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![Military Recognition: Tampa Native Jordyn Diomede Embraces Daughter After 8-Months On U.S. Navy Warship Military Recognition: Tampa Native Jordyn Diomede Embraces Daughter After 8-Months On U.S. Navy Warship]()
TAMPA, Fla. - Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jordyn Diomede, assigned to the submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39), embraces her daught [...]
![The Lowest Number In Decades, 18 American Troops Died Overseas In The Past Year The Lowest Number In Decades, 18 American Troops Died Overseas In The Past Year]()
On Monday, most Americans paused to remember and express gratitude for the sacrifice of U.S. troops who throughout our long history have given their [...]
![Join Us As We Remember And Honor Our American Heroes Join Us As We Remember And Honor Our American Heroes]()
Memorial Day is one of the United States’ most poignant federal holidays. It’s a day to remember and honor those who have lost their lives serving ou [...]
![Afghan Forces Begin To Collapse, Surrender To Taliban Amid US Withdrawal Afghan Forces Begin To Collapse, Surrender To Taliban Amid US Withdrawal]()
Kaylee Greenlee
As U.S. forces withdraw from Afghanistan, Taliban militants seize military outposts by threatening security forces until they agr [...]
![Josh Hawley And Kirsten Gillibrand Are Teaming Up To Improve The Military’s Response to Sexual Assault Josh Hawley And Kirsten Gillibrand Are Teaming Up To Improve The Military’s Response to Sexual Assault]()
Andrew Trunsky
Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley and New York Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand are teaming up to improve the military’s r [...]
![Military Recognition: Palmetto Florida Native Serves Aboard USS Paul Ignatius Military Recognition: Palmetto Florida Native Serves Aboard USS Paul Ignatius]()
PALMETTO, Fla. - Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class Jonathan Hobbs, from Palmetto, Fla., center, assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer [...]
![USNORTHCOM and Special Operations Command North Discuss The Future Of SOF For Homeland Defense USNORTHCOM and Special Operations Command North Discuss The Future Of SOF For Homeland Defense]()
U.S. Special Operations Command North (SOCNORTH) hosted a Special Operations Forces in Competition and Homeland Defense Workshop from May 1 [...]
![Military Recognition: Tampa Native Supports St. Louis COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts Military Recognition: Tampa Native Supports St. Louis COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts]()
By Stephanie Fox, Navy Office of Community Outreach
TAMPA, Fla. - Hospitalman Jnae Corriette, a native of Tampa , Florida, assists the vaccination [...]
![Submarine With 53 People On Board Went Missing Out Of Nowhere, Indonesian Military Says Submarine With 53 People On Board Went Missing Out Of Nowhere, Indonesian Military Says]()
Mary Rose Corkery
A submarine carrying 53 passengers has gone missing from the north of Bali, Indonesia’s military said Wednesday.
Indonesi [...]
![Military Recognition: Tampa Native Serves at Commander, Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron 15 Military Recognition: Tampa Native Serves at Commander, Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron 15]()
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Askia Collins, Destroyer Squadron 15
TAMPA, Fla. - A Tampa, Florida, native and Tampa Bay Technical High School c [...]