In a decision the Navy Times called “a tectonic shift in the Navy’s personnel system,” the service last week abandoned the time-honored tradition of referring to enlisted sailors by their rating, or job title, as well as their rank.

America’s nuclear arsenal is getting long in the tooth. The mainstay of the U.S. Air Force’s nuclear-capable bomber fleet, the B-52, first flew in the early 1950s. Four hundred Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, designed in the early 1960s, sit in aging and decaying silos. And the youngest nuclear weapon platform, the Ohio-class submarine, was first commissioned in 1981—before many of the sailors operating it were born.

The U.S. Navy has announced its plan for training all personnel on the Pentagon’s new policy allowing transgender service members to serve openly. 

The announcement, delivered by Chief of Naval Personnel Vice Adm. Robert Burke, outlines the service’s strategy to prepare both senior leaders and rank-and-file sailors for the changes, according to Military.com.

“This training will emphasize policies and expectations of personal behavior,” the all-Navy message stated.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s calls this week for withdrawal of all U.S. troops from the southern Philippines, as well as the suspension of joint U.S.-Philippine naval patrols in the South China Sea, have raised concerns about the countries’ relationship.

“The special forces, they have to go,” Duterte said during an oath-taking ceremony on Monday, according to the Philippine Star. “I do not want a rift with America. But they have to go.”

House and Senate Republicans are blasting an internal Pentagon memo that recommends “hardball” tactics to undermine House Speaker Paul Ryan’s defense spending bill.

The memo, obtained by Politico, recommends several tactics, including exploiting differences between House and Senate versions of the spending bill, “capitalizing on [the] discomfort” of a key Republican congressman, and using the threat of a presidential veto as a “weapon.”

The United States and India have signed a defense cooperation agreement many are calling a milestone in the strategic relationship between the two democracies.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and Indian Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday signed the Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA), which provides for the reciprocal provision of logistical support and supplies such as food, water, fuel, medical services, and transportation.

Dozens of nuclear bombs stored at a Turkish air base “could fall into hostile hands or become targets for terrorist attacks,” according to a report released last week by a U.S. think tank.

Jointly operated by U.S. and Turkish forces, the Incirlik Air Base plays a key role in the support of air operations against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. It also serves as the storage site for about 50 U.S. tactical nuclear bombs.