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Retired U.S. Army Capt. Katie Blanchard speaks with a nurse before surgery Sept. 6, 2019 at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.

Feres helps military avoid accountability for harm. New ruling could be a chance for justice.

For decades, the Feres doctrine has protected the military from lawsuits over things like training mishaps, medical malpractice, and sexual assault.

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The new hats and shoulder bars for the graduates sit on a table before the start of the Coast Guard Academy's 141st Commencement Exercises, May 18, 2022, in New London, Conn.

Coast Guard Academy settles suit over policy banning parents

A Coast Guard Academy cadet who was expelled for becoming a father will get his degree as part of a legal settlement, his attorneys said Thursday.

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Your Navy

US kills 3 Islamic State leaders in 2 Syria operations

U.S. officials say U.S. forces killed three senior Islamic State leaders in two separate military operations in Syria Thursday.

USS Porter says adios to Rota, Spain

Porter is the last of four Spain-based U.S. destroyers to cycle out of the forward-deployed homeport.

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Austin approves plan to drop Confederate references from DoD property

A new working group will oversee the removal and replacing of tributes to the Confederacy and Confederate military starting in December.

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New rollout for the Army’s $22 billion ‘mixed reality’ combat goggles

After some delays, the Army will field two versions next year with a refined third version by 2025.

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How a 12-year-old tricked the Navy into letting him fight in WWII

Calvin Graham enlisted at 12 but was discharged when his real age was discovered.

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This LCS just completed an ‘historic’ deployment

USS Sioux City was still able to deploy despite not receiving a fix for a class-wide propulsion problem, officials said.

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USS Gerald R. Ford gets underway for first deployment

The short deployment will focus on interoperability and innovation, ahead of a more standard deployment next year, Navy leaders say.

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Navy behind schedule, overbudget on robot subs

The Navy is developing five robotic subs that can lay undersea mines, but the project is three years behind schedule and at least $242 million over budget.

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Supreme Court hears case on retroactive benefits for disabled veterans

Decades’ worth of retroactive disability compensation could add up to hundreds of thousands of dollars for some veterans.

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The Pentagon set 18 diversity goals in 2011. It’s fulfilled 6 of them.

Only six of 18 recommendations from a 2011 report have been implemented.

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