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US Marine indicted over suspected murder, robbery of woman in Okinawa

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Devin Jacob Ballard was indicted on Sunday for the murder and robbery of Anna Yagi, a 39-year-old Naha resident.

Pentagon cautions personnel against betting using insider information

Hostile foreign intelligence services can track bets made by U.S. military personnel on prediction markets to anticipate American movements, targets and timing, Hegseth warned.
Japan air base imposes junior enlisted alcohol ban, curfew after local murder

After a U.S. Marine was arrested for allegedly murdering a local woman, Kadena Air Base restricted alcohol consumption and implemented a new curfew for E-1 to E-4 personnel.

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The Corps is moving to adopt an AI-based diagnostic and decision-making tool for all its East Coast-based squadrons.
The flight nurses of the Pacific who saved thousands of Marines

In 1945, a dozen U.S. Navy nurses evacuated 2,393 men from Iwo Jima on 125 flights — more than 13% of everyone evacuated from the island.
Virginia man arrested after Quantico Iwo Jima statue defaced with sledgehammer

A Virginia man was arrested after allegedly using a sledgehammer to decapitate one of the figures from the Iwo Jima statue at Quantico.
No money for Camp Lejeune toxic water victims unless GOP wins midterms, Trump says

Trump said the DOJ would settle claims with victims of the base’s contaminated water if the GOP wins the midterms. “If we don’t win, there’s no money.”

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The lawsuit argues that the government unlawfully expanded the scope and duration of its “national defense area” designation.
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During a review period from June 1, 2024, through May 31, 2025, the VA made at least one error in 17,900 cases regarding disability decisions.

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US Marine Corps makes Maven available service-wide

The service made the AI-enabled battlefield management system available to all commands and organizations within the service.

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Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer tapped as Barracks Task Force senior advisor

Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer was selected as Secretary Hegseth’s senior advisor and will visit military installations across the country.

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Cristina Stassis

7 days ago
Marine Corps creates first medium missile battalion

As the service’s first medium missile battalion, the 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, will be equipped with NMESIS as a complement to its artillery.

By
Daniel Terrill

7 days ago
Academic institutions sever foreign research ties to comply with Pentagon order

The Pentagon ordered 30 universities to review their ties with foreign institutions or risk losing their federal funding.

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Michael Peck

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Supreme Court to hear case on division of retirement, disability pay in military divorces

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider a case that challenges whether divorce settlements are enforceable if they agree to protect a former spouse’s share of military retirement pay and the amount is later affected by disability compensation.

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Patricia Kime

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US military needs ‘urgent revolutionary institutional change’ to prepare for modern war, Petraeus says

Ret. Army Gen. David Petraeus praised the Pentagon’s new Autonomous Warfare Command but said the U.S. must rapidly prepare for modern autonomous war.

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Katie Livingstone

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Military takeover of New Mexico borderlands challenged in court

The lawsuit argues that the government unlawfully expanded the scope and duration of its “national defense area” designation.

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Daniel Terrill

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During a review period from June 1, 2024, through May 31, 2025, the VA made at least one error in 17,900 cases regarding disability decisions.

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Eve Sampson

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Pentagon ignored cybersecurity flaws before data breach, Marines’ lawsuit says

A pair of Marines filed a class-action lawsuit Tuesday against the Pentagon over a data breach at the Defense Manpower Data Center.

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Daniel Terrill

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Military spouse commission weighs expanding employment programs across services

The President’s Military Spouse Commission is examining how to expand existing employment programs across the military services and federal agencies.

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Natalie Oliverio

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Hegseth discusses Iran with Netanyahu in unannounced visit to Israel, officials say

Netanyahu and Hegseth discussed “the threats in the region” and the U.S.-Israel partnership in dealing both offensively and defensively with those threats.

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