Author: Michael

Nearly two decades after the first littoral combat ship entered naval service, the final one was commissioned this weekend.
The crew, shipbuilders, officials and family gathered Saturday near the banks of Lake Erie in the city of Cleveland for the commissioning of the USS Cleveland, the Navy’s newest ship . The Cleveland is a 378-foot long ship, with a crew of roughly 90 sailors. It’s the 16th and final Freedom-class ship to enter service. 
The speakers at the ceremony were upbeat, with the ship’s captain, Cmdr.

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Footage of the downing of a Ukrainian aircraft-type UAV by Russian military in the Belgorod border region.
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Every year, millions of people visit military memorials and cemeteries across the United States. And every year, visitors leave tokens of remembrance behind. From letters and flowers to small trinkets such as coins, rocks, origami birds, and, yes, even hair ties.
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On the surface, these may seem like simple gestures, but many carry specific and deeply personal meaning. These possessions show care. They carry connection, grief, and memory.

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The Cuban Defence Ministry has procured more than 300 new unmanned aircraft from Russia and Iran, according to U.S. intelligence, as the small island country faces the threat of a U.S. military assault on its territory. Intelligence sources have reported that the Cuban Armed Forces have begun considering plans for attacks on the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, American warships, and the city of Key West in southern Florida which is located approximately 160 kilometres from Cuban territory, placing it within range of multiple types of assets.

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WASHINGTON — The FBI is offering a $200,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Monica Witt, a former U.S. Air Force counterintelligence specialist who defected to Iran in 2013 and faces espionage charges for allegedly sharing classified national defense information with the Iranian regime.
The bureau announced the reward on May 14, more than a decade after Witt’s defection and six years after her 2019 federal indictment in Washington, D.C.
Witt served in the U.S. Air Force from 1997 to 2008 and later worked as a government contractor until 2010.

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Thousands of sailors from the Ford Carrier Strike Group were awarded the Presidential Unit Citation today for their active role in the war with Iran, where they dealt with constant threat of enemy attack while carrying out or coordinating hundreds of strikes on Iranian targets.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth presented the Presidential Unit Citation to the crews in Norfolk, Virginia.

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