When you’ve only got two big boats left, and the two of them are…well…busted, that’s gonna leave a mark. In fact, when they break down on their way out of port, with the harbor closed to other traffic, and everyone lining the quays and roadways in anticipation of watching the awesome, majestic outbound passage, and […]
The US Navy had to deliver some bad news last October. Like the other armed service branches, they missed their recruiting goals again. And they missed all of them. By a lot. The enlisted ranks goal for fiscal year 2023 had been 37,700, but they came up more than 7,000 short of that. They missed […]
ARGH – I can’t even with these people. Yesterday I was ripping on the Army and thought I’d catch a break, but oh, no. This gem of a military bureaucrat slides into my X feed and depressed my whole day. Even worse, I find out he’s an Army veteran himself and is still mouthing this […]
The iPad generation has grown up and joined the Navy. Like many parents across the country who negotiated screen time with their children, the Navy is now allowing recruits allotments of screen time in the (once) device-less crucible of Navy boot camp. Within several weeks, recruits in two divisions “will have limited access to their […]
What began as a bittersweet tribute turned into a wholly unexpected moment of joy for one military family. It began as an ordinary basketball game in Knoxville, Tennessee. On the evening of Dec. 9, the family of Navy Lieutenant Commander Zachary Smith was in the stands to cheer on the University of Tennessee Volunteers, taking […]
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