Navy names aircraft carriers after former presidents Bush and Clinton
The Navy vessels will be the first to bear the names of former presidents William J. Clinton and George W. Bush.
By Riley Ceder
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Harry Chandler, Navy medic who survived Pearl Harbor, dies at 103
Chandler, who helped pull injured sailors from the oily waters on Dec. 7, 1941, is the third Pearl Harbor survivor to die in the past few weeks.
$1B Iron Dome fund stripped from new continuing resolution
A proposal to send Israel $1 billion for the Iron Dome air defense system has been cut out of a stopgap government funding bill, meant to avoid a government shutdown after Sept. 30, in order to ease its passage in the House.
By Joe Gould
Watchdog: DoD getting better at tracking military justice demographics, but work remains
The recent Government Accountability Office update followed a 2019 report highlighting disparities in who gets investigated and charged in the military justice system.
Finishing Max’s mission — parents of corpsman killed in Kabul offered home for Afghan child
Fallen Corpsman Maxton "Max" Soviak's family looked to honor their son by picking up his mission where he left off--saving the children of Afghanistan.
1:3 deployment-to-dwell ratio to be standardized under DoD policy starting in Nov
Troops will get at least three years at home in between deployments under new policy.
Second largest federal insurer launches vaccination reward program
Federal employees insured under a GEHA plan could receive $75 for proof of their vaccination status.
By Jessie Bur
US pulls missile defenses in Saudi Arabia amid Yemen attacks
The U.S. has removed its most advanced missile defense system and Patriot batteries from Saudi Arabia.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press