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The DOD Inspector General found that Naval Special Warfare Command failed to identity and treat traumatic brain injuries in personnel. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

Naval Special Warfare Command failed to identify, treat TBI in service members: Watchdog

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Navy Times @navytimes.bsky.social · 6h

A local government official alleges a for-profit company attacked VSOs as having a "monopoly" on helping veterans with disability claims. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

2 veterans battle in court and online over defamation, for-profit claims processing

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Navy Times @navytimes.bsky.social · 7h

The unemployment rate for the nation’s post-9/11 generation of veterans rose from 3.5% in August to 4.1% in September. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

Unemployment rate for post-9/11 vets up as job market slumps

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Navy Times @navytimes.bsky.social · 8h

GAO found outdated USDA SNAP guidance for veterans and recommended better outreach and coordination to help veterans access food assistance. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

Veterans face SNAP barriers as USDA guidance delays policy changes, GAO finds

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Navy Times @navytimes.bsky.social · 9h

BeeX, BlackSea Technologies and Vatn Systems were selected as prize winners after successfully completing a mine countermeasures modernization challenge. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

Navy selects 3 companies to develop mine countermeasure technology

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Navy Times @navytimes.bsky.social · 11h

Since the rollout began in November 2025, the Navy has sought to provide free, high-speed Wi-Fi to all Navy-owned and -operated unaccompanied housing. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

Can you hear me now? 90% of Navy unaccompanied housing now has free Wi-Fi

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Navy Times @navytimes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The deal for the SM-6 interceptors comes as the Pentagon pushes to replenish munitions stockpiles depleted by conflicts in the Middle East. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

US Navy awards RTX’s Raytheon $24.4B for SM-6 missiles amid stockpile concerns

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Navy Times @navytimes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Pentagon raises danger pay for troops for the first time since 2002, increasing hostile fire pay to $450 and imminent danger pay to $275 per month. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

Troops get first increase in 24 years for hostile fire, danger pays

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Navy Times @navytimes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Navy surpassed its fiscal 2026 recruitment goal of 45,000 sailors, marking three years in a row that it's met its accession target. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

Navy exceeds recruiting goal with over 45,000 new sailors

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Navy Times @navytimes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Pentagon intends to address what Hegseth calls a loss of religious community within the military after an era of “political correctness.” 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

Pentagon launches Office of Religious Affairs, will report directly to Hegseth

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Navy Times @navytimes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

CNO Adm. Daryl Caudle announced that the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command will now be known as Commander, Navy Expeditionary Forces. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

Navy Expeditionary Combat Command rebranded to reflect warfare evolution

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Navy Times @navytimes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Pentagon spent $2.85 million assembling tents at Guantanamo Bay that were never used to house detained noncitizens, a government watchdog reported. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

Pentagon spent millions on migrant detention supplies that were never used, watchdog says

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Navy Times @navytimes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The new Autonomous Warfare Command, or AutoWarCom, aims to address an acquisition system that isn't keeping pace with the speed of technological change. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

Hegseth announces new four-star command for autonomous warfare

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Navy Times @navytimes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The deaths, along with eight attempted suicides in the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group, illustrate a systemic problem in the U.S. Navy, families say. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

8 sailors died by suicide at Oklahoma base in one year, Navy confirms

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Navy Times @navytimes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If confirmed, Lt. Gen. David N. Miller Jr. would take over command from Gen. Stephen Whiting after his upcoming retirement. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

White House nominates next general to helm US Space Command

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Navy Times @navytimes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman is slated to undergo a $5.1 billion overhaul that will ready the vessel for the second half of its service life. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

Aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman to undergo $5.1B mid-life overhaul

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Navy Times @navytimes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Navy’s next aircraft carrier is now approximately “99% complete,” with the sea service taking preliminary acceptance of the future USS John F. Kennedy. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

US Navy signs off on ‘preliminary acceptance’ of aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy

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Navy Times @navytimes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The first ship within the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group, the USS Frank E. Petersen Jr., has returned home after its 10-month-long deployment. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

First elements of USS Abraham Lincoln strike group return home

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Navy Times @navytimes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Boeing has officially been selected to build the Navy’s sixth-generation carrier-based strike fighter, dubbed F/A-XX. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

US Navy selects Boeing to build next-generation F/A-XX fighter

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Navy Times @navytimes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The U.S. Navy announced Tuesday that it is awarding contracts to three defense companies for the production of 30 medium unmanned surface vessels. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

US Navy taps 3 firms to build MUSVs for around $40M per vessel

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Navy Times @navytimes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Military academies will no longer appoint civilian faculty to tenured positions as Hegseth says it can contribute to “academic stagnation.” 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️