Author: Michael

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle has selected Matthew Swartz to serve in a new executive director position on the CNO’s staff, the service announced this week.
Swartz’s duties will include overseeing “staff integration” and cross-functional coordination for the sea service and being the “senior advocate” for its civilian workforce, according to a Navy press release.
“Our Total Force, comprised of Sailors, civilians, and the industrial workforce, is our most decisive warfighting advantage,” Caudle said in a statement.

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Pentagon, Washington, D.C. – Department of War Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson briefed the ‘new media’ today in the Pentagon press briefing room. Legacy media was forced out of the Pentagon Press Corp when they resigned en masse rather than sign the new press guidelines issued by DOW.
Social media was abuzz yesterday with images of new media occupying legacy media desks in the Pentagon press room.
Yes, AFP now occupies one of those desks.
Wilson discussed many topics of interest the DOW is currently involved in.

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Since 2013, synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl, have driven an enormous crisis in overdose deaths in the United States, along with the other damaging consequences of addiction and the illegal drug trade. China is a major source of fentanyl and fentanyl precursors — a key challenge in U.S.-Chinese relations. In late 2023, China resumed some cooperation with the United States to reduce the supply of precursors.

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Adm. Karl Thomas officially took the helm of U.S. Fleet Forces Command on Monday, putting him in a key leadership role for the Navy as the sea service works to boost readiness and carry out its operational responsibilities.
USFFC is responsible for training, certifying and providing combat-ready forces; commanding and controlling subordinate Navy forces and shore activities during the planning and execution of assigned service functions in support of the chief of naval operations; providing operational planning and coordination support to U.S. Northern Command, NORAD and U.S.

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By now, most veterans have probably encountered a for-profit company that promises VA disability compensation or a VA disability rating increase. Some charge a flat fee, others charge a percentage of your compensation back pay, and still others might charge a percentage of disability pay for an undetermined amount of time.
Related: The early projections for the VA’s 2026 disability COLA increase
The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) calls them “claim sharks.” Disabled American Veterans (DAV) calls them “predatory.

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