The U.S. is deploying multiple ballistic missile destroyers and B-52 long-range strike bombers to the Middle East in the latest adjustment of forces in the region.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin ordered the new deployments, the Pentagon announced on Friday, Nov. 1. Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder confirmed that multiple U.S. Navy destroyers, as well as U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bombers, fighter jets and refueling planes will head to the Middle East over the coming months.
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At the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, former cadets were subjected to humiliating and sexualized service traditions and practices and felt unsafe in bedrooms without locks, leaving them vulnerable to assaults in their own beds, according to federal filings.
Former cadets detailed the abusive culture at the Connecticut military academy with examples of traditions and policies that “not only failed to protect women, but some policies enabled perpetrators to sexually harass us,” as one former cadet wrote in their complaint.
Schuyler Moore is set to move on from her role serving as U.S. Central Command’s first-ever chief technology officer, and she’ll soon head to the U.S. Naval Forces Europe headquarters in Naples, Italy, where she’s been mobilized by the Navy Reserve, she revealed on Friday.
In an email after making the announcement of her departure on social media, Moore told DefenseScoop that in addition to her civilian roles, she’s also served in the sea service’s reserves for the last four years.
It was in that capacity as a reservist that Moore previously made waves as a rising star at U.S.
North Korean troops may soon fight alongside the Russian military against Ukrainian forces, but it remains to be seen how the two countries’ militaries will mesh at the tactical level, especially given the language barriers.
About 10,000 North Korean troops have arrived in Russia so far, of which about 8,000 have deployed to the Kursk region, where Ukrainian forces have captured some Russian territory, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken told reporters on Thursday.
He was a helicopter pilot they called “Combat Kelly,” and in the early years of the Vietnam War, Maj. Charles Kelly set the example for the daredevil flyers who would come to be called Army “Dustoff” units, flying ambulances that saved thousands of U.S. troops.
As the commanding officer of the 57th Medical Detachment (Helicopter Ambulance), Provisional, Kelly flew a mission on July 1, 1964, to evacuate wounded soldiers. The ground commander called Kelly on the radio to tell him the landing zone was too hot and that he should turn around.
Kelly’s reply: “When I have your wounded.