The Ford, which was originally supposed to deploy in 2018, completed a brief, inaugural deployment last year. These crews are acing taco Tuesday — but it's more than just cooking a good meal. Preparation and diligent logistics set crews apart. As of the end of March, the midpoint of fiscal 2023, the Air Force was less than halfway to its active duty recruiting goal. A soldier in the Oklahoma National Guard died earlier this month during a training mishap. If confirmed, Navy Vice Adm. Karl Thomas would succeed Vice Adm. Jeffrey Trussler, who took the post in June 2020. Just 1 in 30 people who show interest through the Air Force's website, or at an event like an airshow, end up applying to join. The review now includes personnel who worked on, guarded, supported or operated ground-based warheads at Malmstrom, F.E. Warren and Minot Air Force bases. An Arleigh Burke destroyer will be named for retired Navy Capt. Thomas Gunning Kelley, Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro announced. Thomas Edwin Loden Jr., a former Marine Corps recruiter, was put to death for the 2000 rape and killing of a 16-year-old waitress. Loden told investigators he became angry after the teen allegedly said she would never want to be a Marine, and that he ordered her into his van. Load More