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Marines
Analysis

Project 2025’s plan for the US military

Project 2025 would reduce the number of generals while increasing the size of the Army, ban transgender service members and restore troops separated over COVID-19 vaccinations.

The San Diego sun begins to break through the clouds as sailors man the rails aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) as it departs its homeport of San Diego to support Pacific Partnership 2012 (PP12). PP12 is the seventh in a series of U.S. Pacific Fleet-sponsored humanitarian and civic assistance missions that works with and through host and partner nations, and non-governmental organizations to strengthen regional relationships and capacity to collectively respond to natural disasters in Southeast Asia and the western Pacific region.
Transition

Mental health program for ‘vulnerable’ troops fails to reach 70% of enrollees

The program automatically enrolls troops with TBIs or have sought mental health care. But follow-up calls miss more than 2 of every 3 enrolled.

Navy exonerates 256 Black sailors from deadly World War II ammo explosion
World War II

Navy exonerates 256 Black sailors from deadly World War II ammo explosion

The forgotten blast killed over 300. The 256 Black sailors who later demanded better safety measures were court-martialed

ISIS Attacks
Analysis

ISIS attacks in Iraq and Syria up dramatically from 2023

ISIS militias in Iraq and Syria are on pace to double the number of their attacks from last year.

A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to the 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary), repairs the Trident Pier on the Gaza coast, June 7, 2024. The temporary pier, part of the Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore capability, enables the maritime delivery of international humanitarian aid to Gaza for distribution to Palestinian people in need. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Mikayla Fritz)
Army

U.S. shutters Gaza floating pier project after 20 days of use

The pier was operational for 'a little more than 20 days' and helped deliver 19.4 million pounds of aid to Gaza, officials said.

HIPS heat injury
Army

Army’s wearable sensors detect early signs of severe heat injuries

The Army sees thousands of documented heat exhaustion cases and hundreds of exertional heat strokes every year, some of which turn fatal.

Dave Portnoy was rescued from his drifting boat in the Nantucket Harbor.
News

Coast Guard rescues Dave Portnoy in Nantucket Harbor

"You have to go out, but you don't have to come back," goes the Coast Guard adage. But to save Dave Portnoy, they didn't even have to go out.

Marine Pvt. Carlos Paz-Sosa 2024
Marine Corps

Marine recruit loses more than 100 pounds to graduate from boot camp

Marine Pvt. Carlos Paz-Sosa graduated from Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego on July 12 after losing more than 100 pounds to start boot camp.

Virginia native Gillie Jenkins monitored nuclear tests in the Bikini Atoll. Courtesy photo.
World War II

America’s Atomic Veterans, hidden by secrets, were forgotten for 50 years

July 16 is National Atomic Veterans Day, dedicated to the thousands of troops who participated in secret nuclear testing or were POWs in Nagasaki or Hiroshima.

Trump Rally Shooting
Marine Corps

Marine veteran wounded in Trump assassination attempt

David Dutch, 57, served in the Marine Corps from 1986 to 1992 as an 0351 Infantry Assaultman.

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History

J.D. Vance is first veteran on Presidential ticket since John McCain

In his autobiography, Vance recalled a sub-par fitness test as a Marine recruit that led a Drill Instructor to tell him: 'If you’re not puking, you’re lazy!'

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News

Evan Wright, journalist and ‘Generation Kill’ author, dead at 59

The reporter wrote first-hand accounts of the invasion of Iraq while embedded with the Marine Corps’ 1st Reconnaissance Battalion.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is rushed offstage during a rally on July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania. Butler County district attorney Richard Goldinger said the shooter is dead after injuring former U.S. President Donald Trump, killing one audience member and injuring another in the shooting. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Analysis

‘Why?’ Presidential assassins rarely have ‘political’ motives

Thomas Matthew Crooks’ attempt on Donald Trump is the latest suspect in a nearly 200-year history of mostly-incoherent crimes.

Secret service agents cover former president Donald Trump during a campaign rally for former President Donald Trump at Butler Farm Show Inc. on Saturday, July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pa. Trump ducked and was taken offstage after loud noises were heard after he began speaking. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Analysis

Trump shooter had no military ties, was not a veteran

Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, was killed after firing at the former president. A Pennsylvania fire chief was killed in the shooting.

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History

World War I veteran’s remains identified in Tulsa Massacre mass grave

C.L. Daniel served in the Army during the war. Two years after he left the service, he was killed in one of the most infamous racist massacres in the country.

BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA - JULY 13: Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is rushed offstage during a rally on July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
News

Shooter killed, Trump injured but safe after assassination attempt

Two people, including the shooter, were killed at the outdoor rally in Pennsylvania. Two others were critically injured.

USS Theodore Roosevelt and its carrier strike group arrive in the Middle East
Around the World

USS Theodore Roosevelt and its carrier strike group arrive in the Middle East

The Navy force replaces the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, which left last month, in the fight against Yemen's Houthi militants.

‘Captain America: Brave New World’ teases military intrigue, mayhem and even Red Hulk
Culture

‘Captain America: Brave New World’ teases military intrigue, mayhem and even Red Hulk

“I want to make another run at making Captain America an official military position.”

The first Space Force ‘retirement beard’ is here and it’s out of this world
Humor

The first Space Force ‘retirement beard’ is here and it’s out of this world

Roger A. Towberman was the first Chief Master Sgt. of the Space Force. Now he's retired and showed off the beard to prove it.

IRR Marines
Veterans

Do I have to go to my IRR muster duty event?

Reporting for Individual Readiness Reserve musters are required by your initial enlistment contract, but there are several exceptions to those rules.