MAY 16, 2025 - The Air Force is closing new applications for the fiscal year 2025 selective retention bonus program due to high retention rates and projected full execution of the program’s budget. The Air Force opened the FY25 SRB program in December 2024 and is taking action to close the program to proactively manage the budget and ensure responsible stewardship of its … [Read more...]
Readiness, Shipbuilding Top Priorities for Navy
MAY 16, 2025 - On Capitol Hill yesterday, Navy Secretary John Phelan told lawmakers that increasing shipbuilding to better outfit the Navy, developing an accountable and innovative warfighter culture and improving the welfare of the fighting force were his top priorities. Phelan, alongside Acting Chief of Naval Operations Adm. James W. Kilby, and Commandant of the Marine … [Read more...]
Ten Guard Soldiers Receive Purple Heart
Ten New York Army National Guard Soldiers who received the Purple Heart on May 10, 2025 at the Purple Heart Hall of Honor in New Windsor, New York display their certificates following the ceremony. The ten Soldiers were injured during a January 28, 2024 drone attack on a military outpost in Jordan known as Tower 22. the Soldiers were among 14 from Charlie Company of the 101st … [Read more...]
NSA Bahrain Integral to Middle East
MAY 15, 2025 – Vice Adm. Scott Gray, Commander, Navy Installations Command, and CNIC Force Master Chief Andre Brown visited Naval Support Activity (NSA) Bahrain, May 11. Their visit to NSA Bahrain included meeting with Vice Adm. George Wikoff, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and U.S 5th Fleet, observing the installation's air defense and counter unmanned aerial … [Read more...]
Air Force Removes Wings from Damaged F-35A
MAY 15, 2025 - In January 2022, a Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) F-35A aircraft experienced a bird strike that necessitated an emergency landing with the landing gear retracted. Following a joint assessment by the ROKAF and the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO), it was determined that the damage resulting from both the bird strike and the gear-up landing was extensive … [Read more...]