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Marine Corps Compass Points
The boat does not begin to answer the many serious questions about supplying Marine missile units on islands in the Pacific.
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The U.S. Navy has inked a deal to charter a U.S.-flagged tanker from U.S.
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A lack of situational awareness, confusion over different types of gas and brake pedals, and close proximity between fighter jets led to $30 million in damages to an F-16 jet last November, the Air Force’s Accident Investigation Board found.
The report, released on Oct. 17 by U.S. Air Forces Europe – Air Forces Africa but finished at least two months earlier, outlines the many issues along the way that led to the mishap, when a weapons loader or “jammer” crashed into an F-16.
What could be more challenging than negotiating peace between two distrustful competing warlords? Negotiating peace between three distrustful competing warlords. For the past year, a fierce battle between two Sudanese armed groups has ripped the country apart: the Sudanese Armed Forces led by Abdel Fattah Burhan and the Rapid Support Forces led by Mohamad Dagalo, also known as Hemedti. The two sides have shown little interest in a peace agreement despite diplomatic initiatives.
One of the last three Navajo code talkers of World War II is dead. John Kinsel Sr., a Marine Corps veteran, died at his home in Lukachukai, Arizona on Saturday, Oct. 19. He was 107.
Kinsel grew up in a rough childhood. He went on to join the United States Marine Corps, becoming part of the second group of Navajo code talkers, helping the military to further revise the code, and then saw action in some of the most important and bloody battles in the Pacific during World War II.
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After days of searching in the Pacific Northwest, the U.S. Navy announced that the two-person crew of the EA-18G Growler that crashed last week have been declared dead.
The Navy said that as of Sunday, Oct. 20 “Electronic Attack Wing Pacific has shifted from search and rescue efforts to recovery operations.”
“It is with a heavy heart that we share the loss of two beloved Zappers,” Cmdr. Timothy Warburton, commanding officer of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 130 said in the Navy’s announcement.
The commanding and executive officers of the Navy’s main repair facility in East Asia were relieved of their duties this weekend.
Capt. Zaldy Valenzuela and Cmdr. Art Palalay, who led the U.S. Naval Ship Repair Facility and Japan Regional Maintenance Center based in Yokosuka, Japan were removed on Sunday, Oct. 20 by Rear Adm. William Greene, commander of Navy Regional Maintenance Center. The decision was because of a “loss of confidence in their ability to command.”
“The Navy holds commanding officers and others in authority to the highest standards.
Fewer than half of the U.S. Army’s watercraft are meeting mission readiness requirements. That decline in operational capability comes as the military calls on those ships’ use more and more, according to a new report from a government watchdog.
The report from the United States Government Accountability Office found that the Army’s fleet of ships are undermaintained, often stuck in lengthy repairs, and increasingly unable to meet mission requirements.