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No final decision on withdrawing US troops from Niger and Chad
A top U.S. military official says there's been no final decision on whether or not all U.S. troops will leave Niger and Chad.
By Tara Copp, AP
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Fisher House awards $250K in grants to nonprofit military programs
This year’s recipients of the Fisher Service Award include a nationwide program helping terminally-ill troops and veterans fulfill their dreams.
PACFLEET commander says this happens when a ship isn’t ready to deploy
Navy Adm. Christopher W. Grady, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, and Navy Adm. John C. Aquilino, U.S. Pacific Fleet, testified Tuesday before the House Armed Services Committee’s Readiness Subcommittee.
SEALs revive stealthy submarine delivery team in Virginia
The move is designed to boost SEAL operations on the East Coast and in Europe.
By Mark D. Faram
The 19 things you need to watch in 2019
More money and more personnel but also new challenges from rising rivals in the Western Pacific, Europe and the Persian Gulf. More changes to your leadership at the Pentagon. And more innovations that promise to transform the ways your Navy recruits, trains and retains its sailors.
By Geoff Ziezulewicz, Mark D. Faram, Natalie Gross, Tara Copp, AP, Leo Shane III, Carl Prine and David Larter, Defense News
The Sunday countdown: more of the top 19 stories to watch in 2019!
On Friday and Saturday we gave you 19 through 12. Today we hit eleven and then move into the Top 10.
By The staff of Navy Times plus the Military Times trio of Leo Shane III, Tara Copp and Natalie Gross
Its historic deployment over, what does the Truman Carrier Strike Group do now?
Sunday ended what admirals on the Norfolk pier and inside the Pentagon agree was a successful implementation of the Dynamic Force Employment plan created by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to shake up the Navy’s carrier strike group deployment schedules.
By Mark D. Faram
Sailors plan to remember 2000 terrorist attack on destroyer Cole
Current and former crew members plan to gather Friday in an auditorium at Naval Station Norfolk.
Second Fleet sinks chiefs’ run
The sudden postponement of the race until Wednesday left some in the Goat Locker grumbling.
By Carl Prine
New Fleet Forces boss: Readiness is our business
Promising to maintain readiness levels set by his predecessor, Adm. Chris Grady took the helm of U.S. Fleet Forces Command in a May 4 ceremony onboard the aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush in Norfolk
By Mark D. Faram