Navy CNO emphasizes better career training in newest message to fleet
Adm. Daryl Caudle published his vision for the service's evolving career training and maintenance infrastructure in a Monday administrative message.
By Riley Ceder
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Four soldiers killed in Washington state helicopter crash, Army says
Four special operations soldiers died when the MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter they were aboard crashed near JBLM earlier this week, officials said.
Loophole closed, service members’ medical images no longer accessible online
Some troops' sensitive medical information can no longer be found online, according to Virginia Sen. Mark Warner.
By Patricia Kime
Rockets land in Baghdad’s Green Zone, one inside US Embassy walls
It is the third such attack this month and the perpetrators were not immediately known.
Deployed 82nd Airborne unit told to use these encrypted messaging apps on government cell phones
“Unfortunately, those apps are more secure than texting in the clear, which is more or less the alternative. Granted, if a hostile party has access to the handset, that encryption isn’t particularly helpful.”
Some troops’ sensitive medical data can be found online, with the right tools
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, has written Pentagon leadership about a cyber vulnerability that may expose sensitive data about service members.
By Patricia Kime
West Coast Marines, Japanese troops focus on amphibious operations as China becomes more active in Pacific
This is the 15th iteration of the bi-lateral exercise.
By Todd South
US military resumes operations against the Islamic State group in Iraq
The U.S. military is resuming operations against Islamic State militants in Iraq and is working to soon restart training Iraqi forces, U.S. officials said Wednesday, despite deep divisions over the American drone strike that killed an senior Iranian commander in Baghdad and the resulting missile attacks by Iran on Iraqi bases.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Families of deployed paratroopers received ‘menacing’ messages, warned to double-check social media settings
Separately, a U.S. source told Military Times the WiFi access was suspended over fears of a potential hacking and leak of sensitive contact information.
Navy SEAL arraigned on murder charges in death of Green Beret
Out of the four men charged in connection to the death of Staff Sgt. Logan J. Melgar, Navy Chief Special Tony E. DeDolph was the latest arraigned on charges of conspiracy, assault, obstruction of justice, burglary, involuntary manslaughter, hazing and felony murder.
By Todd South
For the love of OPSEC, put your phone away
Lectures of personal electronics use and operational security continue to fall on deaf ears.
By J.D. Simkins
US service member killed in Afghanistan
This has been one of the deadliest years for U.S. forces in Afghanistan since the U.S. scaled down combat operations and kicked off the train and advise mission known as Resolute Support in 2015.
By Shawn Snow