Lawmakers sent a letter to the Navy voicing concerns about the service's handling of an investigation into the disappearance of sailor Angelina Resendiz.
A progress report, due a year after the defense policy bill’s passage, must outline actions being taken to improve SWO retention, particularly among women.
The Senate Armed Services Committee wants a higher standard for letting the Navy retire ships early, proposing a process that would question whether the sea service can meet its global obligations without the ships in question.
A proposal to send Israel $1 billion for the Iron Dome air defense system has been cut out of a stopgap government funding bill, meant to avoid a government shutdown after Sept. 30, in order to ease its passage in the House.
U.S. 5th Fleet is kicking off the inaugural Central Partnership Station exercise in Lebanon, marrying partner-building military training with humanitarian work in the exercise event.