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The Houthis released footage on Friday, alleging to show the terror group shooting down a US MQ-9 Reaper drone during Thursday’s airstrikes on Houthi strongholds in Yemen.

Michael Cook, a Navy servicemember, was sentenced to prison for driving from Virginia Beach to Hampton with the intent to have sex with a 14-year-old girl in 2024.

NAPLES, Italy — The Navy has no way of knowing whether its commanders have created a suicide crisis plan as mandated by the service in the face of persistently alarming numbers of sailor suicide deaths, a Defense Department Inspector General audit found. Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2025-04-18/navy-suicide-inspector-general-17507390.html Source - Stars and Stripes

AUSTIN, Texas — A measles outbreak in West Texas has reached Fort Bliss, with at least one confirmed case reported at the installation, military health officials said. Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-04-17/fort-bliss-texas-measles-outbreak-17501571.html Source - Stars and Stripes

Did you know that military hospitals and clinics have support staff who can help you navigate your TRICARE benefit? These include Beneficiary Counseling and Assistance Coordinators. You can find them at any military hospital or clinic.

Become a Small Arms Marksmanship Instructor (SAMI) and help ensure the navy stays mission-ready. You'll train and qualify Sailors in the safe handling and employment of pistols, rifles and shotguns, directly supporting Fleet-wide Force Protection requirements. For more information email RTCMentorshipConnections@us.navy.mil

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Less than a week remains until a report including recommendations on actions to secure the U.S.-Mexico border will be delivered to the president's desk. Among these recommendations may be the invocation of the Insurrection Act of 1807.

Poor Leadership So many departments have infighting issues, firings at the top and meddling, that I wanted to highlight some that are in the news just today. Who is watching China other than the one who leaked some classified information to the public about the Yemen conflict? Poll: How tariffs are tanking Trump’s approval rating Scoop: Musk vs. Bessent dispute erupted into West Wing shouting match As Controversies Pile Up, Trump Allies Increasingly Turn on One Another Former Pentagon official warns department's dysfunction could topple Hedgehog DOD says it sought resignation of official at center of DEI overhaul Rubio’s firing of Marocco ignites a MAGA world meltdown Head of I.R.S. Being Ousted Amid Treasury’s Power Struggle With Elon Musk ‘Little Marco’ Rubio Splits With Trump With Brutal Slapdown on Ukraine Pentagon turmoil deepens: Top Hedgehog aide leaves post ICE Barbie’s Alleged Lover’s Brazen Power Grab Laid Bare ‘There Is a Complete Meltdown in the Building’: Pentagon Reportedly in ‘Chaos’ as Hedgehog Loses Four Staffers in One Day Three Hedgehog aides ousted in leak investigation decry 'baseless attacks'

The one problem with their success story: Veterans Guardian’s business model runs afoul of the law, say lawmakers and attorneys general from across the country. But nobody has been able to stop them.

Why is the U.S. Central Command resorting to childish comments such as the #HouthisAreTerrorists hashtag? That is something trump would do... Act a little more professional and don't resort to trumpist behavior. More than a month after announcing an indefinite bombing campaign against Houthi rebels in Yemen, the Defense Department has offered little information and the command overseeing the campaign is refusing to answer even basic questions on what U.S. forces have accomplished in the area or whether troops have been under fire or injured.

The circular reasoning is breathtaking: Trump can abuse his power because the White House has concluded that Trump can abuse his power, therefore there’s nothing wrong with Trump abusing his power.

When asked by reporters Thursday afternoon if he believed Abrego Garcia was entitled to due process, President Donald Trump ducked the question. “I have to refer, again, to the lawyers,” he said in the Oval Office. “I have to do what they ask me to do.” A three-judge panel from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously refused to suspend a judge's decision to order sworn testimony by Trump administration officials to determine if they complied with her instruction to facilitate Abrego Garcia's return.

CFL/ACFLs, - NAVMED 6110/4, NAVPERS 6110.10 AND NAVPERS 6110.11 forms have been added to the PRIMS library. PRIMS UPDATES: PHA Due Date missing for online PARFQ submission: The testing phase of the programming issue that has negatively impacted the ability to submit a PARFQ via MyNavy Portal (MNP) is complete. We anticipate those affected will be able to input their PARFQ online via MNP within the next month.

A military family organization joined a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s executive order imposing stricter voting requirements, arguing it would add barriers for troops and families who vote by absentee ballot.

Mentions of race, gender and, in some cases, disabilities have been scrubbed from an upcoming report from a federal task force aimed at improving veterans' access to parks and other outdoor recreation, according to copies of different versions of the report reviewed by Military.com and a task force member who resigned in protest of the changes.

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WASHINGTON — A mortgage industry group representing small and mid-sized lenders urged Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins to delay ending a home loan rescue program run by the VA that lets veterans facing foreclosure refinance their mortgages at a lower interest rate. Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2025-04-16/veterans-home-loans-refinance-mortgages-17490857.html Source - Stars and Stripes

FALLS CHURCH, Va. – You may have heard about the ongoing measles outbreak in the U.S. As of April 10, there have been 712 confirmed cases in 2025, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While most of these cases are in Texas and New Mexico, cases have been rising across the country. Anyone who isn’t protected against measles can get the illness—and children are especially at risk of getting seriously sick. You may be wondering how to keep your family safe. CDC: Tracking Measles Cases and Outbreaks

A Chinese satellite company linked to the country’s military is supplying Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen with imagery to target US warships and international vessels in the Red Sea, according to American officials.

There’s growing concern that President Donald Trump might invoke the Insurrection Act to bring National Guard troops under federal control and deploy them within the U.S. This speculation may be partly because one of President Trump’s Inauguration Day executive orders, which declared a national emergency at the southern border set an April 20 deadline for the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security to recommend whether to use the Insurrection Act. That date is approaching quickly.

US law specifically prohibits presidents from directing the IRS to investigate anyone in a section entitled: “Prohibition on executive branch influence over taxpayer audits and other investigations.” While the IRS falls under the Treasury Department, it’s important that it be as protected from politics as possible. That’s why the IRS has only two politically appointed officials, according to Mark Mazur, who was assistant secretary of treasury for tax policy at the outset of the Biden administration

Another grassroots, widespread action against the Trump administration is planned nationwide on Saturday. Search for Event

Rule of Law A federal judge on Wednesday said he has found probable cause to hold President Donald Trump’s administration in criminal contempt of court for violating his orders to turn around planes carrying deportees to El Salvador.

Government Overreach The American Civil Liberties Union has sued the Department of Defense’s school system for children of military families, asserting that the removal of race- and gender-related books and curricula violated students’ First Amendment protections against government censorship. The suit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in northeast Virginia said the Department of Defense Education Activity nixed educational materials in line with an executive order issued by President Donald Trump in January.