Category Archives: Military Personnel

Coast Guard Examining Part-Time Service to Better Man Its Force

Coast Guard Examining Part-Time Service to Better Man Its Force

Graduates from recruit company Hotel-203 complete basic training at U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J., Feb. 24, 2023. Coast Guard Photo

Part-time service – like serving three days per week on active duty instead of seven – could help solve persistent recruiting shortfalls in the Coast Guard, the service’s commandant said Wednesday.
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SECDEF Austin: Tuberville's ‘Unprecedented’ Hold on Pentagon Nominees Creates ‘Perilous Precedent’

SECDEF Austin: Tuberville’s ‘Unprecedented’ Hold on Pentagon Nominees Creates ‘Perilous Precedent’

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley address the media during a press conference in April. DoD Photo

An Alabama senator’s hold on all Department of Defense civilian and military nominations is “unprecedented in its scale and scope” and “a clear risk to U.S. military readiness,” Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin wrote in a Friday letter to Congress, obtained by USNI News. Read More

ACMC Smith: USMC Weighing Changes How it Recruits Marines in the Future

ACMC Smith: USMC Weighing Changes How it Recruits Marines in the Future

Marine Corps Senior Drill Instructor with Charlie Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, stands at attention before a motivational run at Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) San Diego, May 4, 2023. US Marine Corps Photo

THE PENTAGON – The Marine Corps is on track to meet its recruiting and retention goals in Fiscal Year 2023. For the rest of the year, leaders are spending the year thinking about how they can keep it up for the next 50 years as the pool of recruits becomes smaller. Read More

‘Fight the Base’ Drills Keep Marines on Homefront Sharp Against Modern Threats

‘Fight the Base’ Drills Keep Marines on Homefront Sharp Against Modern Threats

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Cory Kim, left, and Sgt. Cameron Scungio, both explosive ordnance disposal technicians, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma, Arizona, review details about the operation during the Semper Durus 2023 training event at 16th street base housing, MCAS Yuma, April 11, 2023. U.S. Marine Corps Photo

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – In the next major conflict, the U.S. military sees Marines and other U.S. forces deployed across the Indo-Pacific and facing an agile, tech-savvy and equally-capable enemy. Read More

Navy Considering Extending USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Past 2027

Navy Considering Extending USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Past 2027

USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE-13) breaks away from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) after an ammunition onload on Feb. 7, 2023. US Navy Photo

The Navy is weighing if it will extend the life of USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) past its planned 2027 inactivation date, USNI News has learned. Read More