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Navy Exchange Service Command The price for school breakfast and lunch at all Department of Defense Education Activity schools outside the continental United States managed by the Navy Exchange Service Command will increase $0.25 for the 2026 – 2027 school year. This is the first change in pricing in four years. The lunch price for elementary and secondary students’ meals will be $3.75 and $4 respectively. Breakfast prices for all grades will be $2.25. There will be no price increase for students who qualify for free and reduced-price meals. Per federal guidelines, families qualifying for reduced-price meals will continue to pay 30 cents for breakfast and 40 cents for lunch. The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (Public Law 111-296) requires DoDEA schools, as participants in the U. S. Department of Agriculture meal program, to raise paid student lunch prices to a level comparable to the rates used for USDA reimbursement. The DoDEA Student Meal Program meets the same USDA guidelines as schools in the continental United States by providing quality nutritional meals that contain whole grains, lean proteins, fresh fruits and vegetables, and milk to students. For more information on the Student Meal Program, visit myNavyExchange.com/smp

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Over three years after the hit-and-run death of a local Navy chief in Virginia Beach, the man behind the wheel was found guilty of the hit-and-run charge, but not guilty of more serious charges. Joshua Robinson was found guilty of causing injury related to the hit-and-run that ended the life of Navy Chief Petty Officer Tyler Murphy; he was found not guilty of murder and involuntary manslaughter, the Virginia Beach Commonwealth's Attorney's office said.

The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee is asking the Justice Department for answers after NPR's investigation revealed Epstein files related to President Trump are missing from the public record. In a letter first shared with NPR, ranking member Robert Garcia, D-Calif., is asking Attorney General Pam Bondi to explain why what appear to be dozens of pages of interviews and interview notes related to allegations of sexual abuse against President Trump were not among three million pages released in recent months.

Since taking office as the secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Doug Collins has harped on one point repeatedly: The VA spends too much money on its suicide prevention operations and gets too little in return. Seventeen veterans die by suicide each day—a number that hasn’t meaningfully changed for 15 years—despite an annual budget of $588 million for its prevention programs that Collins says are rife with “serious vulnerabilities for waste.” He advocates for “tak[ing] the programs, let’s take the outreach we’re using and maybe redirect that $588 million to suicide prevention programs that are working.”

The Department of WAAH (D'oH!) has received no instructions to send a Navy vessel to the Danish territory, officials say.

WASHINGTON — The Disabled American Veterans’ top leader delivered a dire message to lawmakers on Capitol Hill Tuesday, warning that a continued shift of resources from the Department of Veterans Affairs to the private sector risks “hollowing out the only health care system in the country that is purpose-built for veterans.” Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2026-02-24/va-services-erodes-private-sector-grows-20864660.html Source - Stars and Stripes

MAYPORT, Fla. – Rear Adm. Carlos Sardiello, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/4th Fleet. relieved the commanding officer of USS Truxtun (DDG 103), Cmdr. James Koffi, Feb. 22, due to a loss of confidence in Koffi’s ability to command. The relief occurred after Truxtun was involved in a collision with the USNS Supply (T-AOE-6) during a replenishment-at-sea on Feb. 11, 2026, in the U.S Southern Command area of responsibility. The cause of the incident remains under investigation. Cmdr. Taylor Auclair who was most recently assigned to U.S. Fleet Forces Command will serve as Truxtun’s commanding officer. The Navy maintains the highest standards for leaders and holds them accountable when those standards are not met. Truxtun is currently in port Ponce, Puerto Rico, in support of the U.S. Southern Command mission, Department of War-directed operations, and the President’s priorities to disrupt illicit drug trafficking and protect the homeland. Koffi, who assumed command of Truxtun on Jan. 9, 2025, has been temporarily reassigned to Commander, Naval Surface Group Middle Atlantic.

An analysis of exit surveys completed by sailors departing the service has surfaced one clear finding: the fleet is burnt out. That’s according to Rear Adm. Jennifer Couture, the Navy’s director of Military Personnel Plans and Policy. In an interview with Military Times this month, Couture said the Navy is considering significant changes — including cutting down the length of sailors’ second sea tours — to make service more sustainable and keep troops in uniform for longer.

