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VA support program to buy up veterans’ defaulted home loans
The Department of Veterans Affairs will start buying veterans' failing mortgages to help them stay in their homes.
Defense secretary hospitalized for surgery complications
The defense secretary went into the hospital on Jan. 1, the Pentagon announced.
New in 2024: Testing to decide future of new Marine landing ship
The landing ship medium will be the Corps' first modern stern landing vessel.
By Todd South
US Navy sinks Houthi small boats during hijack attempt in Red Sea
U.S. Navy helicopters returned fire, sinking three of the four boats and killing the crews.
Lockheed’s helicopter-borne jammer ‘defeats threats’ in US Navy test
The AOEW can work independently aboard the helicopter — either the MH-60R, as was tried, or the MH-60S — and can tie back to other systems aboard a vessel.
Former ship XO pleads guilty to sharing child sexual abuse content
Gregory Edward McLean previously served as the executive officer of the littoral combat ship Minneapolis-St. Paul.
By Diana Stancy
Navy mothballs, commissions littoral combat ships back-to-back
Littoral combat ships are expected to serve 25 years. But the Little Rock and the Detroit were less than a decade old.
By Diana Stancy
Can the US Navy save money by accepting the LCS as a sunk cost?
Decommissioning these ships early amounts to a loss of almost $7 billion based on analysis by Defense News.
Navy researchers test robot dogs for ship maintenance
Research teams are experimenting with robot “dogs” — testing their ability to maneuver around Navy ships and take on mundane maintenance tasks.
By Hope Hodge Seck
VA urging veterans, staff to get latest COVID-19 vaccine booster
Virus infection cases within the VA health care system are up more than 200% in the last two months.
Navy decommissions littoral combat ship Milwaukee
The ship, which was designed to serve for 25 years, is one of the Freedom-class variants that the Navy is mothballing early.
By Diana Stancy