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May 21, 2025 - TRIAD May 22, 2025 - Fleetwide via NAVADMIN

OPSEC WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A hacker who breached the communications service used by former Trump national security adviser Mike Waltz earlier this month intercepted messages from a broader swathe of American officials than has previously been reported, according to a Reuters review, potentially raising the stakes of a breach that has already drawn questions about data security in the Trump administration.

WASHINGTON -- A military veteran whose Capitol riot case was erased by a presidential proclamation was convicted Tuesday of charges that he illegally possessed guns and ammunition in his van when he was arrested near President Barack Obama's home in the nation's capital.

The UK and Europe have announced major sanctions against Russia as it became clear that Monday’s call between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin had failed to deliver any meaningful concessions from Moscow.

The Defense Department’s school system for the children of U.S. service members is a source of pride for many military parents. But a small and growing chorus of protest, like walkouts and missed classes, underscores increasing concern that these schools are being used as a political proving ground – and that education for American military families will suffer.

HONOLULU – Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet (PACFLT), announced the FY 2024 Sailors of the Year (SOY) during a ceremony held, May 14, at the Ala Moana Hotel in Honolulu. Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Andrew Velikic was selected as the Sea Sailor of the Year, and Aviation Structural Mechanic 1st Class Joseph Hopkins was selected as the Shore Sailor of the Year.

The U.S. will upgrade a Philippine military base crucial for Manila’s South China Sea operations, including resupply missions to contested maritime features such as Second Thomas Shoal, by constructing a boat repair and maintenance facility. Naval Detachment Oyster Bay, home to Philippine Navy patrol ships, gunboats, Marine fibreglass boats and resupply assets operating in the South China Sea, is slated to receive between $1 and $5 million in funding from Washington by June or July of this year to develop repair infrastructure to support “host nation vessels.”

Secretary of Defense Peter B. Hegseth announced the 2025 recipients of the Commander in Chief's Annual Award for Installation Excellence. The Commander in Chief's Annual Award for Installation Excellence recognizes the outstanding and innovative efforts of the people who operate and maintain U.S. military installations. The six recipients of this highly competitive presidential award were selected for their exemplary support of Department of Defense missions. Recipients of the 2025 Commander in Chief's Annual Award for Installation Excellence are:

FALLS CHURCH, Va. – When you’re covered by a TRICARE health plan, you also have pharmacy coverage through the TRICARE Pharmacy Program. And as with any TRICARE plan, it’s important to know how this program works. You should be familiar with certain terms that can help you make the most of your pharmacy benefit. One of those terms is prior authorization.

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Donald Trump took a break from serving as the leader of the free world on May 16 to write a borderline incoherent screed against Bruce Springsteen, just after the songwriter blasted him at the inaugural date of his 2025 European tour.

Within a day of this collision, there were three more unidentified aircraft sightings over the Air Force's Barry Goldwater Range, where the fighter was damaged, the documents stated. Barry Goldwater Range is an expanse of desert along the Arizona-Mexico border where the military practices air-to-air and air-to-ground combat. The FAA's report of the F-16 collision revealed that the fighter was flying in restricted airspace near Gila Bend, Arizona , when it was hit by the object in the rear of the canopy, the glass bubble which protects the pilot.

A retired four-star Navy admiral was found guilty of a bribery scheme Monday following a three-day jury deliberation in Washington, D.C. Adm. Robert P. Burke, a former vice chief of naval operations who more recently served as the commander of naval forces in Europe and Africa before retiring in 2022, was convicted of bribery, conspiracy to commit bribery, and performing acts affecting a personal financial interest and concealing material facts. He has become the senior-most member of the United States military to ever be convicted of committing a federal crime while on active duty, according to The Washington Post. He was initially, arrested in May 2024.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Vice Adm. Nancy Lacore, Chief of Navy Reserve and Commander, Navy Reserve Force, announced the selection of Air Traffic Controller 1st Class (AW/SW/IW) Stephanie Y. Ramirez as the 2024 Navy Reserve Sailor of the Year (RSOY), in a ceremony, May 16.

When the number of former prisoners of war receiving benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs nearly doubled without explanation, an American survivor of the “Hanoi Hilton” wanted answers. Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2025-05-19/pow-veteran-counting-vietnam-gulf-17786591.html Source - Stars and Stripes

A wild Japanese macaque has prompted multiple safety alerts from U.S. military bases in Japan, following reports of the animal appearing near installations and housing areas. Most recently, Naval Air Facility (NAF) Atsugi, located about 28 miles southwest of Tokyo, posted a community-wide warning after receiving sightings of a roaming macaque just outside the base.

VA Secretary Doug Collins - stop sucking up to trump so much. Your focus should be on the vets... WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs today announced changes that will make it easier for VA-enrolled Veterans to access health care from non-VA providers at the department’s expense. Since 2019, the MISSION Act has enabled VA-enrolled Veterans to access health care from non-VA providers at the department’s expense when it is in their best medical interest. These decisions have been made jointly by Veterans and their referring clinicians but were not considered final until they were reviewed by a second VA doctor.

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On the panel to the right, I've changed the view from "Latest News" (the newest posts,) to "Most Viewed (For the last 20 days or so.)" If you would rather have it the old way (Latest News,) please let me know. You can post or "contact me." I'll experiment with the amount of days (how old the news is) and see how it works but I don't mind switching it back to the old way if you all want.

Folks, I would not characterize this deployment as "disastrous." As I've mentioned, the Navy is overworked and in my opinion not receiving the needed training because they are deployed so often. Additionally, the crew on most ships need a break and the ships most definitely need a break for some much needed maintenance and repair. Had to get my 2 cents worth for the very hard working Sailors in our Navy that the media does not know about. The US Navy aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman is at last making its way home after an eventful extended deployment that saw the ship participate in combat operations against the Iran-backed Houthis but also lose three aircraft.

President Donald Trump boosted a wild conspiracy theory that accuses the Clinton family of murdering seven people. Trump posted the clip—with the title “THE VIDEO HILLARY CLINTON DOES NOT WANT YOU TO SEE”—to Truth Social on Saturday. The president offered no commentary of his own on the video. The video attempts to link two of Trump’s most bitter political rivals, former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, to the deaths of John F. Kennedy Jr., DNC staffer Seth Rich, former White House lawyer Vince Foster, and others.

“F-35, we’re doing an upgrade, a simple upgrade, but we’re also doing an F-55. I’m going to call it an F-55, and that’s going to be a substantial upgrade, but it’s going to be also with two engines because the F-35 had a single engine. I don’t like single engines.” Duhhh, see Spot run! Run Spot, run!

'We Don't Do Kings': Mass Protests Planned to Counter Trump's Birthday Military Parade

A big protest is planned next month to upstage a massive military parade on President Trump's birthday. The group behind the event, Refuse Facism, held rallies against the Trump administration in downtown Los Angeles and cities across the country Saturday.