The service works over 3.4 million square miles of Exclusive Economic Zones and defends a coastline longer than the border between the U.S. and Mexico.
Former 7th Fleet logistics lead petty officer Brooks Alonzo Parks, who prosecutors said stood out for his “overt, insatiable greed,” is to serve more than two years in prison.
The Japanese city of Nagasaki on Sunday marked its 75th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing, with the mayor and dwindling survivors urging world leaders including their own to do more for a nuclear weapons ban.
Terrorists do not have the capability to attack the U.S. homeland today due to the efforts of our African partners, international community, the U.S., and service members like Spc. Henry Mayfield, says the author of this commentary.