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The NDS, which lays out how the Defense Department will follow the guidance of the National Security Strategy (NSS), is traditionally considered a foundational document for the Pentagon. But in a contrast with past releases, the department chose an unusual lack of fanfare: it emailed the document with no warning at almost 7:00 pm on a Friday, when the entire east coast is focused on a major snowstorm that is approaching.

An investigation is being conducted into the weekend death of a Navy officer deployed to the U.S. military’s hub in the east African country of Djibouti, service officials said Friday. Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/theaters/africa/2026-01-23/navy-djibouti-camp-lemonnier-death-20500780.html Source - Stars and Stripes

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The Trump administration is weighing new tactics to drive regime change in Cuba, including imposing a total blockade on oil imports to the Caribbean country, three people familiar with the plan said Thursday.

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Editorial Board member Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. has written that at 79, Trump “needs therapy more than the United States needs to own the island to ensure its defense.” “Mr. Trump’s preoccupation with owning Greenland, like his Nobel Prize obsession, would be best addressed elsewhere: in therapy,” Jenkins wrote. “I’m perfectly serious. Once he started unburdening himself of his insecurities and traumas, he probably wouldn’t stop for a week. The world, and the U.S., would be better for it.”

As US troops carry out high-stakes missions from Venezuela to the Middle East, the Pentagon has waged an unlikely new battle at home: the war on sex toys. In its latest culture-war skirmish, the Daily Mail can reveal military officials recently blocked the delivery of sex toys to troops overseas, igniting ridicule and debate over how far the military should police private life

The Pentagon has told more U.S. military personnel to prepare for deployment to Minnesota, MS Now reported Wednesday, amid ongoing tensions over the Trump administration's immigration enforcement operations. In a prepare-to-deploy order shared with the outlet by officials who sought to remain anonymous, members of an Army military police brigade in North Carolina were warned of a potential operation involving a few hundred soldiers.

But a witness told The Associated Press last week that Lunas Campos was handcuffed as at least five guards held him down and one put an arm around his neck and squeezed until he was unconscious.

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U.S. forces seized MT Sagitta, an oil tanker considered part of the Russian “shadow fleet,” U.S. Southern Command announced Tuesday on social media platform X. Sagitta is owned by Sunne Co. Limited, a Hong Kong-based company sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury for its operations with Russia. The sanction lists Sagitta as sailing under the Panamanian flag.

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And they should feel betrayed... COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- More than 15 years ago, Danish platoon commander Martin Tamm Andersen was leading his countrymen and U.S. Marines through the heat and sand of southern Afghanistan after a Taliban attack. As Andersen’s vehicle moved at the rear of the column, everything was normal — until in one instant the world turned sand-colored. His body shook violently. “I had no idea what was going on,” he recalled. He ran his hands over his arms and legs to make sure they were still there.

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Dozens of former military leaders are supporting Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly’s First Amendment lawsuit against the Pentagon, saying Secretary Pete Hegseth’s threats against the retired Navy captain could serve to undermine veterans’ protected speech.

Congress is backing increases to the size of the U.S. armed forces this year, having passed and proposed final legislation that will raise and fund rises in end strength by more than 30,000 troops.

A senior Navy official removed from her post by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last year is running for Congress. Nancy Lacore, who served in the Navy for 35 years as a Navy helicopter pilot, three-star admiral and the chief of the Navy Reserve, announced a run for South Carolina's 1st Congressional District on Tuesday.

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As the Trump administration intervenes in Venezuela, readies troops for a possible deployment to Minnesota and threatens to seize Greenland, the Catholic archbishop for the U.S. armed forces said it “would be morally acceptable” for troops to disobey what violated their conscience.

It only takes a small effort to honor those that were historically mistreated in the past. We are talking about productive members of our society who are also serving and protecting our nation. I don't get it... Martin Luther King Jr. Day will look different in many parts of the country this year after a series of administration moves to limit observances — part of President Trump's broader crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A 50-year-old former Navy SEAL trainee was granted parole on Wednesday after spending over 30 years in prison in connection with the murder of a college student, according to the Virginia Parole Board.