MAY 31, 2022 – The Navy commissioned the fast-attack submarine USS Oregon (SSN 793) in a traditional ceremony held Saturday, May 28, at Naval Submarine Base New London. “Oregonians are deeply honored that the 20th Virginia-class submarine will bear the name of our state,” said Gov. Kate Brown of Oregon, the ceremony’s keynote speaker. The Memorial Day Weekend event for … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2022
Navy Conducts Bilateral Training with Japan Maritime
220526-N-BR419-1089 PHILIPPINE SEA (May 26, 2022) Sailors attached to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) destroyer JS Teruzuki (DD 116) take photos on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). The U.S. Navy and JMSDF routinely conduct naval exercises together, strengthening the U.S.-Japan alliance and … [Read more...]
Vets Get Chance to Upgrade Discharge Characterization
MAY 31, 2022 - Veterans who left the military after Dec. 20, 2019 with a discharge that's less than honorable will now have the opportunity to appeal that discharge characterization via the Discharge Appeal Review Board and have their military record changed. When a service member leaves the military, their discharge paperwork indicates the character of their discharge on a … [Read more...]
U.S. Has Sacred Obligation to Fallen Service Members
President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III participate in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in honor of Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on May 30, 2022. (DoD Photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jack Sanders) MAY 30, 2022 - Americans have many obligations, … [Read more...]
Memorial Day 2022
MAY 30, 2022 - On Memorial Day, we come together as a nation to pay tribute to the brave Americans who have lost their lives in defense of the nation that they loved, and we mourn anew alongside our cherished Gold Star and surviving families. In this first Memorial Day since the end of America’s longest war, we remember the 2,461 U.S. service members and personnel who fell … [Read more...]