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Sophia Adams, a senior at Naples Middle High School, is recognized as a U.S. presidential scholar on June 4, 2019 during a ceremony at the Navy Support Site in Naples, Italy. Sailors with at least 10 years of service and are unable to reenlist have until July 11 to transfer their Post-9/11 GI Bill education benefits to family members.<br>Donavan K. Patubo/U.S. Navy
Sophia Adams, a senior at Naples Middle High School, is recognized as a U.S. presidential scholar on June 4, 2019 during a ceremony at the Navy Support Site in Naples, Italy. Sailors with at least 10 years of service and are unable to reenlist have until July 11 to transfer their Post-9/11 GI Bill education benefits to family members.<br>Donavan K. Patubo/U.S. Navy

Deadline looms for certain servicemembers to transfer education benefits to family

Starting later next month, some mid-career and senior servicemembers will be unable to transfer their Post-9/11 GI Bill education benefits to family members.

Crews fire up a cluster of F/A-18 Super Hornets as part of pre-flight preparation on the USS George H.W. Bush in the Persian Gulf in April, 2017.
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Missile Defense Agency Aegis Ashore program manager Tina Mason, center, speaks to Redzikowo-area residents on May 17, 2019 during a town hall about the missile defense site now under construction on a nearby Polish military base. A Government Accountability Office report recommends the agency conduct all the tests it originally planned for the missile-defense system to ensure it is effective.<br>Missile Defense Agency
Missile Defense Agency Aegis Ashore program manager Tina Mason, center, speaks to Redzikowo-area residents on May 17, 2019 during a town hall about the missile defense site now under construction on a nearby Polish military base. A Government Accountability Office report recommends the agency conduct all the tests it originally planned for the missile-defense system to ensure it is effective.<br>Missile Defense Agency

Agency skimping on missile defense tests in Poland, GAO says

The Missile Defense Agency has reduced needed testing of the Navy’s land-based missile defense system in Poland even though an 18-month construction delay has provided more time to run them, a government watchdog said.

A P-8A Poseidon conducts flyovers above the Enterprise Carrier Strike Group during exercise Bold Alligator 2012. The Navy said a Russian SU-35 made a unsafe pass in front of a Poseidon on Tuesday, June 4, 2019. <br>Daniel J. Meshel/U.S. Navy
A P-8A Poseidon conducts flyovers above the Enterprise Carrier Strike Group during exercise Bold Alligator 2012. The Navy said a Russian SU-35 made a unsafe pass in front of a Poseidon on Tuesday, June 4, 2019. <br>Daniel J. Meshel/U.S. Navy

Russian fighter makes unsafe intercept of US plane over Mediterranean, Navy says

The Russian pilot intercepted the Poseidon three times over about three hours and two of the passes were deemed unsafe, the Navy said.

Vice Adm. Lisa Franchetti, right, lays a memorial wreath on Monday May 27, 2019 at the North Africa American Cemetery in Tunis, Tunisia where she honored the thousands of soldiers who died there during World War II.<br>Casey J. Hopkins/U.S. Navy
Vice Adm. Lisa Franchetti, right, lays a memorial wreath on Monday May 27, 2019 at the North Africa American Cemetery in Tunis, Tunisia where she honored the thousands of soldiers who died there during World War II.<br>Casey J. Hopkins/U.S. Navy

6th Fleet leader pays tribute to those who died in North Africa during WWII

Pvt. Nicholas Minue, a World War II Medal of Honor recipient honored for his bravery posthumously, is buried at the North Africa American Cemetery in Tunisia, where a Memorial Day ceremony Monday paid tribute to him and the many others who died in Africa fighting fascism.

Donna Cafaro, left, gives directions to a customer at the Rome USO in October 1998.<br>Stars and Stripes
Donna Cafaro, left, gives directions to a customer at the Rome USO in October 1998.<br>Stars and Stripes

USO outgrows historic Rome center, its first in Europe

The USO center is expected to close its doors for good on June 3, just two days shy of the date Allies entered the city 75 years ago in a campaign to liberate the country.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Alexander Love, assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, completes a pushup during the spring 2019 physical readiness test, April 23, 2019. The Navy has issued guidelines to halt physical training of sailors who show unusual distress and let them make up the training another day.<br>Sean Lynch/U.S. Navy
Petty Officer 2nd Class Alexander Love, assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, completes a pushup during the spring 2019 physical readiness test, April 23, 2019. The Navy has issued guidelines to halt physical training of sailors who show unusual distress and let them make up the training another day.<br>Sean Lynch/U.S. Navy

Navy calls for closer fitness test monitoring following recruit deaths

The Navy ordered sailors to watch fitness test participants more closely for signs of distress and allow do-overs for those having a “bad day,” following a string of deaths over the past year including two young female recruits who collapsed during the tests.

Navy victim advocates attend a Sexual Assault Prevention and Response summit with joint service SAPR and Sexual Harassment and Assault Response and Prevention leaders in San Antonio, Texas, in 2017. The Navy has changed its policy to allow more sailors who were victims of sexual misconduct or who fear for their safety to transfer from units where co-workers are accused of the crimes.<br>Jacquelyn D. Childs/U.S. Navy
Navy victim advocates attend a Sexual Assault Prevention and Response summit with joint service SAPR and Sexual Harassment and Assault Response and Prevention leaders in San Antonio, Texas, in 2017. The Navy has changed its policy to allow more sailors who were victims of sexual misconduct or who fear for their safety to transfer from units where co-workers are accused of the crimes.<br>Jacquelyn D. Childs/U.S. Navy

Navy offers expedited transfers to victims of offenses besides sexual assault

Sailors who are victims of sexual harassment, stalking or humiliations such as having lewd images posted publicly can request a special transfer away from those accused of the crimes, according to a recent change in Navy policy.