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5 days ago | news.usni.org | Mallory Shelbourne

President Donald Trump has nominated Vice Adm. Frank Bradley to lead U.S. Special Operations Command, according to a Defense Department announcement. Bradley, who has led Joint Special Operations Command since August 2022, will be promoted to admiral. If confirmed, Bradley would take over the combatant command from Army Gen. Bryan Fenton, who has led SOCOM since August 2022.

5 days ago | news.usni.org | Mallory Shelbourne

The Pentagon is set to make major spending and staff reductions to its Congressionally mandated testing office, according to a memo from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The move cuts civilian personnel at the Office of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, known throughout the Defense Department as DOT&E, by about 74 percent and slashes its budget by almost 80 percent.

6 days ago | news.usni.org | Heather Mongilio |Sam LaGrone

NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Va. — The good vibes began for the crew of USS Stout (DDG-55) before the destroyer arrived at the pier on Sunday. Stout’s commander Cmdr. Desmond Walker, back from an eight-month deployment escorting aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) pipped the 1981 Earth, Wind and Fire funk hit “Let’s Groove” over Stout’s public address system as the warship made its final approach.

1 week ago | news.usni.org | Dzirhan Mahadzir

The U.S. will neither be pushed out of the Indo-Pacific nor allow its allies to be subordinated by China, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said in Singapore. Speaking at the International Institute of Strategic Studies Shangri-La Dialogue, Hegseth struck a bullish tone, stating that America is proud to operate in the Indo-Pacific and was here to stay. “We will continue to be an Indo-Pacific nation — with Indo-Pacific interests — for generations to come,” he said.

1 week ago | news.usni.org | Dzirhan Mahadzir

French President Emmanuel Macron called for European and Asian countries to build a coalition of independent countries to maintain strategic autonomy on Friday night while speaking at the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) annual Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore In his keynote address, the president said other countries shouldn’t be caught between United States and China, and warned that if Russia was allowed to take Ukraine territory, it would lead to similar situations in...