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In a town hall with Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao, the Commandant of the Marine Corps told Camp Lejeune Marines that suicide prevention demands “intrusive leadership” from local leaders.

An exercise in April was reported as a “drubbing” of an American mechanized unit by Ukrainian drones. A company commander who was there tells Blackhawk Company’s side of the story.

The LOCUST X 3, a 30-kilowatt laser, is designed to shoot down the type of drones that U.S. troops in the Middle East have faced since the Iran war began.

Naval Academy teammates and Marine Corps officers Landon Robinson and Eli Heidenreich both made the final rosters of their NFL teams.

“Until I can grow the Navy we need … longer deployments are going to be probably part of that,” the Chief of Naval Operations told sailors this week.

Soldiers across the Army marched a little more than 12 miles to earn the Danish Flyver ribbon, which can now be worn on U.S. uniforms.

In a town hall with the Navy’s top admiral and enlisted advisor, sailors asked about long deployments, barracks issues, and a haircut allowance.

The Army is training about 30 soldiers in every class in the 15X Military Occupational Specialty, or MOS, at a base in Arizona to be tactical unmanned aircraft system specialists.

To date, 18 American service members have been killed and hundreds more wounded.

Iranian forces fired missiles at American positions in Jordan following U.S. strikes on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz.

Paratroopers and other soldiers from the division will stay in the region due to “operational requirements” as the Iran war reaches six months.

Inspectors found potential traces polychlorinated biphenyls or PCBs on several ICBM communications sensors used at F.E. Warren Air Force Base.

Hung Cao directed the Marines to bring a family back to the U.S. after a spouse expressed concern over being stuck in Germany in a divorce.

Combat forces deployed to fight the Islamic State in Nigeria earlier this year. This is the second drawdown in two months.

The declaration comes six months into the war with Iran and four months after the U.S. said it was starting mine clearance operations.

The interdiction is the first direct action against suspected drug traffickers by the USS San Antonio and Littoral Combat Force-24 since they entered the eastern Pacific this month.