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Navy

‘Best captain we ever had’ — Watch the crew of USS Theodore Roosevelt give their fired skipper a triumphant send-off

“Now that’s how you send out one of the greatest captains we ever had!”

Navy

Lawmakers decry Navy firing of USS Theodore Roosevelt captain as an ‘overreaction’ that puts sailors ‘at greater risk’

“Dismissing a commanding officer for speaking out on issues critical to the safety of those under their command discourages others from raising similar concerns,” lawmakers said.

Navy

Navy fires USS Theodore Roosevelt captain who warned ‘sailors do not need to die’ from COVID-19 in leaked letter

The Navy has fired USS Theodore Roosevelt Capt. Brett E. Crozier, who wrote a March 30 memo that the majority of the ship’s crew should be placed in individual quarantine amid COVID-19 concerns

Navy

A pandemic is raging, but the Navy still wants your pee

The Navy is still conducting urinalysis, but it's making some exceptions to limit the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19)

Navy

A train engineer allegedly derailed a locomotive near the USNS Mercy because he thought it was part of a government takeover

A train engineer at the Port of Las Angeles was arrested on Tuesday after he deliberately derailed a train and crashed it near the Navy hospital ship USNS Mercy over his suspicions that the ship was part of sinister government takeover

Army

The Army warned in early February that up to 150,000 Americans could die of COVID-19

The latest assessment of the possible death toll is now way beyond that.

United States

Listen to Trump, Esper, and Milley speak straight to troops and their families about COVID-19

"We are at war," Gen. Mark Milley said. "It's a different type of war, but a war nonetheless."

Marine Corps

Commandant vows the Marine Corps won’t force anyone out as it gets leaner to fight China

Over the next 10 years, the Marine Corps plans to shrink from about 186,000 to roughly 170,000 active-duty Marines.

World War II

This 104-year-old WWII veteran may be the oldest person to beat COVID-19

World War II veteran William Lapschies, among the first Oregonians known to have the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), has been declared free of the virus

Career

New Marine recruits won’t start boot camp at Parris Island for ‘at least a couple weeks’ amid COVID-19 pandemic, commandant says

'We’ll restart as soon as we’re comfortable and the commanding general down there is comfortable with doing so'

China

China lied about the scope of its COVID-19 outbreak, US intelligence report claims

A classified assessment from U.S. intelligence agencies has reportedly concluded that China worked to conceal the exact scope of its novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak from the rest of the world

Air Force

Death of airman in Texas under investigation

The cause of Tech. Sgt. Nicholas A. Vogler's death is under investigation.

United States

‘I survived the foxholes of Guam, I can get through this coronavirus bullsh*t,’ says 95-year-old vet who battled COVID-19 and won

Bill Kelly made it through the Great Depression, and served in the Pacific theater of World War II. And on March 17, the 95-year-old Oregon veteran tested positive for COVID-19, which he promptly kicked the crap out of.

Mandatory Fun

That time an Army supply clerk accidentally ordered a $28,000 anchor at Fort Carson

Classic.

Air Force

Air Force allows commanders to relax hair and fitness standards in response to COVID-19

The Air Force is letting commanders deviate from grooming and fitness standards in response to COVID-19, though shaving standards will remain in place.

United States

The number of veteran deaths from COVID-19 tripled over the weekend

The number of veteran patients who have died from complications due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) tripled over the weekend from 9 to 27 deaths, according to data released by the Department of Veterans Affairs on Tuesday.

Navy

Navy captain says COVID-19 is spreading through his aircraft carrier so rapidly that most of the crew needs to get off

The Navy "cannot allow a single sailor to perish as a result of this pandemic unnecessarily," Capt. Brett E. Crozier wrote in a letter

United States

Defense Information School closes after family member tests positive for COVID-19

DINFOS is a rite of passage for service members and civilians whose job is to tell the U.S. military’s story.

National Guard

New Jersey Guardsman is the first US service member to die of COVID-19

A New Jersey Army National Guardsman who passed away on Saturday is the first U.S. service member to die of COVID-19, the Pentagon announced Monday afternoon

Coast Guard

A NJ man called the Coast Guard after gun-toting neighbors attempted to impose a quarantine on him in Maine

Three people living on a remote island in Maine called the Coast Guard after several people with guns cut down a tree and used it to block a driveway in an attempt to quarantine those inside.