by Jim Heath | Apr 2, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health, Military
Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly has fired the captain who sounded the alarm about an outbreak of COVID-19 aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt. Capt. Brett Crozier, who commands the Roosevelt, an aircraft carrier with a crew of nearly 5,000, was relieved of his...
by Jim Heath | Mar 25, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health, Military
The Pentagon reported its first positive coronavirus case of a service member stationed at the building, a U.S. Defense Official confirmed Wednesday. A U.S. Marine stationed at the Pentagon tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, the Department of Defense...
by Jim Heath | Feb 13, 2020 | Headlines, Military
A federal judge in Washington ordered Microsoft today to halt all work on a $10 billion cloud-computing contract for the Pentagon, in a victory for Amazon, which had challenged the awarding of the contract. In a sealed opinion, the judge, Patricia E. Campbell-Smith of...
by Jim Heath | Jan 18, 2020 | Headlines, Military
The US Navy will honor a World War II hero when a new aircraft carrier is named for Mess Attendant 2nd Class Doris Miller. The announcement will be made at Pearl Harbor Monday. Miller was the first African American to receive the Navy Cross for valor. Miller was...
by Jim Heath | Jan 9, 2020 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines, Military, Trump
The House passed a war powers resolution Thursday seeking to limit President Trump’s ability to take military action against Iran without congressional approval. The 224 to 194 vote fell largely along party lines, with only three Republicans and...
by Jim Heath | Jan 7, 2020 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines, Military
An air base in Iraq’s Anbar province that hosts a US contingent has came under fire, the US military confirmed, after a day in which Donald Trump and the Iranian leadership exchanged threats of retaliatory attacks. Initial reports said al-Asad base was hit by nine...