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FALLS CHURCH, Va. – Have you experienced a mild traumatic brain injury, or mTBI, also known as a concussion? The Defense Health Agency and Veterans Health Administration would like to hear from you. Together, they’re hosting a virtual focus group on Friday, March 20 at 1 p.m. ET, inviting patients to share their experiences living with and recovering from mTBI. This initiative aims to learn directly from patients to help shape clinical practice guidelines for treatment across military and veteran communities. “Our team is seeking any patient that has a diagnosis of mTBI—or had an alteration due to loss of consciousness, such as post-traumatic amnesia,” said Lynn Young, RN, BSN, CIC, Office of Evidence-Based Practice, Medical Affairs at the Defense Health Agency. “Sharing your experience will help inform discussions and generate inputs for the clinical practice guideline.” Each focus group needs nine volunteers and lasts about two hours. Participants will provide feedback on a new clinical practice guideline for mTBI. The deadline to register is Thursday, March 12 at 5 p.m. ET. Requirements:

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The Famous Video... We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community...

Jeanine Pirro's office has decided to stop pursuing the case against six Democratic lawmakers who urged members of the military and intelligence communities in a social media video not to comply with unlawful orders, three people familiar with the matter told NBC News. Don’t give up the ship

A Navy reservist on active duty accused of murdering his wife in Virginia is believed to have fled to Hong Kong, according to a federal affidavit filed by the FBI. Investigators said 38-year-old David Varela left the country on or about Feb. 5, the same day police discovered his wife’s body inside a kitchen freezer at their Norfolk home in the 300 block of East Main Street.

Donald Trump is weighing options to avoid a major military conflict with Iran if the country does not ditch its nuclear program after General Dan “Raizin” Caine told him an attack would be “far more difficult” than the operation that captured Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela, The New York Times reported on Sunday evening.

TNR reporter Edith Olmsted wrote that “A 21-page slideshow buried in the massive trove of Epstein-related documents included allegations that sometime between 1983 and 1985, Trump forced a woman to give him oral sex when she was in her early teens,” Olmsted wrote. “When the woman bit down on Trump’s exposed penis, he allegedly punched her in the head and kicked her out. That same woman told the DOJ that Epstein had introduced her to Trump in 1984.”

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said in a post to social media on Sunday she was "happy to live in a country where there is free and equal access to healthcare for everyone." The Danish leader did not explicitly reference Trump's comments but said it is "not insurance and wealth that determine whether you get proper treatment" in Denmark. "The same approach is followed in Greenland," Frederiksen added.

On February 5, an ice sculpture titled “Prosecute ICE” was displayed outside the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul by the veteran-led group Common Defense. The sculpture, which cost $7,000 and was created by a local artist, aimed to protest federal immigration practices. However, the piece was vandalized later in the day by Jake Lang, an individual linked to the January 6 insurrection, and was subsequently charged with a felony for property damage. [Context: The incident occurred during a planned move of the sculpture to a nearby business for a more permanent exhibit.]

There are an estimated 7,800 children on US military childcare waitlists. Military families and advocates say the number masks deeper shortfalls that continue to sideline working spouses and strain service members.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Denmark's military says its arctic command forces evacuated a crew member of a U.S. submarine off the coast of Greenland for urgent medical treatment.

As the trump administration continues to use Navy personnel for military action off Venezuela, I'd like to remind everyone of what trump did December 1, 2025 when he pardoned Juan Orlando Hernández. Juan Orlando Hernández is the former Honduran president. He was convicted in a U.S. federal court on March 8, 2024, of three counts of drug trafficking and weapons conspiracy. Prosecutors proved he participated in a 18-year-long conspiracy to transport over 400 tons of U.S.-bound cocaine through Honduras, starting as far back as 2004. He did more as did his brother... Last month, Trump cheered a military assault by U.S. forces that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, and brought them to the U.S. to face charges related to cocaine trafficking. Maduro, trump said, led a “vicious cartel” that “flooded our nation with lethal poison responsible for the deaths of countless Americans.” But when it comes to former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who was tried and convicted in the U.S. in 2024 and sentenced to 45 years in prison for taking bribes and allowing traffickers to export more than 400 tons of cocaine to the U.S., Trump has taken a decidedly softer tone.

The US military has assembled a massive collection of weapons systems in the Middle East amid diplomatic negotiations between the US and Iran, flooding ships and aircraft to nearby waters and the constellation of US bases in the region.

Make sure they stick to their word... WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs on Thursday abruptly announced that it would stop enforcing a new rule requiring disability ratings to be calculated by how well veterans function on medication and not solely on the underlying condition or injury itself. Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2026-02-19/va-rule-change-evaluative-rating-halted-enforcement-20805900.html Source - Stars and Stripes