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The article reports on the potential hazards in low-freeboard flight decks. It cites the incident involving destroyer William P. Lawrence and MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter of the U.S. military. It also discusses the tragedy encountered by DDG 51/79 class ships where a seawater intrusion had occurred on its flight deck.

The article offers information on various changes in the U.S. Navy with the information on the Physical Fitness Assessment. It mentions that Navy will get new chief officer of naval operations who help in navigating budget cuts and allowing the forces to balance the demand of ships. It mentions that project retention start falling from high economy.

The article provides information on the FONOPs and distress between Chinese Navy and U.S. Navy in South China Sea. Topics discussed include strategies and policies of U.S. President Joe Biden regarding China's actions in the South China Sea, details on the Donald Trump, former U.S. President, and Biden's approach on China's aggressive military tactics; and also mentions efforts of U.S. Department of Defense towards provide national security.

The article examines prospects for the U.S. Air Force in 2012. Information on the new tenure limits facing non-commissioned officers is provided. There is a plan to issue lightweight airman battle uniforms to recruits in basic. Another Air Force plan is to expand programs aimed at training the Afghan air force such as first undergraduate pilot training. It notes the threat posed by automatic cuts to defense spending.

This article discusses the slow progress for getting raters to provide honest evaluations to member of the U.S. Air Force. The majority of airmen are still receiving high ratings two years after the Air Force requested for more parity in enlisted performance reports (EPRs). Airmen attributed the trend to the pressure facing raters to give high ratings to subordinates.

The article discusses the shifting from the NWU Type I blue-and-gray cammies to the NWU Type II woodland digital cammies unform of the U.S. Navy. Topics discussed include the procurement of woodland cammies by the Navy, the cost of the utility uniform per sailors, and the differences between the design of the NWU Type I and NWU Type II desert digital cammies.

The article reports that U.S. military ordered the largest stress test of its wartime sealift fleet in the command's history. It mentions U.S. Transportation Command report revealing that Organic Surge Fleet is challenged to be immediately available for a large-scale inter-theater force deployment without delays/impacts to force closure due to degraded readiness.

The article focuses on the heroic response that the crew of frigate Sammy B. Roberts has made during the fire and flooding of the ship due to the strike with a Iranian M-08 naval mine on April 14, 1988 in the Persian Gulf. Topics mentioend include the desperate manuever of Commodore Paul Rinn as the skipper of the frigate, the famous suicide start of the generator on board by fireman Mike Tilley, and the determination of lietuenant Gordan Van Hook, the chief engineer to get the fire out.

The article reports that U.S. Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Jon Greenert is fighting for shortening deployments, which have stretched to eight months and beyond during his three years on the job.

The article reports that Washington is concerned about the military readiness and focuses on the impact of budget cuts in the economy.

The article talks about Richard Spencer nominating Michael Gilday for the naval operations, Michael Gilday to be promoted over four star colleagues succeeding John Richardson and meeting President Donald Trump and other leaders for their blessings. It talks about the rapid promotion of Michael Gilday that led to the downfall of Bill Moran, retiring from the service due to an open investigation of exchanging emails with retired staffer and accounted for inappropriate behavior.

The article offers information on several findings of the survey conducted by the U.S. Navy, Board of Inspection and Survey regarding and Degradation and maintenance of Navy's surface fleet.

The article evaluates autonomous glider drone Littoral Battlespace from Teledyne Brown Engineering Inc.

The article offers information on the policies and planning of U.S. President, Joe Biden's administration on the deployment of U.S. Navy in Middle East. Topics discussed include return of the aircraft carrier Nimitz; strategies of Biden administration on Naval operation in Middle East; and also mentions views of Chief of Naval Operation, Mike Gilday, on supply-based deployment.

This article discusses the mishandling of the remains of fallen service members at the military mortuary at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. It explores the impact of the controversy on leaders of the Air Force, including Chief of Staff General Norton Schwartz and Secretary Michael Donley. It attributes the controversy to a string of errors committed by the staff of the air base.

The article deals with the complaints of some U.S. Air Force airmen about paying up for the promotion party, an Air Force tradition. It outlines the outlook of some airmen regarding promotees paying for their parties and getting rid of promotion parties altogether. It relates that some airmen have revealed that some airmen are pressured into having promotion parties. Paul Costinett, a retired senior master sergeant from the Air Force, criticizes the implied mandatory promotion fee that is immediately applied when someone gets promoted.

An interview with Jeff Bacon, creator of the cartoon "Broadside" is presented. When asked when he started drawing cartoons, he responds that he used his executive officer's dry-erase board to draw cartoons in around 1981. He mentions how a political cartoon he drew made his executive officer angry. He claims that most of his cartoons were based on real events.

The article focuses on a mountaineering team of wounded U.S. soldiers who climbed Mount McKinley in Alaska, comprising Lieutenant Colonel Marc Hoffmeister, Marine Captain Jon Kuniholm, Sergeant 1st Class Matt Nyman and Specialist Dave Shebib. The plan of Hoffmeister to establish another wounded soldier mountaineering team to climb the 22,841-foot Cerro Aconcagua in Argentina is mentioned. It notes that Hoffmeister is one of the growing number of severely wounded soldiers to retain a place in the Army.

The article inform that the U.S. Navy's damaged guided-missile destroyer Fitzgerald is underway in the Gulf of Mexico; and mentions that Arleigh Burke-class warship will get shakedown of its navigation, electrical, communications and combat systems to verify it is ready to rejoin the fleet.

The article reports that the United States Navy top officers Adm. John Richardson plan to stop standing ballistic missile defense patrols and want to transfer them to shore based assets as it puts strain on them and navy should be used in emergency. He feels that the navy requires to focus on missile defense of its assets and has been successful with its AEGIS Ashore system in Romania. Navy men should be agile to respond to security requirement and would require training on missile defense.

The article talks about an three month internal review conducted by the U.S. Navy which revealed 85 percent of its junior officers struggles in ship handling and decisive reaction in extrication of ship from danger during the risk of collision. The topics addressed include self-assessment and improvement in the wake of disasters; information on sailor's evaluation procedure, and statements by U.S. Navy's Vice Admiral Richard Brown on evaluation.