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the future USNS Sojourner Truth is the sixth vessel in the class and will be operated by the Military Sealift Command (MSC)

John A. Tirpak, A&SF Mag.

S. Isakowitz & S.

Kris Osborn, Warrior Maven
the new F-47 will likely be faster than any fighter jet ever to exist

Many observers had grown numb to yet another Chinese military exercise encircling Taiwan. But after two weeks, the maneuvers did not end. Instead, China quietly transformed its “exercise” into a suffocating naval blockade, sealing off all maritime routes around the island. Beijing’s timing was impeccable. Anticipated shortfalls in carrier strike group and marine expeditionary unit coverage — driven by personnel shortages, deferred ship maintenance, and overcrowded shipyards — left U.S. Indo-Pacific Command with few options to counter China’s tightening grip.

A coalition of criminal gangs is close to capturing Haiti’s beleaguered capital of Port-au-Prince. Today, Haiti is grappling with extraordinary violence as gangs have tightened their stranglehold over large portions of the country. Over one million people have been internally displaced — nearly one in ten Haitians. By the end of 2024, at least 5,601 murders had been recorded, an alarming 1,000 more than in 2023, marking a national homicide rate of nearly 48 per 100,000 inhabitants — a grim record for what is the poorest country in Latin America and the Caribbean.

News of US air strikes against Houthis in Yemen over the past week have dominated much of the news in the Middle East. Since November 2023, the US has conducted aerial campaigns against the Houthis for interfering with shipping. The conflict between Yemen and the US is complicated with numerous actors. The civil war since 2014, Saudi Arabian involvement, other terrorist regimes, etc have created a complicated situation. Confrontation goes back even to the 2000 USS Cole bombing in a Yemen harbor that, although claimed by Al Qaeda, shows how far back and muddied the issues are.

Mixed reports over cause of incident

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EDITOR’S NOTE: We are attempting to confirm the theory that the USS Truman was evading Houthi fire when the incident occured…

A $60 million fighter jet has been “lost” at sea at a moment American naval assets under US Central Command have been conducting bombing campaigns against Yemen’s Houthis since March 15.
But as far as what’s being reported from the Pentagon, the jet wasn’t shot out of the sky during operations – it apparently rolled off an aircraft carrier.

L Todd Wood speaks to former F-15 and A-4 pilot Brent Beecham on the American strikes on Yemen, and possible attacks on Iran.
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This is Chapter 1 in our Mighty MilSpouse Retirement Memoir, a monthly series written in real-time by military spouse Lindsay Swoboda.
Autumn 2003
The wind whips through my hair as I walk across the practice football field. It is my senior year of high school, and one question lingers on everyone’s lips: Now what? 
I hear the question in variations. “What will you do next? What will your purpose be? What are your ambitions, and what is your plan for achieving them?”
As I walk the field, my red drill team windbreaker flutters on my arms.