JUNE 6, 2025 - While jointly speaking at a NATO defense meeting in Brussels, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte both stated an increase in defense spending targets — by both the United States and NATO ally countries — is essential to deterring the coming threats that are posed by anti-Western aggressors. "Today will be an important meeting, … [Read more...]
Training Program Helps Keep Warfighters on the Battlefield
JUNE 6, 2025 - Last month, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth paused in front of a ballroom of service members and industry leaders at Special Operations Forces Week in Tampa, Florida, and reminded them people matter more than equipment. That stance underpins the Defense Department's sweeping readiness push, and nowhere is that more apparent than in a new program teaching combat … [Read more...]
Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms Gets Updated
JUNE 5, 2025 – Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms, located at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, recently relocated and revitalized its Multi-Service Ward, which houses the Maternal Infant Nursing Department (MIND). Commanding officer Capt. Daniel Clark marked the official opening of the improved inpatient care space for military families with a ribbon cutting on May … [Read more...]
Coast Guard Responds to Car Carrier on Fire
A Coast Guard C-130J Super Hercules aircrew from Air Station Kodiak conducts an overflight of a fire aboard the cargo vessel Morning Midas approximately 300 miles south of Adak, Alaska, June 3, 2025. All 22 crew members were rescued by the crew of motor vessel Cosco Hellas with no reported injuries. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Air Station Kodiak) JUNE 5, 2025 — … [Read more...]
Sub Returns Home from Deployment
JUNE 5, 2025 - The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Columbia (SSN 771) returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam following a seven-month deployment, June 1, 2025. Columbia departed Pearl Harbor in November 2024 for the regularly scheduled deployment, during which the submarine and its crew performed a full spectrum of operations in the Indo-Pacific region. “I … [Read more...]