Army taps ‘Ghost Fleet’ authors to write novel on multi-domain warfare
The Army’s concept of future warfare is getting the Tom Clancy treatment.
By Hope Hodge Seck
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Pendleton Marine gets prison time for illegal ‘ghost gun’ sales
The lance corporal sold 22 guns in four transactions with undercover agents for a total of $23,000.
By Todd South
Coast Guard: Cruise ships must stay at sea with sick onboard
The rules, which apply to any vessel carrying more than 50 people, were issued in a March 29 safety bulletin signed by Coast Guard Rear Admiral E.C. Jones.
By Adriana Gomez Licon and Freida Frisaro
Tom Cruise asked to pilot a Super Hornet in the ‘Top Gun’ sequel & the Navy wasn’t having it
The film is currently scheduled to hit theaters on June 24, 2020.
By J.D. Simkins
Training scaled back at Twentynine Palms, elsewhere over COVID-19 concerns as top Marine says Corps needs to remain ready to fight
The Corps “has to be ready to respond to a problem around the world. We’ve never been given advanced notice when that will happen” so Marines “need to conduct training that is necessary” to be ready when the nation needs it to act. Gen. David Berger said.
By Shawn Snow
Iron Dome could intercept those rockets in Iraq, but it doesn’t fit Army’s ‘grand plan’
Even though Iron Dome can intercept Katyusha rockets, there are problems with how it will fit into the Army’s vision of a future array of integrated missile defenses.
By Kyle Rempfer
Iranian proxy ‘likely’ launched strike that killed 2 American troops in Iraq, says US general
A rocket attack in Iraq that killed two American troops and one U.K. service member was “most likely” conducted by a Shia militia group, but the Pentagon is still investigating, the top commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East said.
By Joe Gould
Cruise passengers arrive at Dobbins Air Reserve Base to begin quarantine as Georgia reacts to virus
Some of the passengers from a cruise ship in California that carried people infected by the new coronavirus arrived at an air base in Georgia to begin a two-week quarantine, as more than 100 schools in two districts were closed Wednesday and public events were scrapped.
By Jeff Martin, The Associated Press
DoD teachers worried about their safety amid coronavirus outbreak
Schools follow military's lead for that base, officials say.
By Karen Jowers
Cruise ship passengers to be quarantined at military bases in 3 states; US Army stops troops moving to and from South Korea, Italy for new assignments
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says American passengers of the Grand Princess cruise ship will be taken to military bases in California, Texas and Georgia to be tested for the COVID-19 virus and for a 14-day quarantine.
Sailor in Italy, Marine in Virginia test positive for coronavirus
And the Coast Guard keeps running rescue and humanitarian missions to a quarantined cruise liner anchored off California.
By Carl Prine
‘Greyhound’ trailer puts Tom Hanks at the helm of a Nazi-hunting WWII destroyer
Hanks also penned the screenplay for the film.
By J.D. Simkins