J.D. Simkins
Executive Editor
J.D. Simkins is the executive editor of Military Times and Defense News, and a Marine Corps veteran of the Iraq War.
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Trump signs shipbuilding order as Navy leaders call for 381-ship fleet
The new policy aims to revitalize a U.S. shipbuilding industry that has fallen well behind production levels of its rivals from Beijing.
‘Ghosts of Beirut’ spotlights decades-long CIA hunt for terror leader
The 25-year manhunt launched in the wake of the 1983 Beirut bombings form the basis of the four-part Showtime series “Ghosts of Beirut."
Revolver of Confederacy’s Jefferson Davis fetches $470K at auction
A revolver worn by Confederate States of America President Jefferson Davis on the day of his surrender fetched a pretty penny.
Army offers $25,000 reward for information in death of ROTC student
Banales reportedly planned to become an Army nurse following his graduation.
Marines’ before-and-after portraits show the misery of OC spray
Nothing quite prepares one for the trauma of OC spray.
Undrafted Army linebacker inks deal with the Minnesota Vikings
Andre Carter II, a senior edge rusher at West Point, was signed by the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent.
Interior designers remodel Jack Teixeira’s camo bedroom monstrosity
His spartan bunker of a bedroom could do with a real makeover.
Soldier with white nationalist ties pleads guilty to gun charges
Authorities found a 3D-printed rifle, magazines for various firearms, a lower receiver, a trove of white supremacist paraphernalia in the soldier's room.
Two at Fort Hood suspected of racist graffiti, starting barracks fire
Two soldiers are suspected of spray painting racial slurs and genitalia on barracks walls before starting a fire in a barracks laundry room.
Lawyer pleads guilty to defrauding veterans, retirees out of millions
A woman used her law firm to prey on retiree investors and “military veterans in desperate financial straits.”
