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What you need to know about the Navy’s new leadership course requirement
Starting in 2025, sailors won’t be able to rank up to the E-6 and E-7 paygrades without attending.
By Diana Stancy
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Coast Guard rescues 12 after ship runs aground in US Virgin Islands
The U.S. Coast Guard says it has rescued 12 people who abandoned a large cargo ship that ran aground near the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Trump meets with troops from al-Baghdadi raid during Fort Bragg visit
President Trump presented the troops with a Presidential Unit Citation and visited a Special Forces memorial.
Sheikh Sabah, ruler of US ally Kuwait, dies at age 91
Kuwait hosts some 13,500 American troops, many at Camp Arifjan south of Kuwait City, which is also home to the forward command of U.S. Army Central.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press
Defense industry worries Congress will punt budget deal into 2021
As Congress readies a stopgap spending measure this week, the defense industry is girding for a long-term funding patch that could delay both new procurement programs and needed fiscal certainty into next year.
By Joe Gould
Ex-Green Berets sentenced to 20 years for failed Venezuela attack
A Venezuelan court has sentenced two former U.S. Special Forces soldiers to 20 years in prison for their part in a blunder-filled beach attack aimed at overthrowing President Nicolás Maduro.
Controversial nominee Tata appointed to a top defense job, bypassing Congress
Tata's nomination hearing was indefinitely postponed Thursday when it became clear he did not have the votes to become undersecretary of defense for policy.
By Aaron Mehta
Iran’s president calls Iraqi premier’s visit ‘turning point’
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani called a visit Tuesday by the new prime minister of Iraq, where the U.S. military has a presence, “a turning point” in the countries’ relations and vowed to continue supporting the neighboring Arab nation.
Defense execs press lead lawmakers for COVID reimbursements
Eighty defense industry executives have written to top congressional leaders to ask for emergency appropriations to reimburse defense contractors’ coronavirus-related costs.
By Joe Gould
The Pentagon wants a $10B defense industry cash injection. Is Congress listening?
Pentagon leaders need “around $10 billion” in the next pandemic aid package to cover defense contractors’ coronavirus-related costs. But it’s unclear how the hefty funding handout will square with Republican skepticism of new deficit spending.
By Joe Gould
Democrats say troop threats should be pursued ‘relentlessly’
The two top Democrats in Congress said Thursday that any threats to U.S. troops must be pursued “relentlessly,” rebuking President Donald Trump after receiving a highly classified briefing about intelligence that Russia offered bounties for killing U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
Congress moves to block Trump’s Germany troop withdrawal plans
Congress is readying proposals to rebuke President Donald Trump’s plans to pull about 10,000 U.S. troops from Germany amid concerns it will weaken NATO.
By Joe Gould