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In this July 12, 2020, file photo, smoke rises from the USS Bonhomme Richard at Naval Base San Diego in San Diego, after an explosion and fire on board the ship at Naval Base San Diego. A Navy report has concluded there were sweeping failures by commanders, crew members and others that fueled the July 2020 arson fire that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard, calling the massive five-day blaze in San Diego preventable and unacceptable.

Navy Probe Finds Major Failures in Fire that Destroyed Ship

The report lists three dozen officers and sailors whose failings directly led to the ship's loss or contributed to it.

In this July 21, 2021 file photo, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks at a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington. Austin has said he is working expeditiously to make the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for military personnel and is expected to ask Biden to waive a federal law that requires individuals be given a choice if the vaccine is not fully licensed.

COVID Vaccines to Be Required for Military Under New U.S. Plan

The mid-September deadline could be accelerated if the vaccine receives final FDA approval.

This photo provided by the U.S. Army shows large tents The 82nd Airborne Division has established to provide accommodations for up to 600 soldiers, shown March 17, 2020 at Fort Bragg, N.C. In one of Bragg's remote training areas, large tents have popped up over the last few days to house hundreds of 82nd Airborne Division troops that are returning to the base from Afghanistan and other Middle East deployments.

Military Tries to to Improve Troop Quarantines

They were herded into buses, denied water and the use of bathrooms, then quarantined in packed barracks, with little food or access to the outdoors.

In this Sept. 6, 2019 file photo, the U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG-82) moors at Fort Trumbull State Park in New London, Conn. The Navy is proposing construction cutbacks and accelerated ship retirements that would delay, or sink, the Navy’s goal of a larger fleet — and potentially hurt shipyards, according to an initial proposal. The proposal would shrink the size of the fleet from today’s level of 293 ships to 287 ships, a far cry from the official goal of 355 ships established in the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act.

Navy Considers Shipbuilding Cuts

The cuts could sink the Navy’s goal of a larger fleet and potentially hurt shipyards.

In this March 11, 2019 photo, construction crews replace a section of the primary wall separating San Diego, above right, and Tijuana, Mexico, below left, seen from Tijuana, Mexico. Defense Secretary Mark Esper has approved the use of $3.6 billion in funding from military construction projects to build 175 miles of President Donald Trump’s wall along the Mexican border.

Trump Cuts $3.6B in Military Projects

Projects in 23 states, 19 countries and three U.S. territories would be stalled or killed by the plan.

This photo provided by the U.S. Defense Department shows the launch of a conventionally configured ground-launched cruise missile on San Nicolas Island off the coast of California.

First Test of Previously Banned Missile

This type of missile was banned for more than 30 years by a treaty that both the U.S. and Russia abandoned this month.

In this March 11, 2019 photo, construction crews replace a section of the primary wall separating San Diego, above right, and Tijuana, Mexico, below left, seen from Tijuana, Mexico. The Pentagon has sent a 20-page list of military construction projects to lawmakers who want to know which might be cut to pay for President Donald Trump’s wall along the border with Mexico. Democrats say the list shows that Trump is willing to cut needed defense spending and make the U.S. less secure, just to finance his wall. Trump has vetoed legislation aimed at blocking the cuts, and a veto override vote is set for next week.

Lists of Cuts to Pay for Wall

The document listed hundreds of projects envisioned around the U.S. and world worth around $12.9 billion.

This Dec. 10, 2018, file photo, provided by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA),shows the launch of the U.S. military's land-based Aegis missile defense testing system, that later intercepted an intermediate range ballistic missile, from the Pacific Missile Range Facility on the island of Kauai in Hawaii. The Trump administration will roll out a new strategy Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, for a more aggressive space-based missile defense system to protect against existing threats from North Korea and Iran and counter advanced weapon systems being developed by Russia and China.

New Missile Defense Plan Proposed

The Pentagon wants to expand defense technologies in space and use those systems to more quickly detect, track and ultimately defeat incoming missiles.

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F-35 Program Grounded After Crash

The decision involves a potentially bad fuel tube and affects more than 250 U.S.-owned jets, as well as nearly 100 that belong to other nations.

Weapons Systems Vulnerable to Cyber Attacks

Problems with poor passwords, insecure lines of communication and an ongoing struggle to get qualified staff.

Pictured: A person with an excessive amount of personal devices.

Pentagon Restricts Personal Devices

The devices expose military personnel to 'significant risks'.

The Army laid out plans to create the so-called Futures Command last October, marking the first time in decades that the service has added such a high-level, new headquarters.

Army Finds New Futures Command HQ

Army to prepare for future wars in Austin, TX.