Daily News Roundup

Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Gregzon Fontanilla, from Guam, prepares a COVID-19 vaccine aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7), May 10, 2022. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Malcolm Kelley/Navy)

VA urges veterans to get COVID boosters before holiday season

More than 23,000 veterans have died from complications related to COVID-19 infections.

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Midshipmen drop leaflets, Ping-Pong balls on cadets ahead of big game

Navy bombardment made cadets break formation, run for cover.

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Your Navy

Navy seizes more than 50 tons of ammo, illegal weapons in Gulf of Oman

The vessel originated in Iran, which continues funneling lethal aid to Yemen.

Troops to get historic boost in food allowance

Basic Allowance for Subsistence will see the biggest increase in more than 20 years.

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USS Nimitz and its strike group head out on deployment

The ship returned home from an 11-month deployment in February 2021.

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Caroline Baxter, deputy assistant secretary of defense for force education and training, speaks on a panel of senior military leaders at the annual Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference in Orlando, Fla., on Nov. 29, 2022. (Photo courtesy of the National Defense Industrial Association)

Panel of three-star generals to lead military training modernization

“Gone are the days when we could hand-wave training away. Warfare is obviously way too complicated for that now,” said Caroline Baxter.

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Dolly Parton talks to service members, discusses rock and roll album

Dolly Parton shared her latest aspirations with service members and their families.

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The military fielded over 200 domestic extremism reports last year

The services are having trouble compiling complete data on extremism reports.

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This week in Congress: Final NDAA compromise expected to be unveiled

Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of Dec. 5, 2022.

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Satellite image shows new Russian military facility in Mariupol, Ukraine, Nov. 30, 2022.

Satellite images show new Russian military facility in Mariupol

Newly released satellite imagery shows a new Russian military compound in Mariupol, Ukraine, according to Maxar Technologies.

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Fake parts: A Pentagon supply chain problem hiding in plain sight

The Defense Department is developing new tests to find counterfeit parts, putting a renewed emphasis on reporting when problematic components are found.

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Ukrainian soldiers fire in the recently retaken city of Kupiansk, in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. Russian and Ukrainian forces exchanged missile and artillery barrages on Thursday as both sides refused to concede ground despite recent military setbacks for Moscow and the toll on the invaded country after seven months of war. (Kostiantyn Liberov/AP)

Russia burning through ammunition in Ukraine at ‘extraordinary’ rate

Russia is running out of its precision-guided weapons fastest, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said at the Reagan National Defense Forum.

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American soldiers patrol near prison that was attacked on Jan. 20 by the Islamic State militants in Hassakeh, Syria, Feb. 8, 2022.

US military resumes joint patrols in north Syria

U.S. officials had said the patrols that resumed Saturday are not to counter Islamic State group militants.

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Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon, Nov. 3, 2022, in Washington.

Pentagon chief: US faces pivotal years in countering China

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s speech at the Reagan National Defense Forum capped a week where the Pentagon was squarely focused on China’s rise.

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A health care worker fills a syringe with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at Jackson Memorial Hospital, Oct. 5, 2021, in Miami. (Lynne Sladky/AP)

Keep COVID-19 military vaccine mandate, defense secretary says

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is making clear he wants to keep the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate in place to protect the health of the troops.

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Soldiers from B Company, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, await orders to move out on a nighttime patrol designed to interrupt movement of enemy fighters in the Nuristan province of Afghanistan, Sept. 1, 2006.

Research needed for veterans with genital and reproductive wounds

A new survey seeks information from an estimated 1,500 Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans living with injuries to urinary, genital and reproductive areas.

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The Ukrainian military's Grad multiple-rocket launcher fires rockets at Russian positions in the frontline near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/LIBKOS)

Military officials look to Ukraine war for new lessons in training

“This ... is not only a war against Ukraine,” said Maj. Gen. Serhii Salkutsan, its NATO military liaison. “This is a war against the ... civilized world."

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‘Deterrence the American way’: The new B-21 bomber debuts

The Air Force unveiled the Northrop Grumman-made B-21 Raider to the public Friday in a ceremony at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California.

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US forces monitor Mideast skies at Qatar base amid World Cup

The creation of a task force focused on drones and other off-the-shelf battlefield technology at Al-Udeid Air Base shows the U.S. is in Qatar to stay.

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US military halts patrols against Islamic State in Syria

Turkish threats of a ground invasion have stymied the missions with Kurdish forces.

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