a report from the Pentagon’s Inspector General released this week. The services, which are in the midst of reversing years of stagnant new enlistments, each created preparatory courses that would allow potential recruits with low AFQT scores to spend weeks studying under military teachers, in order to raise their scores and then move to boot camp.

FALLS CHURCH, Va. – Getting married is an exciting milestone in your life! It’s also a time when many changes come along, including changes to your health coverage. Whether you’re a service member, a retiree, or marrying someone who is, it’s important to understand how marriage can affect your TRICARE eligibility and coverage.

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Chief Watertender Oscar V. Peterson spent 21 years at sea before May 7, 1942, when Japanese bombs turned the USS Neosho into a burning wreck during the Battle of the Coral Sea. Already wounded from the attack, the 42-year-old sailor crawled alone into several superheated compartments to manually close four massive steam line valves.

The U.S. Navy is pursuing a new class of smaller, more agile combatant ships that the service says will become a “critical component of the Navy’s fleet of the future.”

A striking convergence of events this week should have shaken the Pentagon’s overseers but so far hasn’t. On Wednesday, the Senate passed a $900 billion defense bill by an overwhelming 77–20 margin. A few days earlier, the New York Times devoted its entire 13-page Sunday Opinion section to argue that much of that budget is a colossal waste of money.

Instead, Hegseth and Trump are building a military focused on the Western Hemisphere, purged of dissenters and anyone concerned about the legality of their possibly criminal Caribbean boat strikes or the feasibility of an actual ground offensive against Venezuela. When American national security is governed by insecure and paranoid men, it is the grunts who always end up paying the price.

The unprompted revelation of intimate details did not stop there, however, with Trump going full disclosure on the way his third wife likes to store her underwear.

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If a president can murder civilians at sea and keep the legal justifications secret, we should all be concerned. The harm is even worse when basic factual evidence, such as full videos and orders, are also hidden from the American people.

The Clay County Sheriff's Office said Taylor Lomax, identified as an NAS Jax sailor, was arrested for shooting and killing his roommates Wednesday night. (video)

Active-duty troops and drilling Guard and reserve members will receive a 3.8% pay raise in January.

During his speech on Wednesday, Trump announced that his administration is sending 1.45 million enlisted military members a $1,776 check that they're calling a "Warrior Dividend" before Christmas. Trump claimed that the dividend was funded by revenue from his tariffs. However, Politico later reported that the funds were moved from a federal account that helps servicemembers find affordable housing.

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