August 18, 2026 · Personnel, Competence & Administrative Failure

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A Navy Destroyer Drifted Four Days Without Power in the South China Sea — and the Navy Said Nothing for Nearly a Month

The guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold lost power on July 24, 2026 after what the Navy's 7th Fleet called an engineering casualty, and spent four days adrift in the South China Sea. Cmdr. Matthew Comer, the fleet...

August 5, 2026 · Immigration, Detention & Civil Rights

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AP Finds ICE Has Detained More Than 50 Spouses and Parents of Active-Duty Troops — Six Have Been Deported

An Associated Press investigation published August 5, 2026 found that more than 50 parents and spouses of active-duty U.S. service members have been detained by immigration authorities since the start of Trump’s second...