Navy Cmdr. Christopher Johnson was relieved on Thursday as commanding officer of Navy Information Operations Command (NIOC) Colorado, the service has announced.
Officially, Johnson was fired “due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command,” a Navy news release says. No specific information about why he was relieved has been publicly released.
“The Navy maintains the highest standards for commanding officers and holds them accountable when those standards are not met,” the news release says.
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With World War II raging around them, Gene, an injured American pilot, and his fiancée Penny, an OSS agent, find themselves stranded on a remote estate. As the Allies plan the D-Day Invasion, the couple become aware of a Nazi spy hiding amongst them with stolen documents bound for Germany. Unsure of who to trust, and facing danger around every corner, they must uncover the spy’s identity as the outcome of the war hangs in the balance.
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The Defense Department Inspector General’s Office has launched an “evaluation” of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the Signal messaging app following news reports that Hegseth shared operational details of imminent strikes in Yemen with a group chat that included a reporter.
An evaluation is defined differently from an investigation, which may look into alleged violations of criminal or civil law and other matters, said Mollie Halpern, a DoD IG spokesperson.
Amy Rising worked at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois in a squadron that helped coordinate and support fighter jets in Iraq and Afghanistan from afar during the early 2000s. After dealing with her own physical and mental health struggles after leaving the Air Force, Rising found herself on Vicodin and Percocets while raising her toddler as a single mother.
“I couldn’t take care of my kid, I was way too loopy,” Rising said.
The Defense Department’s top watchdog announced Thursday it will initiate a formal investigation into Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s participation in discussing impending military operations on unclassified networks.
On March 24, Atlantic magazine’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg published a story revealing he was accidentally added to a group chat on Signal, an encrypted but unclassified commercial messaging app, where some of the Trump administration’s top national security officials discussed upcoming strikes against Houthi militants in Yemen — including Hegseth.
One-way attack drones and other Ukrainian weapons have destroyed thousands of Russian tanks in the past year as well as thousands of other platforms, according to the commander of U.S. European Command.
Gen. Christopher Cavoli, who is dual-hatted as the Eucom chief and Supreme Allied Commander Europe for NATO, gave lawmakers an update on the war and the current battlefield situation Thursday during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.
“The scale of this conflict is just awe-inspiring. Thousands of tanks destroyed on both sides,” Cavoli said.
Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert analysis on America’s greatest challengers: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and jihadists. Read more below. *** Russia Russia’s advance in Ukraine slowed down in March 2025. However, Russia made gains in retaking land in the Kursk region — Ukrainian forces now hold up to 30 percent of the estimated 500 square miles of land they originally seized in 2024. Russian President Vladimir Putin boasted that Russia’s troops held the strategic initiative along the entire contact line. U.S.
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