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More than half of the 90 US howitzers bound for Ukraine now delivered Ukrainian troops now have more than half of the 90 howitzers that the U.S. pledged them to help beat back a Russian attack in the country’s eastern region, chief Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Wednesday. Read more >

Navy’s enlisted leader tells GW crew to be realistic about living and working conditions during overhaul Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Russell Smith told the crew of an aircraft carrier that has seen three suicides in the past two weeks to temper expectations of their environment during their prolonged maintenance stay at a Virginia shipyard. Read more >

Shorter COVID-19 quarantine rule to take effect in Rheinland-Pfalz, home to US troops Health Minister Clemens Hoch announced that starting Sunday, people who test positive for the illness will need to self-isolate for at least five days. Read more >   South Korean probe nets 26 people connected to alleged US military hiring scheme Twenty-six people, including 10 current and former US Forces Korea employees, pocketed roughly $138,700 in exchange for preferential treatment of Korean job candidates, the Daegu Metropolitan Police said. Read more >   Navy awards $72 million to Boeing for prototype of extra-large unmanned submarine Boeing has been under contract to build the Orca Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicles, or XLUUVs, since it won the contract over Lockheed Martin in February 2019. Read more >

China protests another ‘routine’ US Navy transit through Taiwan Strait The Navy sent another guided-missile destroyer through the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, the fourth U.S. warship to make the trip this year. Read more >   DOD gives Hawaii $96M to replace overcrowded grade school on Marine Corps base The Defense Department on Monday announced a $96 million award to Hawaii for construction of a new elementary school at Marine Corps Base Hawaii on Oahu. Read more >   With death of 99-year-old Wisconsin veteran, four Merrill’s Marauders remain Raleigh Nayes, 99, died Thursday in Chippewa Falls, Wis., just one day after the Army veteran had received the Congressional Gold Medal for his role in fighting with the famed Merrill’s Marauders in Burma during World War II. Read more >   ‘How can we get this under control?’ Senators confront company reps on military housing woes Executives from Balfour Beatty Communities sat in front of senators Tuesday to answer questions about a report that found the company had ignored or mishandled maintenance requests at Fort Gordon, Ga. Read more >   Russia releases Marine veteran Trevor Reed as part of prisoner exchange Russia and the United States have carried out a dramatic prisoner exchange, trading a Marine veteran jailed by Moscow for a convicted Russian drug trafficker serving a long prison sentence in America, both countries announced Wednesday. Read more >   European nations accuse Russia of natural gas 'blackmail' Polish and Bulgarian leaders accused Moscow of using natural gas to blackmail their countries after Russia's state-controlled energy company stopped supplying their countries with gas Wednesday. Read more >

 

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