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Navy’s Red Hill fuel facility poses ‘peril,’ must be closed, Hawaii official advises The Navy’s massive underground Red Hill fuel facility is a “ticking timebomb” over Oahu’s major water supply and should be shut down, a Hawaii state hearing officer recommended Monday. READ MORE >

Abrams’ remarks on China challenge ‘very surprising’ to South Korean military “It’s not a secret that they have increased their presence in and around the Korean Peninsula since 2010,” Robert Abrams said, referring to China’s military. READ MORE >

Deep dive into causes of military spouse unemployment included in 2022 NDAA The Defense Department will begin an in-depth study into military spouse employment next year, which advocates say can help explain why the population’s unemployment rate has sat at about 22% for the past decade. READ MORE >   Marine saves California crash victim trapped in overturned car A barefoot Marine rescued a crash victim by kicking out the windshield of the man’s car, which was overturned in the middle of a highway in Orange County, Calif.  READ MORE >   Some strategists see Russian designs on Ukraine’s coast, with land buildup as a feint Any new Russian invasion of Ukraine that might be in the works likely would include a land grab in the south designed to give the Kremlin a greater stranglehold on the Black Sea, some analysts are warning. READ MORE >

Christian jewelry company sues Pentagon, citing religious discrimination over trademark agreement for replica dog tags Shields of Strength, a Christian jewelry company based in Beaumont, Texas, filed the lawsuit Dec. 15 in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in Tyler. READ MORE >   US Army crew joins Germans to knock down fire in giant dung heap The fire broke out about 5 a.m. at an agricultural company’s depot in Delkenheim, a part of Wiesbaden, said Fabian Kiefer at the city fire station headquarters. READ MORE >   Navy fatality in Japan linked to COVID-19, but not as the cause Bases in Japan are experiencing similar COVID-19 spurts after months of relatively few or no confirmed cases. READ MORE >   US warships stay in Mediterranean amid Ukraine, Russia fears Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier strike group to stay in the Mediterranean Sea region rather than move on to the Middle East, amid worries about the buildup of thousands of Russian troops near the Ukraine border. READ MORE >   USS Gerald R. Ford’s final weapons elevator passes its tests — 11 years after original due date The last of USS Gerald R. Ford’s 11 weapons elevators, one of four major new technologies on the Navy’s newest carrier, has been formally delivered — some 11 years after the original due date. READ MORE >   Officials: Nearly 25% of Navy warship crew has COVID-19 About two dozen sailors on a U.S. Navy warship — or roughly 25% of the crew — have now tested positive for COVID-19, keeping the ship sidelined in port at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in Cuba Monday, according to U.S. defense officials. READ MORE >

 

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