JUNE 1, 2025 - In a memorandum published Wednesday, the Defense Department directed the military departments to look at how their services could reduce their discretionary permanent change of station move budgets as a way to increase geographic stability to families, increase department efficiency and reduce costs for the department. Earlier this month, a survey of military … [Read more...]
Teen Grads Join Army to Continue Family Legacy
MAY 31, 2025 - For high school students with civilian parents, choosing to go into the military after graduation can mean a big lifestyle change filled with uncertainties. But for teens whose parents have been serving their whole life, it's a decision that's often a lot easier to make. At Fort Campbell High School, a Department of Defense Education Activity school at Fort … [Read more...]
Hegseth Outlines U.S. Vision for Indo-Pacific
MAY 31, 2025 - While delivering plenary remarks at a Singaporean security summit yesterday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth outlined to numerous Asian ally countries DOD's vision for the Indo-Pacific region, while also addressing the strategic threat posed by China. Speaking at the International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-La Dialogue, Hegseth began his remarks by … [Read more...]
USNS Comfort Departs Norfolk
MAY 30, 2025 – The U.S. Navy Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) departed Naval Station Norfolk to begin its summer deployment to the U.S. Southern Command area of operation in support of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S.4th Fleet’s Continuing Promise 2025, May 30. After several months of detailed planning, Comfort will conduct mission visits to Grenada, … [Read more...]
Meink Gives Commencement Speech to Class of 2025
U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo. — Troy E. Meink, Secretary of the Air Force, delivers remarks during the U.S. Air Force Academy Class of 2025 graduation ceremony at Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 29, 2025. Nine hundred nine cadets received their commissions as second lieutenants in the Air Force and Space Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Dylan Smith) MAY 30, … [Read more...]