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Italian Navys ITS Bergamini visits Souda Bay, expressing gratitude for vital facilities supporting NATO naval units and enhancing Allied capabilities.

The Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Adm. Emmanuel Ogalla, said the Nigerian Navy had so far apprehended 23 vessels and destroyed 703 illegal refineries in its operations Ogalla disclosed this during a meeting with Principal Staff Officers, Flag Officers Commanding and Base Commanders, on Friday in Abuja He also said that the service

Individual disgracing the uniform. by the way, wearing their dog masks in military spaces. while the angle could not confirm this video, we did reach out to the u.s. army, the u.s. army pacific is aware of the content found on social media reflecting soldiers activities while wearing uniforms. the incident -- really incidents, is currently under investigation. so look this isnt any secret. the question remains, why was this ever tolerated by base commanders? should we assume its okay. are genera...

Disgracing the uniform. and by the way, wearing their dog masks in military spaces. now, while the angle has not been able to independently confirm these photos, we did reach out to the u.s. army who said in a statement to us u.s. army pacific, this happened at hawaii, pearl harbor area is aware of the content found on social media, reflecting soldiers activities while wearing uniforms. the incident is really incidence is currently under investigation. so, look, this isnt any secret, but the que...

>> i was in high school when the tailhook sexual assault scandal hit. i was 17. it was early 1990s. i remember it vividly because up until that point the military had always been to me this bastion of rigidity and order and control. and tailhook was anything but. >> this is not the raucous party. this was a case where we had sexual assault on women. >> in september, 1991, thousands of natural and marine corps officers gathered at a las vegas hotel to attend the annual tailhook convention, a thre...

Whats become known as the tailhook scandal. >> i was in high school when the tailhook sexual assault scandal hit. i remember it vividly because up until that point the military had always been to me this bastion of rigidity and order and control. and tailhook was anything but. >> this is not the raucous party. this was a case where we had sexual assault on women. >> in september, 1991, thousands of natural and marine corps officers gathered at a las vegas hotel to attend the annual tailhook conv...

Americans. now, these two were arrested on july 14, so a week ago. there was a third man arrested with him as well. he was in his 30s. hes been released without charges. these two will remain in custody until their trial starts but its that one man, hes named junead kahn chowho has been charged with plotting to kill american service members. >> fred pleitgen thanks very much. lets get analysis. joining us now, required general mark hertling, a seen men military analyst, former commanding gener...

That are close to military bases like to have soldiers participating or things like rotc units participating. again, thats conducted under an assessment and what are the dangers there, should we allow military forces to do those kind of things. all of those are handled by base commanders, post commanders in the local area. >> so, you brought up assessment and there was a directive that came out for military bases across the world and including the consulates and embassies, to look at their secur...

This even in one base at britain right now. is it simply based on an abundance of caution? or was there something specific that we know of that caused this commander to say, you know what the troops are not going to be able to participate in this july fourth celebration? >> not something specific that we know of. they wont say that there was a credible or specific threat to that base. but it is interesting. you have a number of bases around the uk with u.s. forces a number around europe and the ...

In this case some specificity. concern at military bases allowing base commanders to take action. go out say, seeing threat stuff, americans but cant give you anything to do thats not helpful. >> you dont think threat level bravo for milbases is the new normal? >> fbi directors talk about cases in 50 states but thousands of people over the course of time weve seen threats to major iconic targets. world trade center. white house. pentagon. weve seen threats to what we call soft targets. things li...