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July 28, 2021

 

Pentagon orders return to masks for all inside DOD facilities at many locations The directive issued Wednesday by Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks walks back guidance issued in April that allowed service members and others who had been fully vaccinated against the virus to forgo mask-wearing at all Defense Department facilities worldwide. READ MORE

House lawmakers recommend saving second guided-missile destroyer in 2022 Navy budget The proposed budget called for just one new destroyer alongside a guided-missile frigate, two attack submarines, a fleet-replenishment oiler, two towing, salvage and rescue ships and an ocean-surveillance ship. READ MORE

The US military couldn’t stop the heroin trade from funding the Taliban. But synthetic opioid producers might. The global drug trade could eventually accomplish what the U.S. military tried and failed to do in Afghanistan: bust up a heroin industry that fuels insurgencies and corruption. READ MORE   ‘We’re better than that’: Austin speaks about ‘un-American’ discrimination against Asians Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, speaking in Singapore, recognized discrimination against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the US, but said that while the US ‘doesn’t always get it right,' admitting its flaws is a unique characteristic of democracy. READ MORE   New data analysis software could give commanders more time to make combat decisions, NORTHCOM commander says The military is finding new ways to use technology to help commanders make better, faster decisions on the battlefield with software that brings together and analyzes information such as radar data from across the world, Air Force Gen. Glen VanHerck, the commander of U.S. Northern Command, said Wednesday. READ MORE

Senate committee advances bill to help homeless veterans as national eviction moratorium is set to end The Building Solutions for Veterans Experiencing Homelessness Act of 2021 would extend indefinitely the extra resources and flexibility given during the pandemic to the federal, state and local agencies that provide services to homeless veterans. READ MORE   Senate committee advances bill extending mammogram access to female vets The Supporting Expanded Review for Veterans in Combat Environments bill, introduced by Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., would extend access to mammograms for all female veterans who served in areas with burn pits or other toxic exposures, regardless of their age, symptoms or family history. READ MORE   Two sailors, including an active-duty doctor, die from coronavirus complications Navy Capt. Corby Ropp, 48, died Friday due to coronavirus-related complications at Duke University Hospital in Durham, N.C., according to the Navy. On Monday, Petty Officer 1st Class Allen Hillman, a master-at-arms assigned to Navy Reserve Volunteer Training Unit in Boise, Idaho, died while hospitalized with the coronavirus. READ MORE   Airmen, guardians can carry over extra two months of leave for three years Unused leave exceeding 60 days is normally lost at the end of each fiscal year, but coronavirus-related restrictions since last year have made it difficult for service members and others to take vacations. READ MORE   Texas National Guard ordered to arrest migrants for trespassing at state’s border with Mexico Texas National Guard troops now have the authority to arrest migrants who cross the state’s border with Mexico, according to an order issued Tuesday by Gov. Greg Abbott. READ MORE   Japanese firms sign $225 million deals to maintain Ospreys for Navy, Marine Corps NIPPI Corp. and Subaru Corp. will compete for individual, depot-level maintenance orders for V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft across the Pacific. READ MORE

 

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