One lawmaker called Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro’s answers to recruiting questions “a lot of hot air.” The 388th Electronic Warfare Squadron will open in Florida Thursday, one week after the 563rd EWS launched in Texas. It's the second fleet-wide stand-down of the Navy's trainer aircraft fleet since 2022. The incident occurred near Scarborough Shoal, one of two hotly disputed areas where confrontations between the two countries have flared since last year. Attacks on critical infrastructure — food and water delivery, health care services, defense contracting and more — could hamper U.S. military response. Compared to the months prior, the Navy reportedly engaged far fewer Houthi drones and missiles in April. To some observers of the Marine Corps’ modernization plans, aspects of the Houthis' operations in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden sound familiar. Congress gave one of its highest final tributes on Monday to Ralph Puckett Jr., the last living Medal of Honor recipient of the Korean War. The aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower has been operating in the Middle Eastern waters of U.S. Central Command since November. The Navy will use the T-54A aircraft to train aviators flying the P-8A Poseidon, E-2D Hawkeye and C-130 Hercules. Load More