DECEMBER 17, 2025 - Batteries for cellphones and other small devices deplete quickly outside in the winter, and that's no different for warfighters in the field. To make sure they're focused on the mission — and not the temperature or malfunctioning equipment — War Department experts are creating specialized technology and adapting current equipment to survive in frigid … [Read more...]
Privileging Process Allows Providers to Focus On Their Patients
DECEMBER 17, 2025 - The Military Health System recently streamlined the provider-privileging process to allow health care providers to seamlessly transfer their privileges between MHS entities with minimal interruption to patient care duties. This change results in reduced administrative burden and increased patient access. As of Oct. 15, 2025, health care providers retain … [Read more...]
NORAD Celebrates 70 Years of Tracking Santa
DECEMBER 17, 2025 - This Christmas season marks seven decades of the North American Aerospace Defense Command tracking Santa Claus on radar as he flies his reindeer-powered sleigh around the globe. "NORAD tracks Santa, but only Santa knows his route, which means we cannot predict where and when he will arrive at your house," said a senior NORAD official. Fighter pilots … [Read more...]
USS Nimitz Returns to Homeport
DECEMBER 17, 2025 – The Nimitz class carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) returned to its homeport of Bremerton following nine months underway in the U.S. 3rd, 5th, and 7th Fleets, Dec. 16. Nimitz departed Bremerton as the flagship of the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (NIMCSG), Mar. 21, 2025. The nine months underway included three months in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of … [Read more...]
POW/MIA Remains Received from Vietnam
DECEMBER 17, 2025 - The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency received possible remains of a service member during a repatriation ceremony at the Gia Lam Airfield, Vietnam, Dec. 13. During the 171st repatriation ceremony held by the two countries, representatives from the Vietnam Office for Seeking Missing Persons handed over remains to the accounting agency thought to be … [Read more...]