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The commander of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command and U.S. 4th Fleet has received the National Order of the Legion of Honor by decree of the president of France.
With Gadhafi and his troops now defeated, NATO's intervention in the skies above Libya appears to have been a success. But the mission was risky, and may not be a good model for the future.
A Navy ship commander pleaded guilty Friday to sexual assault and rape, and a military judge ordered his dismissal and sentenced him to more than three years in prison.
The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said Friday he won't support reducing the number of aircraft carriers as the Pentagon considers where to trim hundreds of billions from its budget.
The commanding officer of mine countermeasures crew Fearless was fired Thursday for “demonstrated poor personnel management,” according to a statement from Naval Surface Force Pacific.
Even as the United States begins to withdraw from Afghanistan, insurgents abetted by Pakistan pose the major threat to U.S.-led forces, the Pentagon said on Friday.
The U.S. military has a perfectly awful track record of predicting future events. And there's a good reason why, says the chairman of an influential think tank: it's impossible.