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SUFFOLK, Va. — Naval Information Forces (NAVIFOR) announced its Fiscal Year 2024 Type Command (TYCOM) Sailor of the Year during a ceremony held May 8, 2025, in the Hall of Heroes at the Department of Defense Suffolk Complex.

It’s too bad President Trump’s Vietnam-era bone spurs prevented him from first-hand participation in a military parade. Generations of soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen will attest that it ain’t all that much fun. I know that from my 30-plus years in Army service as a private in the ranks, an NCO, and an officer – doesn’t matter whether you’re in the back or at the front of the formation. They’d rather have the day off. Especially if it’s your birthday.

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YOKOSUKA, Japan — A U.S. Navy sailor pleaded no contest Wednesday in a Japanese court to causing the death of a motorcyclist in a collision near Yokosuka Naval Base last year. He may face up to 18 months in prison. Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2025-05-07/sailor-plea-fatal-collision-japan-17711700.html Source - Stars and Stripes

WASHINGTON — Dozens of veterans and Democratic lawmakers gathered Tuesday afternoon on Capitol Hill to advocate for veterans who rely on services and benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs and push back against the Trump administration’s planned job cuts at the agency. Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2025-05-06/veterans-rally-lawmakers-job-cuts-health-care-17706089.html Source - Stars and Stripes

FALLS CHURCH, Va. – Do you live in the Atlanta, Georgia or Tampa, Florida metropolitan area? Your TRICARE health plan options are about to expand. Starting in January 2026, TRICARE Prime Atlanta and TRICARE Prime Tampa options, a Competitive Plans Demonstration, will bring more choices to eligible beneficiaries.

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Earlier this year, doctors at Veterans Affairs hospitals in Pennsylvania sounded an alarm. Sweeping cuts imposed by the Trump administration, they told higher-ups in an email, were causing “severe and immediate impacts,” including to “life-saving cancer trials.”

What an absolute waste of resources by an incompetent president... The U.S. is stepping up its intelligence-gathering efforts regarding Greenland, drawing America’s spying apparatus into President Trump’s campaign to take over the island, according to two people familiar with the effort.

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A U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet crashed into the Red Sea on Wednesday after an arresting-gear malfunction during landing operations aboard the USS Harry S. Truman, marking the second such loss from the carrier in recent weeks. Both the pilot and weapons systems officer ejected safely and were rescued by a Navy helicopter, suffering only minor injuries, according to defense officials. https://ilkha.com/english/world/second-f-a-18-super-hornet-crashes-into-red-sea-from-uss-harry-s-truman-456088

The Navy received 2,027 reports of sexual assault in Fiscal Year 2024, an increase of 4.4 percent over the previous year, according to the Department of Defense’s Annual Sexual Assault Report, released Thursday. The DoD sees increases in sexual assault reports as a positive trend, noting that it means more service members are willing to trust the system, bringing the numbers closer to actual prevalence. According to the annual sexual assault report for Fiscal year 2023, an estimated 7.5 percent of female sailors and 1.8 percent of male experience unwanted sexual contact. The DoD did not measure prevalence in FY 2024. The next survey will be conducted in Fiscal Year 2025.

The planned expansion of one of the Navy’s programs to combat suicide and sexual assault is stalled due to the ongoing Department of Defense hiring freeze, USNI News has learned. The Integrated Primary Prevention Workforce is a Navy program that hires civilians to assist and advise leaders on how to bring healthy life skills to the fleet, USNI News previously reported. The program focuses on skills to help with harmful behaviors, like suicide ideation or sexual assault. IPPW was created through a NAVADMIN on command climate as part of the DOD mandate on primary prevention.

Republican lawmakers are calling the White House’s defense budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year an overall cut to the military following Friday’s release of the so-called skinny budget. While the White House is claiming that the Fiscal Year 2026 proposal would include the first $1 trillion defense budget, Republicans on Capitol Hill say that number includes dollars from the current reconciliation proposal and argue that accounting does not add up to the defense spending they want to see from the new administration.

NORFOLK, Virginia – The commanding officer of Navy Reserve Center (NRC) Manchester, New Hampshire was relieved May 2 due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command.

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - It is disgusting how your department is politicizing your announcements, events and actions: Shame on you, focus on the Vets not on trump... WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs today announced a three-pronged approach to eliminate barriers and streamline the process for how eligible survivors and dependents of deceased Veterans and servicemembers apply for and receive VA benefits and services. Specific improvements include:

Active Component (AC) and Training and Administration of the Reserves (TAR) Cycle 266 AC Timeline: 23 May 2025: Rating change deadline 12 June 2025, 2359 CST: LTB deadline 23 June 2025: Board convenes 18 July 2025: Board adjourns Cycles 116 & 266 FY 2026 NAVY AD AND RESERVE COMPONENT ADVANCEMENT SELECTION AND SCREEN BOARDS FOR CPO

Selected Reserve (SELRES) Cycle 116 RC timeline: 22 May 2025, 2359 CST: Letter to the Board (LTB) deadline 02 June 2025: Board convenes 13 June 2025: Board adjourns * Mobilized individual ready reserve and canvasser recruiter personnel are considered under the SELRES requirements for advancement. Cycles 116 & 266 FY 2026 NAVY AD AND RESERVE COMPONENT ADVANCEMENT SELECTION AND SCREEN BOARDS FOR CPO

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Morons Are Governing America NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Roughly a week after Donald Trump started his second term as president, the U.S. military issued an order to three freight airlines operating out of Dover Air Force Base in Delaware and a U.S. base in Qatar: Stop 11 flights loaded with artillery shells and other weaponry and bound for Ukraine. In a matter of hours, frantic questions reached Washington from Ukrainians in Kyiv and from officials in Poland, where the shipments were coordinated. Who had ordered the U.S. Transportation Command, known as TRANSCOM, to halt the flights? Was it a permanent pause on all aid? Or just some?

The United States will stop strikes against Yemen’s Houthi group, President Donald Trump announced Tuesday, after a nearly-two-month bombing campaign. Trump, ahead of a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, said the halt would start immediately. The Houthis approached the administration on Monday night indicating “they want to stop the fighting,” he said.

Activists are coordinating a protest on June 14—Flag Day and President Donald Trump's birthday—targeting a military-style parade planned by the Trump administration. The president has said the parade will be a patriotic tribute, but the "No Kings" group, which is organizing the protest, has described the parade as "a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday." Newsweek has contacted the Department of Defense for comment.

A failed interception of a missile fired from Yemen forced Israel to briefly shut down its main international airport on Sunday, exposing the country’s vulnerabilities and the Houthi rebels’ continued ability to strike distant targets despite a sustained US military campaign.

The White House has backed off President Donald Trump’s stunning social media proposal to change the name of Veterans Day to “Victory Day for World War I” and will settle for keeping the name while adding a proclamation hailing American victory in World War I.