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CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED/ ROUTINE R 161538Z DEC 25 MID120038487714U FM SECNAV WASHINGTON DC TO ALNAV INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC SECNAV WASHINGTON DC BT UNCLAS ALNAV 089/25 MSGID/GENADMIN/SECNAV WASHINGTON DC/-/DEC// SUBJ/FY-26 REAR ADMIRAL (LOWER HALF) STAFF CORPS (SUPPLY CORPS) SELECTION// RMKS/1. The President of the United States has approved the report of the selection board which recommended the following officer in the Staff Corps on the active-duty list for promotion to the permanent grade of Rear Admiral (lower half). 2. Frocking to Rear Admiral (lower half) is not authorized except on an individual basis by the Secretary of War. Troy, Milton W. III 3. Released by the Honorable John C. Phelan, Secretary of the Navy.// BT #0001 NNNN CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED/

Expanding access to cancer care for rural Veterans

E5 & E6 Advancement Cycles 268 & 117 AC/TAR Advancement Announcement Timeline is here December 19 – Quotas released December 23 – Triad notifications December 24 – Public release

I believe there is a credibility & ethical issue with the Secretary of Waah... Sam Stein sits down with CNN’s Andrew Kaczynski to discuss Pete Hegseth’s past comments on military law and unlawful orders. Kaczynski unearthed video of Hegseth defending troops for refusing illegal orders

When a U.S. Navy photoanalyst disappeared from the United States in 1986, it would be two years before he surfaced again — but when he did, he was across the globe in Russia using a new name. A 1989 PEOPLE story described how American officials had already suspected Glenn Michael Souther of being a traitor. Still, it would be an 1989 obituary in Moscow that shed light on exactly how much Souther had allegedly done for Russia before his death at age 32.

The speed and scale of Jared Kushner’s re-emergence can’t be overstated. In the first year of Donald Trump’s second presidency, his son-in-law is casually consolidating economic and political power with staggering speed. Kushner has positioned himself at the center of the biggest media merger in years and at the fulcrum of White House foreign policy, all while taking in multi-billion-dollar investments from autocratic governments.

US forces seized a Chinese cargo headed to Iran as part of an operation to disrupt the rearming of Iranian regime forces, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. The ship was boarded on the Indian Ocean a month ago, and several pieces of military equipment were seized, officials revealed to the US newspaper.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs plans to eliminate as many as 35,000 health-care positions this month, the Washington Post reported on Saturday, citing an internal memo, Veterans Affairs staffers and congressional aides. Reuters could not immediately confirm the report. The cuts involve mostly unfilled jobs, including doctors, nurses, and support staff, the report said. The agency hopes that the cuts will reduce the health care workforce to as few as 372,000 employees, a 10% reduction from last year, the report added, citing a memo shared with regional leaders last month.

Navy Medicine Fast Facts: Frozen Blood Research

Two U.S. Army soldiers and a civilian U.S. interpreter were killed Saturday in an attack in Palmyra, Syria, the Pentagon said. Three other U.S. personnel were wounded in the attack, which occurred during what the Pentagon described as a "key leader engagement" supporting ongoing counter-ISIS operations, according to a statement posted on X by Sean Parnell, the Pentagon's chief spokesperson.

More than 50 members of Congress are demanding answers from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and homeland security officials after the Guardian revealed the VA is compiling a report on all non-US citizens “employed by or affiliated with” the government agency that will then be shared with other federal agencies, including immigration authorities.

A British mother holding an infant, a Ukrainian refugee, the wife of a Navy veteran, a German man about to celebrate his first wedding anniversary. These are some of the spouses of U.S. citizens who were recently detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at what they thought were going to be routine green card interviews.

Wow! After Leavitt spoke, Kamlager-Dove almost immediately renewed her suggestion that Trump, 79, is taking the anti-Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi.

The Trump administration said on Dec. 10 that it would transfer roughly 760 acres of public land along the U.S.-Mexico border in California to the Navy for three years to support border security operations.

How much is this costing taxpayers? Nearly seven years later, Mr. Maduro is still in power. Mr. Rubio, now Mr. Trump’s secretary of state and interim national security adviser, is a primary architect of an escalating military pressure campaign against Venezuela. And while pushing out Mr. Maduro appears to be one immediate goal of U.S. policy, doing so could help fulfill another decades-long dream of Mr. Rubio’s: dealing a critical blow to Cuba.

At the center of that mission was U.S. Special Forces Veteran Bryan Stern, the bearded, broad-shouldered founder of Grey Bull Rescue Foundation. Stern and his team of U.S. military veterans have pulled off hundreds of extractions around the world. But this one, he says, was different.

Phoebe Ervin tried everything to drown out the sound. As golf fans descended on her Long Island, New York, community in late September to watch the U.S. and Europe compete for the Ryder Cup, she tried desperately to ignore the whir of helicopter blades. This time, they were ferrying VIPs to the course, not flying above the desert of Iraq.

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A decision concerning the fate of the U.S. Navy's futuristic fighter must be "made quickly," considering how long it will take to build, test and get familiar with such a sophisticated warplane, the chief of U.S. naval operations said.

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I can safely assume that there will be investigations after there is a new president and lawmakers, including Republicans, are no longer under the claws of trump... U.S. service members — including staff officers and at least one drone pilot — are seeking advice from outside groups, fearing they could face legal consequences for any involvement in the Trump administration's lethal strikes on suspected drug boats.

Democrats on the Senate Armed Services Committee wrote a letter to Secretary of the Navy John Phelan on Tuesday expressing concern about the Navy's review of Sen. Mark Kelly, a retired U.S. Navy Captain who serves on the committee.

"Madame Secretary, how many United States military veterans have you deported?" Rep. Seth Magaziner, a Democrat from Rhode Island, asked Noem during the hearing.

Service members will see a 4.2% average increase in their basic allowance for housing in 2026 — a smaller boost than the 5.4% increase they received in 2024 and 2025. But the actual increases military households will receive will vary depending largely on where they are stationed and their pay grades. While the increase is higher in some areas, the rates decrease in several areas, including Phoenix, Arizona, and Brownsville, Texas. Service members stationed in areas where rates go down are protected and get to keep their existing BAH.

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