The official in charge of diversity and inclusion at U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) was reassigned from that post just days after taking the job, after one of his old tweets surfaced that compared former President Donald Trump to Hitler. The Pentagon last week announced that Richard Torres-Estrada would take on the effort of “enhancing…
Today, the board of directors of the Association of the U.S. Navy elected Jason Beardsley as the group’s new executive director. Mr. Beardsley most recently served as special assistant on special operations/low-intensity conflict (SO/LIC) at the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense. Before that, he was a senior advisor to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs…
Rep. Phil Roe Announces He Won’t Run for Reelection in 2020 (AUSN) Rep. Phil Roe (R-Tenn.), the Ranking Member on the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee, has announced that he will not seek reelection in 2020. [Read more] Navy Proposes Early Decommissioning of 4 Littoral Combat Ships: Report (AUSN) The Navy wants to decommission the first…
Happy 244th Birthday to the United States Navy Two-hundred forty-four years ago today, the Second Continental Congress gathered in Philadelphia to pass a resolution that would create the Continental Navy, authorizing the purchase of two vessels. These early ships would hardly cause the mighty British navy to quake in their boots. One of them, the…
AUSN’s Navy Magazine Is Now Online The fall 2019 issue of AUSN’s Navy magazine is now available online here. Hard copies are in the process of being printed and will soon arrive in our members’ mailboxes. This issue of the magazine includes a thorough update on our legislative and government affairs activities, an update on…
VA Secretary Wilkie Asks AUSN, Other VSOs for Help in Tackling Suicide Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie made a surprise visit to an informal discussion between Veterans Service Organizations and the VA’s Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs, which AUSN attended. [Read more] HASC Ranking Member Rep. Mac Thornberry to Retire After 25…
Foreign Entities Targeting Troops and Veterans Online: Report (AUSN) The Vietnam Veterans of America has published an extensive report following a two-year investigation into foreign entities who are targeting troops and veterans online. The full 192-page report is available on their website. [Read more] DoD Updates Investigation of PFAS Contamination (AUSN) The Department of Defense…
AUSN Holds First Navy Now Webinar on TRICARE — Watch Now If you have family members spread across the country, how can you make sure everyone gets their TRICARE benefits? What is the TRICARE TAMP program? TRICARE expert Capt. Marylynn Marrese answers these questions and many more in our first webinar on the subject of…
Congress Wants Quick Passage Of NDAA Despite Differences: Report Despite major differences between the House and Senate versions of the National Defense Authorization Act, authorizers are going to try to quickly pass a final bill before the fiscal year ends, according to a report. [Read more] DoD To Start Consolidating All Military Hospitals The Department…
Happy 4th of July from AUSN: Remembering the Continental Navy The 4th of July is a great day for celebration, and also for reflection — a reflection of how far we’ve come as a nation, and also as a Navy. The U.S. Navy of today is a far cry from where it was in 1776.…