President Joe Biden has selected Admiral Lisa Franchetti to be the Navy’s top officer. If confirmed, she would be the first woman in the Navy’s history to hold the job, and the first woman in the joint chiefs of staff.
President Joe Biden said Thursday that Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville is being “irresponsible” and jeopardizing national security by blocking military promotions over his objections to the Defense Department’s reproductive health policies.
Relatives of eight Marines and a sailor who drowned in a training accident off the coast of San Clemente Island in 2020 Thursday sued the manufacturer and designer of the amphibious assault vehicle in which they were conducting training. The Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit names as defendants Bae Systems Inc., which also supplies the […]
(CNN) — 104-year-old US Marine Corps veteran Maj. Bill White wanted to expand his collection of memories this holiday. So, he asked people around the world to send him some Valentine cards. Did they ever. “The walls are covered in them,” Executive Director at Oaks at Inglewood Diane Wright told CNN. “We put them in the library, […]
A former U.S. Marine will serve as the new emergency management coordinator for the city of Palm Springs, a city official announced Thursday. Danny DeSelms, former emergency management and training coordinator for Marine Aircraft Group 13 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, will take his new position leading emergency management and disaster preparedness for […]
Three more service members — two Marines and one Navy sailor — were taken into custody in connection with a criminal probe into human smuggling and drug offenses that led to the arrests of 16 Marines at Camp Pendleton, investigators said Friday. Naval Criminal Investigative Service agents took 16 Marines into custody Thursday morning during […]
One of three American service members killed in a roadside car bomb attack on a convoy outside of Afghanistan’s Bagram Airfield on Monday was a New York City firefighter, officials said Tuesday. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Christopher Slutman, a 15-year veteran of the New York City Fire Department, worked for Ladder Companies 27 and 17 […]
