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DOD ‘slow rolling’ fair special pays for Guard, Reserve, advocates say
Pentagon officials fear such reforms could harm active duty retention.
By Davis Winkie
Navy joins other services in allowing cammies for Pentagon sailors
The Navy Working Uniform Type III is now authorized as an alternative uniform for sailors at the Pentagon – except for Fridays.
By Diana Stancy
Senate votes down bill to withdraw troops from Niger
The Senate struck down a bill from Sen. Rand Paul that would have required the U.S. to remove troops from Niger in the wake of a coup.
Sailors, Marines complete weekslong cleanup of F-35 crash site
“It is purposeful, sometimes tedious work,” a Navy representative said of the effort to clear the site of contaminants from the aircraft crash.
Army to reassess its Niger mission in the wake of the nation’s coup
The country's coup places legal limits on U.S. military support.
Sailors, Marines are helping clean up wreckage of crashed F-35 jet
Hundreds of people from various agencies are helping recover what’s left of the aircraft and clean up the area where a Marine F-35 jet crashed Sept. 17.
US and Kenya sign defense agreement ahead of planned Haiti deployment
Kenya is poised to lead a multi-national peacekeeping mission to Haiti to combat gang violence.
US military resumes counterterrorism missions out of Niger bases
Gen. James Hecker, the top Air Force commander for Europe and Africa, said the U.S. is flying both manned and unmanned missions in Niger.
By Tara Copp, AP
Three officers facing disciplinary action over SEAL trainee’s death
The three officers were notified last week that they face admiral's mast in connection to the 2022 training death of Kyle Mullen.
Russia and Ukraine trade drone attacks
The Ukrainian intelligence agency also claimed it had destroyed a key Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile defense system in occupied Crimea.
By Susie Blann, Associated Press