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May 23, 2021

 

As US scales back in Middle East, China may step in, CENTCOM general says While traveling through the Middle East over the past week, Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie fielded a persistent question from the military and political leaders he met: Is the U.S. still committed to their country and the region, and what more support can they get. READ MORE

Withdrawal from Afghanistan remains a complex question for slain soldiers' families For family members of those who died in Afghanistan and veterans themselves, the question of staying or going is a complicated one. The answer is not clear cut. READ MORE

'Plebes no more': Naval Academy Class of 2024 puts cover at the top of Herndon Monument The now 4th class midshipmen Saturday recorded the second-slowest Herndon Climb in Naval Academy history at 3 hours, 41 minutes exactly. READ MORE   Agency wants to disinter 94 'unknown' remains from Punchbowl and entomb them in USS Arizona The Defense POW /MIA Accounting Agency is considering taking the unprecedented step of placing their remains back in the sunken Pearl Harbor battleship that accounted for the greatest loss of life on Dec. 7, 1941. READ MORE   Italian cable car plunges to the ground, killing at least 14 Mottarone reaches a height of 4,900 feet and overlooks the picturesque lake and the surrounding Alps of Italy's Piedmont region. READ MORE

Opioid deaths surged during coronavirus pandemic in D.C., Virginia and Maryland Although nationwide 2020 data won't be available until later this year, health researchers predict at least a 27 percent jump in fatal overdoses compared to 2019, which would be the largest single-year percentage increase in the past two decades. READ MORE   Years late and billions more: The USS Gerald R. Ford is a lesson in how the Navy builds ships The Ford’s long path toward a first deployment, now slated for next year, has sparked years of criticism about the way the Navy acquires ships — and how it sells the need for multi-billion dollar budgets to Congress. READ MORE   Average US price of gas jumps 8 cents per gallon to $3.10 An industry analyst says the increase is attributed to supply disruption from the 10-day shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline following a cyberattack, and a rise in prices for corn. READ MORE   COVID testing's value shrinks as vaccines beat back virus The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said last week that most people who have received the full course of shots and have no COVID-19 symptoms don't need to be screened for the virus, even if exposed to someone infected. READ MORE   Space war-fighting laboratory opens at Kirtland Air Force Base The Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Warfighting Operations Research & Development Laboratory, or SWORD, will consolidate in the same site about 65 scientists, engineers and support employees who make up the Space Vehicle Directorate's Space Control Branch. READ MORE   Divide over scope of military’s extremism problem impedes culture, policy changes That disconnect over the scope of the problem and what, if any, legislative solution is needed may be perhaps the biggest hurdle obstructing efforts to change military policy and culture on the issue of extremism. READ MORE

 

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