Navy seeks to fast track nuclear weapons systems
Vice Admiral Johnny Wolfe told Congress the Navy is working to improve and develop three critical weapons systems.
By Zita Ballinger Fletcher
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Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard outline FY26 budget needs this week
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of May 12, 2025.
Families of American captives frustrated with Justice Department
Among those Americans held by foreign governments is Trevor Reed, a Marine veteran who was sentenced in Russia to nine years on charges he assaulted a police officer.
Could the Supreme Court strike down the military’s vaccination mandate?
Multiple lawsuits are arguing that the military is blanketly refusing religious exemptions for the COVID-19 vaccine.
Russia sends warplanes to Syria for naval drills in Mediterranean
Russia also has expanded and modified a naval base in the Syrian port of Tartus, the only such facility that Russia has outside the former Soviet Union.
Hawaii OKs water in one Pearl Harbor neighborhood after Navy fuel facility leak
Petroleum from the Navy’s Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility leaked into a Navy drinking water well and entered the Navy’s water system in late November.
Military families in Hawaii water crisis ask lawmakers for better medical care, more answers
“I want to know what my 1-year-old and 4-year-old ingested. They have their whole lives ahead of them,” says Army major.
By Karen Jowers
Hellish Walter Reed base barracks now in Congress’ sights
The move follows a Navy Times investigation last week that exposed how low-ranking troops have lived without hot water for years in some buildings.
Young sailors and soldiers are moved out of hot water-less Walter Reed base barracks
The move came a day after a Navy Times investigation exposed how troops in the affected buildings had been living without basic creature comforts for years.
CDC wants to hear by Feb. 7 from troops, families affected by Hawaii water crisis
The CDC wants to know about about any ill health or other effects on military families, including pets.
By Karen Jowers