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WASHINGTON, Jan 18 (Reuters) - The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers in Alaska to prepare for a possible deployment to Minnesota, the site of large protests against the government's deportation drive, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Sunday.

The U.S. Navy is refitting its three Zumwalt-class destroyers to carry the Conventional Prompt Strike hypersonic weapon, aiming to give the ships a clear combat role after years of controversy. Originally designed for close-to-shore naval gunfire support, the class lost its signature mission when the Advanced Gun System’s specialized ammunition became too expensive and was canceled.

After more than 200 days at sea, the USS Gerald R. Ford’s extended cruise has become a case study in how global demand collides with limited carrier availability. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle is signaling firm resistance to stretching the deployment further, citing the human cost to sailors and the downstream damage to maintenance schedules and material readiness.

The tariffs target Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland, trump wrote on Untruth Social.

The Trump administration is exerting political pressure on Stars & Stripes, the independent military newspaper that informs US servicemembers worldwide.

Great job Mom! A month after the carrier left Norfolk July 24, 2025, initially bound for Europe and the Mediterranean, the mother of a sailor contacted NPR to complain about the unsanitary conditions on the carrier. Around the same time, emails from USS Ford show the executive officer on the Ford was demanding answers from the engineering department about breakdowns.

The Department of Veterans Affairs has relaunched efforts to find a new head of veterans benefits following the withdrawal of nominee Karen Brazell last October.

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Navy Sailors and family, please heed the advice of medically educated officials, this think is getting out of control... A measles outbreak in South Carolina that began in October is now wildly accelerating, doubling in just the past week to a total of 434 cases, with 409 people currently in quarantine. Amid the outbreak, South Carolina health officials have been providing updates on cases every Tuesday and Friday. On Tuesday, state health officials reported 124 more cases since last Friday, which had 99 new cases since the previous Tuesday. On that day, January 6, officials noted a more modest increase of 26 cases, bringing the outbreak total at that point to 211 cases.

The Pentagon on Thursday said it is moving a carrier strike group from the South China Sea toward the Middle East as tensions between the U.S. and Iran continue to rise.

Follow link, type in your ZIP code or search your county to see vaccination levels and the risk in your area. Move your cursor over your neighborhood for results.

As our democracy continues to erode... A paper with a 165-year history of editorial independence is now receiving orders from the Pentagon about the direction it should take. Stars and Stripes, founded during the Civil War and published continuously since World War II, has long served the U.S. military community under First Amendment protections granted by Congress while receiving Pentagon funding.

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The Naval Criminal Investigative Service is investigating the death of a sailor who was found dead Friday inside a Navy building on Naval Station Norfolk. Fire Controlman (Aegis) 1st Class Alonzo Martin Jr. was found inside the Surface Combat Systems Training Command Detachment Middle Atlantic’s building on the Virginia naval base, according to a statement from Cmdr. Laura Stegherr, a spokesperson for the Naval Education and Training Command. Martin was an instructor with the Surface Combat Systems Training Command.

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“We need to make a dent into that,” Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle said of the Navy's 355-ship requirement. “I think the chairman, and I think the secretary of Navy and the secretary of War agree that that the Navy needs a budget commensurate with its mission set.”

WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy military forces in Minnesota after days of angry protests over a surge in immigration agents on the streets of Minneapolis.

What do you think the Navy has been doing since its inception?!? The head of the U.S. Navy spoke at a military conference Tuesday about the need for the service to prioritize speed and risk-taking to remain constantly prepared for an international armed conflict.

Maybe they should change it to the Department of Forever Wars (DoFW)... D'oh! The Trump administration’s renaming of the Department of Defense to the “Department of War” could cost as much as $125 million, the Congressional Budget Office said in a Wednesday report, providing an estimate of the cost months after President Donald Trump said the change “just sounded to me better.”

WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (Reuters) - The United States has seized another Venezuela-linked tanker, U.S. officials told Reuters on Thursday, ahead of a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Venezuelan opposition leader Maria ‌Corina Machado.